Jerry 'Hippo' Faulks has two World titles for benchpress and silver & bronze at Europeans. He has also medalled at Internationals as 3 lifter.  After a knee injury in Schleswig Hippo specialised in the benchpress using cutting edge equipment training for extreme lifts in excess of 900 lb. The goal back then was to bench more than he'd squat. This is no quick process with training came adaptation & reaffirmation. Increasing weight puts pressure on new areas & with the equipment it punishes, with no room for error.
  '08 saw him win the championship with a 77lb pr with 260 kg bench. Through '09 saw the struggle through 285 kg to 300 kg . Again in '10 315 kg up to 355. Mid '10 & Hippo settled on a brand new shirt & the help of Rudy Rosales, the shirt fitted like a glove but proved a massive learning & finessing curve with weights soaring from opening at 400 kg & much more. He continues to use & enjoy Overkill for benching.