Ryan Kennelly does it again - 1,075 pounds

[philosopher]

Ryan Kennelly, 308, bench pressed 1,075 pounds on Saturday at the Pride Strength Wars in Kennewick, Washington. That moves his own all-time 308 class record up from 985 pounds and is the biggest bench press ever, regardless of weight class.

 

[demostenes]

FUCKIN' BEAST!!!!

 

[thedon]

wow, thats crazy

 

[PrinceVegeta]

What a beast...! is that x4 BW?

 

[Daniel Andersson]

Holy

Thats awesome.
Does anyone know what the record for raw bench is?

 

[tkD]

Holy

Thats awesome.
Does anyone know what the record for raw bench is?

the biggest raw bench
SHW Scot Mendelson 2.28- 715 - 5/22/2005

and the best bw ratio bench
114 Andrzej Stanaszek 3.51 - 391 - 11/16/1994

^^ 114 lbs bw?

 

[Rocky]

That just defies belief! Incredible.

 

[mvsf1]

OMG. That's really crazy and that's what I call sport.

 

[Storm]

he's benching a deadlift record. Crazy.

 

[The Creator]

simply incredible.

 

[PrinceVegeta]

So he benches more then the deadlift record? WTF!?!!

 

[Storm]

So he benches more then the deadlift record? WTF!?!!

Benching benefits from lifting gear more than any other lift, AFAIK. Raw bench record is still somewhere around 800lbs.

edit: tkd posted it for us:
the biggest raw bench
SHW Scot Mendelson 2.28- 715 - 5/22/2005

This 1075lbs lift is done with full gear (not to take credit away, it's still fucking impressive).

Just for the pleasure of discussing. What you guys think about all those PL federations with different rules and about shirt/wraps/straps in PLing?

 

[mvsf1]

Just for the pleasure of discussing. What you guys think about all those PL federations with different rules and about shirt/wraps/straps in PLing?

Of course we need INTERNATIONAL standard rules for making good comparisions...

 

[Hypocrisy86]

besides in aiding with the lift, does the gear also help reducing injury?...

 

[shade.]

maybe the best bencher in the world!!

 

[Scoular]

besides in aiding with the lift, does the gear also help reducing injury?...

I believe it offers very little safety benefit. The main thing is to keep good form at all times.

With higher weight then your lifting should be less erratic.

 

[Hypocrisy86]

I believe it offers very little safety benefit. The main thing is to keep good form at all times.

With higher weight then your lifting should be less erratic.

true, forgot about the more weight the balancing gets a little easier.
just wondering, having that much weight fall on you = instant death

 

[mvsf1]

just wondering, having that much weight fall on you = instant death

I do believe so... your chest would be instantly broken

 

[Bhana]

^Gene Rychlak (sp) broke his back when the bar was on top of him in the 05 olympia

 

[TJ]

true, forgot about the more weight the balancing gets a little easier.
just wondering, having that much weight fall on you = instant death

Balancing is harder in a shirt because of the groove you need to stay in. This is a video of Kennelly a while back getting way out of his groove. You can see from the beginning of the 1080 attempt he was very unstable.