Reportedly 400 Lbs.
about 600lb RAW
Mariusz Pudzianowski of Poland took home a historic fifth World's Strongest Man title. USA's Derek Poundstone took second.
700 pounds raw with 3 spotters
A raw bench press refers to performing the bench press exercise without the use of supportive gear like bench press shirts or wrist wraps. It involves using only a barbell and weights with no additional equipment to assist in lifting the weight.
Many experienced lifters are capable of adding 25-50 percent on their bench due to wearing a bench press shirt and using proper technique. Watch countless youtube videos and many 400lb raw lifters are capable of lifting 600lb shirted, an increase of 50 percent.
Tom Sisk of Woodstock GA bench pressed 308 lbs "raw" in sanctioned competition at age 75 and six months.
Tom Sisk holds that record with a 301 lbs. bench press "raw" in World competition in Sept 2014 at 78 yrs old.
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Tom Sisk holds that record with a 301 lbs. bench press "raw" in World competition in Sept 2014 at 78 yrs old.
Gear assisted record: 1075 lbs by Ryan Kennelly Raw Bench (no gear): 715 lbs by Scot Mendelson
Dan Henson is currently one of the strongest male 181 lb. raw and drug free bench pressers at age 45 thru 49 currently competing in America. He holds 6 current world records in the AAU and 100% RAW Federations and a National record in the AAPF.
In his interview, Dorian says how he didn't believe the bench press was an effective exercise for pec development. He preferred decline and incline bench presses, I remember in a video of him training he did a work set of 6 unassisted incline presses with at least 405 so I would say his regular bench was hypothetically around 500.