TikTok Weightlifter goes viral after pulling off insane bench press clap TikTok: bigbakerIn a viral TikTok video, weightlifter, and influencer \u2018bigbaker\u2019 pushed an insane amount of weight on an incline bench press, repping the weight easily. But he didn\u2019t simply rep the weight \u2013 bigbaker tossed it in the air numerous times, managing to clap before catching it. Bench press is one of the most popular lifts for gauging a person\u2019s strength. After all, the exercise is a staple for both professional powerlifters and casual lifters alike, providing a great method for strengthening the chest and shoulders. One such powerlifter took to TikTok to share his feat of strength by lifting 125 kg at impressive speed, producing so much power that he could throw the weights in the air and clap in the middle of the rep. TikTok weightlifter bench press claps 125 kg The video starts off with bigbaker on an incline bench. In the video, he pressed 125kg of weight with incredible ease, which is equivalent to around 275 pounds. This is a weight most lifters can only dream of lifting on the incline bench \u2013 and bigbaker is performing each repetition of 125 kg faster than most people can lift 50 kg. After the third rep, bigbaker tossed the barbell up in the air, clapped once, and caught the barbell thereafter. He performed this maneuver twice in the video, with each rep looking very clean. One commenter expressed their disbelief by explaining how their \u201cbrain can\u2019t handle how that bar flew\u201d. Many other fans had the same mindset, with many telling bigbaker that he\u2019s lifting weights \u201con another level.\u201d In response to this viral TikTok video, bigbaker told Dexerto that the reception has \u201cbeen weird to experience\u201d stating that he\u2019s now \u201cbeen recognized in every gym I\u2019ve trained in since, my workplace, friends workplaces\u2026 and I\u2019m just mindblown.\u201d However, this recognition only gave him the motivation to push himself harder, releasing footage of him clapping 140kg only three weeks later. bigbaker bench press claps 140kg Just three weeks later, bigbaker manages to bench press clap an impressive 140kg, which is the equivalent of 315lb. While the video of him clapping 125 kg quickly went viral, this footage may be the first time someone has ever completed a bench press clap to this weight, especially on an incline. Similar to the comments on his viral video, many took to comparing themselves with bigbaker, mentioning that after seeing the video they \u201cdon\u2019t think [their] arms have ever felt as small.\u201d Others were in shock at the feat of strength, saying he was \u201ctoo strong.\u201d From the caption in this video, it\u2019s clear bigbaker intends to keep pushing himself and go even heavier. Planning for a world record Incline bench press clap reps aren\u2019t a standardized measure of strength in both powerlifting or strong man competitions \u2013 so there aren\u2019t many official records of others who have performed the exercise. \u201cI\u2019ve been messing around with these \u2018clap reps\u2019 for like 3 years and never thought anything of it, I just thought yeah they\u2019re cool,\u201d Baker mentions, providing context as to how he began training the unique exercise. After his viral fame and recognition for his impressive feat, Baker applied for a world record title. He told Dexerto, \u201cI\u2019ve opened an application with Guinness world records to have it officially declared as a record and I\u2019m eagerly awaiting their response.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok Weightlifter goes viral after pulling off insane bench press clap TikTok: bigbakerIn a viral TikTok video, weightlifter, and influencer \u2018bigbaker\u2019 pushed an insane amount of weight on an incline bench press, repping the weight easily. But he didn\u2019t simply rep the weight \u2013 bigbaker tossed it in the air numerous times, managing to clap […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}