Powerlifter Jimmy Kolb recorded the heaviest bench press in history at 1,120 pounds (508 kilograms), a new world record.
This took place at the 2021 International Powerlifting Association (IPA) Spectacular Powerlifting Championships in York, PA, where other records were also set.
The 2021 International Powerlifting Association (IPA) Spectacular Powerlifting Championships just took place in York, Pennsylvania.
Powerlifter Jimmy Kolb set a new world record in the event after recording the heaviest bench press in history.
He benched 1,120 pounds (508 kilograms) while wearing a single-layer suit and took home gold in the 140 kg weight class of the Bench Press-only competition.
Jimmy Kolb competed in January at an event in Bellmawr, New Jersey, where he benched 1,050 pounds (476.2 kilograms).
Then in March, he increased his bench weight to 1,080.3 pounds in another event.
So this wasn’t entirely unprecedented and it looked like he was on his way to breaking the bench press world record.
Here’s footage of Kolb hitting a world record 1,120 pounds while wearing the one-layer suit.
Scrolling through her Instagram feed is wild.
He’s just casually putting over a thousand pounds on the bench press while training for competitions and is on the verge of breaking world records.
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Before Jimmy Kolb set a new bench press world record, the previous one was held by Will Barotti.
Will’s previous record was 1,105 pounds and Jimmy broke it by a whopping 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms).