Nicholls eclipsed the 500-pound raw bench press milestone.
Written by Phil Blechman Last updated on August 1st, 2023Every time Morgan Nicholls posts a lift in the gym on his social media, the potential for his followers’ jaws to drop lingers heavily. On Nov. 27, 2022, Nicholls took to his Instagram page to share a video wherein he locked out a raw 233.6-kilogram (515-pound) bench press.
That’s a substantial lift for an athlete who only made his competitive powerlifting debut in May 2020 at the 2020 Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF) GP Summer Smash in the 90-kilogram weight class, according to Open Powerlifting. At that meet, Nicholls’ best bench press was 147.4 kilograms (325 pounds).
In two and one-half years, Nicholls tacked on 190 pounds to his bench press (although he did not disclose his body weight at the time of his latest training PR). Check out Nicholl’s 233.6-kilogram (515-pound) bench press below: