Mike Webster Bench Press
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Mike webster bench press. For those of you too young to remember mike webster he was the center for the pittsburgh steelers. Former nfl player mike adamle shares his struggle with traumatic brain injury megyn kelly today duration. His nickname was iron mike not because he played for the steelers but because he looked like he was forged in a foundry and kept playing long after most couldn t. This is recollection will of course be colored by the lens of youth and for the.
Mike webster was born on march 18 1952 and died on september 24 2002. Starting strength reflections in iron. Webster strength single arm db incline bench press websterstrength. Mike webster struggles through a tv interview exhibiting possible effects of cte.
Sometimes a lineman s life is simply shorter. Mike webster would have been 50 years old at the time of death or 63 years old today. He played 6 times longer than the average nfl career 17 years and 245 starts. Mike webster s training methods by.
That was the mantra mike webster s son colin webster heard constantly when he was growing up. At 14 he benched 180 kg 396 lbs. Bench press overhead press squats and deadlifts even the occasional clean and jerk. Michael lewis webster march 18 1952 september 24 2002 was an american football player who played as a center in the national football league nfl from 1974 to 1990 with the pittsburgh steelers and kansas city chiefs he is a member of the pro football hall of fame class of 1997 nicknamed iron mike webster anchored the steelers offensive line during much of their run of four super.
He left his house regularly on the off season to go watch game tapes to scribble in a notebook different plans and ideas to improve his performance. He d lift in the basement of our house in the. Joe gilliam ray mansfield tyrone mcgriff furness webster. Mike webster of the pittsburgh steelers.
Mike webster the top 100. In his prime he probably benched between 440 and 500 lbs. He unquestionably lost almost all of the bench press contests within his own workout group let alone the strongman competition.