Seahawks strength coach claims to have benched 500lbs for 37 reps

[~ThaGame~]

are you fuckin serious?! no one can do 500lbs that many times naturally. what a bunch of bullshit this is...

 

[daveyboy]

I don't see how he could do 500 that many times and top out at 700....doesn't seem to add up.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[doubles1]

is 500 for 37 possible.?

 

[MeLikeProp]

shiiiit !!! i got 500 for 38 reps on just creatine and horny goat weed

 

[the urge]

Not a chance! he may be good , but you loose all credibility making statements like that. I don't even know if I would believe 300 for 39 reps

 

[40butpumpin]

Gillespie is 6'1", 300 pounds, 23-inch neck, size 60 jacket, 42" waist. Umm, he's one big mofo, I believe it.

 

[zOOmz]

it is technique tho, a Bodybuilding bench technique is very different from what is used in bench comps. The bar only moves so many inches

 

[IronLion]

I have found that I can bench about 2 times what I bench 30 times. So when I was hitting 225 for thirty reps I was benching about 440. Now I am in the 36-39 rep range with 225 and I bench about 505. This guy would be benching 1,000 pounds raw. I think it is a misprint and they meant 225 or even 315 possibly. I am going to have to belive that he is not pressing 700 pounds with no aas. The fact is he has to deny it because of his job. In all reality he was probably brought in because of his aas knowledge.

 

[the urge]

Iron 225 for 30+ reps is pretty impressive!

 

[IronLion]

I have seen a guy do it 53 times, he weighed 420 pounds and had about a 68 inch chest at about 5'10 so his stroke was about 4 inches...lol...still there are freakish people out there but no one benches 500 pounds 37 times in a row. Maybe he did like 20 sets of 5 or something...lol