CONGRATULATIONS to Shany Gilbert,  Bill Crawford, Al Mehan, Mat Court and Mike Guay

for achieving ALL-TIME WORLD RANKINGS.

Shany Gilbert achieved No. 4 ranking in the ALL-TIME WORLD RANKINGS in the Women's Bench Press in the 181 lb weight class with her 407.9 lbs / 185 kgs bench press at the METAL MILITIA MONTREAL BENCH WARS June 26, 2010 at Montreal Barbell. Shany is also ranked No. 20 in the World in the Women's Bench Press Rankings in the 165 lb weight class with her 358.3 lbs / 162.5 kgs bench press at the Canadian Pro/Am on May 8, 2010 while she was still a teenager. Shany is the youngest women in both her All-time World Ranking categories. Shany has achieved the biggest bench in Canada for any female and is the only female in Canada to ever bench over 400 lbs. Shany is also now No. 32 in the WOMEN’S 400 POUND (181.4 KILOGRAM) BENCH PRESS HALL OF FAME. This is an incredible achievement by a young girl who has been very determined and worked very hard to deserve it. Shany set her mind to achieving an All-Time Ranking two years ago and now not only did she make the list of top 20 women, but she entered the list for the first time at the No. 3 position.

Bill Crawford the founder of Metal Militia New York Chapter also well known wold wide as the best bench press shirt technician and coach came out of a four year retirement to achieve No. 9 ranking in the World in the Men's Bench Press rankings in the 308 lb weight class. He achieved this with his 881.8 lb / 400 kg bench press at the METAL MILITIA MONTREAL BENCH WARS on June 26, 2010 at Montreal Barbell. Bill Crawford is also ranked No. 7 in the 275 lb weight class with his 845 lb / 383.3 kg bench press.

Al Mehan of Calgary was the first Canadian to become world famous with his ALL-TIME RANKINGS in the squat in both the 275 lb class and the 308 lb class. Al is currently ranked No. 9 in the 275 lb weight class with his 1102.3 lb / 500 kg squat and is ranked No. 17 in the 308 lb weight class with his 1080.3 lb / 490 kg squat.

Mat Court of Sherbrooke brought the crowd to its feet with his incredibly strong 1152.9 lb / 522.5 kg squat at the Canadian Pro/Am May 8, 2010 at Montreal Barbell. This lift earned Mat the No. 11 ranking in the ALL-TIME WORLD RANKINGS, in the squat and No. 16 ranking with his 2568.4 lb / 1165.0 kg Total in the over 308 lb weight class. Mat weighed in at 150 kgs and squatted 3.47 times his body weight. With this squat Mat also achieved the highest squat ever in Canada. This is also more amazing when you realize that Mat Court is the youngest person in the ranking list to achieve this.

Mike Guay achieved No. 20 ranking in the ALL-TIME WORLD RANKINGS with his 810.2 lb / 367.5 kg bench press in the men's 308 lb weight class at the MONTREAL METAL MILITIA BENCH WARS at Montreal Barbell. Mike edged out Clint Harwood of the Anvil Gym in Toronto who previously held the position with his 806 lb bench press. With this, Mike achieved the highest bench press by any man in Canada. Mike at 21 years old is also the youngest man on the All-Time Rankings List.

Here is the complete list of ALL-TIME WORLD RANKINGS as of October 1, 2010