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Top 5 WWE Stars How Much Can They Bench Press - Part 3

5 BIG SHOW – 500 LBS (12 REPS): Big Show doesn't have a one rep max but instead, he hit 500 pounds for 12 reps, which is absolutely insane. Believe it or not, the big man did in fact weigh 500 pounds at one point during his career, a piece of information that was recently revealed by wrestling pundit Dave Meltzer.

Just imagine chucking around 500 pounds and being close to seven feet, my oh my, that's a workout on its own. Show has recently undergone an insane transformation. The big man shredded down to 60 pounds leaner, crediting his diet for the crazy transformation.

Show appears to be in better condition nowadays than ever before, he put his new athleticism on full display during a terrific cage match against Braun Strowman. We haven't seen the big fellow since.

4 BIG E – 575 LBS: If you ask any active member on the WWE roster, who has the most impressive bench press, it's more than likely they'll say Big E, who has a monstrous bench max of hitting 575 in John Cena's gym – a personal record for the big man.

The gym erupted when he hit the mark, Cena was playing the role of cheerleader while he was getting spotted by Roman Reigns, so yea, getting motivated to lift the weight wasn't too difficult with such company.

Of course, Big E also has a powerlifting background before his WWE days. Among his impressive lifts also includes 711 on the squat and 799 on the deadlift. When asked to give advice on how to improve your bench press, Big E stated experience and constantly benching is crucial.

He also pointed out that bench variations can also serve a purpose, he uses chains and bands as a way to change things up from time to time.

3 WESLEY BLAKE – 225 LBS (32 REPS): One of the most surprising names in the top three of the bench press competition featured Wesley Blake making the podium.

Just by taking a look at Blake, you wouldn't think he had such strength, heck his former partner Murphy looks to be in a lot better shape, however, the look isn't always everything and Blake certainly proved that hitting 225 for 32 reps, quite impressive given his size and lack of athletic background.

Blake wasn't a pro lifter before the WWE, instead, he spent some time at the Dory Funk dojo mastering his craft. After a couple of years independently, Blake was signed to a WWE deal in 2013.

Unfortunately, we haven't heard from him in a while, becoming an afterthought down in development since his tag team alongside Murphy was split up. His future looks rather bleak, but hey, at least he can always say he came in third at the NXT Combine for the bench press lift.

2 ROMAN REIGNS – 445 LBS: Similar to Titus, Roman Reigns can thank his football career prior to the WWE for his bench press skills.

Before to his pro wrestling journey, Reigns was fully invested into the football life even hitting a 300 pound weight at one point, Roman recalls trying to get as fat as possible so he could have increased his strength as a defensive player.

Gone are those days however as he now maintains a lean physique with the WWE. When asked for personal tips on improving one's bench press max, Roman indicated that triceps work is equally as important – so doing lots of dips can aid one's bench press.

He also indicated that negatives are also crucial when performing a bench movement, so going down slowly when working the exercise. 1 JOHN CENA – 480 LBS: When it comes to Olympic style lifts, it doesn't get any better than John Cena.

The dude is an absolute beast, some of his preferred lifts include the squat, snatch, deadlift and of course, the bench press. Seriously speaking, he thrives in all of the lifts – his 480 on the bench press is quite remarkable, beating out his past mark of 465.

Like the others above, Cena credits experience as the best remedy for someone to improve on their bench press totals. Quite simply, Cena said "bench!" when asked what is the best way for someone to improve on this bench press max. At the age of 40, the 16-time champion remains in tremendous condition as arguably the strongest WWE Superstar when you asses pound for pound strength.

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National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament - "See how much fun you can have" - Duration: 1:01.

It is exciting. After I retired I just kind of laid back and did what I

had to do and nothing more. I had so much fun the first year that I just wanted to

keep coming back. It's amazing.

You need to get off of your hind end and get out here and see just how

much fun you can have. You can do anything you want to do but you have to

put your mind it. People are great they support you just because you did try.

Oh I'm having a good time, I'm even thinking about for next year.

I think it's really changed me.

That was FUN!

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How Often Should Get My Period - Duration: 3:14.

how many this cycle is best for healthy menstrual cycle how often should I get

my period you should get your period about once every month

a typical menstrual cycle is about 28 days this means that there should be

about 28 days from the first day of your period to the first day of your next

period 28 days is an average number but anywhere between 21 and 40 days is

normal what happens if period comes early an early period can be bleeding

again just days after your last period are for example two weeks before you

expect the next one to arrive it can be caused by hormonal and lifestyle changes

that disrupts the balance of your body unbalanced hormones are the main cause

for an early period an early period could also indicate the beginning of an

irregular menstrual cycle but it can also be an indicator for polycystic

ovary syndrome it's time to visit your doctor for a consult early periods can

sometimes be a sign of pregnancy or implantation bleeding how often should

bleeding continues your period will usually last between three to five days

but in some cases bleeding continues for eight to ten days it indicates as

abnormal and the amount of blood flow you have will probably be different each

day you will usually have the most blood in the beginning of your period and the

least towards the end when you're first getting your period you may have a very

heavy period one cycle and very light one the next normal quantity of bleeding

during periods is 30 to 50 ml if it gets more than 80 ml then it's indicated as

abnormal some women get dark shanky clots of blood during their

period when they have days of heavy cramping and heavy bleeding your body

usually makes things call anticoagulants that keeps your blood from clotting as

it moves to your vagina and out of your body

but during days of heavy bleeding and cramping the blood may be leaving the

uterus so quickly there isn't time to release these anticoagulants the blood

then clots if you have clots that are bigger than the size of a quarter you

must talk with your health care provider periods during pregnancy miscarriage

miscarriage is nothing but loss of pregnancy in the first twenty weeks is a

very common experience especially within the first thirteen weeks of a pregnancy

when a miscarriage occurs very early in pregnancy it can be difficult to tell

the difference between a normal menstrual period and a miscarriage

especially if a person occasionally are early experiences heavy are painful

periods symptoms of both menstrual periods and miscarriage can include

heavy bleeding pain and cramping if a person doesn't know they are pregnant

and has a miscarriage around the time of an expected period

they'll probably assume they are having a period as usual if you are nervous

that you might be pregnant and want to know if your bleeding is a miscarriage

or a normal period you should take a pregnancy test or visit your health care

provider miscarriage may occur because of hormonal imbalance and chromosomal

abnormalities there is baby forms in abnormal condition it will also lead to

missed miscarriage experts suggest that the age is a factor to consider in the

case of miscarriage and moreover it can be treatable by consulting write

gynecologist for any queries and suggestions feel free to comments in

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Hard to believe! That's how much you can save with the right tire selection. - Duration: 2:08.

This video is about the fuel- and cost efficiency by a suitable tire choice.

The main factor for the fuel consumption is the rolling resistance.

The rolling resistance is affected by adjusting of the right tire pressure on 9 bar and by the tread.

The different rolling resistance is assigned in tire-efficiency classes

A-, B-, C- and D-label.

Tires with A-label are known as low rolling resistance tires.

Basically with this best efficiency class

you can achieve the lowest fuel consumption.

With a six-wheeler fuel savings of 2-3% per change of the tyre label can be reached in the long-distance traffic.

With a special application, KRONE can determine the related cost potential.

As seen in this example of long-distance traffic

with a distance of 500 km per day

by a change from C-label to B-label

cost savings of about 1.500 € can be reached.

With the tire choice, also the potential tire wear needs to be considered.

Especially in rural areas for example with supermarket deliveries

with many shunts and worse roads

low rolling resistance tires are rather unsuitable.

Further, in applications in which many towns and villages are passed

there is a high tire wear due to the high number of braking and turning.

This is why it is important to make a suitable tire choice for the different applications

taking into account the prices, fuel consumption and tire wear.

With the shown application

and various calculation tools KRONE can advise its customers.

Based on resistance measurements

adjusting of the vehicle operation and the driving attempts

and tire-management databases

the suitable tires can be selected.

If there are further inquiries, we are available any time as your mobility advisor.

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How Much Of The Monthly Payment Applies To Purchase Price In A Lease Option Deal? - Duration: 5:36.

Hey, it's Joe.

Another question here.

Doesn't have a name on it.

"Thank you so much for allowing us to ask you questions and for everything that you

do helping everyone.

It's out of this world and you give so much for so little."

Thank you.

"The helpfulness is lifechanging.

I got the Amazon book Automated Real Estate Investing," which is three bucks on amazon,

by the way, a little poke there, "and I'm trying to sell my first home.

But where in the For Rent Method resident document contract does it specify how much

of each month's rent goes towards the purchase price?

Also, is renting for more than I'm offering it – I'm renting it for more than I'm

offering it so I don't think the prices is the problem.

But it's taking more than five months now.

Please advise.

Thank you again tremendously.

God bless you and the family."

All right.

Thank you.

The, first of all, in most For Rent Method deals we don't apply any of the monthly

payment towards the purchase price.

If you want to create, those are called rent credits.

If you want to create rent credits and apply them to the purchase price, you can do that.

But normally the way you would do that, let's say you wanted to, say $200 a month out of

your $1,000 a month payment is going towards your purchase price.

So if you do that, you've got to figure out how much that's going to be.

So, $200 a month over a three-[year] period is about $7,200.

So, what I would do is add $7,200 onto the purchase price in order to pay for that.

So as they pay it down, they'll eventually get it down to the price that you're seller

originally wanted for that deal.

That's how you don't have to back and renegotiate with the seller.

Otherwise, you have go negotiate with the seller, say, "Would you give them a rent

credit?"

And if they will, great.

But we normally don't do rent credits.

Now, we do credit the amount that they pay for the down payment.

So, let's say somebody comes along and they have $250K property.

We raise the price to $270K.

We get $20,000 for a down payment, $10,000 in cash and $10,000 as a promissory note that

they're making payments on over the next three years.

So, once they put that $20,000 down, they're going to owe $250K to the seller, which is

what the seller wanted in the first place.

So they're going to get that amount.

If I wanted to also add rent credits to that, then I'd have to raise that price above

that $270K in order to do that.

Now, people, buyers of lease option properties aren't typically sensitive of the purchase

price.

Purchase price I can push a little bit.

If I get too far out of hand, it gets crazy, although we've sold properties for more

than $100K over market value.

When the market crashed back in California, we just made the lease options longer.

But the seller was so upside down on a property you know, they'd bought it for $600K and

it was now worth $350K, and they owed $450K on it, and so we put it on the market for

$450K on a lease option even though it was only worth $350K and it worked.

We were still able to sell it.

We made it a five-year lease option.

And the reason it worked is because we sold it, the monthly payment was at market rent.

The market rent on that one I believe was $2,000.

The payment that had was $3,000, so he had $1,000 a month negative cash flow on a property

like that, which made more sense than going into foreclosure for him.

He wanted to protect his credit and $1,000 a month made more sense and he could afford

to do it.

So, that's the way we did it with that lease option buyer and we made it work for him and

for the buyer because they were able to get into it at a payment that would have been

less than if they had purchased the property even at that time.

So that ended up working out with that type of thing.

Also, the other question here has to do with not getting it sold in five months.

If it's not sold in thirty days and you're using the techniques that I give you in order

to sell a property as a lease option, every one of them should sell within thirty days

if you structured the deal properly.

If you didn't structure the deal properly, then they're not going to sell ever.

Doesn't matter whether you wait four or five months.

You're not going to sell them.

So, what you want to do, the most important thing is that monthly payment must be at market

rent or below.

If you try to put it on the market and you think, "Oh, I think market rent is at this

point," and it doesn't sell in thirty days and you've put it on craigslist, you've

used, you know, you've used Zillow, you've used a sign in the yard, you've used Facebook,

you've used the techniques that I've taught you and you're still not sold within thirty

days, nine times out of ten the problem is that you overpriced the monthly payment.

So I would immediately suggest that you drop that monthly payment to a point where you

can get it sold.

And you don't give me what the numbers are on here, but I'm guessing that you've

got your monthly payment on your rent is too high.

So make sure you get that in place.

You need to get the other things in place, too.

You want to try to get as close as you can on the purchase price.

You know, don't go overboard if you can avoid it.

But if you have to, that's something that you can usually sell, whereas the monthly

payment, that's not something you can sell.

I rarely see people pay more than market rent for a lease option, so don't do that.

Switch that around and my guess is if you use the techniques that I'm teaching you

to sell these properties you'll get it sold within thirty days.

All right.

Good luck with it.

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How should you drink your coffee | All the angles - Duration: 4:32.

Coffee

a beverage that popular that it could be your name.

Spell it incorrectly though and you are off to the Green Mile.

In this episode we're gonna talk about this brown liquid that everyone is consuming.

But is it good for your health, is it bad, will it bring your girlfriend back, can it cure cancer,

who knows these things?

I do, so here are all the angles regarding coffee…

Or at least some of them.

A while ago, when I was working as a bartender, a woman walked inside and ordered one cappuccino.

Decaf, with less foamed milk, more steamed milk, of course low-fat, 3 drops of stevia, cinnamon on top.

And of course everyone laughed joyfully at her jest. She was serious!

That, my friends, is either a woman that knows exactly what she wants, or she is as stupid as a cabbage,

but because of that anorexic Teletubby, now we have the chance to have a discussion

and see the different aspects of coffee.

So, let's start with the first one, decaf.

It is safe to consume 400mg of caffeine per day, that is more or less 4 cups of coffee.

A cup of decaf coffee contains approximately 3 mg of caffeine.

But unless you are caffeine intolerant maybe you should go for the real deal,

because caffeine is one of the healthiest substances out there.

And though in both normal and decaf coffee you get almost the same amount of antioxidants and nutrients,

by removing the caffeine you miss on some of the beneficial aspects of it.

Only with normal coffee can you have your mood and reaction time improved,

an increase in metabolic rate and fat burning, an enhanced athletic performance and a reduced risk of end-stage liver damage.

As you might have noticed there is nothing about studying in this charts,

and that is because caffeine makes memorizing tasks much more difficult.

Caffeine is very good for exercising but if you want to study, then maybe you should go for sugar,

because sugar is the food of the brain.

Which brings us to the next subject, should you drink your coffee with sugar,

or with saccharine or stevia?

So here is a funny thing

Yes it's true, stevia and saccharine have more or less 0 calories, but, they actually make you fatter.

And that is because of the way the body works, immediately when you taste something sweet,

you'll start producing insulin. But there is no sugar inside of you.

So, your body will have to create that sugar for you.

And how will it do that?

By breaking down parts of the food that it wouldn't normally break down.

DO you know what happens to all that food?

IT IS TURNED INTO FAT.

So unless you are diabetic, maybe you shouldn't put too much thought to it,

the same things goes for the milk, low-fat, whole-fat….

You can not base your diet around coffee.

But all this time we are talking about cups, so what is a cup of coffee?

Is it the mug that you have inside your house,

is it the thing that Harry Potter gets every time he wins the Quidditch thingy thingy,

or is it the SI official breasts size measurement unit?

Unfortunately, we are not living in this ideal world that you can just go to a girl and say

"Hey, can I have your bra, I want to see how much caffeine this cup has".

Here are a few numbers.

Though many factors affect the caffeine content of coffee, such as the type of coffee beans and the roasting,

we can safely assume that 1 cup of espresso contains about 60 mg of caffeine.

Double the amount for a double espresso, and since cappuccinos, Americanos, lattes and the rest

are practically espressos with varying types and amounts of milk,

the same numbers apply to them.

The amount of caffeine in a cup of instant coffee ranges between 30 to 90 mg.

Usually commercial brands are more caffeinated than normal, so, for example,

a Starbucks espresso shot contains 75 mg of caffeine and their brewed coffee starts with 180 mg of caffeine at short size,

ranging up to 415 mg at venti size.

Those were some of the angles concerning coffee,

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Nothing is beneficial in extreme portions, so coffee like the rest, should be consumed responsibly.

I wish there was something magnificent about it, like that it can cure Alzheimer and actually,

there are some studies that support this but most of those studies are speculations and there are not really proven.

Take it easy.

Make the coffee the way you like it and listen to your body,

because your body will tell you if you need a little bit more, a little bit less.

Enjoy the small things in life and though coffee can not bring your ex-girlfriend back,

you can always accidently spill a little bit of coffee, you know, on the pants of her new boyfriend,

just before prom night.

And now that you have some facts it is up to you to think and decide for yourself.

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How much of the 2016 film The Founder is historically accurate? - Duration: 36:57.

Did you ever see Turbo?

That's the 2013 animated movie starring Ryan Reynolds, Maya Rudolph, Samuel L. Jackson

and a long list of other great actors all about a snail's dream to win the Indy 500.

Didn't see it?

You're not alone.

It didn't do so well at the box office.

Robert Siegel was one of the writers who worked on the screenplay for Turbo.

When he was done with that project, Robert started working on writing the film that we're

going to look at today.

Released in 2016, The Founder tells the story of Ray Kroc, who's played by Michael Keaton

in the film, and the early days of McDonald's.

Everyone knows what McDonald's is, but how well did The Founder tell the story of how

it became one of the most recognizable brands in the world?

I'm Dan LeFebvre.

And this is Based on a True Story.

Before we dig into the true story behind one of the world's largest fast-food chains, let's

set up our Two Truths and a Lie game!

If you're new to the show, here's how it works: I'm about to say three facts…two of them

are true, which means one of them is a lie.

Are you ready?

OK, here they are:

1.

Ray Kroc called himself the founder of McDonald's 2.

The restaurant that would become Burger King actually started before the first McDonald's

3.

Dick and Mac McDonald sold their rights to McDonald's to Ray Kroc for $2.7 million.

Got them?

OK, now as you're listening to our story today, you'll find the two facts scattered somewhere

throughout the episode.

That means if you reach the end of the episode and have only noticed two of the facts mentioned,

the third one is the lie!

It's a simple process of elimination.

And then, of course, we'll do a recap at the end of the episode to see how well you did.

Oh, and while I've got you here—if you've ever wanted even more Based on a True Story—you

can sign up to be an official Producer of the show and get access to all of the past

and future bonus episodes!

Bonus episodes typically come out about once a month, and are some of the more interesting

articles or historical documents that I come across while researching episodes.

Oh, and Producers also get access to episodes early.

So if you're listening to this on the day it's released—on Monday—then Producers

have already had all weekend to give this episode a listen because they get episodes

on Fridays.

To learn more hop on over to basedonatruestorypodcast.com/support/

Once again that's basedonatruestorypodcast.com/support/

And with that, let's compare history with Hollywood's version of The Founder!

Are you familiar with the chicken or the egg principle?

The dilemma is simple.

If chickens come from an egg, what laid the egg?

Of course, creationists settled this among the religious community in the 1600s by assuming

that the first chicken was simply created.

Therefore, it didn't come from an egg.

But…as I'm sure you can imagine, that didn't answer it for everyone.

A little more recently, scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson solved the question when he tweeted

on January 28th, 2013:

Just to settle it once and for all: Which came first the Chicken or the Egg?

The Egg—laid by a bird that was not a Chicken

Of course, this didn't answer it for everyone, either.

And thus the question continues as a paradox that we'll probably never, ever have a universal

consensus on.

This dilemma is one that salesman Ray Kroc, who's played by Michael Keaton in the movie,

poses as he speaks directly into the camera.

Then we find out he's posing the question as a part of a sales pitch for a Multimixer.

His pitch, basically, suggests that perhaps the restaurant, which we can tell by a sign

out front is a place called Griffith's Drive-In, isn't selling enough milkshakes because the

customers know it takes too long to make them—something that can be fixed with his product.

The unimpressed owner doesn't buy it.

While that particular opening wasn't based on a specific event, the purpose of what we

see in the movie is to get across the very real fact that Ray Kroc used to sell a product

called a Multimixer.

And the real Multimixer looked a lot like the device we see Michael Keaton lugging around

in the film.

Although the movie doesn't really mention it, selling the Multimixer was a big risk

for the real Ray Kroc.

You see, for almost two decades before—17 years to be more specific—Ray sold paper

cups for the Lily Tulip Corporation.

He made about $35 a week at that job, which comes to about $350 in today's money.

That's roughly $18,500 a year in today's salary.

So not really much to live on, especially since he had a wife and young daughter to

support.

Of course, that's not all Ray did.

He also taught piano on the side, but it still wasn't enough.

So he decided to go all in on the Prince Castle Multimixer, a device that sold for about $150

a pop.

That's about $1,500 today, and while he certainly didn't see all of that for each sale, his

commissions on a $150 Multimixer were quite a bit more than for the cheap paper cups.

According to Ray's autobiography, the idea of switching from selling paper cups which,

while it didn't make a ton of money, at least was something that had supported the family

for the past 17 years was something that his wife wasn't very supportive of at first.

But Ray did well selling Multimixers, so she came around.

Back in the movie, as he's trying to sell a Multimixer, Michael Keaton's version of

Ray Kroc gets a phone call about a restaurant out in California that wants to buy six Multimixers.

Surely that must be a mistake, Ray says, no one makes that many milkshakes.

He calls up the place out in California himself to verify, and sure enough, the order was

correct.

Actually, Nick Offerman's version of Dick McDonald tells Ray over the phone—you'd

better make it eight Multimixers.

Astonished, Ray practically drops everything he's doing and drives out from where he is

in Missouri to California to see this restaurant owned by Dick and Mac McDonald that needs

so many Multimixers.

The basic gist of that is correct, but that's not really how it happened.

In truth, it was a little more drawn out.

As Ray was traveling around the country selling Multimixers, he'd hear all about how restaurant

owners from Oregon to Washington D.C. wanted a Multimixer like the McDonald brothers have

in California.

Naturally, Ray obliged to sell them the Multimixers, but it also piqued his interest.

Who were these McDonald brothers?

He decided to do a little more digging and found out that the McDonald brothers had a

total of eight Multimixers that had been sold to them.

So the number is right in the movie, it just didn't seem to come from a single order.

Still, it was something that amazed Ray.

Each of the Multimixers had five spindles, so with eight machines that'd mean they could

make 40 milkshakes at once.

Granted, San Bernardino, California in 1954 had about 75,000 people living there, but

that's hardly a metropolis like Chicago, St. Louis, Portland, or any of the other restaurants

that were getting by fine with just one Multimixer.

So Ray decided to pay them a visit in person.

The movie got that part right, although he didn't drive there.

In reality, Ray hopped on a flight to Los Angeles, then drove the 60 or so miles east

to San Bernardino.

In his autobiography, Ray recalls not being too impressed with McDonald's when he saw

it for the first time.

It was a rather non-descript, small, octagonal building that looked pretty much like any

other drive-in restaurant in the mid-1950s.

At about 11:00 AM, McDonald's opened up and Ray took a seat in his car a little ways off

to watch.

When the lines started to form, Ray noticed the workers inside McDonald's picked up their

pace and met the impressive demand.

That's when Ray got out of his car to see what the fuss was about.

He started by chatting with some of the folks in line and quickly found out that most of

the people hadn't only eaten there before but they were regulars—one of the guys saying

he ate there every single day to avoid eating his wife's cold meatloaf sandwiches.

In the movie, after meeting with Nick Offerman's Dick McDonald and John Carroll Lynch's Mac

McDonald, Michael Keaton's version of Ray Kroc gets a tour of how McDonald's is able

to make burgers in about 30 seconds instead of the norm for many drive-ins of the time—30

minutes.

Impressed, Ray asks the brothers to dinner to learn more about their story.

That second part is true, but Ray didn't get a tour of the kitchen right away.

After being thoroughly impressed with what he saw, Ray introduced himself and immediately

hit it off with Dick and Mac, who affectionately called him Mr. Multimixer.

They decided to have dinner that night so Ray could learn more about their restaurant.

It's here, in the movie, that Dick and Mac tell him their story.

And for the most part, the story we hear in the movie is true.

Like the movie says, the McDonald brothers came to California from New Hampshire.

They'd done so after seeing their dad get fired from his job at a shoe factory for simply

being too old.

He wasn't any use to the factory anymore, who wanted younger employees.

As you can imagine, that put a lot of financial stress on the family.

Mac—his real name was Maurice—was determined to not let that happen to him, so he decided

to move to California to strike it rich in Hollywood.

By the way, the movie doesn't really mention it, but Mac was seven years older than Dick.

Shortly after, in 1926, Dick joined his brother in California right after he graduated from

high school.

But as millions of others who have tried to become rich and famous in Hollywood can attest—their

own big break didn't happen right away.

To make a living, the brothers had an idea to start taking advantage of the increasing

rate of cars on the road.

Today the idea of a lemonade stand is something we think of kids doing, but they started,

quite literally, a juice stand.

Freshly squeezed orange juice for five cents a cup.

Remember this was the 1920s.

No A/C, no climate control of any sort.

Driving the streets in California was a hot, dusty affair.

To lure in customers, the brothers put up some bright signs that would catch the eye

of passersby on the road who gladly paid for a chance at a fresh, cool drink.

But the stand wasn't enough to pay their bills.

Besides, they didn't come to California to sell orange juice.

So that's when, like the movie also correctly explains, the brothers started working at

Columbia Studios doing mostly manual labor like setting up lights and things like that.

In the movie, the brothers tell Ray over dinner that they saved up their money working at

Columbia until they could buy their own movie theater in Glendora, California.

But it was bad timing because that was September of 1929.

That's true, although that timing isn't quite right.

According to Ray Kroc's autobiography, it was actually 1932 when the brothers bought

their movie theater.

But the result was the same.

Starting a business is never easy, but with the country going through the Great Depression

followed by World War II, it was even more difficult.

The brothers learned a really important lesson, though, about squeezing more than oranges

but rather squeezing their wallets.

There would be some days that they only ate a single meal—a hot dog from a small stand

by their theater.

According to the movie, that hot dog stand was run by someone named Wylie Reid.

I couldn't find anything to verify that, but it is true that hot dog stand was one of the

inspirations for the McDonald brothers starting their own restaurant.

After about five years, they decided to pull the plug on their movie theater.

The movie says this restaurant was a hot dog and orange juice stand, which I'm guessing

was because of their orange juice stand they had right after moving out to California,

but in truth it was a barbecue restaurant.

It was in Arcadia, California, though, like the movie says.

Although, to be fair, the movie mentions the brothers moved their stand to San Bernardino

in 1940 and then opened McDonald's Famous Barbecue.

That's pretty close to what really happened.

Their restaurant in Arcadia was called "Airdrome", something they named it because it was right

next to what's now an abandoned airfield in Arcadia known as either the Monrovia Airport

or, more formally, Foothill Flying Field.

As you can probably guess, with their background running a theater, setting up lights on a

movie set and squeezing orange juice, they didn't have much restaurant experience.

But they had a friend who knew how to make barbecue, so they learned pretty quick.

But as it turns out, selling barbecue by an airfield wasn't what the brothers had in mind,

either.

It's worth pointing out, though, that the airfield was still pretty popular.

In fact, Foothill Flying Field stayed in operation until 1953 and even had a couple movies shot

there in its heyday.

Oh, and as a fun little fact for you, remember Poncho Barnes from when we learned about the

true story behind The Right Stuff?

She frequented Foothill Flying Field in the 1930s.

According to the movie, the McDonalds brothers actually packed up the entire building from

Arcadia and moved it to San Bernardino.

And that's true.

It cost them about $200 bucks, or about $2,500 in today's dollars to chop up their wooden,

octagonal stand in half and transport it to a new spot they'd gotten in San Bernardino

with the help of a $5,000 loan from Bank of America.

Since they weren't near an airfield anymore, the name "Airdrome" wouldn't make much sense.

So the brothers decided to keep it simple— McDonald's Barbecue.

But even after all of this, including moving to a bigger town in San Bernardino, their

restaurant wasn't taking off like they'd hoped.

That's not to say they weren't popular.

They were.

Their parking lot in San Bernardino was almost always packed full.

But it still wasn't enough to solidify their future—something, if you remember, was a

big driver for their move from New Hampshire to California years before.

So, just like the movie says, the brothers decided to take a really big risk.

They were convinced they could solidify their future if they catered to drivers.

McDonald's Barbecue at the time was following the same model as a typical drive-in, complete

with attractive young girls as carhops.

As a little side note, carhops are still in use today by drive-ins, most notably the fast-food

chain Sonic.

In the 1940s, though, carhops were almost exclusively pretty young girls because restaurant

owners quickly caught onto a common denominator during World War II that most of the clientele

for a lot of drive-ins tended to be younger men in the military.

So, quite simply, a pretty girl sold more food and that element of sexism flourished

even after the war.

Oh, and the term "carhop" itself came from when one of those girls would hop on the running

board of a car as a way of claiming the patron inside as their own.

McDonald's Barbecue was doing well as a drive-in, but the brothers were still barely making

a profit.

They didn't seem to think the amount of work they were putting into their restaurant was

warranting their return.

But they were convinced the wave of the future was to cater to drivers, just like they had

done with the orange juice stand years earlier.

In 1948, the brothers did something no one in business does when they shut down their

very successful restaurant and overhauled it in an attempt to make it even more successful.

They did pretty much all the things the movie mentions—slimming down their menu to burgers,

fries and a drink, and creating an assembly line process to deliver food quickly and with

high quality.

That last part was key.

You might not really think of McDonald's burgers as being high quality today, but from all

of the research I could find everyone seems to agree that the original restaurant run

by the McDonald's brothers had amazing food—it was only after Ray Kroc entered the picture

that quality started being sacrificed for quantity.

But that's getting ahead of our story.

When they reopened their restaurant as simply McDonald's, it was a hit!

All of this was something the movie very cleverly explains as the McDonald brothers have dinner

with Michael Keaton's version of Ray Kroc.

And while that dinner did happen, from what I could gather it'd seem they went over how

their operation worked more at that dinner than the full history of their restaurant.

Since, if you recall, Ray didn't jump to a tour of their kitchen right away like we saw

in the movie.

But regardless, the movie is correct in showing that Ray was hooked.

He knew there was something special about McDonald's.

Although, in the movie, it's Ray Kroc who mentions the idea of franchising to the brothers.

According to Ray's autobiography, it was Dick McDonald who wondered aloud at one of their

early conversations who they could get to open similar restaurants.

To which Ray replied, "What about me?"

Oh, and the movie is also correct in mentioning that the brothers already tried franchising

before Ray came into the picture.

The morning after their dinner, the brothers mention there's five McDonald's locations.

Three in Southern California, one in Sacramento and one in Phoenix.

In truth there were ten other McDonald's, most in California but with two in Arizona.

Just like the movie shows, though, Ray agreed with the brothers at a rate of 1.9% gross

sales from any franchisees he brought on board.

Actually, Ray asked for 2% but they said 1.9% sounds better to franchisees because it sounds

like a lot less than the full and rounded 2%.

With that and a 10-year contract with the McDonalds brothers, Ray Kroc was no longer

in the Multimixer business.

At least that's what the movie implies.

Well, not really.

In truth, one of the reasons Ray was so excited about McDonald's was his idea that he might

be able to open a new McDonald's somewhere and sell them eight Multimixers.

So he still saw that as the way he'd make his money out of the deal.

While the movie doesn't really mention it, a franchise fee for starting a McDonald's

in 1954 was $950, or about $8,600 today.

For some comparison, a quick search online shows that the franchise fee today is $45,000—plus

building costs and other costs that can get up into the millions of dollars depending

on where it's located.

Back in the movie, the first store that Ray Kroc opens is in Des Plaines, Illinois.

One of the first indicators in a change of attitude with Michael Keaton's version of

Ray comes when he calls Dick McDonald to talk about a change to their building design.

As the movie explains, the change is to put in a basement.

They need that so they can add a furnace—after all, Illinois is a bit colder than California

so the building design didn't have to think about putting in a furnace.

As the movie would have us believe, Dick agrees that they need a furnace but that they need

to have their architect look at the proposed changes and make sure it's done right.

Upset at the delay, Ray slams down his phone and ends up just going ahead and doing it

anyway.

Maybe that's how it happened.

But Ray Kroc's autobiography would say something different.

When Ray called the McDonalds brothers and asked if he could put in a basement with a

furnace at his first location in Des Plaines, their reply was that of course he could.

Ray asked for a registered letter approving the change, something that his contract with

the McDonalds said he needed.

They said just go ahead and do it, they didn't need the letter.

Even the McDonalds brothers lawyer didn't seem to help.

When Ray's lawyer asked the McDonalds' lawyer what he should do if they don't provide an

official letter saying the change was alright, it was swept under the rug as Ray's problem,

not the brothers'.

Of course, that's from Ray's side of the story.

Unfortunately, neither of the McDonalds brothers wrote an autobiography or really documented

things nearly as well as Ray Kroc did.

So, we only have one side.

As they say, history is written by the winners.

Something else the movie doesn't really mention was something that Ray Kroc claimed to have

been a major source of friction between him and the McDonalds brothers early on.

You see, according to their contract, the ten McDonald's restaurants already in business

could keep their names but any other stores opened in the U.S. had to go through Ray.

Well, as it turns out, after getting the Des Plaines McDonald's off the ground, Ray found

out that the McDonalds brothers had sold the rights to an ice cream company in Cook County,

Illinois—right where Ray was working to build up his own McDonald's as per his agreement

with the brothers.

That didn't make Ray too happy, and he ended up having to spend $25,000 to get the rights

back from the ice cream company.

That was $25,000 that, according to Ray, he didn't have to spend at the time—he was

in major debt at that point, mostly living off money made from selling Multimixers and

dumping all of that into McDonald's.

Now we haven't really talked about this aspect of the movie much at all yet, but it's clear

from the storyline of the film that all of this was putting a lot of stress on Ray's

marriage.

That would be to Ethel, who's played by Laura Dern in the movie.

And that whole strain on the relationship was true.

Although if you remember, I mentioned Ray and Ethel had a daughter.

The movie doesn't mention her at all, but her name was Marilyn and she was born in 1924,

two years after Ray and Ethel were married.

With all of the travel, business and obsession with work, Ray and Ethel's marriage strained

to the point of divorce in 1961.

In the movie, a lot of this strain is also brought on by the presence of another woman.

That'd be Joan Smith, who's played by Linda Cardellini in the film.

In the movie, Joan is married to Patrick Wilson's character, Rollie Smith, when Ray meets her.

The latter wants to become a McDonald's franchisee, and after meeting Joan, we see a late night

phone call between the two where Ray starts talking about how it's a shame that others

can't think big like Joan does.

As viewers we get the idea that Ray is talking about his wife Ethel there, while Joan thinks

the same issue of her husband Rollie.

The specifics of the conversation were made up, of course, but that general sense is pretty

accurate—but it's not the full story.

You see, Joan Smith was a real person and she really was married to a man named Rollie

when Ray met her.

Although Rollie wasn't the steakhouse owner that we saw in the movie.

According to Ray's autobiography, the fact that they were both married was one of the

reasons they had to ignore the spark they both felt when they met for so long, but it'd

seem that was delaying the inevitable.

In 1961, Ray Kroc divorced Ethel after 39 years of marriage when he realized that he

was falling for Joan.

In the divorce, Ethel got the house, car, the insurance—just like the movie shows—Ray

gave Ethel everything he had—except for McDonald's stock.

Oh, and she also got $30,000 a year for the rest of her life.

So Ray was single now, but Joan was not.

While he was waiting for Joan to get divorced, Ray fell for actor John Wayne's secretary,

a woman named Jane Dobbins that he had met through a mutual friend.

In 1963, only two weeks after meeting Jane, Ray married her.

But that didn't last for real long.

In 1968, Ray divorced Jane and in 1969 finally married Joan—who he remained married to

for the rest of his life.

We haven't talked about him yet, but back in the movie there's moment when Harry Sonnenborn

meets Ray Kroc.

And it's a bit of a revelation for Ray.

Harry is played by B.J. Novak in the film.

After reading through his ledger, Harry tells Ray that there's a big problem: You don't

seem to realize what business you're in.

"You're not in the burger business," Harry tells him.

"You're in the real estate business."

That particular scene was made up for the film, but the basic gist was correct.

It was Harry's idea that McDonald's shift their focus from being a burger restaurant

and instead look at becoming a real estate company.

That's when McDonald's really started to take off.

Harry's idea was to convince land owners to set up a subordinate lease on their unused

land.

Basically, the land owners were agreeing to let McDonald's act like the owners of the

land so they could lease it out to franchisees.

The land owners, then, would get whatever they agreed to in the deal.

So the benefit for the land owners was that they'd be able to turn vacant land into a

revenue stream without doing much work—McDonald's would do it all.

On the other side, Harry figured out how to charge the franchisees enough to cover their

own mortgage and overhead costs while still making a profit.

Lastly, the franchisees were able to own their stores and turn a profit using the McDonald's

name and formula that was still revolutionary in the late 1950s.

Sure, the fast-food restaurant that would eventually become Burger King started in 1953,

but they didn't really start to expand until much later.

McDonald's was turning into a moneymaking machine for everyone involved.

Going back to the movie, at the end of the movie Michael Keaton's version of Ray Kroc

basically forces out the McDonalds brothers, who eventually agree to a $2.7 million buyout.

That's true, even down to the amount—$2.7 million, or $1 million for each of the two

brothers after taxes were paid.

That was in 1961, so if you recall that was the same year Ray divorced Ethel.

$2.7 million then is about the same as $22 million today.

Not too bad, but certainly not the level of money that McDonald's was worth.

Oh, and the movie was also correct in showing that Ray Kroc didn't hold true to the agreement

of 1% of company profits in perpetuity.

But something the movie doesn't really mention is Ray's side of that.

Again, history being written by the winners, we don't really know how much of this is actually

true but it'd seem that the original McDonalds brothers refused to fulfill part of the deal

when they sold their rights to Ray Kroc.

Namely, that original restaurant they started in San Bernardino—they refused to give it

to Ray.

So, in turn, Ray refused to give them their percentage of McDonald's profits.

Today, that'd be well over $100 million a year compared to McDonald's earnings today

at 0.5% for each brother.

After selling out their rights in 1961, Ray Kroc went onto continue with the claim that

he was the founder of McDonald's, something that we see shown in the movie.

Oh, and as a fun little fact, in 1974 as Ray's involvement in the day-to-day operations started

to dwindle, he turned to a different industry as he bought the San Diego Padres baseball

team.

In 1977, Ray's autobiography was released and that same year he stepped down as president

of McDonald's and moved into a senior chairman role that removed him from most of the goings

on at McDonald's.

That Ray Kroc considered himself the founder of McDonald's was something that confused

a lot of people who knew the true story—something that Ray himself didn't seem to hide in his

autobiography.

It's not like he ever pretended like the McDonalds brothers didn't exist; and yet he continued

to refer to himself as the founder of McDonald's.

After Ray Kroc stepped down as president in 1977, he was replaced by the grill operator

turned businessman, Fred Turner.

In the movie, Fred is played by Justin Randell Brooke.

In 1984, Ray Kroc passed away at the age of 81.

He never changed his story about being the founder.

As for the McDonald brothers, unfortunately the movie is pretty accurate in depicting

what happened to them.

Some of Mac's relatives have since gone on record to say that this failure to secure

the percentage of McDonald's profits were a major contributing factor to the heart attack

that took his life in 1971.

And yes, McDonald's did force them to change the name of their original restaurant—so

it was renamed to The Big M—but a new McDonald's opened up block away and in 1967, The Big

M went out of business.

As for Dick McDonald, he would end up moving back to New Hampshire.

He was credited, as the movie shows, as being the one who came up with the idea for the

golden arches, as well as being the one who grilled the very first hamburger at a McDonald's

restaurant.

But then, in 1991, Fred Turner changed the official story of McDonald's by changing their

Founder's Day that formerly honored Ray Kroc as the founder to honoring Ray alongside the

two McDonald brothers.

As Fred explained the change in an interview at the time, the McDonalds brothers were the

founders of the concept while Ray Kroc was the founder of the company that developed

the concept into the largest food service organization in the world.

After Ray Kroc's death, Joan spent the remainder of her years as a philanthropist.

She started by trying to donate the San Diego Padres to the city of San Diego.

But that's against Major League Baseball's rules, so she just sold it and went about

the process of giving away their fortune.

In 1997, she donated $15 million dollars to the region of Grand Forks, North Dakota to

help with recovery efforts after they suffered what's called the Red River flood—the worst

flooding they'd had since 1826.

That money was given anonymously until a journalist managed to track down the source, which led

her to admitting it was her.

There were always small donations here and there—well, small for a billionaire, I guess—but

then in 2002 she donated $1.6 billion dollars to the Salvation Army.

Yes, that's billion with a "b".

Joan Kroc died on October 12th 2003, and in November, her estate followed through with

one of her final wishes—to make another donation.

This time it was in the amount of $225 million dollars to National Public Radio—NPR.

That singlehandedly increased NPR's budget for 2004 by 50%.

In fact, if you're listening to this then I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you've

heard some of the great podcasts put together by NPR.

NPR launched their very first podcasts in August of 2005, an area of expansion that

was possible thanks to the donation from Joan Kroc.

This episode of Based on a True Story was written and produced by me, Dan LeFebvre.

To learn more about Ray Kroc, I'd recommend picking up Ray's autobiography called Grinding

It Out: The Making of McDonald's.

Sure, that's all from Ray's point of view so there's bound to be some bias in there,

but it's still a good read that dives way deeper into the details of a lot of the story.

Another great book I'd recommend is Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and

the Woman Who Gave It All Away by Lisa Napoli.

I'll add links to that book and plenty more resources to begin your deep dive into the

life of Ray Kroc and the rise of McDonald's over at basedonatruestorypodcast.com

Before we get to the answer to the two truths and a lie game, here's another 5-star review!

This one is a very brief review from Andrea over on Facebook and it says:

Just started the podcast and I have fallen in love!

There are several episodes/movies that I didn't think I would be into, but found myself looking

forward to commute times to finish up the episodes!

Hoping to support you on Patreon soon!

Haha, now if you've listened to the Becoming Jane episode from last month you'll know that

Andrea did become a patron of the show and picked that movie to cover.

Of course, that pushed it up in front of other episodes I'd recorded which is why that episode

came out first.

But that's neither here nor there—thank you so much Andrea!

I really appreciate the kind words and support!

OK, now it's time for the answer to our two truths and a lie game from the beginning of

the episode!

As a refresher, here are the two truths and one lie:

1.

Ray Kroc called himself the founder of McDonald's 2.

The restaurant that would become Burger King actually started before the first McDonald's

3.

Dick and Mac McDonald sold their rights to McDonald's to Ray Kroc for $2.7 million.

Did you find out which one is a lie?

The lie is… #2.

As we learned, even if briefly, Burger King was founded in the early 1950s while the first

McDonald's was founded in 1948.

Technically it was in 1953 when InstaBurger King was founded in Jacksonville, Florida.

But then it was renamed Burger King the next year.

So that's sort of similar to the McDonald's story, at least as far as the name is concerned,

since McDonald's used to be McDonald's Barbecue before switching to burgers and simply being

named McDonald's.

Haha, or maybe that's not really the same.

So now that you know a little more about the true story behind McDonald's, what do you

think?

Are you still a fan of the golden arches?

Or maybe you've never been a fan of them—either way, consider this your official invitation

to join the Based on a True Story Facebook group and share your thoughts with the community!

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the web at www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com.

Thanks so much for listening, and I'll chat with you again really soon!

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5 BIANCA BELAIR – 75 LBS (51 REPS): Yes, that's right, even the women can put up impressive marks on the bench press lift. During the NXT Combine, Bianca Belair destroyed the competition in most of the events and that included the bench press trials. Belair made the 75 pounds look like a toy hitting it for 51 reps.

Ember Moon also put on an admirable display put it didn't come close to Belair's mark who took home the honors in almost every category. For those of you that aren't aware, the NXT prospect was a professional CrossFit lifter before entering the WWE, so yea, she's got some experience with heavy lifting.

As if that wasn't enough, Belair was also a tremendous athlete during her University days becoming a known name in the world of track and field as a hurdler. With such a background, she's one to watch down in NXT and given her resume, she's a future champion.

4 TRIPLE H – 275 LBS (16 REPS): Still a beast in the weight room, Triple H has changed up his workout routine during the last couple of years. Gone are the days of bodybuilding routines and in are the days of functional training. Due to several injuries, Hunter wisely decided that it was time to switch routines.

He left the bodybuilding days behind him and he's now training for functional strength which improves his movement overall, something that is needed now that he's inching towards his 50s and still taking part in in-ring action.

Like others on the list, Hunter has some impressive totals for reps on the bench press. Among his most impressive was hitting 275 for 16 reps. Despite being closer to his 50s, The Game would have still hit the podium during the NXT Combine with the 225 lift, yeah, he's still a freak.

3 THE ROCK – 275 LBS (VARIATION REPS): Speaking of freaks on the bench press, we know turn our attention to the Great One, The Rock. If you ever lack motivation when it comes to hitting the gym, just search footage of the Great One and that'll quickly change.

Whether it's with his words or inspirational workout footage, the guy will put you in the mood no matter what time of the day it is. Hell, he even has a darn travelling gym! Among his most noteworthy lifts includes using the multi-grip bar on the bench press.

Rock hit the outrageous mark of 275 while using chains (which makes it harder when you go down) and pausing for two seconds on each of his 10 reps.

And oh, if that wasn't enough he even hit five half reps as well. 2 TITUS O'NEIL – 545 LBS: Although Titus wasn't a powerlifter, he still has a credible lifting background as a prominent University football player.

Along with hitting 545 as his max, O'Neil also made the statement that his conditioning was just as important as his strength, a factor that helped in the future when he decided to make the jump into pro wrestling.

When asked for some tips on the bench press, Titus made the claim that adopting strength based routine lasting four to six weeks will helps someone's bench progression according to the big man. Lower reps are also important at first to improve on one's strength. According to Titus, it's important to find your one rep max early on and use that as a building block moving forward.

1 LARS SULLIVAN – 225 LBS (40 REPS): The only NXT Superstar to come near the insane mark put up by Otis was Lars Sullivan who nearly caught the tag team wrestler, he was only five reps away from tying the record mark from the combine.

Similar to Otis, Lars made the weight look like a toy and given his size, that really shouldn't shock anyone. Lars is a beast of a human being and the scary part is that he's still in his 20s.

With no experience prior to the WWE, the company has taken their time with the blue chipper. He was signed in the fall of 2013 and he's now really starting to come into his own with future champion written all over him. One would have to think that Vince's salivating thinking about the big man on the main roster. Everything from his size to his movement is so unique; he's got quite the future.

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5 CESARO – 405 LBS: Straight up, Cesaro is a freak. Not only can the guy hit 405 on the bench press but he can also snatch and lift 135 on an Olympic bar with one freaking hand! Yes, he's a one of kind athlete and truthfully a flat out beast.

Despite his outrageous strength, Cesaro has admitted that he's all about functional training and not about hitting one rep PRs on conventional lifts. Cesaro performs other heavy lifts such as deadlifts and squats – he also enjoys performing circuit type exercises, if you want to burn a heck of a lot and stimulate those muscles, circuits truly aren't a bad idea.

At the age of 37, the Swiss Superman remains in optimal shape as one of the most impressive lifters in all of the WWE.

4 ELIAS – 405 LBS: Like Triple H stated, Elias was made for the WWE roster. He's got a unique Drifter gimmick along with the larger than life look of a WWE Superstar. The 29 year old has a tremendous physique which really doesn't get enough credit. Elias recently shared some of his bodybuilding secrets via the Stone Cold Podcast.

During the interview, Elias revealed some his top lifts which includes the bench press. Elias admitted that 405 is his current max which is quite impressive given his smaller stature compared to most of the others on the list.

In terms of fitness routines, Elias enjoys a classic body building routine meant to get the blood flowing and filling out his muscles. He also loves his carbs eating a healthy dose of them. Among his favorite carb choices includes rice and sweet potatoes.

3 OTIS DOZOVIC – 225 LBS (45 REPS): As you'll see throughout this article, sometimes, the question isn't how much but instead, how many? During the recent NXT Combine, Otis Dozovic, one half of the tag team Heavy Machinery, stole all the headlines for his remarkable record.

Benching 225, Otis destroyed the field hitting the weight for an insane 45 reps, the footage is even more impressive as WWE cameras caught the lift which took place at the Performance Center.

For those that know about Dozovic's background, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Before he pursued pro wrestling, Otis was a massive prospect for the US in Greco-Roman wrestling, even taking part in trials for the Olympic team.

He would later convert to pro wrestling and get signed to a WWE deal only a year after making his indie debut. Shockingly only 26, he's got one hell of a future ahead of him.

2 SETH ROLLINS – 300 LBS (3 REPS): The last piece of footage we saw of Seth Rollins hitting the bench press, Seth easily hit 300 for three reps, though that was some time ago and we assume his strength likely went up since, especially considering he's filled out quite significantly as of late.

Unlike Elias, Seth performs strength based routines during his workouts, hence the nickname "Cross Fit Jesus". Rollins is a massive advocate for the power type lifts, adopting the style for the last couple of years now.

Among his other preferred lifts include the squat and the deadlift as well. We've seen him perform both workouts on his Instagram feed regularly; however, footage of his bench progression hasn't been posted in a while. For what it's worth, hitting 300 for three reps is still quite admirable given his lighter weight, particularly when the footage was filmed.

1 MARK HENRY – 585 LBS: For those 90s wrestling fans out there, this entry is for you. Arguably the greatest lifter in WWE history, Henry forged quite the path in the world of power-lifting before entering the WWE system.

In fact, his pre-WWE career was so impressive the WWE took out their cheque book in a big way offering the Texas native a massive ten year deal, one they regretted early on due to his difficulties in and out of the ring.

In fourth grade, Henry was already weight 225! So yea, lifting was basically in his sights early on. He became a three-time national champion along with winning the first ever Arnold Classic Strongman competition. Among some of his most notable lifts include 585 on the bench, 925 on the deadlift and over 1,000 on the squat.

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5 CESARO – 405 LBS: Straight up, Cesaro is a freak. Not only can the guy hit 405 on the bench press but he can also snatch and lift 135 on an Olympic bar with one freaking hand! Yes, he's a one of kind athlete and truthfully a flat out beast.

Despite his outrageous strength, Cesaro has admitted that he's all about functional training and not about hitting one rep PRs on conventional lifts. Cesaro performs other heavy lifts such as deadlifts and squats – he also enjoys performing circuit type exercises, if you want to burn a heck of a lot and stimulate those muscles, circuits truly aren't a bad idea.

At the age of 37, the Swiss Superman remains in optimal shape as one of the most impressive lifters in all of the WWE.

4 ELIAS – 405 LBS: Like Triple H stated, Elias was made for the WWE roster. He's got a unique Drifter gimmick along with the larger than life look of a WWE Superstar. The 29 year old has a tremendous physique which really doesn't get enough credit. Elias recently shared some of his bodybuilding secrets via the Stone Cold Podcast.

During the interview, Elias revealed some his top lifts which includes the bench press. Elias admitted that 405 is his current max which is quite impressive given his smaller stature compared to most of the others on the list.

In terms of fitness routines, Elias enjoys a classic body building routine meant to get the blood flowing and filling out his muscles. He also loves his carbs eating a healthy dose of them. Among his favorite carb choices includes rice and sweet potatoes.

3 OTIS DOZOVIC – 225 LBS (45 REPS): As you'll see throughout this article, sometimes, the question isn't how much but instead, how many? During the recent NXT Combine, Otis Dozovic, one half of the tag team Heavy Machinery, stole all the headlines for his remarkable record.

Benching 225, Otis destroyed the field hitting the weight for an insane 45 reps, the footage is even more impressive as WWE cameras caught the lift which took place at the Performance Center.

For those that know about Dozovic's background, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Before he pursued pro wrestling, Otis was a massive prospect for the US in Greco-Roman wrestling, even taking part in trials for the Olympic team.

He would later convert to pro wrestling and get signed to a WWE deal only a year after making his indie debut. Shockingly only 26, he's got one hell of a future ahead of him.

2 SETH ROLLINS – 300 LBS (3 REPS): The last piece of footage we saw of Seth Rollins hitting the bench press, Seth easily hit 300 for three reps, though that was some time ago and we assume his strength likely went up since, especially considering he's filled out quite significantly as of late.

Unlike Elias, Seth performs strength based routines during his workouts, hence the nickname "Cross Fit Jesus". Rollins is a massive advocate for the power type lifts, adopting the style for the last couple of years now.

Among his other preferred lifts include the squat and the deadlift as well. We've seen him perform both workouts on his Instagram feed regularly; however, footage of his bench progression hasn't been posted in a while. For what it's worth, hitting 300 for three reps is still quite admirable given his lighter weight, particularly when the footage was filmed.

1 MARK HENRY – 585 LBS: For those 90s wrestling fans out there, this entry is for you. Arguably the greatest lifter in WWE history, Henry forged quite the path in the world of power-lifting before entering the WWE system.

In fact, his pre-WWE career was so impressive the WWE took out their cheque book in a big way offering the Texas native a massive ten year deal, one they regretted early on due to his difficulties in and out of the ring.

In fourth grade, Henry was already weight 225! So yea, lifting was basically in his sights early on. He became a three-time national champion along with winning the first ever Arnold Classic Strongman competition. Among some of his most notable lifts include 585 on the bench, 925 on the deadlift and over 1,000 on the squat.

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5 BIANCA BELAIR – 75 LBS (51 REPS): Yes, that's right, even the women can put up impressive marks on the bench press lift. During the NXT Combine, Bianca Belair destroyed the competition in most of the events and that included the bench press trials. Belair made the 75 pounds look like a toy hitting it for 51 reps.

Ember Moon also put on an admirable display put it didn't come close to Belair's mark who took home the honors in almost every category. For those of you that aren't aware, the NXT prospect was a professional CrossFit lifter before entering the WWE, so yea, she's got some experience with heavy lifting.

As if that wasn't enough, Belair was also a tremendous athlete during her University days becoming a known name in the world of track and field as a hurdler. With such a background, she's one to watch down in NXT and given her resume, she's a future champion.

4 TRIPLE H – 275 LBS (16 REPS): Still a beast in the weight room, Triple H has changed up his workout routine during the last couple of years. Gone are the days of bodybuilding routines and in are the days of functional training. Due to several injuries, Hunter wisely decided that it was time to switch routines.

He left the bodybuilding days behind him and he's now training for functional strength which improves his movement overall, something that is needed now that he's inching towards his 50s and still taking part in in-ring action.

Like others on the list, Hunter has some impressive totals for reps on the bench press. Among his most impressive was hitting 275 for 16 reps. Despite being closer to his 50s, The Game would have still hit the podium during the NXT Combine with the 225 lift, yeah, he's still a freak.

3 THE ROCK – 275 LBS (VARIATION REPS): Speaking of freaks on the bench press, we know turn our attention to the Great One, The Rock. If you ever lack motivation when it comes to hitting the gym, just search footage of the Great One and that'll quickly change.

Whether it's with his words or inspirational workout footage, the guy will put you in the mood no matter what time of the day it is. Hell, he even has a darn travelling gym! Among his most noteworthy lifts includes using the multi-grip bar on the bench press.

Rock hit the outrageous mark of 275 while using chains (which makes it harder when you go down) and pausing for two seconds on each of his 10 reps.

And oh, if that wasn't enough he even hit five half reps as well. 2 TITUS O'NEIL – 545 LBS: Although Titus wasn't a powerlifter, he still has a credible lifting background as a prominent University football player.

Along with hitting 545 as his max, O'Neil also made the statement that his conditioning was just as important as his strength, a factor that helped in the future when he decided to make the jump into pro wrestling.

When asked for some tips on the bench press, Titus made the claim that adopting strength based routine lasting four to six weeks will helps someone's bench progression according to the big man. Lower reps are also important at first to improve on one's strength. According to Titus, it's important to find your one rep max early on and use that as a building block moving forward.

1 LARS SULLIVAN – 225 LBS (40 REPS): The only NXT Superstar to come near the insane mark put up by Otis was Lars Sullivan who nearly caught the tag team wrestler, he was only five reps away from tying the record mark from the combine.

Similar to Otis, Lars made the weight look like a toy and given his size, that really shouldn't shock anyone. Lars is a beast of a human being and the scary part is that he's still in his 20s.

With no experience prior to the WWE, the company has taken their time with the blue chipper. He was signed in the fall of 2013 and he's now really starting to come into his own with future champion written all over him. One would have to think that Vince's salivating thinking about the big man on the main roster. Everything from his size to his movement is so unique; he's got quite the future.

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5 BIG SHOW – 500 LBS (12 REPS): Big Show doesn't have a one rep max but instead, he hit 500 pounds for 12 reps, which is absolutely insane. Believe it or not, the big man did in fact weigh 500 pounds at one point during his career, a piece of information that was recently revealed by wrestling pundit Dave Meltzer.

Just imagine chucking around 500 pounds and being close to seven feet, my oh my, that's a workout on its own. Show has recently undergone an insane transformation. The big man shredded down to 60 pounds leaner, crediting his diet for the crazy transformation.

Show appears to be in better condition nowadays than ever before, he put his new athleticism on full display during a terrific cage match against Braun Strowman. We haven't seen the big fellow since.

4 BIG E – 575 LBS: If you ask any active member on the WWE roster, who has the most impressive bench press, it's more than likely they'll say Big E, who has a monstrous bench max of hitting 575 in John Cena's gym – a personal record for the big man.

The gym erupted when he hit the mark, Cena was playing the role of cheerleader while he was getting spotted by Roman Reigns, so yea, getting motivated to lift the weight wasn't too difficult with such company.

Of course, Big E also has a powerlifting background before his WWE days. Among his impressive lifts also includes 711 on the squat and 799 on the deadlift. When asked to give advice on how to improve your bench press, Big E stated experience and constantly benching is crucial.

He also pointed out that bench variations can also serve a purpose, he uses chains and bands as a way to change things up from time to time.

3 WESLEY BLAKE – 225 LBS (32 REPS): One of the most surprising names in the top three of the bench press competition featured Wesley Blake making the podium.

Just by taking a look at Blake, you wouldn't think he had such strength, heck his former partner Murphy looks to be in a lot better shape, however, the look isn't always everything and Blake certainly proved that hitting 225 for 32 reps, quite impressive given his size and lack of athletic background.

Blake wasn't a pro lifter before the WWE, instead, he spent some time at the Dory Funk dojo mastering his craft. After a couple of years independently, Blake was signed to a WWE deal in 2013.

Unfortunately, we haven't heard from him in a while, becoming an afterthought down in development since his tag team alongside Murphy was split up. His future looks rather bleak, but hey, at least he can always say he came in third at the NXT Combine for the bench press lift.

2 ROMAN REIGNS – 445 LBS: Similar to Titus, Roman Reigns can thank his football career prior to the WWE for his bench press skills.

Before to his pro wrestling journey, Reigns was fully invested into the football life even hitting a 300 pound weight at one point, Roman recalls trying to get as fat as possible so he could have increased his strength as a defensive player.

Gone are those days however as he now maintains a lean physique with the WWE. When asked for personal tips on improving one's bench press max, Roman indicated that triceps work is equally as important – so doing lots of dips can aid one's bench press.

He also indicated that negatives are also crucial when performing a bench movement, so going down slowly when working the exercise. 1 JOHN CENA – 480 LBS: When it comes to Olympic style lifts, it doesn't get any better than John Cena.

The dude is an absolute beast, some of his preferred lifts include the squat, snatch, deadlift and of course, the bench press. Seriously speaking, he thrives in all of the lifts – his 480 on the bench press is quite remarkable, beating out his past mark of 465.

Like the others above, Cena credits experience as the best remedy for someone to improve on their bench press totals. Quite simply, Cena said "bench!" when asked what is the best way for someone to improve on this bench press max. At the age of 40, the 16-time champion remains in tremendous condition as arguably the strongest WWE Superstar when you asses pound for pound strength.

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