 Many experts consider him to be one of the greatest bench pressers of all time.Although known for his bench pressing, Williams also broke the world record in the squat, with 865 lbs, and did 1,200 lbs in a half squat unofficially, which he said was about 3-4 inches above parallel.His best training lifts included a squat of 900 and a deadlift of 815, even though he did not have good leverages for the deadlift and did not focus on it in his training.