540 lb Bench Press (PR) Video

Training Powerlifting
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[quote]dez6485 wrote:
Jhuczko wrote:
Rugby_Owns wrote:
How tall are you?

Oh and that video made me LOL hard. Good work, though.

I feel Rubby is a little benchpress envyous…lol. What a question “How tall are you?” You wonder if he likes long walks on the beach too?

i too was wondering to myself how tall the guy must be while watching the video, but it had nothing to do with envy. i remembered that his weight was somewhere between 210-220, but thought to myself “damn, he must be kinda short, because he looks thick as hell…”

meaning, to be as bulky/thick as he appeared to be, at 210-220lbs, he couldnt have been too tall, or else with that thickness hed be a lot heavier.

hope that made sense.

great lift. now, do you train primarily for size, or strength? (<<-second part there is a joke!)[/quote]

Thanks dez6485

I will take all the thick comments as a compliment.
I wish I was a litle taller, but that is not my destiny!

I train to compete in Bench Press meets.
I used to train for push/pulls but a hip strain and many years of athletics have made my knees say ENOUGH!
On everything other than the bench I do a bodybuilding style of workout with moderate weights and higher reps.

I hope this helps & have a great day!

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[quote]horsepuss wrote:
Bad ass,No spotter just focus.SOLID[/quote]

Thanks horsepuss

When youtrain alone and in the early morning hours you learn to focus hard!

Have a great day!

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BP u r a monster 540 lbs is a tremendous amount of weight. I would love to hear some advice/routines on increasing benchpress from u, since u seem to know ur stuff. the benchpress is something im really interested in and constantly looking for ways to increase mine.

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Good lifting. Made me laugh too. I always love it when someone shuts mouths and put’s up the weight which is exactly what you did. A 605lb raw bench is freakin incredible. No one can dispute that.

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you are psych’d in that vid and so full of energy. Im 30, 200 and just hit 400 with the use of elbow wraps. what can I do to get a higher bench. how do you use those bands. that’s fukin badass man. great liftin.