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  2. Progression of the bench press world record - Wikipedia

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    Bench press world records are the international records in bench press across the years, regardless of weight class or governing organization, for bench pressing on the back without using a bridge technique. The advent of bench press shirts, which support the lifter's shoulders and provide upward force, have increased records significantly ...

  3. List of World Records and feats of strength by Hafþór Júlíus ...

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    In his career, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson of Iceland set more than 100 world records and numerous other feats of strength across all notable strongman events, making him the most prolific record breaker of all time, in all of strength sports.

  4. Powerlifting - Wikipedia

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    Powerlifting is a competitive strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift.As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effort of a barbell loaded with weight plates.

  5. Bench (weight training) - Wikipedia

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    Typical consumer-level weight bench with leg exercise attachment Two weight training benches in a fitness center in Nürnberg, Germany Hyper bench for hyperextension Negative bench or decline bench. A weight training bench is a piece of exercise equipment used for weight training. Weight training benches may be of various designs: fixed ...

  6. List of youth world records in Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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    100 kg Pak Myong-jin North Korea 21 October 2019 Asian Youth & Junior Championships Pyongyang, North Korea 16 years, 202 days [1] Clean & Jerk 125 kg Đỗ Tú Tùng Vietnam 8 March 2019 Youth World Championships: Las Vegas, United States 15 years, 57 days [2] Total 221 kg Pak Myong-jin North Korea 21 October 2019

  7. Progression of the deadlift world record - Wikipedia

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    Note: Despite historical claims about Hermann Görner, Bob Peoples and Benoit Cote having lifted heavier numbers, it is Terry Todd and Wilbur Miller who are generally considered the first two individuals to break the 317.5 kg (700 lb) barrier in a documented and official setting with irrefutable evidence, hence initiating the inaugural official world record deadlift in 1964.

  8. Becca Swanson - Wikipedia

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    Her squat is 601.9 pounds (273.0 kg) (equipped), bench press is 523.6 pounds (237.5 kg) (equipped with bench shirt), and she is the only woman to deadlift 621 pounds (282 kg) (equipped). She is also the first woman ever known to be a member of the 2,000 pound club, as she is the first of two women ever to total over 2,000 pounds in a meet on ...

  9. Barbell - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic bar mounted on a bench press bench A men's Olympic bar is a metal bar that is 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) long and weighs 20 kilograms (44 lb). The outer ends are 1.96 inches (50 mm) in diameter, while the grip section is 28 millimetres (1.1 in) in diameter, and 1.31 metres (4.3 ft) in length.