# finally benched 700lbs... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 21, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241 "2009-07-21T16:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/1 "2009-07-21T16:43:57Z")
like it says, im so pumped right now. went to my buddies house who has a forza bench, and used my new bench shirt, it and it works. got it before a month or so ago, but a little uneven, this was a full pause and lockout. i am doing a bench contest in september, and i am going to try 725lbs. if my shoulders hold up…the sad part is, i am still almost 400 lbs. from the world record of 1080 lbs. and most guys in the 242/275 weight class do in the mid 800’s now. im getting close, but time will tell. ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/2 "2009-07-21T16:51:19Z")
congrats that is insane. my neighbor growing up used to do ridiculous bench pressing ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/3 "2009-07-21T16:56:35Z")
> [@FS: FMIC + Piping, Universal - Brand New !!SOLD!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-fmic-piping-universal-brand-new-sold/40671/6): > > congrats that is insane. my neighbor growing up used to do ridiculous bench pressing thanks jeff, what is his name? if he competes, i might know him if hes around my age(33) ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/4 "2009-07-21T17:00:51Z")
his name is jamie harris AKA Ziggy. he will be a little older than you. ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/5 "2009-07-21T17:08:37Z")
wow, i know jamie harris, he was a top 5 powerlifter in the world a few years ago. i know he got mixed up in some things after he hurt his shoulder, he was 1 of the 1st guys to bench 700lbs, and was real close to 800 lbs. before he hurt himself. he used to lift at powerhouse in warrendale. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/6 "2009-07-21T18:41:43Z")
Wow, congrats. With the frame that I have I can’t even fathom that amount of weight. ---
**Author:** ![thrillissues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@thrillissues](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thrillissues)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/7 "2009-07-21T19:29:08Z")
That is absolutely insane. Congrats on hitting the 700 mark! ---
**Author:** ![Lazylaser](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lazylaser/32/6033_2.png) [@Lazylaser](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lazylaser)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/8 "2009-07-21T19:37:53Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/9 "2009-07-21T19:44:44Z")
Congrats, that is some serious weight. I am not much of a power lifter, but I would like to see 4 plates on each side in the somewhat near future. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/10 "2009-07-22T04:48:11Z")
Congrats ---
**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/11 "2009-07-22T05:20:01Z")
Congrats! That is a lot of weight! My friends brother in law is also a power lifter (not sure if he competes)… I believe he is somewhere in the 680-700lb area with a shirt also. His name is John Lorenzo, you probably don’t know him… but figured I would throw his name out there. Good luck in competition! ---
**Author:** ![cleanquick306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cleanquick306](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cleanquick306)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/12 "2009-07-22T05:28:12Z")
Congrats, that’s crazy…I benched more than most people in highschool with 365…I couldn’t even hit that now if i trained for a month… ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/13 "2009-07-22T06:49:32Z")
Congrats man ! ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/14 "2009-07-22T07:02:02Z")
Wow, nice job, congrats man. What does one of these shirts look like? I’m guessing it’s for support for your shoulders or something? ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/15 "2009-07-22T11:40:31Z")
> [@beat90tsi"](#): > > Wow, nice job, congrats man. > > What does one of these shirts look like? I’m guessing it’s for support for your shoulders or something? thanks everyone for the conrats… the bench shirt is a very tight custom fitted shirt that allows you to bench a lot more weight…it keeps your shoulders so tight, you can not lower them, you have to walk like a zombie, your arms can not go down, they just stick striaght ahead of your torso…so when you lay down to bench, it keeps your arms and shouldrs in the power grove, so you can bench more weight… i can not even get 425lbs. to touch my chest with the shirt on, it justs sits there half way, wont come down, thats how tight they can be… > [@RIP MARIO \*SHOWTIME69\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-mario-showtime69/40655/90): > > Congrats, that is some serious weight. I am not much of a power lifter, but I would like to see 4 plates on each side in the somewhat near future. go to ballys with me for 4 sessions of chest workouts, and i will put 25lbs. on your max, guarenteed… ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/16 "2009-07-22T12:44:57Z")
> [@It's true](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/its-true/40676/16): > > go to ballys with me for 4 sessions of chest workouts, and i will put 25lbs. on your max, guarenteed… Currently I am trying to cut off a little fat so now isn’t the best time to try and make strength gains. Now I would be happy to keep what I have now. Honestly I am more concerned with size/hypertrophy than I am with strength. I will admit though when I am eating a lot and putting on size adding strength is pretty fun. Just out of curiosity what does a chest workout look for you? ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/17 "2009-07-23T08:29:24Z")
> [@who remembers Topanga](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-remembers-topanga/40677/13): > > Currently I am trying to cut off a little fat so now isn’t the best time to try and make strength gains. Now I would be happy to keep what I have now. Honestly I am more concerned with size/hypertrophy than I am with strength. I will admit though when I am eating a lot and putting on size adding strength is pretty fun. Just out of curiosity what does a chest workout look for you? normal workout is:: flat bench 135x25-1 set 225x15-1 set 315x8-3sets 275x12-3 sets 225x15-3 sets 135x25-3 sets this eems like a lot, but the 1st 2 are a warm-up. after this i will only do 1 exercise for upper, and lower chest, either incline flyes, db presses, and the same for lower chest. but i rotate the ,ain workout everyweek, as in next week i will do all those sets on incline, then the week after on decline, so i am getting that workout on all areas of my chest… training for a bench meet is::: 135x25 225x6 315x2-4 405x2 put on bench shirt… 475x2 550x2 and i go up from there… ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/18 "2009-07-23T09:06:05Z")
That is a ton of volume, I take it flat bench is all you do on a chest day? ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/19 "2009-07-23T09:56:29Z")
> [@Who got out in the warm weather and cleaned up their rides?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-got-out-in-the-warm-weather-and-cleaned-up-their-rides/40660/29): > > That is a ton of volume, I take it flat bench is all you do on a chest day? nope, i rotate that heavy working set everyweek between flat, incline, decline. so every 3 weeks, one part of my chest gets that workout. then for the other parts, i will do 1 exercise for some definition. my old workout was worse, it was 4 sets of whatever weight i could get on incline, decline, flat bench for 6 reps. then 4 sets of db presses on incline, decline, flat, then 4 sets flyes on incline, decline, flate… that workout sucked, it worked, but hard as hell to do ---
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/20 "2009-07-23T15:41:08Z")
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