Over the weekend, an Owensboro legend set out to do something no man has ever done. The record was set after a series of steady progression for Maddox, who had also broken the all-time raw record back in September 2019. Owensboro's own Julius Maddox attempted to bench press 800 pounds this weekend in Nashville. Julius Maddox’s previous World Record benchpress of 770 pounds was completed at the Arnold Sports Festival earlier this year. A very positive mindset, you know, things like this happen“ “ I was very optimistic, I felt great leading up to this. Julius Maddox commented immediately afterwards during an interview: Maddox’s shot at history was the headline of an event called Beasts of the Bench the latest. Due to this, he decided against making a third attempt. However, while he still holds the world record in the raw bench press, it is not 800 pounds. This lead to an assistance to re-rack the bar and Maddox was injured in the process. Upon his second attempt, Julius Maddox came close to completing the lift only to have his left arm lag behind. The Iranian powerlifter has been steadily increasing his raw bench press presumably to challenge current bench press world record holder Julius Maddox to be the first human ever to score a 362.9. This threw him off not only for the first attempt but perhaps for the entire world record attempt moving forward. But things started to unravel after his first attempt at the 800 lbs was loaded unevenly with an extra 25kg on one side. Things started off smoothly enough with an initial easy 722 pound lift. The world record attempt was not only 30 pounds more than his current world record, but also 10 pounds more than his 790 lbs bench press that he attempted three weeks ago. In a shocking announcement earlier in the month, Maddox attempted to bench press 800 pounds. Today, Julius Maddox attempted to beat his own world record bench press of 770 pounds. The World’s Ultimate Strongman Feats of Strength has been an ongoing series of late documenting some incredible Strongman lifts. Julius Maddox fails second attempt at 800 pound bench press record after misloading on his second attempt. Julius Maddox is picking up speed on his road to being the first man to bench press 800lb Written by Derek Hall Last Updated on JImages via Instagram irregularstrength The road to Julius Maddox taking his next stab at an 800lb bench press is about to come to a head.
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