Bench Press World Records
This was during the arnold sports festival 2.
Bench press world records. He is 42 years old. On april 12th 2008 kennelly set the bench press record with a lift of 1070 lbs 486 kg during the american powerlifting association open iron war held in kennewick washington. Bench press world records are the international records in bench press across the years regardless of weight class or governing organization for bench pressing on the back without using a bridge technique.
The current world equipped record is h. Benchpress benchpressrecord worldrecord blaine sumner sets the new bench press world record at 454kg 1003lbs. As of 2020 the world record bench press without any equipment was set by american julius maddox at 349 kg.
Bench press world records. The advent of bench press shirts which support the lifter s shoulders and provide upward force have increased records significantly since 1985. Maddox was the current world record holder for raw bench press which he first set in august 2019.
The heaviest bench press in a single lift is 401 5 kg 885 lbs 2 oz achieved by blaine sumner b 22 june 1987. Blaine also squat lifted 500 kg during the competition. His bodyweight at the time was 167 51 kg.
Clint poore performed a 475 pound raw bench press. Usa at the 2016 arnold sports festival held in columbus ohio usa on 5 march 2016.