Pros And Extreme Feats Of Strength And Workouts

[TheSheepdog]

Have you guys ever heard of any extreme workouts by the pro's or feats of strength?

[Shredboy]

Lee Priests 310lb barbell curl for a few reps is insane... Of course a lot of Ronnie's lifts are absolutely incredible. Chris Cormiers 1000lb Hacksquats come to mind a few years back also.

Some high rep stuff too.. the first time I heard anyone doing somewhat heavy weights for like 100 reps was Gaspari , I know Levrone did stuff like that also.

[TheSheepdog]

i heard Tom Platz would squat 225lbs for ten minutes

[powerman2000]

You guys seen Ronnie's 2,300 lb leg press for reps?

It's really insane.

[woodsballa]

You guys seen Ronnie's 2,300 lb leg press for reps?

It's really insane.

yeah...that's amazing!!..thought it was 2,500 though??? Idk maybe i'm wrong

[TheSheepdog]

http://www.marunde-muscle.com/sarge98repsquat.html

check this out some guy name John "sarge" does his bodyweight for 98 reps

[elargentino]

http://www.marunde-muscle.com/sarge98repsquat.html

check this out some guy name John "sarge" does his bodyweight for 98 reps

WOW, that was painful to see. Can't image how painful would be to do it...
Self punishment at its maximum expression.
Awesome endurance in those legs.

[bucsfan]

platz best I think were 600 for 20 in the offseason. he would do sets of 50 with 315 also or he would squat with 225 until he passed out.

heres the video of him squatting 500 for 23 way after his prime. its pretty crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vE3nOTQn-0

[Torrtrefireto]

kevin levrone 100lb dumbell curls
kevin levrone weighted crunches 300 pounds for 100 non-stop reps
kevin levrone 300 pound lat pulldowns

[Baker19]

kevin levrone 100lb dumbell curls
kevin levrone weighted crunches 300 pounds for 100 non-stop reps
kevin levrone 300 pound lat pulldowns

strong kevin levrone love lol

[flangmasterj]

Lee Priest does 550lbs on the leg press for 100 reps a week out from a contest.

[dedicated bb]

Lee Priest does 550lbs on the leg press for 100 reps a week out from a contest.

Yeah i saw that it was insane

[powerman2000]

platz best I think were 600 for 20 in the offseason. he would do sets of 50 with 315 also or he would squat with 225 until he passed out.

heres the video of him squatting 500 for 23 way after his prime. its pretty crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vE3nOTQn-0

Anyone else notice Bill Kazmier in the background?

[Guardian]

Kevine Levrones chest workout in m3 is just incredbile and unmatched imo

[Wayneizgod]

Kevine Levrones chest workout in m3 is just incredbile and unmatched imo

I agree 100% and those 100lb dumbell curls he was repping was pretty amazing as well

[flangmasterj]

Kevine Levrones chest workout in m3 is just incredbile and unmatched imo

Very inspiring stuff. Crazy weights with textbook form.

[antish]

melissa detwiller curling 100 lb dumbells.Well, for a woman.

[verbatim9]

Anyone else notice Bill Kazmier in the background?

Yeah, he must have thought 'hmmm, these bodybuilders are not weak pretty boys after all. This guy could upset my powerlifting fame... good thing he's doing high reps.'

Seriously, if they wanted to some bbers could break some powerlifting records. There's a video on youtube of Levrone doing 180kg behind the neck press for couple of reps.

[Uriel_da_man]

Levrone's 495 bench folowed by 405 incline (he also does ~450 on the 98 bfto), 4 plates btn on the smith and 100lbs dumbbell curls all for reps, 100 rep full stack cable crunches, and I'm sure there's more.

Ronnie's 200lbs dumbbells press for 12 (and then for 6 (?) on an incline), 5 plate bent-over rows, 8 plate squat and dead for 2, 2000lbs+ leg press for 8, 160lbs dumbbells shoulder press, 200lbs dumbbell rows, 250lbs dumbbell shrugs and a ****load behind-back shrugs (can't remember exactly how much but I believe around 6-700lbs), 495lbs front squat for like 12 reps.

Ruhl's 550lbs machine shoulder press and 5 plate wide-grip smith inclines, I believe he's also done around 2k on the leg press, 200lbs chest-supported dumbbell rows.

Dennis James' 495lbs freeweight incline press and also 4 plate shoulder presses on the smith (both in front and behind the neck), 495lbs front squat.

Priest's 315 bb curl and 100 rep leg presses.

Frank McGrath also does his db curls with the 100s AFTER his barbell curls.

And the list goes on and on. The whole "bodybuilders are weak" is one of the biggest and most ridiculous myths ever.

[ChuckBird]

I surprised noone has mention Greg Kovacs. He claims all kinds of crazy things. Like 700 lbs smith machine incline presses for reps. I'd have to see it to believe it.

[nockowt1]

I surprised noone has mention Greg Kovacs. He claims all kinds of crazy things. Like 700 lbs smith machine incline presses for reps. I'd have to see it to believe it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f7Ey5TloGU

[nockowt1]

I think Ronnie Coleman doing 585 on front squats for 4 is pretty ridiculous so is him doing T-Bar Rows with 12 plates for 9 reps.

[ChuckBird]

Good Job!

[Vadim Beliaev]

Dont know if its true, but I saw this workout in FLEX that Branch Warren has supposedly completed:

4 sets of 100 rep leg extensions (weight not given) followed by
4 sets of squats pyramiding up to 500 pounds - last set is a drop set from 500 all the way to 135.
followed by
this is insane ! - hack squats - 135 for 10 reps, 225 for 20 reps, 315 for 30 reps, 405 for 40 reps and lastly - 495 for 50(!) reps.

[jonny62]

holy crap ^^^ if thats ture DAMN intence

[first_second]

Dont know if its true, but I saw this workout in FLEX that Branch Warren has supposedly completed:

40 sets of 1000 rep leg extensions (weight not given) followed by
4 sets of squats pyramiding up to 5000 pounds - last set is a drop set from 5000 all the way to 1350.
followed by
this is insane ! - hack squats - 1350 for 1000 reps, 2250 for 200 reps, 3150 for 300 reps, 4050 for 400reps and lastly - 4950 for 500(!) reps.

Not too bad.

[Buff_Daddy]

The only ones that really impress me are the free weight... and Ronnie and Levrone reign supreme there... not a fan of machines...its not real strength... you are never lifting in such a fixed plane in the real world...when you are benching 500 free for 4 like levrone did, its 500 no matter how you cut the mustard.

[ryuten]

i see a lot of top amateur bodybuilders that are stronger than most professional bodybuilders. and with a lot better form as well.
justin harris
http://youtube.com/watch?v=az49UMdY1...elated&search=
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HPimN9rmPRk

i don't know if this guy competes or not, but he's insanely strong
darrel hobson 585 lunges
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C5Uk_vEw1zw

[ozzyfan]

Yeah, he must have thought 'hmmm, these bodybuilders are not weak pretty boys after all. This guy could upset my powerlifting fame... good thing he's doing high reps.'

Seriously, if they wanted to some bbers could break some powerlifting records. There's a video on youtube of Levrone doing 180kg behind the neck press for couple of reps.

Palease, there are so many dummy plates used in bodybuilding vidoes and photoshoots that it's not even funny. Why is it that no top bber has even BEEN in the WSM since '77? Even then they got their asses handed to them by a RETIRED o-lifter. After that debacle, Joe Weider would never let his "athletes" compete in any athletic competitions. Ahhhnold, at the time, knew better and never even tried to enter.

[kyokushin1]

Dummy plates? Interesting...