IMO no one should be able to lift that much. Well, people like Ronnie Coleman and those kinds of people are crazy. Why on earth would you ever need to lift 400kg? Bloody stupid if you ask me.
Benching more than 100kg is excessive and unnecessary.
they do get obsessive, but i wouldnt say crazy
100kg, wouldnt say thats excessive, 200 maybe.
gearbox, id say prob weighs about 50-60kg?
id love to try that kind of training but i KNOW id injure myself, if i can manage it in a smith machine then i can do it anywhere
Thats not really true, theres nothing really good about a Smith Machine. It is un-natural to push in a perfect straight plane. If you want to bench and are worried about being spotted then use DB's. Squats should always been done in a squat rack and not on a smith, purely because of the technique used to squat correctly. The smith forces you to use bad posture.. Shoulder press is the same, it can be done with DB's.