the man was surely pushing some weight but who can say what was actually going on there
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One of the best part of wrestler autobiographies is when they post powerlifting stats, usually the bench press. Here’s Bugsy McGraw claiming some near-world record marks for the early 60s while an undergrad at Purduepic.twitter.com/KjGsCagfYJ
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It’s almost like the entire sport is only for fun and everything is fake :)
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mcgraw's extremely honest in here, though...it's a surprisingly good account, lives up to the hype. some sheik/early 60s detroit anecdotes not found elsewhere
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I believe it. Bruno, himself, was pushing serious weight in the 50s. Not a stretch to buy those numbers.
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the mid-500s was around the point that a lot of guys, Bruno included, were hovering around, and if McGraw was 300+ the high end of this is conceivable. 75 reps at 225 is a strange number, likely a lot of partials in there
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You annotate all your wrestling books?
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every single one, yep. it saves time later if i need to refer back to them
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The number that raised my eyebrows was the 225 lbs. for 75 reps. The NFL Combine record for reps at 225 lbs. is 51 reps, and only 18 players had ever done more than 40 reps prior to this year. I can't believe he could do 50% more reps than the Combine record.
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If he did partials, as someone noted, I think 75 is doable, but not full extension like at the combine
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