Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maddox opened up the gym to his followers for his last heavy training session before the event. He benched 725 pounds for two reps ...

On February 21, 2021, at the Ghost Strong Hybrid Showdown in Miami, Florida, Julius Maddox, the American powerlifter, successfully performed a heavy-weighted bench press, creating history. Recently, ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) — During this year’s H.L. Neblett Community Center Mature Adults program fundraiser, Owensboro native and weightlifting world record holder Julius Maddox was honored and shared ...

If Maddox succeeds in his attempt, he'll be taking the bench press world record from himselfa second time. He first set the record in August 2019 when he lifted 739.6 pounds, and then beat his own ...

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