270 pounds is nothing. I ruined my knees in high school through unsupervised access to the weight room during gym class. After some time, I could press the whol

270 pounds is nothing. I ruined my knees in high school through unsupervised access to the weight room during gym class. After some time, I could press the whole rack on the upper foot platform (old school lever type machine with two sets of foot platforms. That was the equivalent of 950 pounds.