42+ 500 Lb Bench Press Pics. Derek suffered a fractal pec tear about a year ago benching 500 lbs so this has been a huge mental block. Dj is the first person to graduate from our 400 lb club and advance to the 500 club.
This puts the 500 lb deadlift at a slightly more advanced level than 300 lb bench press, but still very close.
I couldn't imagine a weightlifter bench pressing 500lb while maintaining full scapula protraction throughout the entire lift, so why would a gymnast hold protraction in a planche (or any other push) given that this would make the hold even harder? Bench press = 585 lbs. This is from training derek did february 20th, 2009. Nowadays, the most common is the international avoirdupois pound which is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.
