EAST PEORIA ,Illinois — The wait is over for Georgia IronDawg benchpress champion, Tim “T” Moon of Gainesville. He has been chasing an Equipped bench press mark of 800 pounds for months and on Saturday, he ran 810.1905 pounds. Only a week after winning the Best Lifter and setting the Global Powerlifting Alliance Raw (or unequipped) and all-time world mark for his age and weight class (50-54 years old 275.575 pounds) at 530.21 pounds in winning the American Powerlifting National Championship in Athens, Moon went up to Illinois and set the Equipped world record in the World United Amateur Powerlifting-USA division’s National Championship.
IronDawgs' Moon has Equipped bench press of more than 800 pounds