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Reverse grip bench press for reps – 143 kg (315 lb) x 25 reps raw [175] Incline dumbbell press – 100 kg (220 lb) dumbbells per hand x 7 reps [ 176 ] performed after picking up the dumbbells from the floor one-handed, and positioning them himself (only person to perform this feat using 100 kg (220 lb) dumbbells) (unofficial world record ...
Still, Williams' 675 pound bench press went into the books as an American Record [6] and it was the all-time bench press world record, regardless of governing organization. In addition to that, it stood as the American record in the AAU and later in the USPF for over 20 years from November 9, 1972, until July 31, 1994, when Anthony Clark ...
He totaled 2250 lbs and became the first ADFPA lifter in history to officially bench press 600 lbs (272.7 kg) drug-free. [18] In the 1988 Boys Life Magazine, Dennis Brady, the president of the American Drug-free Powerlifting Association at that time quoted, "Mike Hall is an unusual drug-free lifter, and He’s able to compete with anyone”. [ 7 ]
Bench press world records are the international records in bench press across the years, regardless of weight class or governing organization, for bench pressing on the back without using a bridge technique. The advent of bench press shirts, which support the lifter's shoulders and provide upward force, have increased records significantly ...
The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a compound movement, with the primary muscles involved being the pectoralis major, the anterior deltoids, and the triceps brachii. Other muscles located in the back, legs ...
By the time Clark was 13, he was lifting 110 lb (50 kg) cement weights. [2] In 1986, Clark became the first teenager to bench press 600 lb (270 kg), and was notable for using a reverse grip on the bar. In 1992, he was the first lifter to bench press 700 lb (320 kg) using the reverse grip.
He posted a 1,956 pound total (699 lb. squat, 545 lb. bench press, and 710 lb. deadlift) while sustaining three broken ribs. [2] Doug is credited with benching 612 pounds in 1978 while wearing just a T-shirt. [3] American football offensive guard Bob Young was his older brother.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... In May 1900 Hackenschmidt returned to weight training. ... bench press 150 pounds and run seven miles in 45 minutes.