Months faraway from an unlucky tear of his left triceps tendon in May 2022, Daniel Ryjov is back to doing what he best — notching impressive feats of upper-body strength.
On Oct. 10, 2022, Ryjov uploaded an Instagram video of himself completing a 143-kilogram (315-pound) bench press for an astonishing 55 reps during a training session. While unconfirmed, Ryjov implies the feat is perhaps a possible reps World Record for the burden on his loaded barbell. The athlete performed softer lockouts of the vast majority of reps and wore a lifting belt, wrist wraps, and elbow wraps, which might need been a continued precaution for his injury.
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Ryjov’s incredible comeback from his triceps injury aside, his jaw-dropping bench press AMRAP (As Many Reps As Possible) display is perhaps much more impressive when put into proper juxtaposed context.
For instance, the National Football League (NFL) Scouting Mix record for the bench press is 51 reps from Justin Ernest. Nonetheless, the burden for that record is 102 kilograms (225 kilos). Ryjov not only logged 4 more reps than Ernest, he did it with 40.8 kilograms (90 kilos) more on his barbell. Similarly, skilled strongmen Brian Shaw and Robert Oberst tried their hands on the NFL Mix record for 225 kilos in July 2020. Shaw captured 44 reps, while Oberst had 42. Similarly, Ryjov has bested each of the elite athletes’ figures while pressing more weight.
This isn’t the primary recent instance where Ryjov showed his upper-body strength and power were returning.
One week prior to this recent record, in early October 2022, the athlete scored 100 reps of a 225-pound bench press for a self-proclaimed World Record. (Note: It’s unclear whose World Record he passed, though Larry Wheels did bench press 225 kilos for 70 reps in 2018).
As well as, he became the primary known person to finish at the least 100 reps of a 225-pound bench press. This stunning display followed Ryjov logging 90 reps with 225 kilos in mid-August 2022, where it seemed he was still focusing totally on recovery from his injury fairly than pushing himself to the limit.
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Judging by his social media and the accomplishments he shares, it appears Ryjov has been exclusively specializing in augmenting his bench press for slightly while. The athlete does have two powerlifting competitions to his name — earning first place on the 2016 Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate (RPS) InsurreXtion V and a first-place performance on the 2017 United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) SMG’s March Mayhem — but has not competed on a sanctioned lifting platform since.
On the time of this writing, Ryjov hasn’t hinted at the following bench-press barrier he’ll try to interrupt through. Though, if he’s returning to a spot of total health, Ryjov could indeed be a pioneer with one other milestone soon enough.
Featured image: @danielryjov on Instagram