2005 phil heath 46 reps on bench press

[ndog]

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Very impressive in a interview he used to bench 500+ pounds but stopped to prevent injuries.

[bazookasword]

seems almost all top bodybuilders have been really strong, and lifting heavy earlier in their careers, but switched to lighter training later on to reduce risk of injury. most of them are still strong ofc but not doing as much heavy squats, deadlifts, benchpresses etc.

[gilesmiles1]

go forward to 11 mins for much awkward hilarity as Rychlak gets squashed live on the olympia stage..

I give heath some props for that effort, even with the half reps I'm surprised he got that many, as for freeman lol just lol..

Unless there is actual video, i wouldn't believe hardly any of what the top guys claim in the mags. Cutler reckoned he was doing 700 pound atg squats within a year or two of working out. Then you see branch and jackson struggling with pathetic reps with 3 or 4 plates in their leg training vid..

[ZBlacktt]

Guy who won. Bar never touches his chest once, lol.

[ndog]

^ so much better for the shoulder doing it this way

[MrSilverback]

Guy who won. Bar never touches his chest once, lol.

They had a curl contest at some show couple years ago (yes I know, uber ghey). The guy who won did so with like 70 something 1/4 curls.

[ZBlacktt]

^ so much better for the shoulder doing it this way

He must have been so proud. Cross Fit benching, I like that!

[ndog]

He must have been so proud. Cross Fit benching, I like that!

It was a group contest and to be fair whenever you are competing as an athlete a win is a win. His form counted so there is no reason why he shouldn't take pride in his victory. For an mma comparison gsp vs nick diaz had similar arguments, do you have an opinion on that?

[tonyt82]

It was a group contest and to be fair whenever you are competing as an athlete a win is a win. His form counted so there is no reason why he shouldn't take pride in his victory. For an mma comparison gsp vs nick diaz had similar arguments, do you have an opinion on that?

Mother of god shut up

[MAX.MAREK]

Guy who won. Bar never touches his chest once, lol.

was about to post the same **** LOL also no one did a full ROM. i guess im gonna start counting differently now LOL

[JanesLastResort]

the first guy did some really quality reps.

[jamesyboi]

It was a group contest and to be fair whenever you are competing as an athlete a win is a win. His form counted so there is no reason why he shouldn't take pride in his victory. For an mma comparison gsp vs nick diaz had similar arguments, do you have an opinion on that?

What does Diaz and GSP have to do with benching form?

[Txhorns23]

lol most of them did "bodybuilding bench presses." presses that pretty much are more beneficial to your chest by staying in a particular rom. Most ,if not all, of those reps wouldn't have counted in an NFL combine.

[ndog]

What does Diaz and GSP have to do with benching form?

I'm glad you asked. Recently Gsp defeated Nick Diaz by take down then controlling him on the ground. Nick Diaz felt upset that he won by doing this and felt the rules were unfair allowing him to not have to push the pace of the fight like they did in an older organization Pride fc. This relates because people in this thread felt it was unfair for someone to do the bare minimum of the rep for it to count the same as a full rep, thus a similar story of controversy.