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The women's equipped bench press record belongs to Ashleigh Hoeta, from New Zealand, who lifted 317.5 kg (700 lb) (2023, IPL standards), [4] [5] and the raw bench press record belongs to April Mathis from the United States, who lifted 207.5 kg (457.4 lb) (2016, Southern Powerlifting Federation standards).
The record prior to that was 738.5 pounds (335.0 kg) by Kirill Sarychev, set in 2015. Maddox also holds the official world record for most times bench pressing 700 pounds (320 kg) in official powerlifting competition, with 10 times. [6] Maddox competes at anywhere from 440 pounds (200 kg) to 460 pounds (210 kg) bodyweight in recent competition.
Keg toss – 15.5 kg (34 lb) over 8.00 metres (26 ft 3 in) (unofficial world record) [199] → Before this throw, Hafþór also cleared 7.80 metres (25 ft 7 in) which was also above the official world record height for the 15 kg (33 lb) keg toss at that time [200]
Arcidi's 705 pound all-time world record bench press was performed in one of the earliest bench shirts - an original prototype supportive bench press shirt, which was 50% polyester and 50% cotton and only one layer thick. [7] [8] It was thus later categorized as "equipped", although it did not improve his bench by much, if anything. [7]
On August 30, 1969, he crossed the magical 600 lb barrier to become only the second man in history to achieve an official 600 lb bench press. [6] Williams broke Casey's world record in 1971 at the Eastern USA Open, hitting 635 pounds, which was recognized as the American record. [3] On November 6, 1971, at the inaugural AAU World Championships ...
Tommy Vu sets the world record for completing 611 burpee pull-ups in one hour on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023 at West Coast Strength in West Salem, Ore.
Men's Health Fitness Director Ebenezer Samuel demonstrates how to perform the bench press, a core strength training exercise.
James Henderson is the current world record holder for heaviest drug tested raw bench press in history and the highest raw bench press ever done in a full powerlifting 3-lift-meet (squat-bench press-deadlift). His record setting lift was 711.0 lbs. (322.5 kg) [13] and was performed on July 13, 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the 3rd ...