Originally posted by them_apples
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3x has only ever been achived by guys with no legs.
bench press has a lower lift/weight ratio because you are only lifting with your arms, where as cling and jerk/Snatch uses mostly back and legs.
The current official record for the clean and jerk in the men's 105+ kg class is held by Hossein Rezazadeh of Iran, who clean and jerked 263.5 kg
Snatch Georgi Markov (BUL) 165 kg
Clean & Jerk Zhang Guozheng (CHN) 197 kg
Neither are 3x body weight let alone 5x.
*edit not literally no legs, I mean guys with matchsticks for legs and huge upperbodies.
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