The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
Bench 315?
Squat 405?
Play on ESPN?
If not, don't touch the iPod!
There was some distance to go before I benched 315.17 I would have to wait to put Disco
Duck on the loudspeakers.
DeFranco's boys, on the other hand, had no problem with 315. His cadre of beasts included
freaks of nature like Rich Demers, who could bench-press 215 pounds for 39 reps. That
impressed me.
It impressed me, but it didn't stun me.
Stunning was Joe Ceklovsky, who has bench-pressed 600 pounds in competition at 148
pounds bodyweight.
Stunning was Scot Mendelson, who has bench-pressed 1,031 pounds in competition at 275
pounds bodyweight.
To put 1,031 in perspective, imagine loading a standard gym barbell with 45-pound plates
until no more can t. That is a measly 885 pounds. Scot has to use 100-pound plates, and the
tempered-steel bar literally bends around his hands. He wears a mouth guard so he doesn't