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Can we talk about this for a second? This beast of a man, Serge Redding, just pressed 502 lbs… that is insane. INSANE I TELL YOU!
Ask yourself this question, when was the last time you saw somebody put more than 4 plates on the bar for shoulder presses? If you answer is “never,” then you are like the vast majority of the population. I mean, Good Ol’ Uncle Tony will occasionally throw 225+ lbs Push Presses into his shoulder routine to warm up, but that extra knee bend easily adds 40% to the lift. To put it in perspective, Serge just put five 45lb plates on either end of that Olympic bar. The fuck?
Just imagine holding 502 lbs overhead like Serge here - I can already hear your shoulder tendons exploding.
Serge was a champion. Even though this asshole Vasily beat his world record 5 minutes later with this 507 lb lift, I still give the credit to Serge because Vasily throws in a, what should have been disqualifying, knee bend:
Either way, if today is Shoulders, you should now be properly motivated to lift some heavy-ass weights.
-Tony “Two Scoops” Muscoli
