Reg Park bench press

Bench press 500 pound second person ever to do so

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[damonegill88]

Reg was natural

[lazur1]

Steroid accusations reference '49: 21yr-old Reg came to US, supposedly added 50Lbs 'overnight'. 1/ He weighed 225 in early '50s. I find it difficult to believe he was the top UK '49 BBer @ 6'1",175!. 2/ He was 21, plenty room for growth. 3/ Steroids weren't known to York BBers until '54. I find it even more difficult to believe that Joe Weider knew about them 5yrs earlier! 4/This is all Roger Walker's story, one jealous BBer who couldn't get his timeline straight. No one else.

[kwstas67]

wtf i came to see reg park and i read comments about steroids and if he took etc.should we really give a fuck if he did?I mean his dead now, so lets stop the bull.

[rippertrap]

that was not 220kg 4 plates each side x20kg=80kg each side x2 =160kg + bar =180kg not 220kg in this video the plates are looking blur

[LethalAssassin9]

Big Reg! Respect

[lazur1]

G.Hackenschmidt's 1898 361 lb BP wasn't beaten by more than 2 pounds for over 50 years. J.Williams had the last -truly- raw record, 675 in a loose "Fruit of the Loom" undershirt, & no belt, almost 40 years ago,1972,(he barely missed 700 that day). S.Mendelson's -technically- raw 715 in 2005 looks to stay safe for a while, as interest in SHW raw BPs has dwindled. The R.Kennelly's 1,075's safe til they make a better shirt. Assuming RK'd do 716 raw if he could, the shirt lifted 360 all by itself!

[mrmajicka]

great show of strength!

[Ludichris8531]

Weren't talking about pro bodybuilders. But they typically use steroids much more powerful than plain old test as well.

[Reaps1291]

@Ludichris8531 If the pro's you are talking about are in the Olympia, they don't do drug tests. So they're free to take whatever they want.

[Ludichris8531]

Huh? No pro's take steroids that won't come up on drug tests. Also, there are many steroids that have lower conversion rates to DHT and estrogen as well as being far more anabolic and less androgenic so as to minimize side effects. Other than cyclists, you'll find few pro athletes that are on regular test injections. Unless you were talking about something else entirely and I don't realize it.

[rcaddict72]

@nuclearsharkattack my understanding is that athletes had access to dbol prior to the 1960 olympics and shortly after that gym rats were getting it. most serious bodybuilders were eating dbol like candy by 1964.