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350lb bench for an athlete his size is to be expected. I did 405lb bench when I weighed 205ish. I'm 5' 10" and not a gifted athlete.
Bro it's easier when u shorter, or arm length as in less distance. I'm 5 8, 190 and bench and squat a ton, but my deadlifts relative to my squats and bench not so great. For tall dudes, especially 84 fucking inch wingspan.. It's impressive, of course gear induced taken into consideration.
Lol350lb bench for an athlete his size is to be expected. I did 405lb bench when I weighed 205ish. I'm 5' 10" and not a gifted athlete.
Bro it's easier when u shorter, or arm length as in less distance. I'm 5 8, 190 and bench and squat a ton, but my deadlifts relative to my squats and bench not so great. For tall dudes, especially 84 fucking inch wingspan.. It's impressive, of course gear induced taken into consideration.
This is true.
I doubt I could still push 305 today that's for sure. At 165 Lbs, I literally stopped all resistance training in favor of cardio. I asked myself, why am I carrying around all this weight? Two months later voila...string bean again. I love it.
I'm an extremist Lol!
Dwight Howard benching a set of 3 @365 with a 7'5'' wingspan.
http://www.stack.com/video/2305637272001/dwight-howard-benches-365-pounds
Jones benching 350 isn't that impressive.
He didnt get it clean (meaning without spotter help) but even if he did not impressive for a professional athlete his size. The video of Howard getting 365 3x clean pretty easily is way more impressive and also speaks to the lack of real A level athletes in MMA.
Howards weight versus Jones weight?
Dwight Howard benching a set of 3 @365 with a 7'5'' wingspan.
http://www.stack.com/video/2305637272001/dwight-howard-benches-365-pounds
Jones benching 350 isn't that impressive.
I haven't tested my max but a year or two ago it was 385 while weighing 215. 350 isn't that much. Lots of people who aren't pro athletes can do much better than that while weighing less than JBJ. The only thing that makes it somewhat impressive is the length of his arms. Most heavy lifters don't have anywhere near his reach.
Ok brosefs,
I know most sherbro's can bench press 500 LB's with ease. But, Jones' with his insane 85 inch reach has a much further distance to press the bar, than the average T-rex meathead. Infact, it seems incredible to me he can move this much weight. Cell Tech for sure.