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. Julius Maddox’s previous World Record benchpress of 770 pounds was completed at the Arnold Sports Festival earlier this year. With that feat accomplished, he's embarked on a training. A very positive mindset, you know, things like this happen“ Powerlifter Julius Maddox officially broke the bench press world record at the Arnold Classic in March 2020 by benching 770 pounds. “ I was very optimistic, I felt great leading up to this. He attempted this milestone in June of 2020 but ultimately. Julius Maddox commented immediately afterwards during an interview: This is incredible feat is another step for Maddox toward his ultimate goal of bench-pressing 800 pounds (362.8 kilograms) raw. Due to this, he decided against making a third attempt. 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. 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. Julius Maddox is the man to beat at the bench press, as he recently put on a stellar performance once again. In a shocking announcement earlier in the month, Maddox attempted to bench press 800 pounds. Powerlifter Julius Maddox currently holds all time world record bench press of 355-kilogram (782-pound), which he set back in February of 2021 at the World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) Hybrid Showdown III event. 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.
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