Can you bench your own weight?

[Dirtydirtysouf]

I went to high school with this guy. Notice the age bracket. Yes...he was 14. His dad used to fly him to everywhere on weekends and bet guys his 14yo could beat them in arm wrestling. Then lay out a couple grand.

Is that raw or geared (bench shirt, SQT suit and deadlift suit?)????

 

[slow is slow]

I have no clue, but here is the link to that federation's records.
http://ipapower.com/WR/MSHW.htm

 

[slow is slow]

I found a south Carolina raw lifting record that he owns at 1588#. That's for all shw lifters regardless of age. It's on a pdf if you google shane yates lifting.

 

[Dirtydirtysouf]

I have no clue, but here is the link to that federation's records.
http://ipapower.com/WR/MSHW.htm

Damn.... Super Heavy Weight at 14yrs old!!!!! How tall/big was he back then!!!! Those are killer numbers for a geared teen!

 

[WadeWatts]

I wanna see a pic of that kid

 

[GoWolfpack]

I wanna see a pic of that kid

I follow a youtube channel called Strength Central where they aggregate videos of powerlifting from all over the world. The last one I watched showed a 16 year old squat over 500 lbs, bench more than 300 lbs and deadlift 700 lbs. If you watch videos of a powerlifter named Luke Richardson from a few years ago he does some really impressive stuff as a junior lifter.

 

[Have gun-will travel]

Hell no,not now . I could lift 1 1/2 times my weight when I was 30. I only weighed 130. I could bench between 180 and 190 on most days.

 

[Ben Jefferson]

Once I passed 40 or so I've not tried.

I would dislocate both shoulders if I were to succeed at this point ant there's no chance of that.

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

This guy’s constantly studying diet, supplements, and exercise technique.

 

[DrScaryGuy]

I honestly thought the thread title was "Can you BEACH your own weight" and I was like "oh, i definitely got this one"