A 2014 review of 53 trials compared elective surgical procedures to placebos and found that sham (bogus surgeries) provided some benefit in 74 percent of trials and worked as well as the real shebang nearly 50 percent of the time.
Nothing would be impossible.” That affirmation is powerful.Īnd, for the solely scientifically inclined, there is a spot for you under this powerful tent of belief.
Matthew 17:20 says, “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, “move from here to there” and it would move. Pause, sometimes, when reflecting on your purpose for accessory work and ask yourself, “Is this useful?” So, instead of getting absurd with this lift, we switched to lateral raises and rear delt flys, face pulls and T3 raises to target the often neglected lower traps, which play a huge role in shoulder health.Įverything has a point of diminishing returns, in the best-case scenario, gains cease and in the worst, you will become acquainted with the local orthopedic surgeon. The landmine press was simply a means to an end in our proverbial chess game, it was checkmate with this movement. The purpose here was to set the world record bench press, not a 600-pound overhead press. Over time, Julius’ strength went batshat crazy in this movement. We built it back up with one the one-arm landmine press, it paid huge dividends and was key to Julius achieving his first 700-pound bench press. The benefits to accessory work are huge, it can correct imbalances, increase muscle hypertrophy (think both safety and confidence), teach a strength athlete to feel a muscle working and add variety to strengthening targeted muscles while preventing overuse.Ī glass of red wine daily can benefit your health, a pint of the moonshine you buy 90 miles North East of Nashville, Tennessee, won’t.Įverything has a point of diminishing returns.Ī few years ago, Julius’ shoulder strength was a strength but overtime it began lag. Thankfully, now more lifters are including accessory work. It popularized the trend of doing primarily competitive lifts, with little to no assistance work the complete antithesis to the advice of the greatest powerlifter of all-time, Ed Coan, and others with great longevity and careers expanded across decades. #Squateveryday was a popular hashtag a few years ago. Let’s look at some strategies that have helped Julius recently increase his bench press.
Julius maddox powerlifting code#
Once operating by the code of the street, now Julius lives by the law of the Lord and has helped countless others become free of addiction and find a life of purpose through his Friends of Sinners Ministry. Now, compare that to the 723 lb American record Julius hit less than five months ago.Īs Julius’ coach, I want to first off congratulate him! Not just for undoubtedly being the strongest bench presser of all-time, but, most importantly, for being a great man.
Here is a video of Julius’ 744 lb records-setting bench press At the end of August, Julius Maddox slapped the all-time world record bench press record to sleep this past Saturday, he slapped it for sleeping with a world record 744-pound bench press, executed faster than the Tijuana Two Step.Įverything is bigger in Texas, including bench presses, so no better place to set the record than at the Rob Hall Classic Meet at Big Texas Gym in Austin, Texas.
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