Maddox has been creeping toward an 800-pound bench press and took big steps in a recent training session. Julius Maddox might hold the all-time bench press world record but he has made it clear that he is aiming for bigger goals. Fletcher.Julius Maddox continues to inch closer to his mark of 800 pounds on the bench. Julius's inspiration to bench press was from C.T. He has a wife named Heaven, and has four children. Julius was born and raised in Kentucky, United States of America. Julius shared Tyler's video on Instagram, and left Danial and his coach Babak Ghazbani responding to Julius about it in direct messages.ĭanial has requested a sanctioned meet to take place in Iran (country he resides in), but no official meet has been scheduled. Julius's friend and training partner, Tyler Obringer shortly made a video of him "bench pressing" 816 lbs with fake weights, as a way to mock Danial Zamani. During a Q&A, Julius was questioned about Danial's lifts, and doesn't call them fake, but rather useless, due to the bench press not taking place in a competition. Julius's followers quickly called out Danial for fake weights, due to Danial's legitimacy inside competition, as he's only bench pressed 454 lbs unassisted in competition. He bench pressed 793 lbs (360 kg) and 804.8 lbs (365 kg) unassisted in his gym for an unofficial world record. In February of 2022, Iranian powerlifter Danial Zamani unexpectedly bench pressed over the world record. Julius was unsuccessful, but did bench press 738 lbs as his opening attempt during the meet.Ĭontroversy Feud with Danial Zamani The event took place at Redcon1 Rage Wars in Nashville, Tennessee. Julius attempted to break his own world record again, but instead went for 804.8 lbs (365 kg). His hand-out spotter was Thomas Davis, one of the eight powerlifters to bench press 700 lbs unassisted. Julius's second attempt at 800.2 lbs (363 kg) took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.īefore the competition, Julius sustained an injury on his pectoralis muscle, and failed to bench press 790 lbs two weeks before the meet with Larry Wheels and John Gaglione.ĭuring the meet, Julius attempted 800.2 lbs twice, and failed. He refused to bench press on his last attempt due to the injury from the misload. Julius was allowed to redo 800 lbs as a second attempt with the plates loaded, but failed to press the weight. Julius's second attempt of 800lb bench press was misloaded, as one side of the barbell was missing a 25 kilogram disc, which immediately put Julius Maddox off-balance and made his sustain a back injury, shoulder injury, and a swollen hand. Julius Maddox put in his first attempt of 722 lbs (327.5 kg), and jumped to 800.2 lbs (363 kg) to reserve energy. Legendary powerlifter Ed Coan served as one of the three referees. His attempt and the competition was livestreamed on CoreSports, ESPN, Rogue Fitness, and World's Strongest Man's 'Feats Of Strength' series. The event invited many bench press specialists, alongside Julius Maddox, to bench press in competition. The event took place on Jat East Race Muscle Gym in South Bend, Indiana. Julius went on to attempt an 800 lb unassisted bench press, a weight that has yet to have been accomplished. On May 10, 2022, Julius bench pressed 795 lbs in the gym.Īll 800lb bench press attempts Attempt 1 - J Despite attempting 800lbs after, Julius went on to bench press 782 lbs on February 21, 2021, which is the current world record. On March 7, 2020, Julius bench pressed 770 lbs, breaking his own world record by 26lbs. Four months later, Julius would bench press 744 lbs on November 17, 2019. His first time breaking the bench press world record was on August 31, 2019, where he bench pressed 740 lbs, breaking previous record holder Kirill Sarychev by 1 lb. Julius has held the bench press world record since 2019, he has broken his own world record three times. In a year, Julius added another 100 lbs to his bench press, and continued his powerlifting journey. Julius's first bench press competition was in 2013, where he bench pressed 525 lbs despite being in the recovery program. Surprising others at the scene, a man told him that not a lot of people can bench press was Julius pressed. After 4 months, Julius bench pressed 505lbs for three reps. He was privileged to enter a home gym in a basement. In 2012, Julius entered a recovery program to prevent facing two 5-year prison sentences. Julius was an athlete in basketball, football and track and field during high school.įor the past 8 years, Julius was involved in criminal activity, was addicted to drugs and was in and out of prison.īeginning of powerlifting and first competition 1.1 Beginning of powerlifting and first competition.
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