No lift off and long pauses mean nothing (most major feds don't specifically require a "pause," just a moment where the bar lay motionless). Sarychev is the best bencher of all time. The numbers don't lie.
at his largest his pecs got to 7 feet, thats 84 inches. when he was 6'5 440 ish maybe a tad more. arms got to at least 25 and that was a light flex of the bicep it filled out his shirt alright. Clarence Lee could do pushups with a 400 lb guy on his back, had a 70 inch chest benched 600 but not in a meet, larry allen did a sloppy 700 raw, scott mendelson is actually his best raw gym lift touch and go was 785 but he thought the record was already up in space and an equipped 1200 was more important so he worked to going toward that goal but only got aa bit over 1000 in a meet he'd done 1200 numerous times in training so had tiny meeker and gene Rychlak and Ryan Kennelly who had a 650 raw and can still decline that way after his prime with a tenth of the amount of steroids he used to do his equipped 1075. Scot Mendelson at the end of one of his workouts raw benched 365 lbs for 58 reps raw. thats why he was so confident when he made his comeback that he'd just do a easy 300kg 660 lb opener and jump immediately to 716 lbs but he didnt do it right, something messed up, he accidentaly banged up his pec and its one of the worst pec tears in human history, look at it, its worse than dorian yates bicep tear. Nick Winters repped 700 lb raw but for a one rep max never hit a record number, jim williams best raw gym lift was 722 raw, 700lb in front of the whole american weightlifting team and every coach there before the ipf was created so it didnt count, he wrapped his elbows for his in meet raw attempt and later that was considered not raw only by ipf standards then later everywhere else. Leroy Walker can do nearly 700 lb on the incline. got 675 on film and 650 on film. hell in the 50's steve Merjanian would warm up with 350 on the incline for 10. gotaa love it!
I've read the comments. The above lift was James doing his thing for the power team, NOT a contest. At the USPF Seniors in Philly he did three PERFECT official bench presses of 689#, 699#, 711#...all with room to spare and in the best form I've witnessed. He just barely missed a 722# 4th attempt at the 3/4 mark. He should have had it as well, but as you can see he simply ran out of gas. He was a very large man weighing 380# whom I've met. Robert Keller has the meet video. Spoto should get 722#!
This was a well-covered IPF meet. There are pictures of this lift in Powerlifting USA. They show it sitting on his chest, midway and at the top. This lift is also on one of the Powerlifting USA videos. Not only did he do it with no handoff, he benched with his elbows out like a bodybuilder and kept his back flat and if he was using leg drive you couldn't tell. This was the greatest bench press in history. I think it is more impressive than Kennelly's 1074.
I was at that meet. James is one of the most nonchalant competition benchers I have ever seen. He sat in the audience until he was in the hole, and he wore a gold watch the entire time.
No matter weather his fat. Skinny, short, tall smart , stupid ect , whatever you want to call it , the man is strong, that's alot of weight to be throwing around, excellent lift.
Conner H He benched 711 with no bench shirt, wrist wraps...nothin. Same can't be said for Spoto. Furthermore, you can tell who is stronger just by watching clips of the two. It's obvious.
Phuck Googele So, I'm assuming that wrist wraps are just fashion accessories now? Also, Henderson just barely missed the 722 pound press because he did the 711 right before. Like I said, observe and compare the two and its obvious who has more talent.
I met him around the begining of august in a church in bayside miami fl it was a reach to all Miami highschooll football players he is monsterous and the closest I got to him was 20 ft away from him and also antonio robinson was there talking about how he was homelless
I would agree had he paused at the bottom of the lift. There's still momentum in there so for me, this isn't the most impressive bench ever. However the range of motion is fucking glorious here compared to the 2 inches due to arched-backs and bench shirts of the IPF meets of today
BTW in addition to Eric Spoto likely breaking the all time RAW bench record in the next month or so, look for Jeremy Hoornstra to become the lightest man to ever break the RAW 700# mark and become only the 4th person to do so ever. I'm betting he weigh less than 260#. He just got an official 661# at 240#!
is he benching in a church?... 'Preacher: Do I hear power!?.... collective response: More Power!! preacher: Can i ask everyone to bow their heads and close their eyes'
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Best bencher of all time. No wraps, shirt and did 700 numerous times raw.
+JoeC4950 Kirill sarychev 335 kg))) from russia...sorry
No lift off and long pauses mean nothing (most major feds don't specifically require a "pause," just a moment where the bar lay motionless). Sarychev is the best bencher of all time. The numbers don't lie.
Understand this is an old video
at his largest his pecs got to 7 feet, thats 84 inches. when he was 6'5 440 ish maybe a tad more. arms got to at least 25 and that was a light flex of the bicep it filled out his shirt alright. Clarence Lee could do pushups with a 400 lb guy on his back, had a 70 inch chest benched 600 but not in a meet, larry allen did a sloppy 700 raw, scott mendelson is actually his best raw gym lift touch and go was 785 but he thought the record was already up in space and an equipped 1200 was more important so he worked to going toward that goal but only got aa bit over 1000 in a meet he'd done 1200 numerous times in training so had tiny meeker and gene Rychlak and Ryan Kennelly who had a 650 raw and can still decline that way after his prime with a tenth of the amount of steroids he used to do his equipped 1075. Scot Mendelson at the end of one of his workouts raw benched 365 lbs for 58 reps raw. thats why he was so confident when he made his comeback that he'd just do a easy 300kg 660 lb opener and jump immediately to 716 lbs but he didnt do it right, something messed up, he accidentaly banged up his pec and its one of the worst pec tears in human history, look at it, its worse than dorian yates bicep tear. Nick Winters repped 700 lb raw but for a one rep max never hit a record number, jim williams best raw gym lift was 722 raw, 700lb in front of the whole american weightlifting team and every coach there before the ipf was created so it didnt count, he wrapped his elbows for his in meet raw attempt and later that was considered not raw only by ipf standards then later everywhere else. Leroy Walker can do nearly 700 lb on the incline. got 675 on film and 650 on film. hell in the 50's steve Merjanian would warm up with 350 on the incline for 10. gotaa love it!
"Russian steroid freak" Pffft And like this caught drug dealer didint use anything just lol.
Now that's a raw touch and go press..
No bullshit equipment, no arched back , almost close grip with a long range of motion...
Real benching here
I've read the comments. The above lift was James doing his thing for the power team, NOT a contest. At the USPF Seniors in Philly he did three PERFECT official bench presses of 689#, 699#, 711#...all with room to spare and in the best form I've witnessed. He just barely missed a 722# 4th attempt at the 3/4 mark. He should have had it as well, but as you can see he simply ran out of gas. He was a very large man weighing 380# whom I've met. Robert Keller has the meet video. Spoto should get 722#!
Got to be the all time best bencher considering he was drug tested!
Drug tested? Hahaha. Ya just like the Olympics. They're all crooked as the day is long.
This was a well-covered IPF meet. There are pictures of this lift in Powerlifting USA. They show it sitting on his chest, midway and at the top. This lift is also on one of the Powerlifting USA videos. Not only did he do it with no handoff, he benched with his elbows out like a bodybuilder and kept his back flat and if he was using leg drive you couldn't tell. This was the greatest bench press in history. I think it is more impressive than Kennelly's 1074.
GET OUTTA WAY DAWG!
James was our club’s inspiration. ❤
I was at that meet. James is one of the most nonchalant competition benchers I have ever seen. He sat in the audience until he was in the hole, and he wore a gold watch the entire time.
The G.O.A.T!
No matter weather his fat. Skinny, short, tall smart , stupid ect , whatever you want to call it , the man is strong, that's alot of weight to be throwing around, excellent lift.
he could have juggled that fucking weight, it went up so fast.
Wayyy more natural talent than Spoto if you ask me. Without a doubt, the greatest bencher of all time.
How does he have more natural talent? Serious question
Conner H He benched 711 with no bench shirt, wrist wraps...nothin. Same can't be said for Spoto. Furthermore, you can tell who is stronger just by watching clips of the two. It's obvious.
irvgaddi21 spoto only wore wrist wraps
irvgaddi21
spoto benched 11 pounds more paused, henderson didn't pause at all.
Phuck Googele So, I'm assuming that wrist wraps are just fashion accessories now? Also, Henderson just barely missed the 722 pound press because he did the 711 right before. Like I said, observe and compare the two and its obvious who has more talent.
how do get to see this video? Love his 10 minutes to 6 video as well. Seems like an interesting guy for sure.
this guy is a hero :)
Bench wonder of the world!!!!
Thou shall lift that weight!
A man of God has been given great strength
best bencher in the world hands down, a confirmed 711 raw drug tested with a pause shits on scott mendelson 715 raw w/ roids and no pause.
I met him around the begining of august in a church in bayside miami fl it was a reach to all Miami highschooll football players he is monsterous and the closest I got to him was 20 ft away from him and also antonio robinson was there talking about how he was homelless
I did not say that the bench press in this video was the best ever. The 711 at the IPF meet was. He paused it for a good 3-4 seconds.
Thats raw
James is a minister
I would agree had he paused at the bottom of the lift. There's still momentum in there so for me, this isn't the most impressive bench ever. However the range of motion is fucking glorious here compared to the 2 inches due to arched-backs and bench shirts of the IPF meets of today
It seems to be impossible to find a video of his 711 :O I wonder why.. Do you know where to find it?
Yozkopf he hasnt many videos and he pressed 705 in ipf 1997, 711 meet record shame there is not a video from this feats
BTW in addition to Eric Spoto likely breaking the all time RAW bench record in the next month or so, look for Jeremy Hoornstra to become the lightest man to ever break the RAW 700# mark and become only the 4th person to do so ever. I'm betting he weigh less than 260#. He just got an official 661# at 240#!
this wasn't the IPF meet. He did his 711 in the meet. NO handoff. No wraps. And unlike this video about a 3-4 second pause.
some of us have a job. you should try it.
Is god strenght that give him incredible
That was a touch and go, record is legit pause
no arch with 1.96 m height , really upperbody strenght and he press 320 kg on ipf contest
@SVTwhipple how much u think he could get paused?
He have done 711 paused
This wasnt a pause though???
You can't compare the ROM of raw bench and shirted.
is he benching in a church?... 'Preacher: Do I hear power!?.... collective response: More Power!! preacher: Can i ask everyone to bow their heads and close their eyes'
he did this....easy. he couldnt did at least 20 more pounds it looked like
bet he could have done 750
he has in training
Dusky Racer
On his Wikipedia page it said he unofficially did 744 raw bench press.
Six pounds over the raw bench press record today.
james has done 711 paused
He had wayyyyyy more left...
This is easiest 700lbs ever. Looked like he could do it for 3-4
He could have beatin 715 record easy!
It looks to easy like 200lbs!
he could at least do 20 more lbs and smash that raw bench record, looked too easy for him
actually it's 675 lbs. but still very significant and strong.
villa7282
It's was 711 lbs bench press.
Got to be the all time best bencher considering he was drug tested!