
Actor
Stephen Lang
Actor known for Avatar and Don’t Breathe
2 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Stephen Lang bench press
Stephen Lang's recorded bench press is 250 lb. Source date: 2017-03-03. The effort is unknown. The source at muscleandfitness.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.
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Avatar training · Training for Avatar (2009)
Source quote and limits
“When I did Avatar, I needed to be big; I got to 190 for that, bench-pressing 250.”
Lang states the load in a first-person Q&A. Reps and the exact lift date are unknown; the training was before the 2009 film. Date is the article publication date (datePublished 2017-03-03). It replaces the 240 lb Avatar bench from the 2023 Men's Journal interview. Men's Health UK (2026-10-13) gives 'more than 110kg during high volume sets' for the same period. Found through a Gemini Deep Research report (batch of 2026-10-30). Lower mark of the same kind (one best per kind): 'I was regularly benching 240 pounds' for Avatar (Men's Journal, 2023-01-17, https://web.archive.org/web/20230118032356id_/https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/how-stephen-lang-became-one-formidable-foe-in-avatar/).
2017
- Bench press250 lb
Quote and details
“When I did Avatar, I needed to be big; I got to 190 for that, bench-pressing 250.”
Stephen Lang push-ups
Stephen Lang's recorded push-ups is 11 reps. Source date: 2022-12-05. This was a working set. The source at menshealth.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.
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Age 70; fingertip push-ups in his home gym
Source quote and limits
“drops into pushup position, ripping through 11 reps”
The reporter observes a completed set of 11 fingertip push-ups. Lang has only his fingertips on the floor. The stated bodyweight is current in the same report. Date is the article publication date; the exact session date is unknown. The separate reader routine recommends 10 reps and is excluded.
2022
- Push-ups11 reps
Quote and details
“drops into pushup position, ripping through 11 reps”
Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.