# What is the most a human could bench press w/out roids? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 30, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-a-human-could-bench-press-w-out-roids/406018 "2007-05-30T03:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-a-human-could-bench-press-w-out-roids/406018/21 "2007-05-30T16:45:52Z")
> [@](#): > > I Said No Bench Shirt! Sorry, I should have refreshed the thread before posting that. That said, would steroids make a difference on the record? It was my understanding that steroids didn’t increase the maximum strength achievable; they just made it quicker and easier to reach that maximum. But the world record holder is likely to be someone who would put in whatever time and effort was needed to reach that point. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-a-human-could-bench-press-w-out-roids/406018/22 "2007-05-30T17:13:55Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] That said, would steroids make a difference on the record? It was my understanding that steroids didn’t increase the maximum strength achievable; they just made it quicker and easier to reach that maximum. But the world record holder is likely to be someone who would put in whatever time and effort was needed to reach that point. [/QUOTE] Anything that increases muscle mass also increases your strength potential, so there’s at least one way for steroid users to be stronger than non-users. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-a-human-could-bench-press-w-out-roids/406018.md?page=1)