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For over 40 yrs Gene Bell has been a big part of our great sport. Born in El Paso Texas, this legendary lifter won IPF world titles and broke a multitude of world records! He broke Mike Bridges 2105 at 181 with 2110 which still to this day has not been broken in single ply gear! He made an 870 squat to break Ed Coan's 198 world record of 859 and in 1984 won one of the most competitive 165 classes in world history! There he took on John Topsoglou and Rick Crain and even Rick Weil was there hitting his famous 485 bench press but ending in 7 place with a 1700+ total! That's how competitive it was! Now today, Gene closer to 60 than he is 50 is still going strong and with a birthday benchpress of 405 to boot! More...