Danial Zamani

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- Timestamps -
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Danial Zamani
01:39 - Why I Didn't Include Him
02:59 - Fake Weights?
05:54 - My BIGGEST Red Flag

[@freakied0550]

He'd have to absolutely smoke north of 300kg in a meet, make it look like an empty bar, for me to give any sort of belief what he did was real.

[@stoiceagle4747]

How does it feel to have raw benched more than Zamani in comp?

[@thebarbelllifestyle1478]

His bench is 100% real. Castleberry verified and all.

[@dokterkarel]

It's true. Because after he benched it, Castleberry picked up the weight and curled it for 5 reps.

[@litbag3043]

@@dokterkarelcastleberry also proceeded to casually do 5 reps of lateral raises

[@michakowalski6012]

😂😂😂

[@weirdphax5406]

😂😂

[@sonortubelug3853]

That went up way too quickly. Looking forward to his 950 with one hand....

[@NaturalBornWinner-]

🤣🤣👍

[@notimportant3686]

that lift wasn't 800 lbs because of HOW EASILY he did it... he didn't do a max... he did something he could do for a few reps... and it was obvious

[@josephsummers2427]

Agreed. His acting was poor. Didn't sell the masses.

[@Oldnobrand]

100% Looked way too easy for that weight it dumps onto his chest and he blows it straight up...no way

[@tatskamaster]

His best bench using a single ply suit is 760.6.. The shirt can add a 100 pounds. His best RAW bench is 474. Until he hits more than that in a real comp, then those are his actual PR's and that's it.

[@josephsummers2427]

Shirt adds more than 100 lbs I think? 760 single ply is like 520 raw tops.

[@vanguard4065]

Zamani is the strongest

[@vanguard4065]

so you’re not allowed to beat your competition max? if you bench 500 in comp and later bench 600 in training then it means you can’t bench 600? 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@tatskamaster]

@@josephsummers2427 It typically adds at least that much, but the best shirt users in the world can get around 200kg (440lbs) from even a single ply shirt. The WR is 508kg and Jimmy Kolb isn't even known to have benched over 300kg raw.

[@tatskamaster]

@@vanguard4065 It would be believable if he beat his single ply record yes, but he is claiming that he beat his equipped single ply record RAW BY 40 POUNDS lmao! That would mean that he improved his raw bench an estimated 120kg in four years. :D Oh, and he never did it in competition during those 4 years because.. No reason! Do you understand how ridiculous that is?

[@Egoliftdaily]

Yep, good call, boss. Respect the honor of the lifters who actually did world record lifts in comp.

[@basicmeme1040]

6:43 Eric said he did 100lbs the first time he benched at 11 he was around 120-130lbs. After 2 years he did 225 for 1. Then 315 at 15. It took him till 27 and juicy to get 595

[@noooname2568]

I remember watching your bulking series back in the day and you went for a sausage sandwich/muffin (can’t remember exactly as was years ago when you were rocking the chinos) to get the calories in. I was so skinny back then, fact is I just simply didn’t eat enough. I remember following that series and gained a little bit of weight simply by eating more, even if it wasn’t super healthy ‘bodybuilder’ food it really helped me understand the frequency I had to eat to gain muscle/weight. Massive influence on my journey to where I am now and the size I am compared to what I used to be. And for that I’ll be forever thankful for your videos. Thanks Nick

[@ayda2876]

such a wholesome comment congrats man!!!

[@noooname2568]

@@ayda2876thanks bro!

[@mikek1402]

The fact that he backed out of a meet with Julius even after it was posted and hyped online for a long time and also he just basically disappeared for a while after this 800+ lb press to show up months later saying he stopped lifting due to something with his families health.

[@barbedwiredbear3308]

It's fake.. partially fake.... say 585... total. Moved too fast.

[@josephsummers2427]

585 is too generous. Maybe 450-500.

[@kevinsetayesh4987]

Good call Nick I agree with all your points. I think if Zamani enters a meet and hits at least a 700 pound bench in it. His 800 bench from last year would be more believable

[@apointtomake1517]

If he wants to be acknowledged as the first 800lbs bencher, he needs to do it in an officially sanctioned meet. Not in some home-cooked setting where it is just him lifting. Anyone that has ever been a competitor in powerlifting would not hesitate to get into a meet if they were capable of a world record.

[@StrandRobin]

Nick is an OG, I was watching your channel 12+ years ago when I first started training lol

[@paulduffy2524]

Jim "chimsey" Williams from Scranton Pa. He needs mention in the 700lb bench press club, late 60's early 70's

[@BadgerBlase]

I was going to watch your bench video then I checked back and it was gone and then back up again. I was thinking I was losing my mind lol. Anyway, I was going to comment about this guy on your bench video but I couldn’t remember this name. I’m glad you did the research for me! Thanks man we miss you!

[@tylerstronk]

I'm not too sure either because on his ig back in october 8th of 2019 he has 445kg single ply bench attempt which he almost got. But in december 12 of 2019 he failed 370kg twice in a the meet. Unless he gotten injured during that time which will explain his performance but the massive gap in the gym vs in meet does not make him look good. Not to speculate too hard but it kinda shows a pattern of insane gym lifts to very lackluster meet perfromances when the standards are higher and the setting isn't 100% in his favor. To clear all this he just need to go into a meet and bench close to 720-740lb in a meet which there it'll be somewhat realistic that he has the strength to move a 804lb bench.

[@tatskamaster]

Almost got, as in failed at the portion where you actually need to lift the weight and you don't get help from the suit.. He started that comp at 793lbs and failed that lift as well. His best single ply bench is 760.6lbs and the shirt can easily add a 100 pounds to your bench. Hell, equipped specialists can literally get around 400 pounds from a single ply shirt lmao! The WR is 1120 pounds (508kg) By Jimmy Kolb, whos best raw bench is a little over 600lbs lol.. Theres literally no way he is now suddenly benching 800 pounds RAW, when his best equipped bench is 760lbs. His real max is more than likely 700 pounds at the most.

[@basicmeme1040]

I think itsntotally fake but he went from 270lbs tested to 360lbs and juicy in that time period

[@EvanCentopaniOfficial]

Another great video. Nick does a hell of a job. Extremely well done.

[@jimd1968]

Ted Arcidi Benched 705.5 pounds was the first officially recognized powerlifting competition.

[@Daniel-ng8fi]

That bench video is what brought me to this channel, thought it was entertaining as fuck, glad the algo randomly suggested it to me, and it sucks that the algo didn't suggest it to lots more people.

[@Egoliftdaily]

Yep, I really enjoyed the previous vid. Thanks, Nick.

[@anagramconfirmed1717]

The bar never bends, not even a little.

[@bigaarmory100]

I watched your original video for the 700 pound plus bench pressers and found it very entertaining. As a matter of fact that was my introduction to your channel at which time I became a subscriber. I’ve been lifting on and off since 1986. I have spotted a friend of mine many many times benching 450 pounds plus for doubles. He lifts and competes raw and lifetime drug-free with his heaviest bench at 510 pounds in a meet. He did do 550 pounds for one rep on the decline bench in the gym. While I think the Iranian is strong, there is no way he bench anything close to 804 pounds.

[@BallietBran]

Great coverage.

[@killiantitan3711]

Well said. Good job Nick

[@M2J2X]

Hey Nick, Quick Question: Could you give me an overview of your weekly training schedule/routine back when you did powerlifting? Thx Greetings from Germany

[@joelinney5216]

Wet good video nick good to see you back bro

[@joelinney5216]

Very good

[@cyrillyons1531]

Thank you very much for the content. Mr. Wright! I completely agree with him being not on the list because it was not done in competition and honestly, he moved that up to easily. It literally seems fake.

[@michaeldaugherty2293]

I'm with you on it sounding sketchy from his lifts not adding up to get to where the lift was.

[@thewisemanpaul]

Glad that you only included comp lifts in your video. That 795 in comp is insane

[@NickWright]

Julius holds the all -time raw world record bench press in a meet at 782.5lbs. That's what was included first. His gym lift is only 13lbs heavier which makes it believable and worth mentioning.

[@Richard-ot5ss]

@@NickWright and being out of a competition helps, you can do the lift on your own time I believe. Being in competition is a hinderance, being out of competition adds a percentage point or two

[@Blondeguylifts]

Hey man nice Legion Iron Shirt nice to see someone represent that gym.

[@brutus4013]

Great , well researched video . Cheers .😎🥃

[@Mr.Mavericke]

If Mr. Zamani could actually 1RM 585Ibs i would be impressed.

[@vitaliyvorobets2738]

Well when he hit 460 it was weighing 280, now he’s 390 and on a whole lot more drugs so there’s no doubt that he can easily do 600.

[@basicmeme1040]

​@@vitaliyvorobets2738I think 360 unless he kept gaining weight

[@kingmo565]

Bottom line, he's competed in meets and his highest ever in a meet was 462.9. So some that are claiming that it is hard for someone from Iran to compete in meets, it goes out of the window. I want to see it in an actual meet, that one seems suspect.

[@HughLeFitness]

Looked way too easy for 804 especially with no video evidence of any lifts in the 600-700lbs. range. It's probably 400 plus on the bar. A very strong bencher nonetheless.

[@jaydog9329]

Joseph Tumbarello will be next! He just hit 690 a week's back. Albeit a gym lift.

[@ytsux9259]

Of course it's fake. Everybody already knows that by now.

[@er1cmaurer]

Anyone attempting 800 lbs would do it in a meet.

[@Reppintimefitness]

That's not real 😂

[@NoRest4TheWicked1]

Put him benching 800 vs Julius benching. Julius was benching 700 natural and Daniel was never an elite bencher. The way he benched 804 looks like he can bench 830. Now does that seem plausible?

[@josephmangano3261]

Julius was not benching 700 natural. I don't care what he claims. If you can hit 700 natural there's no way you're failing 800 on peds. Most people add way more than 100lbs on a bench after cycling a couple times.

[@NoRest4TheWicked1]

@@josephmangano3261 he’s still human bro, bones and joints only handle so much and he was already 400lbs

[@neal520]

@@NoRest4TheWicked1no one benches 700 natty, period

[@ytsux9259]

Not only that he was offered many chances to prove it in a competition but declined all. Dubai even invited him to bench the WR on their soil and would pay him a lot of money, he of course declined.

[@dragorn3212]

@@josephmangano3261 They add 100 pounds when they're benching like 350. So if they're benching 700 natural theyd add 200 pounds

[@cyrillyons1531]

OK fourth and final comment,lol wanted to compliment you, sir on,, I don't follow a lot of fitness influencers but your one of the only people I know that benched 405 raw legitimately natural at a low body weight. I know there are others out there that have done what you did. But I feel like there are really very very few. My one rep max is 335 pounds. Natural. Now I'm on Trt - 50 years old if I could afford you would love some coaching on the bench.

[@letsssgooo4618]

The third point is the best. Where is the video of him benching 500, 600, 700 pounds? Just all of a sudden there’s an 804lb video

[@michelinii2311]

Man, I miss your KZbin videos D:

[@TimC19]

I'll watch both videos again just to help the algorithm.

[@donbustoarigato2997]

Fake lift, sorry! 804? No way.

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

Very fair review.

[@bige1578]

I know they are power lighters, but to say these the only 700 LB lighters you got to at least give Larry Allen from the Dallas Cowboys an honorable mention

[@asrsniperx3577]

Real or Not .. Nick you did a phenomenal job explining uour reason for not including it in the video .. just like maddox 495 gym lift did not count as his heaviest lift as it was done in a commercial gym and not at a meet. Graet video keep up the great work

[@mcbride997032]

His mentor is Bradley castleberry 😂

[@Reppintimefitness]

Nick Wright 💯

[@alexmdrful]

Imagine having only fake plates in your gym

[@The_Better_Sleep_Channel]

Man I miss your videos. I'm with you not sure it's real or fake but lean towards fake with his past numbers.

[@putpentothepinnacle]

Original vid now has 233k!

[@hairyape_8103]

If you believe this lift is legit then Kahn Baba is the world's strongest man.

[@bryanrodriguez9226]

Can you make a video about lightest ppl hitting that 700 plus mark if it excist

[@emp100k]

Zemani took 4 years to get his raw bench from 440 lb to low 600s (a quite elite bench even at that point) but then takes only a year and a half to go from that already elite bench (low 600s) to 800 lb? there's just no way, that's not how strength progression works. First time he benched 285 kg (628 lb) it was an absolute grinder, then less than two months later he's pushing 300 kg like an empty bar, just pure BS. Also there's his refusal to do a real meet unless serious money is offered, only people that have something to hide do this. Cash to cushion the blow of destroying his own reputation. Or the fact that after this he's "off the drugs for his health" and back to pressing in the 500s and low 600s, not even coming close to touching the numbers he was doing in the lead up to his "record". There's just a mountain of stuff around this guy that doesn't pass the sniff test.

[@Justin-1986]

Awesome video

[@davidgrant9528]

Nick u kno about ufpwrlifter?

[@basicmeme1040]

6:40 in a qna at 17 285lbs 6:1 julius did a 285 bench after some football benching. After training for a while at 6:3 320lbs he did 405 in 2011 right before going to jail. Then he comes out of jail gets involved with juicy powrrlifters and his bw and bench explode.

[@TheYeti_97]

It’s not hard for Zamani and his team to at least weigh the plates and bar or go to a meet outside of USA like Russia since visa is an issue for Iranians

[@up2me967]

The bench history vid was grate fuck the algo!

[@alexdenommee3219]

4:02 too much ease, no f*cking way this was 804lb.

[@alexdenommee3219]

Oh ya just dumps the bar back on the rack like its nothing, you could not pay me enough to believe this.

[@090faller]

Big Jim Williams hit 700lbs back in the early days.

[@ayda2876]

great video and u made great points, i think his lift was fake just from how it moved and the fact that he did it in the gym. Why not just compete and prove to the world you are the strongest bencher in the world if you have the capability to do so.

[@Midwestkong]

2 things damn near every week he went up in that time period. Then after hit hit "804" he barely benched anymore it was mostly dradlift videos. If he hit that he'd be over 820 now if we go by the lead up he did to the 804.

[@thewisemanpaul]

WTF is a dradlift

[@digede28]

Count, Calculate, Double check? what happened to poor Julius Maddox? look what happened to him? great videos do keep up the great videos, from London, UK

[@drcoz23]

The other thing is not competing but smoking each bench session on IG like he's 3 weeks out

[@phillipthomas118]

Lol he pushed that up like it was nothing 😂

[@gangstafish25]

Who did the heaviest military press?

[@tvistsand]

Great vid

[@basicmeme1040]

3:52 but how would the skinny spotter do that

[@nickthecarguy3016]

I was on the fence of it was real. But the meet lift of only 460 sealed the deal for me. No way.

[@TheLegMan1]

What? That was literally over 10 years ago, he has added 100 lbs to his bodyweight since then.

[@TheReaper6996]

he also was super heavy on the juice and he said that during the timeframe he was lifting that weight is it a little suspicious but it could be possible if he was on heavy juice

[@fswatyahoocom]

need to be at a meet for it to be recognized as legit.

[@Kinghauler2012]

Judging by the spotters actions and attention, they made it look like less than 804. They acted like bystanders.

[@micahasher7600]

Good call

[@cjten6967]

The spotter was able to make the weights jiggle by pulling on the bar. I think it's a fake bar and fake weights. It'd be hard to get those weights flexing like that with 800 pounds from a deadlift position. Bouncing 800 pounds around as if you're attempting to do a front shoulder row? Guy might have the strongest shoulders in history

[@TheLegMan1]

I guesss the bench rack also has to be fake since the bar shook it like crazy lol

[@Egoliftdaily]

Noti gang gang 🔔

[@bobbymarion3043]

You forgot about bill kazmaier in the video also he smoked like 620 something raw in the 80’s way before bench was cool lol

[@basicmeme1040]

7:45 guys can take time. Brett is a programming master as you said. If your programming is shit tour bench will never increase.

[@robskeys88]

At least 2 of those plates were DEFINITELY FAKE!!

[@BuJammy]

Well said. People are so eager to make excuses. Iran is not some backwater in the middle of nowhere, it's an oil rich country. The fact that it has well equipped gyms should tell people what they need to know on that front. Iran has a women's powerlifting team. Think about that. There are sanctioned meets in Iran, but Zamani could have lifted in Russia or one of the Gulf states with no visa. Peiman Maheripourehir trains with Eleiko plates. Iran has had several studly special Olympics weightlifters, where bench is the only contested lift, so the idea that Zamani could not get anyone with a knowledge of bench calls to verify his lifts is laughable. Excuses excuses. It might be real, but Zamani is not doing himself any favours. Wonder why?

[@lamakani.mohammad]

I swear to god, i have trained in that gym and i have seen danial has benched it. I swear he did it, it was not fake because after he did it i check out the plates❤🎉

[@IHateYouTube-sr1wj]

Bullshit. Lying ass.

[@resellworld]

Oh come on guys, it doesn't take a Genius to see his 804lb lift was REAL .....REAL FAKE 👎

[@andrejordan1926]

The lack of big lift history is also my reason for not believing he's legit ....also I've seen 405 make a bar bounce and flex like that......look anyone who's real and confident always wants to prove it where it really counts not some mystery videos that just popped up out of nowhere.

[@dave3802008]

I hate to doubt anyone, but there is no way Zimani’s 804 is real. His history doesn’t add up as you mentioned and that moved way too fast. The other item you left out was his cycle progression - lifts that were 10-15 pounds lighter weeks prior looked harder and now he smokes 804…

[@ytsux9259]

He was pretty mediocre when he competed, but then he exploded when he stopped competing? And he kept refusing to prove it in a competition and he had many chances to do so, even in Russia and the Middle East.

[@apatu1]

Lift was so fake. Should give respect for guys like Julius who's actually attempt the lift in comp.

[@davidward5225]

His 804 just looked way too easy.

[@StewartKillick]

No looking at his lifting history, the paint on the plates, the speed he does it etc. IMO there’s no chance it’s real

[@richardgreen7625]

The two outside Blue Plates look a little funky. YES He needs to be in real competition to claim His lift . JULIUS MADDOX all the way! When he did 800ibs on ESPN---- if the stupid FUC;;';' would have loaded the bar properly --he would have Done 800ibs + !!! I'm a 65 year old paraplegic weigh 185ibs the most i hit was 325 ibs . + All natural

[@JAYRAN_]

facts

[@ks29earl]

Lol, let me condense your video down to 5 seconds. Dude is FAF. He had other videos of his Brad Castleberry strength, but when finally fronted with a real lift, he bombed. I doubt he can bench 600

[@Real_Feral]

In Iran and from my experience in foreign countries where sanctions take place, it is actually quite common for knockoff western products to exist. This doesn't mean the weight is necessarily fake.

[@Kinghauler2012]

Treat it like drag racing……gotta do it twice to make it real. :)

[@Coach_BigMac]

They DO have Eleiko weights in Iran. Iran is an international weightlifting powerhouse.

[@BuJammy]

Exactly.

[@oldblu82]

Nick can you share your thoughts on Thor’s 501kg deadlift record set during the pandemic on a live stream in his home gym??? Im not arguing the legitimacy of Thors 501kg, I remember them filming themselves weighing the plates and having a official judge. In my opinion, Eddie still holds the record at 500kg because his record was set in an actual meet / event.

[@adaptiveandroid2685]

You mean the event where Eddie chose the weight jumps and the rest in between lifts not just for him but for everyone else as well? Sorry but the whole “competition setting” argument goes out the window when the most crucial factors were catered to your specific needs. These aren’t conspiracies either. It’s been mentioned by Jerry Pritchett and Brian Shaw.

[@tylerstronk]

Yeah eddie had almost 100% control in the 500kg event. Unlike in powerlifting the lifter has zero control over the flow and conditions in which they lift in. So thor's and eddie's lifts are fairly even in standards of strongman.

[@josephmangano3261]

@@tylerstronk thor had less control than eddie did and no crowd to hype him up. Thor's lift is far, far more impressive than eddie's ever will be.

[@tylerstronk]

@josephmangano3261 you can nut hug and glaze thor all you want personally don't care about either but go off sis

[@NboOfficialAus]

It's shit how it was done and he should've just waited but there was covid and everything was being done different and it was sanctioned so you have to count it also all the years prior people were beating the record by one kilo including Eddie so just because he did 500 there's no reason someone needs to beat it by more than 1kg. Also as people stated above its not like Eddie just competed he controlled everything to get the lift

[@juniorrantan4559]

What about cf fletcher? He does a lot of boasting

[@wattsinaname6975]

Yeah that looked way too easy/fast to be 800. lol

[@marcusorillius6971]

It didn’t look hard, looked like he could do a couple more reps. It’s supposed to be 804 not 504. No way!

[@josephsummers2427]

More like 444 (~200 kg)

[@louiepena2025]

Wow