My friend's 600lbs bench press...

[The Shadow]

Did this guy ever do any lifts in competition? Sorry, but I'm a bit skeptical when someone claims a world record lift outside of a sanctioned contest.

Tracy Satterfield is the guys name in Ga...do a search for some of his lifts

 

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

Apparently he's the real deal. This is an article I found:

County powerlifters earn Georgia Games gold
Pendergrass world bench press record holder Tracy Satterfield, upcoming Jackson County Comprehensive High School senior Adam Murphy and Jackson County native R. Garry Glenn were among the five members of Team Northeast Georgia participating recently in the 2001 Georgia Games powerlifting competition at Life University.
All five team members returned from the event with gold medals.
Satterfield and team members George Bradley and Marie Merck claimed their medals in the solo bench press competition.
Lifting in the 181-pound class, Satterfield pushed 500 pounds on his opening lift. Satterfield set a new world bench press record of 545 pounds just a few weeks ago. His Games effort was the best in any class.
"I just didn't have it today," Satterfield said afterward, "but I just came down here to have some fun. We did."
The 143-pound Bradley lifted 225 pounds, while Merck (114) benched 105.
Glenn and Murphy each won both the bench press and full-power parts of the competition.
Glenn, now an Oakwood resident, successfully defended his 2000 Georgia Games championship in the Masters 45-49 age group at 181 pounds, equaling his bench press from last year (300) and setting new personal meet records in the deadlift (400) and total (980).
"I'm very happy with the 400-pound deadlift and to be back at 300 on the bench," Glenn said. "Plus, I'm only 20 pounds from 1,000 on the total. I guess that's my next goal. I've got a lot of room to improve my squat, but with three knee operations already, I have to be very careful."
Murphy's gold came in the 181-pound 16-17 class, with a 265-pound bench press and 890 total.
One highlight of the event was world-class lifter Ashley Hudson of Newnan. Competing in the 105-pound weight class, the 24-year-old Hudson, who previously won the national collegiate powerlifting championship, totaled 840 pounds with an unofficial state record squat of 335, a bench press of 180 and deadlift of 325.
Used by permission from accessnorthgeorgia.com.

 

[Bobber]

How thick are these guys pecs that lift such high poundages? Their pecs must sit like 6 inches thick from skin to rib cage.

 

[The Shadow]

tracy can move a lot of weight...hit 630 in the gym the other day

 

[The Shadow]

Tracy is all arms and chest.

5'6 maybe 5'7"

 

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

I witnessed a guy press 471 weighing 168. It was pretty impressive.

 

[jeremys]

at a local meet, there was some guy from out of state. they wheeled him up on the platform in his weelchair. must have been paralyzed from the waist down because i never saw him move them. he wasnt big, below 180 in weight, but he benched like 480 or something like that. no leg drive at all. very inspirational. i think that's the one thing that got me training for powerlifting instead of BBing.

 

[sereneman]

I posted recently about a friend of mine who is I believe the lightest person ever to bench 600lbs. He's very well known and respected in the bodybuilding community... so I was pretty sure he wasn't BSing me.

He wrote me back this letter to clarify.

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Hello XXXX:

How are you? Here's the scoop. Actually, the trophy was presented to me by Santa Monica Athletic Club for a 600 pound bench press. Unfortunately, this was not a competition lift but a gym lift ... albeit a damn heavy one. This made me the smallest (lightest) person to ever bench press 600.

The 600 pound bench was performed at the Santa Monica Athletic Club (now defunct) in November 1983. I was 23 years of age and I weighed 177 pounds. (I believe this was 1/2 pound over the middleweight limit at the time and 3.38 X my bodyweight.)

I have lifted 585 on three other occasions though. I weighed anywhere from 174 1/2 - 176 pounds.

The most famous and most documented lift would have occurred in Toronto, Canada at Gold's Gym. I lifted 585 in front of a crowd of 150+ people which was witnessed by sports physician and avid bodybuilder, Dr. Robert Hiscox, MD. (This was July 1984 at the age of 24.)

I have successfully bench pressed 500 pounds on 40 or more occasions. (All within the middleweight weight class of 176 1/2 pounds.)

I hope that this answers your question.

Sincerely,

John Rosen

PS My strongest day ever (in my opinion) was bench pressing a set of 10 reps with 405 ... with absolutely no assistance

Generally what you can do for 10 reps is about 80% of your max. It has always been accurate for me. Following that rule, this guy should not have ever been able to bench much more than 500lbs. He is a freak of nature.

 

[Jimsbbc]

It doesn't count when you arch your back like a banana and wear a rubber monkey shirt.

 

[The Shadow]

It doesn't count when you arch your back like a banana and wear a rubber monkey shirt.

Why do you say that...both are perfectly legal