And by let's (let us) I actually mean me, let's help Fro get a world record. :P

As a lot of my older news posts tell about, I've competed in and won my first strongman competition. Sporting a Newgrounds T-Shirt as I competed and accepted my trophy!

I still have a few strongman competitions this year, but also have my sites on a new goal. Some bench press records, including a world record!

The bench press records are super technical and hard to explain. Here's the basic summary:

• Bench only record (You only compete in the bench press and no other lift)
• Raw Full Power (You compete in bench, squat, and deadlift with no supportive gear)
• Raw Classic Full Power (You compete in bench, squat, and deadlift with some knee wraps if you choose so)

So oddly enough, a bench record in one doesn't give you a bench record in another category. So all of the bench records are different. Throw in body weight classes and drug tested/not drug tested divisions and there are a ton of records.

The ones I'm wanting to go for are all in the under 198 pound (90kg) weight class in the drug tested division. Because I'm all natural Fro.

Here's the records I'd like to beat:

State Record:

• Raw Class Full Power: 165 kg / 363.9 pounds (I can currently beat this now)
• Raw Bench: 180.5 kg / 397.9 pounds (Well within range within a year, maybe less!)

National Record:

• Raw Classic Full Power: 182.5 kg / 402.30 pounds (this will just be another month or two of training after the 397.9 bench)

World Record:

• Raw Classic Full Power: 170 kg / 374.80 pounds (I THINK I CAN DO THIS NOW!!!!)

Wait... so why is the world record lower than the state and national record?!?!

Apparently you have to go to very specific events. Each meet costs $$$ and world record meets cost even more $$$$. It's an actual cost to get the paper work proving you're a world record holder and I'm sure that's loops some people don't care to go through.

Basically if I go to a world record event, I can in theory break my state record, national record, and the world record all in one go if I bench over 402.30.

Also in theory I could hold the world record and the state record, but not have the national record if I came in and benched just above 374.80.

ALSO in theory I could break the other records with a huge bench press, but not have the world record because it wasn't a world record event.

So yeah, lot's of rigging of how and when to do it.

So am I asking for $$$ again? Well, yes, but only if you want to. I'm going to go for these records either way, but with some small donations you can speed up when I can do this. I'm looking at the following costs:

$100 a meet

$100 for membership

$100 for singlet

$100-$200 for new competition regulated equipment (wrist supports, elbow sleeves, etc...)

The plan is to just go grab the low hanging fruit. Go grab the one I can beat now, Raw Class Full Power: 165 kg / 363.9 pounds state record. That being said, I'll be $500 in just going to get this one.

So if you'd like to help me break a world record then here's a donation page I have set up! Thanks in advance!

https://ko-fi.com/thecoachfro