#166 Jimmy Kolb | 1120 LBS BENCHPRESS, 6X ALL-TIME RECORD HOLDER

#166 Jimmy Kolb | 1120 LBS BENCHPRESS, 6X ALL-TIME RECORD HOLDER

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Jimmy Kolb takes a seat in this 166th podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.

Jimmy Kolb is a drug-free, equipped bench specialist—the first and only person to bench 1200 and 1300 pounds and hold 11 competitive 1000+ pound benches in the last two years. A marine corps veteran, Jimmy benched his first 1000-pound poly bench while still on active duty.

He was awarded the Baddest Bencher and WPO Bench Bash Winner in 2022.

Jimmy is the owner of Kolbstrong Power, where he offers online and in-house custom bench programming. He cofounded Kolbstrong Scholarship—a 501c3 non-profit that financially helps teenage and junior athletes.

Here are his impressive feats of strength to date:

-Last person to bench 1000lbs+ in a poly shirt

-First ( and currently only) person to bench 1100lbs in a single ply poly shirt

-Benched 740lbs as a teenager (at that time that was the second heaviest teenage bench in history)

-2410 Multiply in 220 at 20 years old (still stands as the heaviest multiply total for 220 JR)

-Currently hold six ACTIVE All Time World Records for equipped bench across 4 weight classes:

242 : Singly Ply : 903lbs

242 : Multiply : 950lbs

275 : Multiply : 1035lbs

308 : Single Ply: 1120lbs

SHW : Single Ply 1060lbs

SHW : Unlimited : 1320

Jimmy's IG: https://www.instagram.com/kolbstrong/?hl=en

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Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.

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