[FAKE?!?] 17 Year Old 396 lbs/180kg Bench Press (Pause Rep)

Matt Cottam
Currently 17 Years old 183Lbs/ 83kg's benching 396 lbs/180kg bench for 1 pause rep!

[mikael]

He has told it himself that it was fake and only 60kg

[NoDoubtsss]

Would be somewhat believable if the dude on the right managed to hold his laughter untill the end of the video.

[brandinellis]

we all know it's fake first off the bar had zero flex...and when he racked it ..the bar was so quiet

[OG-dsiy]

I typed fake plates on YouTube and this was the first video to pop up, u tell me, is this not fake?

[christianb]

I'm calling fake because this was uploaded 2 months ago and your recent powerlifting meet vid you only put up 270 something

[hagoteem]

We had a dude at our school that was 17 and benched 415. He ended up playing football for clemson

[jthrillsnskills]

i'd believe it if the spotter behind him can bench 400lb

[Garr-ett]

Of course it's fake ffs. Look at the goofy smiles of the "spotters" and the ease at which it was lifted from the rack. I'd say that skinny lad has a max bench of 70kgs.

[thehumanrunner]

As soon as the bar came off the rack I knew it was fake. The bar came off way to easy.

[RydeHydeJavie]

Maybe if I didnt see the gray bumber plate on the rack to the right and the reflection of the plates, I would've gone for it, but I'm thinking it's more likely around 245lbs

[ninjatylerfanchannel]

Why fake.There is 17 year old ninja who is benching 435 for reps

[madbro]

Matt, that is a fantastic lift and one bigger, older and stronger blokes would be proud of. Keep 'em coming!

[ironman]

4 plates on each side is 405lbs not 396 and those plates were fake. I've seen 405 lifted in person several times and it doesn't come up that easy. The bars not flexing and dude on the right keeps laughing.

[itslunar]

if you were lifting such a heavy weight you would get someone who knows how to spot not have to teach someone

[amarcino]

If those were 45 lb weights the total would be 405.

[JoeyAme]

Where's the bar whip? 405 and not the slightest bend in that bar.

[korayaltinoglu]

17 AND LIFTING THAT HEAVY THATS AMAZING!

[Scarfacefit]

It's fake cause those look like the fake weights I saw on a website and their using black plates in the mirror so were did sliver ones come from

[ilovetortm]

so fake look at the weights on the bar then weights in the background the fake grunts and the bar sounded super light hitting the rack and he clearly was fake struggling

[HEX]

isn't it supposed to be 405? cause he has 4 plates on each side?