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Watch Danial Zamani Bench

Press 350kg (771lbs) In
New Training Video
The Iranian powerlifter sends the
barbell up with ease

BY EDWARD COOPER 26 JAN 2022

No matter your training style, it would

be fair to assume that you're partial to
the bench press. Building a stronger
chest, arms and shoulders, it's a
weightlifting staple. But, if you're in need
of motivation to hit the bench once more,
allow pro powerlifter Danial Zamani to
offer up some motivation with a
gargantuan new personal best.

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The Iranian powerlifter has shown his

prowess on the bench time and time
again and is often lauded as the man that
could knock fellow lifting royal Julius
Maddox off the top spot for a raw bench
press world record.

To add fuel to the fire, Zamani posted a

video on his Instagram page that showed
his heaviest bench press to date — a PB
of 350kg (771lbs). You can watch the
video below:

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For context, the current world record for

a raw barbell bench press is 355kg
(782.6lbs), held by Julius Maddox. In
2020, Maddox shot for a 362kg bench
press (800lbs), but the bar was
misloaded on his first attempt. After a
second attempt at the 800lb lift, Maddox
sustained an injury and withdrew from a
third and final shot at the WR.

Ahead of the event, Maddox said "This

journey has been long, since the
beginning of the coronavirus. I have had
the most consecutive training sessions as
far as no injuries, everything moving
fluidly... My whole thought process over
these past two months is, can a person
recover from that? Can I actually recover
from missing two of the biggest lifts of
my life, to going into meet day and
putting up an 800-pound bench? I'm in
this mindset of when the time comes, I'm
going to produce. And I continue to say
nothing is going to stop me."

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If you're after some pointers on your

bench press, current Commonwealth
Bench Championships gold medal winner
Dan Magee advises that "When you're
putting your hands on the bar, a lot of
people will put the bar across the bottom
of their fingertips right at the top of the
palm. And what I try and get people to
do is place the bar just above the thumb.
That's where I get it to sit because then
when you unrack the bar, your palm is
loaded." You can read the rest of Magee's
bench press tips here.

EDWARD COOPER
Ed Cooper is the Deputy Digital Editor at Men’s Health UK,
writing and editing about anything you want to know about
— from tech to !tness, mental health to style, food and so
much more.

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