The Equipped Bench Clash will be on the Sunday of the Arnold Sports Festival UK. There is 16,000 euros in the prize pot with a 4,000 euro first prize for the male and female winners and cash prizes all the way down to 5th place. We have a few spots left if you fancy pitting yourself against some of the best benchers in the world, but you will have to be fast as nominations close on 1st August. Current world champion, Chimedtseren Bataa of Mongolia is the current super heavyweight bench press world champion – he pressed an incredible 367.5kg to win in Kazakhstan. The world record is only a few kilos higher at 375.5kg so will he be targeted a world record as well as a cash prize? He was third best lifter on formula at World Bench this year but he is up against the man who came first, Ukraine’s Ivan Chuprynko who pressed 292.5kg in the 74kg class in Almaty for 114.44 GL points. Chuprynko will be the one to beat in the men’s competition. However, the women will compete first and we have...