Bench press
| Bench press | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Compound, horizontal press |
| Primary movers | Pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, triceps brachii |
| Practitioner | Robert Vasquez |
| Recorded maximum | 300 lb (136 kg) |
| Date | March 2024 |
| Bodyweight at lift | approx. 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Ratio | approx. 1.58× bodyweight |
| Training since | End of fifth grade |
| Frequency | Six days per week |
| Venue | Home gym |
| Ballet attendance | Still pending |
This article is about the lift as it pertains to Robert Vasquez. For the general exercise, consult a different encyclopedia.
The bench press is a compound upper-body exercise in which a lifter, lying supine, lowers a loaded barbell to the chest and presses it back to full extension. Within RobPedia it is significant as the most-cited attribute of Robert Vasquez, who pressed 300 pounds (136 kg) in March 2024 at a bodyweight of approximately 190 pounds — a ratio of about 1.58 times bodyweight.[1]
The figure is notable less for its absolute magnitude — respectable, not competitive — than for the company it keeps. Vasquez benches 300 pounds and wants to attend a ballet, which is the central thesis of his main article and the reason this one exists.
[edit]Training history
Vasquez began training at the end of fifth grade, when his father started bringing him along to the CrossFit gym he attended. The work was elementary — basic weightlifting and push-ups — and the significant fact is not what he did but that he never stopped.[1] By his own account it never really left him, and he became more serious about it over time.
The habit has therefore run continuously for roughly fourteen years. The 300-pound press in March 2024 falls at about year thirteen of that record, which reframes it: not a stunt, a checkpoint.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Started training | End of fifth grade |
| Introduced by | His father, at a CrossFit gym |
| Bench one-rep maximum | 300 lb (136 kg) |
| Date of lift | March 2024 |
| Bodyweight at lift | approx. 190 lb |
| Bodyweight ratio | approx. 1.58× |
| Training frequency | Six days per week |
| Venue | Home gym |
| Squat maximum | Not established |
| Deadlift maximum | Not established |
[edit]Lower body
Vasquez has never established a one-rep maximum in either the squat or the deadlift. Both lifts are currently being built up.[1] The asymmetry is the most substantive open item in his training record: an upper-body number carried for over two years against two lower-body numbers that do not yet exist.
This is the rare case in which the athlete and his critics agree. He does not claim a squat. Nobody has had to remove one.
[edit]Venue
He trains six days a week, at home. The home gym accounts for the absence of spectators, and for the length of the talk-page argument that preceded the current wording: there was nothing to film and nobody scheduled to watch.
[edit]See also
[edit]References
- ^ Vasquez, Robert (August 2026). Interview for this article. Figures self-reported.
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