Favorite Bencher?

RJ

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definitely Doug Young for me. True 70s bencher/powerlifter. mlp

Guy was built like a tank. And worked the railyard or some shit like that.

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Damn rj look at the chest lettuce. Ted would be proud.
 

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So this is the level of competition I get to face in May?? Well I'm only about 500 pounds away...awesome

HA HA HA! Lets see if I can't dig up a cliché to make you feel better.....Oh got it: You are only competing with yourself.

Jay Fry is bad ass.
 
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For me , it has to be Ed Coan.
585 bench at 220 bw raw.
I had the pleasure of working out with him many years ago with a gold medalist powerlifter that trained me back in the 80's
 

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Ecks is my favorite bencher, i'm his biggest groupy
 

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Glen Chabot had brutally unique raw bench power with a close grip and his elbows out.
 

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If we're talking bench then you can't have the conversation without mentioning.... Bill Kazmaier. He was a helluva PLer even though so many only think SM when they hear his name.
 

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If we're talking bench then you can't have the conversation without mentioning.... Bill Kazmaier. He was a helluva PLer even though so many only think SM when they hear his name.

Smith Machine?
 

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Ted arcidi,back in the day,
When we were kids he was a big inspiration,the weight he was pushing then was unheard of!
 

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Anthony Clark was unconventional in his benching but you gotta give him credit for putting up big numbers with a reverse grip bench.
 

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The old school lifters are awesome but the ones I get something out of watching are more from the now. 2 personal friends of mine are Carlos Rojas 600+ raw at 45 and Jared Burton 550 raw at 46. This are guys I have watched, talked to and trained with. Both world class badass old men.
 
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James Henderson. I believe the first raw 700 bench. He was 6'4" and close to 4 bills. Also Big Jim Williams. 675 back in the 60's and 70's.
 

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Ted arcidi,back in the day,
When we were kids he was a big inspiration,the weight he was pushing then was unheard of!

Ill go w/ Ted as well.. I know, Im partial since we're good friends for 25+ years, but he was a pioneer, for sure...
 

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