Scot Mendelson

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Scot Mendelson (born February 21, 1969) is an American powerlifter. He is the current world record holder in the raw (unassisted) bench press and a former world record holder in the equipped (assisted) bench press. Mendelson pressed 1,008 pounds (457,6 kgs) on his first attempt at the Fit Expo at the 2006 Iron Man Bodybuilding contest on February 18, 2006. The event also included the APF Mendelson Bench Press Classic in Pasadena, California. Mendelson missed attempts two and three at 1,031 and 1,048 pounds respectively. Mendelson's effort topped the previous world record held by Gene Rychlak, who had held it at 1,005 pounds since November of 2004 (Rychlak reclaimed the record in December, 2006). Mendelson has also bench pressed 715 pounds raw (without a bench press shirt) in 2005. Although his specialty is the bench press, he claims to have also squatted over 1000 pounds.

Scot lives with his wife and two children in California. Together they run a fitness studio called "Fitness Individualized Training".

[edit] External links

• Scotmendelson.net
• powermagonline.com - Men's Powerlifting World Records ^ 
• Scot's advice on benching technique.
• Interview with Mendelson.
• Scott Mendelson 1008 pounds Bench Press Video
• Scott Mendelson - Tribute page & world
• CriticalBench interview with Mendelson - refers to a 766lb (raw?) bench press.