See Eric D. Spoto “Vanilla Gorilla” beaking the raw bench press record with a lift of 722lbs (327.5 kg) . The previous record was 715 lbs by Scot Mendelson. See more about the Bench Press world best scores. Raw bench pressing is done without equipment such as bench shirts. Using such aids there have been lifts above 1000 lbs. I was curious and had to look up what he was sniffing in the video before the lift – and the answer is smelling salts.
EDIT: This record has now been broken by Russian Kirill Sarychev. He lifted 335 kg (738.5lbs) on November 22, 2015.
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World Record Raw Bench Press by Eric Spoto
November 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Bench Press, Weight Lifting
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Gene Rychlak Benching Record
October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Bench Press
Here is a video of Gene Rychlak Jr benching the world record 1010 at The APF Metal Militia Memorial Powerlifting Contest.
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Bench Press World Record
October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bench Press
Video of the new bench press world record of 1074 lbs at the UPA Pro Am.
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