Valerie Adams Crazy 350 lbs 100% RAW bench press - check the form

[MarkSamuel1]

Valerie Adams - 350 lbs 100% RAW Bench Press

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Is her form correct?

She is not a powerlifter. Is it a world record for women?

[NotThatUgly]

Valerie Adams - 350 lbs 100% RAW Bench Press


Is her form correct?

She is not a powerlifter. Is it a world record for women?

Form is bad to the point of being dangerous. Ass coming way off the bench, and bounce rep.

[smokinHawk]

Form is bad to the point of being dangerous. Ass coming way off the bench, and bounce rep.

lol on dangerous,
no not dangerous. Just a bounced butt up gym lift.

no not a world record for woman as it wasnt done in competition, butt was up and no pause.

[jesteraq]

Not correct at all, that's a 350lb decline press which is still ridiculous for a girl lol

[NotThatUgly]

lol on dangerous,
no not dangerous. Just a bounced butt up gym lift.

no not a world record for woman as it wasnt done in competition, butt was up and no pause.

you don't think that being in essentially, an unstable and sloppy back-bridge while going for a maximal lift is dangerous?

[Synthetickiller]

Not correct at all, that's a 350lb decline press which is still ridiculous for a girl lol

Lol, not even close to a decline.

you don't think that being in essentially, an unstable and sloppy back-bridge while going for a maximal lift is dangerous?

Unstable? no
Sloppy back-brige? Eh? She should have front bridged, right?

She basically arched hard (legal in powerlifting), but didn't keep her butt down to give her added leg drive.
You'll notice that her shoulders/upperback are cemented to the bench. There's no movement at all. She had minimal foot shifting (I'm guessing it would pass in a meet). She looked very, very stable, despite her butt being in the air.

Re-watch the video.

[Swoleflex2016]

Butt up. No lift.

If she worked on her form she could be special. I can't lie, I use to have the same problem. Now I just pin my legs back, pin lats, pinch shoulder blades, and now I have an arch with no butt lift.

How much does she weigh?

Bench Raw Records (women)
Class Lift Name Year Fed Country
97 214 April Delmore-Shumaker 04/23/16 RPS USA
105 230 April Delmore-Shumaker 10/03/15 RPS USA
114 233 Emily Hu 08/30/15 USPA USA
123 275 Emily Hu 04/23/16 RPS USA
132 300 Jennifer Thompson 03/02/12 USAPL USA
148 309 Jennifer Thompson 06/12/15 IPF USA
165 325 Anna Kurkurina 10//11/14 WPA UKR
181 347 Yulia Medvedeva 06/14/14 WPC Azerbaijan
198 363 Ludmilla Gaiduchenko 05/04/14 GPA Ukraine
198+ 430 April Mathis 08/26/12 SPF USA

I keep up with the records for my wife. She is going to one day break the squat record and possibly deadlift. I just don't tell her she is strong for 97 pds (4'11) so she will continue to push herself..hahahahahaha

[Swoleflex2016]

But like stated above. It has to be done in comp. Butt down, pause, lock out, and following all prompt commands.

[MarkSamuel1]

Butt up. No lift.

If she worked on her form she could be special. I can't lie, I use to have the same problem. Now I just pin my legs back, pin lats, pinch shoulder blades, and now I have an arch with no butt lift.

How much does she weigh?

Bench Raw Records (women)
Class Lift Name Year Fed Country
97 214 April Delmore-Shumaker 04/23/16 RPS USA
105 230 April Delmore-Shumaker 10/03/15 RPS USA
114 233 Emily Hu 08/30/15 USPA USA
123 275 Emily Hu 04/23/16 RPS USA
132 300 Jennifer Thompson 03/02/12 USAPL USA
148 309 Jennifer Thompson 06/12/15 IPF USA
165 325 Anna Kurkurina 10//11/14 WPA UKR
181 347 Yulia Medvedeva 06/14/14 WPC Azerbaijan
198 363 Ludmilla Gaiduchenko 05/04/14 GPA Ukraine
198+ 430 April Mathis 08/26/12 SPF USA

I keep up with the records for my wife. She is going to one day break the squat record and possibly deadlift. I just don't tell her she is strong for 97 pds (4'11) so she will continue to push herself..hahahahahaha

She weighs about 260 lbs and is not a powerlifter. Very impressive since she's just a big strong athlete. Based on the records, she would only rank second to April Mathis.
What would her bench be like if her butt was not up? In 300's?

[jesteraq]

Lol, not even close to a decline.



Unstable? no
Sloppy back-brige? Eh? She should have front bridged, right?

She basically arched hard (legal in powerlifting), but didn't keep her butt down to give her added leg drive.
You'll notice that her shoulders/upperback are cemented to the bench. There's no movement at all. She had minimal foot shifting (I'm guessing it would pass in a meet). She looked very, very stable, despite her butt being in the air.

Re-watch the video.

That's the joke...

[Swoleflex2016]

She weighs about 260 lbs and is not a powerlifter. Very impressive since she's just a big strong athlete. Based on the records, she would only rank second to April Mathis.
What would her bench be like if her butt was not up? In 300's?

When I fixed my form I went backwards at first. I had an initial 20-30lb drop then I leaped forward to an overall improvement of 50lb. (In the last 8mths).

If she fixed her form and trained for it. Maybe cut down to 198 lb. It would take about 2 years but it is possible with a lot of hard work.
60 lbs is a lot to lose.

People might think I am crazy but it is possible.

In my journey,

I cut weight from 225-230 pds to 180 pds. I also managed to have my bench go up from 315pds to 350pds. That was a 50 lb weight loss and a 45 pd gain in strength. I went from benching 1.36 bodyweight to 1.94 and nearing in on 2x bodyweight.

That took two years of dieting and vigorous work.

Honestly, very few people would put in the needed effort.

[MarkSamuel1]

That's the joke...

She benches more than you? 315 vs 350.

[MarkSamuel1]

lol on dangerous,
no not dangerous. Just a bounced butt up gym lift.

no not a world record for woman as it wasnt done in competition, butt was up and no pause.

Sorry I have way less knowledge about bench than you. Can you define "pause" plz? Is pause bench different?

[Screwtape]

For those of you who don't know, Valerie Adams is a multiple time world champion and olympic gold medal shot putter. She's also 6'4" and 260lbs. Her brother is 7' tall NBA player Steven Adams, so I guess size runs in her family.

[NotThatUgly]

Sorry I have way less knowledge about bench than you. Can you define "pause" plz? Is pause bench different?

In powerlifting you lower the weight to the chest and then you get a command to press once the weight has completely stopped moving.

Also can't believe people are actually defending this lift on a powerlifting forum, she's a strong athlete sure, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a pure ego lift with atrocious form. The kind of thing you'd see on gym fail compilations.

[screamingjesus]

if some random gym douche bag was using this form everyone would be losing their **** about how bad it is.

[NorthStrong]

After seeing the video i'm assuming she's a thrower.

Lots of throwers bench like that and they're all strong as **** but sometimes have trouble transferring it to a more controlled paused bench.

Doesn't really matter though that's super impressive.

[EasternHammer]

For those of you who don't know, Valerie Adams is a multiple time world champion and olympic gold medal shot putter. She's also 6'4" and 260lbs. Her brother is 7' tall NBA player Steven Adams, so I guess size runs in her family.

I was very familiar with Valerie Adams but I had no idea that Steven Adams was her brother. Cool stuff.

[isaku900]

a pure ego lift with atrocious form

who gives a flying ****

[savosean]

The form wasn't great, but man is she strong... she is lifting so much more then me makes me sad

Beast besty women that's for sure.

[Hervee]

strong lady

[rutabaga22]

Valerie Adams - 350 lbs 100% RAW Bench Press


Is her form correct?

She is not a powerlifter. Is it a world record for women?

Her form is OK, not awesome. The bounce-off makes it not awesome, but hey, it's 350 pounds.

No, the world record for women (raw) is much higher. But the record holder might be a 6'4" 350 pound lifter for al I know.

[verliejlewis]

She is a strong woman