Wow. What a small world! I know the weightlifter dude. I worked with him for a few years and know all about how he got into weight lifting. His name is not Samir it's Samer. Samer Saab. Doubt he was a REAL friend of Jacking though. Who spells a friends name wrong? In any case, Samar is now back in Lebanon as a chair of a university. Go ahead and email the dude if you do not believe the story. Google it.
Mr Amused. wrote:
I believe Jackings BP story, at least as ballpark numbers. BP WR is over 715lbs natural, 1070lbs with benching shirt. Libyans smoke like chimneys but smoking and drinking as a teen is not really going to affect your one rep BP. My experience with 225 vs 245 is similar, some sort of limit at 225 for athletes, must be why NFL combine uses 225 as their benchmark. Quick improvement after a few workouts is true, you don't even need more muscle mass, just a matter of coordinating your muscle fibers to fire in unison
I don't think the Libyan is running 5m miles for 26.2 anytime soon. So maybe this should move to another thread, it's not really relevant here. Guess i'm not helping with that!