UFpwrLifter

Long Nguyen (born: ), better known online as UFpwrLifter, is an American YouTuber who resides in Florida. Long had gained recognition for his feats of strength by bench pressing heavy weight (typically 365-375lbs) at an average body weight (weighing 150-155lbs on average).
==History==
Long created his YouTube channel in 2007. His first three videos contained him bench pressing a similar amount of weight he would bench press nowadays, which took place at the University of Florida.
Throughout 2012 up until 2014, Long posted short videos containing vlogs, and his firstborn child Lyla.
Since 2014, Long started consistently posting videos on bench pressing and started receiving exposure online for his personal records.
On September 1, 2014, Long uploaded his first video of him doing a personal record on the bench -- bench pressing 405lbs while at a 153lb body weight and had gained a lot of attention from that video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8XKNTJa0iM On March 23, 2015, Long uploaded a video of him successfully completing another personal record of 410lbs while weighing 154lbs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84vmuuuHRg That video is currently Long's most popular video, accumulating over 8 million views world-wide, and remains to be Long's personal record in his bench pressing career as of 2021.
=== Bench Press History===
Long stated that he first bench pressed when he was 12 years old. He did not bench press again until the age of 14. Long signed up to start olympic weightlifting at his high school when he became a freshman (in 1998). Long could only bench press 110lbs his freshmen year and bench pressed 310lbs his senior year (2002). Long had also competed in the FHSAA State Weightlifting finals his senior year. He was 1st place on the bench press and 5th place overall.
Attending University of Florida, Long competed in a USPLA sanctioned meet and topped the collegiate state record for the 165lb class with a 352lb paused bench press at 152lb body weight in 2005.
Long attended the University of Florida for 4 years (2002-2006) and went up 50lbs on the bench press.
Over the years after graduating, Long continued his journey and had gone up another 50lbs in under 10 years.https://gravitus.com/blog/ufpwrlifter-path-to-410lb-bench-press/
==Injuries==
=== Chest Pain ===
In February 2016, Long had suffered chest pain after dropping 340lb barbell onto his chest. The workout was his third set of eight, bench pressing 340lbs for four repetitions (as part of the Smolov Jr bench press program). As he was working on his first repetition, the heavy barbell dropped onto his chest. Long claimed he did not feel the greatest and only slept for six hours.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqpZ6idUSrM
Long had gone through a lot of chest pain and it was painful for him to breathe and sneeze. Long went to the emergency room and had no fractures or bruises. Long started to recover and was able to do most of the typical things a week within his accident.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qOiJMiT6_A Long got back to bench pressing again 24 days after the accident but with slight pain interruptions.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CquvQefCg
===Wrist Pain===
In March 2021, Long experimented with different bench press variations. One of them was a close grip bench press, attempting it with only 135lbs, 185lbs, and 225lbs. On his 2nd session, his grip was too narrow, causing stress to his wrists due to the wrists being bent excessively, and was unable to bench press for 25 days.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upf5ZMT8YwQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNuR6IuSWXc
==Personal Life ==
Long is married and has two kids (Lyla and Lucas). His main focus is his family. His secondary focus is fishing. During Long's spare time, he goes fishing and has also competed in bass tournaments, attempting to catch the biggest bass fish out of other competitors. And Long's third focus is powerlifting (bench pressing).
== Trivia==
*Long is 5 foot 8 and a half inches tall.
*Long has created his own workout routine for his abdomen, which he executes after finishing his bench press workouts.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5s3zudy-TI
*After surpassing 100,000 subscribers on YouTube, Long started doing leg workouts for the first time in 20 years.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cUoq8khWJk
==References==
Category:Sports YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2007