200kg bench - would you believe this/possible without AAS?

ok so usually i dont care what people say they can lift, but this one well the circumstances around it annoyed me a little.

i was basically being judged for using AAS, which i usually dont mind but then this one bloke as we're walking out the door pipes up to me "i can bench 200kg" this is after looking down his nose at me for using AAS.

i replied with "was that shirted or not" and his response which made me think he was full of sh1t was "erm yeah an olympic bar"

now i would assume that anyone who can bench press 200kg would know what a bench shirt is, i'd also assume they took AAS, this bloke was pretty big he was thick set but not lean at all so he had a powerlifter look to him, albeit a bit smaller and he was short so looked prime for benching with his stumpy little arms.

i know it's possible but how possible is it? i just doubt there are that many people out there that are clean that could get anywhere near a 200kg bench press and even those that can would be wearing a shirt.

should i have called bullsh1t?

yes

Fat Pete has done 205 if i'm not mistaken

when he said "erm yeah an olympic bar" you should have first slapped him upside the head, and then said "no, you cretin! were you wearing a bench shirt?"
im sure there are a few natties that can bench 200k raw, but they would be few and far between, and definitely a succesful competitive powerlifter. if this man is not, then you should have called bullsh*t.

Well if the genetics are 100% perfect then there is a possibility but in 99.9% of cases i'd say it would be unrealistic. I turned to the darkside long before 100k lol

He can probably bounce 200kg off his chest with the help of a rower spotter

As for people being natural or not, with strangers I just assume nobody is natural these days, the number of people using has increased dramatically since just ten years ago IMO

I'd have queried it. Had i been wrong i wouldn't have had a lot to lose.

Next time you're in the gym challenge him to contest

i benched 185kg at 19 years old natural and raw (touch and go)

fat petes 205 was shirted, but technically sublime and would have passed in any competition

i hope you can hit 200kg naturaly as thats what my goal is. i can do 150kg at the moment so quite some way to go yet before i hit it. why didnt you ask him to prove it to you?

IMO it is possible.

 Theres a guy at my uni who benched 190kg RAW at under 84 kg I think has gone heavier, just google Rob Palmer bench on you tube. If involved in powerlifting and training for that purpose I don't see why not, however you would need to be blessed with some god given talent as well.

shread06


i hope you can hit 200kg naturaly as thats what my goal is. i can do 150kg at the moment so quite some way to go yet before i hit it. why didnt you ask him to prove it to you?

it wasnt in the gym, we dont even train in the same city, but if i see him again i'm going to pull him on it.

shread06


i hope you can hit 200kg naturaly as thats what my goal is. i can do 150kg at the moment so quite some way to go yet before i hit it. why didnt you ask him to prove it to you?

Good work for natty

i wouldnt have put this bloke in the same class as fat pete as a lifter either.

i think that alone answers my question.

It's definatley possible for some people, but judging by his response to your question, i suspect he's full of bs.

when he said that, you should have said "awesome mate, thats pretty strong. so how much can you squat and deadlift"
at which point he says "what are squat and deadlift?"

Big D

shread06


i hope you can hit 200kg naturaly as thats what my goal is. i can do 150kg at the moment so quite some way to go yet before i hit it. why didnt you ask him to prove it to you?

it wasnt in the gym, we dont even train in the same city, but if i see him again i'm going to pull him on it.

ahh right and deffinantly pull him on it nothing better than someone making excuses to get out of it if there telling lies and if he does do it then its something cool to see lol
 
cheers blue i posted my 145kg bench vid up on here about 1-2 months ago

Of course 200kg without AAS is possible. People benched that before AAS become available to lifters many years ago.

But I'd say this guy is full of ****. No see no bench.

sivvy1


i benched 185kg at 19 years old natural and raw (touch and go)

fat petes 205 was shirted, but technically sublime and would have passed in any competition

Sivvy that was fcuking strong at 19 and natural good going, what you putting up these days?

Ive seen only one person bench 200kg who i believe was natural. I think the chance of a 200kg raw and without gear is TINY.