Mendelson hits 821 at APF seniors!!!!!

[BodybuildingUniverse]

At the APF Senior Nationals at Universal City, California. Scot Mendelson did 804, and then followed with 821. Awesome is an understatement!!! Can you imagine that shit on your wrists?? Here is what he told me just after the Arnold after missing his opener of 806:

"806 is easy for me now, I'm getting 700 for 3 reps now in just a t-shirt. I actually had my sights set on an 850 that day in Columbus but I got a 4-second press call on lift number one and then NO call on my second lift. I also was given 3 attempts to bench at my last WPO meet and the rules changed this time. I hit 805 for a double in training shortly before the meet, it just wasnt my day."

amazing numbers, eh?

 

[Liftbig]

holy crap, by the end of the year how many 800lb benchers will we have?

 

[Baoh]

Super-fucking-human.

We must clone him. Now.

 

[argent]

Does anyone have vids posted yet anywhere?

 

[tuc biscuit]

Does anyone think that the bench record numbers will eventually pass the deadlift record?

 

[SeanHolmz]

Does anyone think that the bench record numbers will eventually pass the deadlift record?

Never.

The other two lifts will progress in weight just as bench is and will always stay in the same order. Squat, Dead, Bench...

 

[tuc biscuit]

That seems very final.

 

[benchmonster]

tuc biscuit,

the world record in the deadlift is still more than 100 lbs ahead of the world record for the bench.

B.

 

[tuc biscuit]

Yea I know the figures, It was more of a hypothetical question than anything. It's just with the constant advancment in bench press aids and grip being a real limiting factor in deads then at some point in the future it may happen, may it not.

 

[Imnotdutch]

I could see bench surpassing deadlift. It is a long way off but in the bench equipment plays a bigger part than in the deadlift. I think (and this is totally uncorroborated so feel free to prove me wrong) that the bench record is increasing at a much faster rate than the dead record. So eventually the bench numbers will be bigger.........could be a while though

And of course Pellechia already claims a 1000+lb 'assisted' bench (no I am not serious!!!!!!).