Thread: Tank Abbots a Fake

post the video of it please.

If this is the vid I am thinking of...

The lift would not count, in any legit competition I have seen

Whether he cheated or not

Go to a search Engine and type Tank Abbots 600lb Bench, it should come up with the vid

you are making the argument. post the video. it is not my job to do your research if you want to debate something just like if i were debating something with you I wouldn't ask you to go to pubmed.com and do a search for studies.

http://www.sameerhasan.com/blog/

I dont think tank can bench more than 500.

looks like a good lift to me. the bar bends because it is a piece of shit and that is what happens when you put 600lbs on a piece of shit. As for the chain? I don't see it nor do I hear it. All I hear is weights ratteling around when he racks it. Why would he fake a 600lb bench press and risk injury??

I see nothing wrong unless the chains are invisible. The only thing I see wrong there is that he is using only 1 spotter for that amount of weight.

He did that press with a lot of control. Nice lift.

A good lift for a PR, but with that bounce it wouldn't count in a competition, correct?

Originally Posted by tree

If you look at Tank Abbot 600, you will see that the bar he is using flexes too much to be real. A chain can also be seen in the back ground, making that metal clinging noise as he sits the weight back on the rack, giving a so-called legit lift.

Have you ever had 600 on a regular Olympic bar? Somehow I think you must not have, because I have and it bounces like hell because they are not made for that kind of weight.

Next question/comment?

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

A good lift for a PR, but with that bounce it wouldn't count in a competition, correct?

In a raw competition all you have to do is touch and go. But they would more likely be using a Texas Power Bar so that it doesn't bounce like that.

OOOOOhhhhhh he can bench 600 pounds but can he run 600 feet without his heart exploding?

What chain?!

I always liked Tank. A REAL badass. Fighting trained fighters with no formal training. Not giving a shit about people cheering him on. Not giving a shit about people he knocks out. Good stuff.

In fact, which UFC did he first appear in?

I would never use chains for safety under 600 pounds because I warm up with that much, I thought everyone did.

Originally Posted by Mudge

In a raw competition all you have to do is touch and go. But they would more likely be using a Texas Power Bar so that it doesn't bounce like that.

Oh. I thought that in all competitions you had to hold it, wait for a judge to give a signal, and then start going back up. Or perhaps I'm confusing that with squatting. Or perhaps I'm insane...

Originally Posted by Mudge

Have you ever had 600 on a regular Olympic bar? Somehow I think you must not have, because I have and it bounces like hell because they are not made for that kind of weight.

Next question/comment?

lol, regular olympic bars can bend with 315lbs on them.


texas power bars are awesome.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

Oh. I thought that in all competitions you had to hold it, wait for a judge to give a signal, and then start going back up. Or perhaps I'm confusing that with squatting. Or perhaps I'm insane...

Only in shirted meets, raw meets are touch and go unless otherwise noted. James Henderson did over 700 same style, but a better quality bar.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

I was refering to shirted meets previously...

I have never been to a competition where they lift raw -

he also lifts his ass off the bench so that would NO-GO him in a COMP

He gets my props though, I have never benched much more than half that
and thats when I was young, and my body could take the abuse -

Man did you get laid today or something. Where's all the seriousness at Mr. Mudge. Now tell them the truth and it was 585 you started that warm up with.

Originally Posted by Mudge

I would never use chains for safety under 600 pounds because I warm up with that much, I thought everyone did.

Tank Abbots lift was a gimmick set-up by WCW to improve the image of the sport, just like the heights they are listed as

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

he also lifts his ass off the bench so that would NO-GO him in a COMP

Actually, thats a push. Something I dont bother doing on reps typically, which are the times where what I rep doesn't meet my max.

Originally Posted by Mudge

I would never use chains for safety under 600 pounds because I warm up with that much, I thought everyone did.

Only us real lifters, Mudge

Originally Posted by tree

Tank Abbots lift was a gimmick set-up by WCW to improve the image of the sport, just like the heights they are listed as

600 pounds is 600 pounds, gimicky or not. Tank isn't my hero or anything, but I'm not seeing anything "fake" or "BS" about this lift.

We've been debunking the fake bar comment, the invisible chains comment, whats next?

Maybe those Olympians who use bounce pads are all frauds too. Do we want to attack them too? How they train gets results, I think that says enough.

The chains were raddled next to the mic as the weights were placed back on the rack. The weights were actually those clay filled weights rapped in plastic.

were you there?

You can tell the bar is made of rubber by the way it flexes