Dr. Squat - Dr. Fred Hatfield

I think the bench is up to 1,075. I know 1,074 has definitely been done. 1,003 deadlift was done in competition over a year ago. Most heavier powerlifters will out bench their deadlift. You'll never see lifting straps. Most powerlifters don't have an issue with their. Some shorter fat guys do, because they have short/fat fingers.

He's the only one. I don't think anyone else has even attempted it. There's still only ~12 guys that have done 900+.

I would say that with geared lifting the deadlift will commonly but not always be the worst life. But it depends on how good of a bencher you are. If you notice there is a lot of guys out there who squat and deadlift more than they bench. A lot of those guys are into doing full meets.

But the guys who are the best with shirted benching will often bench more than they deadlift. To begin with it's common to be able to get up to 300 lbs extra out of a shirt. Some may argue different, but not with the best teams in the world. They often have custom shirts and have someone who knows how to do tailoring to make them better. You will never get that much out of a deadlift suit.

Secondly, just as with any other lift, when striving to have a world record in any given lift, folks often train only for one lift. A lot of the folks on my team train only for the bench press. They say its a lot easier to excel at one lift than it is to do all three at once. You gain a lot faster that way. I did that for a while and it does work, but now I'm focusing a lot more on squat and deadlift again and am thinking of doing some full meets this year.

I think Bolton's 455 kg (1003 pounds) regulation deadlift record still stands. 1102 pounds (actually, 1102.5 pounds) is 500 kg, so you'll see the number quite often as a lifting "benchmark" (pun sort of intended). Apparently there is an 1102 pound deadlift out there, but it's by Benedikt Magnusson and it's a Hummer Tire deadlift, not regulation.