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700lbs. bench press for HS Senior

jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,337 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2013 in General Discussion
His arms are so short he doesn't have to press far.

http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/msn/texas_high_school_senior_matt_poursoltani_lifts_700_pounds_rivals_nfl_bench_press_record_video/13226986
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Interesting
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  • fastcarsgofastfastcarsgofast Member Posts: 7,179
    edited November -1
    That only beats my max by 380 pounds.[;)]
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  • SP45SP45 Member Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Convince me he's not on the juice.
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  • Blade SlingerBlade Slinger Member Posts: 5,891
    edited November -1
    Big neck problems later in life, take it from one that knows[:0]
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I need to give him a call the next time I have to drop the Trany and X-fer case in my 1975 Power wagon, they weigh 700# together and its a bear to move them around.

    Yea he beat my best by 380# and that was a long time ago.
    RLTW

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  • LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,142 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How fast can he run the fifty?
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  • bambambambambambam Member Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by SP45
    Convince me he's not on the juice.


    +1000
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,404 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bambambam
    quote:Originally posted by SP45
    Convince me he's not on the juice.


    +1000
    yup
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • Mark GMark G Member Posts: 1,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thats nothing. When I was in High School, I bench pressed 1000#. I just did it 1# at a time.[:D]
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,493 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ox
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    My best was 375# with long arms and no juice. I wish now I would have never tried to max, but tell that to a youngster.
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  • CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you listen closely to the audio, you can hear his left nut pop.[:0]
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    by the time they graduate high school students will need that much strength to push off an oppressive govt
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sure they didn't Partially shave a bear.[:o)]
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,404 ******
    edited November -1
    I think my HS max for bench was about 285 (nothing impressive) and my arms were moving the weight about 4 times as far (plus I lifted it off the rest myself).
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
    How fast can he run the fifty?



    Who does he need to run from ?
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
    How fast can he run the fifty?



    Who does he need to run from ?
    A stout bench press doesn't equate to many skills. I'd put a165# kick boxer against him.
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I lifted way more than that in high school. 12 ounces at a time..........[:D][:D]
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,337 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ryan kennelly presses 1120lbs.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4P4vtUEkyA
    Ryan-Kennelly-Bench-Press6.jpg
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
    How fast can he run the fifty?



    Who does he need to run from ?
    A stout bench press doesn't equate to many skills. I'd put a165# kick boxer against him.





    Doesnt rule it out ether


    I was 19 benched 425, ran 5 miles everyday, black belt in tkd, could do the splits standing up against the wall, surprised allot of people who thought as you do
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  • nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Great. How many pull ups can he do? How quick is he on the field and in the 40? What's his high jump? What's his clean?

    THOSE are the physical tests that have actual carry over to the athletic arena.

    Pure strength is better than nothing, but not the end all be all of the endeavor.
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  • M1A762M1A762 Member Posts: 3,426 ✭
    edited November -1
    He has a bench shirt on, it does give some "spring" to the lift. Either way it is 700 pounds. Steroids? Probably.

    Makes my 370 pound bench look like nothing!
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  • GONESHOOTINGGONESHOOTING Member Posts: 2,450 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    has to be bad on your joints though[?]
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  • we_dig_itwe_dig_it Member Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He would make a great middle linebacker.....
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  • LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,142 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by we_dig_it
    He would make a great middle linebacker.....
    Or a jack stand
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  • MMOMEQ-55MMOMEQ-55 Member Posts: 13,134
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by GONESHOOTING
    has to be bad on your joints though[?]


    At 17 he will have problems with joints when he reaches 30. Still that is a lot of weight for a teenager. I hope it is natural but I am betting juice.
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He needs to read a book about forklifts and their application.[:D]

    Clouder..
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe him, but a piss test would silence the critics.
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  • BeeramidBeeramid Member Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We had a guy on our football team benched in the neighborhood of 600#, squatted even more, and was fast. It took time, determination, lots of effort.............................and some type of horse steroid injections.


    If you asked him, he wasn't on roids either.[;)]
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  • nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Beeramid
    We had a guy on our football team benched in the neighborhood of 600#, squatted even more, and was fast. It took time, determination, lots of effort.............................and some type of horse steroid injections.


    If you asked him, he wasn't on roids either.[;)]


    With a little help from my friends.
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  • CbtEngr01CbtEngr01 Member Posts: 4,340
    edited November -1
    growth horemones in all the fastfood stuff
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  • 17tobyracing17tobyracing Member Posts: 3,429 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    My best was 375# with long arms and no juice. I wish now I would have never tried to max, but tell that to a youngster.


    Max bench was 410# (no roids and no bench shirt) when I 24 years old. I'm 40 now and have all sorts of tendon and joint issues from years of power lifting. A torn distal bicep tendon two years ago ended my heavy lifting for good.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,124 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I feel sorry for him. When I was 17, I weighed about 125# and could lift and carry 300#. I've been in constant pain from a damaged spine for the last 40 years. Elbows, shoulders, knees, hands,and hips=all giving me fits for decades.
    My only reconciliation is that I caused my injuries doing constructive work rather than those who hurt themselves playing games.
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
    How fast can he run the fifty?



    Who does he need to run from ?
    A stout bench press doesn't equate to many skills. I'd put a165# kick boxer against him.





    Doesnt rule it out ether


    I was 19 benched 425, ran 5 miles everyday, black belt in tkd, could do the splits standing up against the wall, surprised allot of people who thought as you do
    [?]. I don't get it.
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,337 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I went to a small school, I think there was 19 in the graduation class. We had no football team, no weights, nothing. I could lift a bale of hay pretty good, drive fence post, and cut tobacco. If I would have done a bench press it wouldn't have been very good as I have long arms 38" shirt sleeve length. I was in high demand hanging tobacco in barns because of my length and long arms.
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  • bambambambambambam Member Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jltrent
    I went to a small school, I think there was 19 in the graduation class. We had no football team, no weights, nothing. I could lift a bale of hay pretty good, drive fence post, and cut tobacco. If I would have done a bench press it wouldn't have been very good as I have long arms 38" shirt sleeve length. I was in high demand hanging tobacco in barns because of my length and long arms.


    I know what you mean. I baled hay just about most of the summer for every year I was in HS. Living om a farm doing chores my overall body strength was much greater than the ones that worked on their legs and arms. I played football on a CO-OP with another HS. Coaches were all upset because I never lifted weights like the city kids did(told me I wasn't dedicated). I was strong enough to play w/o lifting weights. I even played in college w/o lifting much.
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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,509 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Grew up farming in the days of no bulk fertilizer deliveries .It came in hundred pound sacks that had to be unloaded by hand carried to the planter and dumped in the hopper No telling how much tobacco
    I hung up in the old stick type barns Never had a need to do any weight lifting as exercise did plenty of it as work .
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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