I finally saw a big bench today

[jeremys]

i'm going to bench 405 before i turn 16 this summer, IN A CONTEST. (of course some of you will consider me to be be wearing a trampoline and fucking the ceiling, but hey, its not like that). no gym-lift crap. i can't wait until the bigger gains come when i mature more

 

[PoyeBoy]

A guy @ mah gym smashed his old state record of 600 with a 65, his name is matt markwood, he is all natural btw

http://www.erstarnews.com/2002/december/23.html

 

[Lumberg]

Thats pretty impressive, no doubt. However, ive got one that really blew my fucking mind. Some dude here in Kansas City that goes by the "WarLord" ( I think he was a prowrestler) came into Golds in 1990. I was working out on the bench next to him getting ready to assualt 275x5 when this 6'6 350lb monster loads the bar with 225x20, 315x10, then jumps to 5 plates per side (495lbs) and hit 2x5-6. And he didn't look like he was maxed either, still had a couple left in him. The whole gym was quiet, just watching him. Thats all he did, then he got up and left. Didnt even unload the fucking bar. Then for the finale, I got all pumped up by this and went for 275x6-which I knew I couldnt get but the attitude thing was kicking in. Without a spotter. And I didnt have shaft collars on either side. I ended up dumping it side per side. What a dumbass. Looked real cool to everyone im sure. I think ill go hide now.

Now that is not only an impressive story about a big bench it is a hilarious one as well.

Well done. <golf clap>

 

[TheProject]

i'm going to bench 405 before i turn 16 this summer, IN A CONTEST. (of course some of you will consider me to be be wearing a trampoline and fucking the ceiling, but hey, its not like that). no gym-lift crap. i can't wait until the bigger gains come when i mature more

Damn...405 at 16.

Have you done a comp before?

 

[AAP]

That ain't shit... I saw Larry Zybsko - the wrestler.. the pot belly, out of shape wrestler and Arn Anderson - the wrestler with NO phsyique each hitting 405 for 6-9 reps (Larry had the higher reps) on the bench at Main Event Fitness on Buford Highway about 6 years ago. These guys did not LOOK like strong men at all..


Now something funny...... At the old Gold's gym on Buford, I got to be friends with this young black kid about 19 years old named Kenny. The top of Kenny's head looked like Carrot Tops, only Kenny had the sides and back of his head shaved... His hair actually deflected a bullet one night... no joke. Ok... now Kenny was about 180lbs, but so lean it hurt to look at him. You looked at him and your stomach cramped from hunger pains. But he could train. I have never seen anyone train like Kenny. He would squat with his heels on a 25lb plate - both heel on one 25 lb plate.. ankles about 2 inches from each other... very narrow stance, high elevation for those heels. he would take 315 and squat so low it was not funny. We all hear about ass to floor squats... but Kenny really did that shit. He would squat so low and deep that his ass crack would actually touch his heels and the 25lb plate under them. Boy was limber... he could hit 10 reps like this...

anyhow... Hulk Hogan was this kid's greatest idol of all time. Hogan was god for this kid. Hogan came into Golds one time and Kenny was there and literally shit his drawers... he was hyperventalating about seeing Hogan in person. I am not exaggerating at all here. It was chest day for Kenny. Kenny normally hit 275 for about 5 reps. He got 315 once for 2 reps. But Hogan was here... and he was here just to watch Kenny train. Or so Kenny thought. Now hogan came in at the end of kenny's workout... And Kenny was a huge follower of volume training - which probably explained why he never actually grew - a typical chest workout for Kenny was like 10 sets flat, 8 sets incline, 8 sets decline, flat flyes, incline flyes, decline flyes, pec dec for 5-7 sets each. Well despite that ungodly number of all out effort. Well Kenny just had to rush back to that flat bench so hogan could admire him. Hogan had no clue Kenny even existed. So Kenny throws 315 on the bar... gets it twice... raises the weight up to 405. Unheard of for him. I ask him 'kenny you want a spot?' Kenny: "Naw man, hell no go away man, hulk here, he watching me, I gonna get this... move man, get away from here go stand over there."

I stood by and watch pitifully as that weight set on Kenny's chest almost a full 40 seconds before someone noticed his bicycle kicking which resembled 8 spiders in a leg wrestling match... Hogan and another guy ran over and hauled the weight off him. Kenny was crushed. Literally. To add insult to injury... unknowingly Hulk told him "hey brother, you might want to take some of that weight off... you are not quite strong enough yet."

Kenny fled the gym in tears.

 

[rsnoble]

Hulk H is huge in person! When I was 16 working as the banquet boy at the Holliday Inn the wwf showed up in town and spent the night. I seen HH out in the hallway. What a towering site. Poor kenney! Anyways, get this: While about 30 or so of the best names in the business were holding a conference, one of the guys with them came and got me and chewed my ass because there was a fucking mouse running around in the room with them! Give me a fucking break! I knew they were all a bunch of big pussies!

 

[jeremys]

Damn...405 at 16.

Have you done a comp before?

it will be 405 at 15

i did 305 in a single ply poly less than a month after i turned 15

 

[TheProject]

it will be 405 at 15

i did 305 in a single ply poly less than a month after i turned 15

Wow...you'll have put 100lbs on your bench in a year?

 

[The Shadow]

2x bodyweight is actually fairly common

 

[jeremys]

Wow...you'll have put 100lbs on your bench in a year?

well i'm also switching from poly to double denim, but yeah, i busted my ass and plan to keep doing so