Jay Fry Benches 740 Lbs

Submitted by Staff on November 10, 2008 - 9:07am.

Jay Fry, 220, bench pressed 740 pounds yesterday at the UPA Battle of the Benchpress II in Circleville, Ohio. That's the twelfth highest bench press in history at 220. He hit the lift on his first attempt, then missed two subsequent attempts at 755 pounds. Fry decided not cut to his usual weight class of 181 for this meet, weighing in at 202 pounds. Fry holds the 181 class bench press record of 725 pounds.

At the same meet, Fry's fiancee Jean Forgatsch benched 240 pounds, setting a UPA Junior Record. Fry and Forgatsch both train at Westside Barbell. They will be married on September 12, 2009.

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Submitted by Carl on November 10, 2008 - 11:25am. » quote

Hey, congrats on the wicked bench and the impending nuptuals.

Kanye still lives !

Peace

Submitted by d.m. (not verified) on November 10, 2008 - 12:04pm. » quote

So will you guys have little "bench babies"? Congrats on the engagement and the bench!

Submitted by brad heck (not verified) on November 10, 2008 - 12:10pm. » quote

great lift! i saw the video it was a clean lift!

Submitted by Josh Stottlemire (not verified) on November 10, 2008 - 12:15pm. » quote

Congrats J nice lift , a good dude, and best of luck in marriage!

Submitted by jay fry (not verified) on November 10, 2008 - 12:21pm. » quote

No "Bench Babies" planned for a while!! We're starting off slow with our new puppy. We'll see how that goes before any babies come along.

Videos will be up soon for Jean and I!

JAy fry

Submitted by Chris Smith (not verified) on November 10, 2008 - 12:41pm. » quote

Congrats Jay. Great Bench.

Smitty

Submitted by jay fry (not verified) on November 10, 2008 - 12:43pm. » quote

Chris Smith wrote:

Congrats Jay. Great Bench.

Smitty

smitty!
I wish you were there. I went 220 to compete against you! chicken!

JAy fry

Submitted by Jay fry (not verified) on November 10, 2008 - 12:45pm. » quote

Great job Jean!! I'm so proud of you! Not to many people can balance being a full-time student, a job, me and training at the same time! Way to go and get your ass ready to set some records at 123!!

Submitted by daniel conner (not verified) on November 10, 2008 - 1:36pm. » quote

Congrats on the lift , cant wait to see the video.

Submitted by david kuck on November 10, 2008 - 3:40pm. » quote

Congradulations to Mr. and soon to be Mrs. Fry.

Submitted by JackAss on November 10, 2008 - 9:56pm. » quote

Nice work Fry.
It will be cool to have you and your wife visit Sacramento. Let me know when....

Mark Bell
Owner of Super Training in Sacramento.
www.supertraininggym.com

Submitted by Chris Smith (not verified) on November 11, 2008 - 1:16pm. » quote

Jay,
I am on the injured reserve right now. I am going to get my right shoulder scoped--I have a partial tear and and impingement--same thing I had on my left shoulder in 2004. I'll be back and ready to go late spring, early summer. I always have a great time sharing the platform with ya.

Smitty

Submitted by Priest (not verified) on November 11, 2008 - 2:38pm. » quote

Dont marry him. He does queer stuff with heck.
What was the subject again?

Congrats, Jay. Nice liftin brother.

Priest