Julius Maddox Road To 800

[mettkeks]

Road To 800 Bench.

First thought: Yeah right.

Then:

700x3.

Fuark.

[bobmen10000]

The snarky part of me wants to say, if ain't 1x5 then it doesn't count.

The jealous part of me wants to say, a bodyweight bench ain't that impressive.

These are excellent good reps by most any measure, much better than his world record. 800 is unlikely but breaking his own WR with a much cleaner lockout (and avoiding the nearly being beheaded due to shitty spotting) seems very likely. Incredible.

[mettkeks]

Nobody else did 700 for reps before. Ever. He did an easy triple with a pause and moved them with authority. This is about 2 or 3 months after his WR.

Not saying he'll get 800, but he's already left humanity behind.

[TheDuke]

Incredible.

Wonder if Sarychev has a chance to catch up with this guy?

I think James Henderson was the most talented though.

[LexAnderson]

If he can stay healthy then who knows what he can do. Everyone said Eddie Hall couldn't get half a ton, but he did.

[KarlM]

He tripled 700! And it was easy. He must be close to 800. Just wild.

[lehman906]

700 x 3 @8

Has anyone tested him for Super Soldier Serum?

[bobmen10000]

[TimK]

Don’t blink or you’ll miss it! Crazy.

[TheDuke]

Ridiculous

[Travis]

I watched the video with him & Eddie Hall & he said he's only been lifting for like 5 years. His strength is just stupid.

[Ragholmes]

ROM makes it even more impressive. No crazy arching with a 2 inch press distance.

[perman]

I watched the video with him & Eddie Hall & he said he's only been lifting for like 5 years. His strength is just stupid.

Watched the same video. I've lifted for 7 years. Felt like he destroyed any internal excuse I might have

EDIT: I see that Julius Maddox sells bench programming via his instagram for curing poverty bench (he's talking to my soul). Using Hanley's cookie cutters, I still haven't fully escaped poverty bench. @Hanley, I believe you may have mentioned you have a 400 lbs bench, Maddox has 700 lbs, his programs must be much better than yours then right?

[mettkeks]

Late, no internets. Fuark.

[SeanHerbison]

@Hanley, I believe you may have mentioned you have a 400 lbs bench

Weird, I seem to remember hearing something about that too. I can't quite place where or when it might've been mentioned though.

[mettkeks]

Put some Respecc on ma thredd, fool!

"His best bench is tied with my best squat, and I'm not a bad squatter." ~ Greg Nuckols

Casually hittin' this in contest prep.

[TimK]

I’m so pissed that he’s going to bench 800lbs at a meet that’s 50 miles from where I live and I won’t be able to be there because I have to shoot a wedding on that day...

[Wingspan]

Ridiculous

[mettkeks]

[Wingspan]

Brutal strength but he looks like he got a little help from the spotter to my untrained eye