400 benchpress at 14
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i'd be pretty impressed if he could do 400 now.
Sure is possible. Why not?
His bloody bones would break, that's why (I don't believe him).
maybe he drank alot of milk
i wish it were that easy to avoid a broken bone: drink yer milk!
Milk won't help anything if the rest of the nutrients needed to promote bone growth are not in the correct ratios. Hence why America drinks more milk then any other country in the world yet has the highest amount of osteoporosis and bone breaks in general...
You don't simply bench press 400 pounds without training up to it, especially at that age.
You don't simply bench press 400 pounds without training up to it, especially at that age.
For a start if I were to compare him to every other 8th/9th grader at my school, including me, nobody would even be in the same league as 400lbs/181kg. The Rock is between 6.3 and 6.4 now, so when he was 14, presuming he grows at the same rate of an average guy, he would be 5.10/5.11/6ft, and with that rate of growth, he would lose a lot of his bulk, it happens to everyone. The training required to be able to bench that amount, at any age would be substantial anyway. Even if he was fully mature at 14, I still doubt the claim he can bench that amount just because he wouldn't have trained enough, wouldn't be used to his body (as the growth spurt would have completely changed him) and he wouldn't have trained for long enough to get to that level.
Looking at him now, sure he's not a small guy, but I seriously doubt he could bench more than 400 now. Yes, maybe there is a slight chance the guys a freak, but personally a 400 lb bench claim is a bit more than freaky.
You can't compare people to the kids in your grade. Some people are just born differently, with different genetics. Every once and a while you get somebody that is just built like that. Plus what Leanbean said about Samoans.
Did you actually watch the whole thing and see the pictures from when he was 14? He looked like a massive animal. People thought he was in his 20's when he was 14. Just watch the whole thing lol
Did you actually watch the whole thing and see the pictures from when he was 14? He looked like a massive animal. People thought he was in his 20's when he was 14. Just watch the whole thing lol
I recently seen a video of a 15 yr old FRONT squat 375lbs. With proper training, it can be done.
I'm sure he could do well over that now. I haven't maxed out in years, but I was able to do over 300 , I'm stronger now overall and I've never been anywhere near his size. I've known several guys who could do over 400 (one that did 605 in a state competition, I saw him do 555 a couple years earlier with my own eyes) Most were smaller than him and all less impressively built.
Double bodyweight+ benchpress is not unheard of in competition...of course The Rock isn't a powerlifter, but if I were a betting man I'd say he has 400 easy
The guy that did 605 was 5'7 275
400 at 14? Hard to swallow, but I'm not going to say it's impossible
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I concur. Though I've never broken anything, I haven't tried to bench 400lbs either
He's a big badass either way you look at it...
I doubt it. That sounds a bit to freakish for a 14 year old.
The ROCK benching 400 lbs at age 14... Yeah right, he isn't even close to that kind of build, I would be impressed to see him bench 400 pounds NOW.
I use to powerlift competitively back when I was a lard ass, I put up a lot more than 400, more than 500... With a pause...
When I was 14, I was a monster compared to most adults, I was 5'9", and 145 pounds, Solid muscle, I benched 250 lbs, ONE TIME at age 14, in the eigth grade... 250 lbs, by the time I was 19 I was benching close to 600, and weighed almost 240 @ 5'11"
I trained with a guy that was nationally, and globally ranked, he benched 750 at the time (back then the record was only 800), I watched him touch and go with 775 once... He was juiced to the hilt (obviously) and he weighed about 350 lbs @ 6' tall. SOLID GUY, Except for his huge ass gut.
Anyway, The Rock, no way... not even possible, he isn't even built like a powerlifter, he is built like a body builder, his chest isn't developed enough to even claim that he benched over 200 lbs at age 14.
I use to powerlift competitively back when I was a lard ass, I put up a lot more than 400, more than 500... With a pause...
When I was 14, I was a monster compared to most adults, I was 5'9", and 145 pounds, Solid muscle, I benched 250 lbs, ONE TIME at age 14, in the eigth grade... 250 lbs, by the time I was 19 I was benching close to 600, and weighed almost 240 @ 5'11"
I trained with a guy that was nationally, and globally ranked, he benched 750 at the time (back then the record was only 800), I watched him touch and go with 775 once... He was juiced to the hilt (obviously) and he weighed about 350 lbs @ 6' tall. SOLID GUY, Except for his huge ass gut.
Anyway, The Rock, no way... not even possible, he isn't even built like a powerlifter, he is built like a body builder, his chest isn't developed enough to even claim that he benched over 200 lbs at age 14.
And Milk is good. I love Milk, especially when you get it right from the titt.