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Lee Westwood claims he benched 160kg...

  • 12-08-2011 2:53pm
    #1
    Michael 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭


    That's it really...

    I don't believe him. Thoughts?


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  • #2
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    awesome


  • #3
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,663 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Michael 09 wrote: »
    That's it really...

    I don't believe him. Thoughts?

    Roses are Red
    Violets Are Blue
    I've Got Alzheimer's
    .................Cheese On Toast.


  • #4
    dave80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭dave80


    Bit like tat dude claiming to be doin 165 x 8 wen the bomb went of in oslo, vid or it didn't happen!


  • #5
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Bodyweight bench? Not that impressed.


  • #6
    Michael 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭Michael 09


    Hanley wrote: »
    Bodyweight bench? Not that impressed.

    Took me a second to get that...


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  • #7
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    Who the fuhk is Lee Westwood?


  • #8
    Beanmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭Beanmachine


    squod wrote: »
    Who the fuhk is Lee Westwood?
    Tim-Westwood-005.jpg


  • #9
    Hanley
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    Beanmachine wrote: »
    1299068301168Tim-Westwood-005.jpg[/im]

    Try again.


  • #10
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    Thanks Beanmachine, googled him. Turns out he plays golfing.


  • #11
    Thud
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    8*20kg=160kg ....golfers like to add things up


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  • #12
    The Guvnor
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    Any link to where he claimed this?

    I just saw on google a newspaper article on him saying he cut the cheese and could now bench his bodyweight which was 98kg at the time this was 2008.

    No reason he could not have increased it since - his bench not the bodyweight.

    There is the chance that he referred to a machine though.


  • #13
    jive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,762 ✭✭✭jive


    Funnily enough I saw in the paper the other day he said he got a personal best on deadlift - 355 lbs (~161kg). I know this doesn't really have any correlation to his bench press but I think it's safe to say he didn't bench 160kg. Also by looking at him he doesn't look like a dude who can bench that much (although there are some people who are strong who don't look that big). All evidence points to no, he can't bench 160kg.

    Are you sure you didn't read about him deadlifting 160 and thought it was benching for some reason?


  • #14
    Beanmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭Beanmachine


    Hanley wrote: »
    Try again.
    LOL


  • #15
    Gandalph
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    Good man Lee, he still has a bit of training to do to get to Tigers 180


  • #16
    BrianD3
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    Not that impressive when you consider that KJ Choi is said to have squatted 350 pounds as a 95 pound 13 year old :eek::confused::)

    KJ Choi (not aged 13 in this pic)
    ChoiDriverDavidWalberg_600x.jpg


  • #17
    Hanley
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    BrianD3 wrote: »
    Not that impressive when you consider that KJ Choi is said to have squatted 350 pounds as a 95 pound 13 year old :eek::confused::)

    KJ Choi (not aged 13 in this pic)
    ChoiDriverDavidWalberg_600x.jpg

    Yeah, but didn't Choi compete in PL?


  • #18
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    Hanley wrote: »
    Yeah, but didn't Choi compete in PL?

    I vaguely remember hearing he was a weightlifter.


  • #19
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    BrianD3 wrote: »
    Not that impressive when you consider that KJ Choi is said to have squatted 350 pounds as a 95 pound 13 year old

    Probably this will be on next years crossfit programme. Drives and squats. What will they call that in crossfit speak? Squolf?


  • #20
    Laisurg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭Laisurg


    Doubt he can but it's possible i guess.


  • #21
    Michael 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭Michael 09


    Apparently Westwood tweeted about it.

    And yeah Choi was a weightlifter. He won a tournament recently and military pressed his bag on the green in cebration.

    Does Tiger bench 180!?!


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  • #22
    Owen_S
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    Andy Bolton has a 400 yard drive


  • #23
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    Owen_S wrote: »
    Andy Bolton has a 400 yard drive

    Because he's too fat to sit in a car for longer?


  • #24
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    He said in an interview he benches 100kg, he probably does.
    If you search "lee westwood 160kg bench", it returns this thread,
    Op made it up imo


  • #25
    SanoVitae
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭SanoVitae


    Mellor wrote: »
    He said in an interview he benches 100kg, he probably does.
    If you search "lee westwood 160kg bench", it returns this thread,
    Op made it up imo

    Or maybe he has a new personal trainer, who is so desperate to show how much Westwood has improved under his tutelage that he "assists" him to the point of lifting about 60kg of the weight.

    Sounds ridiculous, but I've seen it happen countless times over the last 15 years in gyms I've been in. The client genuinely believes they are getting stronger and constantly improving so are, as a result, happy to pay for more and more sessions.....


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