Set a record at the 2009 APA Crush Cupid [Archive]

Newbtime

02-15-2009, 11:33 AM

all of youre lifts just looked wayyyyyyyyy too easy dude.

you should of opened with 500 on squat, you should of opened with 600+ on deadlift... youre probably pushing 700 on DL by the looks of that 645. strongggg stuff man

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 11:34 AM

Nice...congrats on the record! (what record did you set?)

raw 220 lb class deadlift

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 11:35 AM

powerlifter70

02-15-2009, 11:37 AM

raw 220 lb class deadlift

my bad...I only watched the squats the first time! Was it a state/national or world record for that federation?

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 11:37 AM

world

powerlifter70

02-15-2009, 11:38 AM

world

Congrats! ****ing world record in your 1st meet! OUTSTANDING!

samsuperjew5

02-15-2009, 11:39 AM

world

holy crap... gjdm, it didn't even look hard for you :confused:

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 11:40 AM

thanks guys. there are other raw 220 world records higher than that; I think 700 is the highest so I still have a lot of work to do and you'll never hear me call myself a world champion. Just a record in that organization; but I am still proud of it

laxxxer

02-15-2009, 11:48 AM

wow nice job, congrats on the meet. which fed in usa has the most members?

Big Sexy J

02-15-2009, 11:49 AM

Congratulations man, just had my first meet last week too. There is a blank record in my division when I competed so I think I might have set a record too, not sure though.

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 12:02 PM

wow nice job, congrats on the meet. which fed in usa has the most members?

not sure, I know USAPL, APF, APC, APA, NASA are all decently big

DaveGabe24

02-15-2009, 12:40 PM

Lookin strong big guy!!!

Gonna do some damage in the future I bet ;)

SoaringSwine

02-15-2009, 01:02 PM

I would have given you reds for your 645lb deadlift...

Because there is no way you can possibly lift your 4th attempt that fast without cheating!

Awesome lifting. Definately the coolest BBer on this site.

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 01:04 PM

haha; thanks buddy

C-Money

02-15-2009, 01:10 PM

BEASTLY! Congrats bro!

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 01:17 PM

thanks!

skinnycalves

02-15-2009, 01:59 PM

someone aware me about the 4th attempt thing

btw layne those squats and deadlifts looked retardedly fast

Diana Meeque

02-15-2009, 02:04 PM

duuude....those deadlifts were a freakin joke

nice job

Diana Meeque

02-15-2009, 02:05 PM

someone aware me about the 4th attempt thing

btw layne those squats and deadlifts looked retardedly fast

if you're going for a record you can take a 4th attempt, but i think you have to have made your first 3 attempts

Reps n Sets

02-15-2009, 03:26 PM

That 585 looked like how I deadlift 135. http://i42.tinypic.com/v7xx7m.gif

powerlifter70

02-15-2009, 03:28 PM

if you're going for a record you can take a 4th attempt, but i think you have to have made your first 3 attempts

Depends on the federation....usually if your are with-in 30lbs of a record, they will give you a 4th attempt. But you have to hit 2 out of 3 attempts to be awarded a 4th.

kickinthepants

02-15-2009, 03:41 PM

wow monster like man. good job

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 03:50 PM

if you're going for a record you can take a 4th attempt, but i think you have to have made your first 3 attempts

yea, I asked ahead of time, they said if I hit all 3 lifts they'd give me a 4th

woodlake

02-15-2009, 03:56 PM

Great job

ChaseT

02-15-2009, 04:04 PM

Well done.

cunniff81

02-15-2009, 08:51 PM

I can't believe that no one has mentioned about it being double over hand.
If you go mixed grip you should be able to go even bigger and better with ease.

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 09:13 PM

I can't believe that no one has mentioned about it being double over hand.
If you go mixed grip you should be able to go even bigger and better with ease.

it was a hook grip. Just as strong or stronger than a mixed grip if you can handle the skin ripping off your thumb LOL

less chance for tearing a bicep as well

Newbtime

02-15-2009, 09:18 PM

it was a hook grip. Just as strong or stronger than a mixed grip if you can handle the skin ripping off your thumb LOL

less chance for tearing a bicep as well

I have noticed that aswell, every single person that tears a bicep during DL with a mixed grip, the underhanded arm tears... not the overhand...

str8flexed

02-15-2009, 10:23 PM

I just got pictures from the guy who took them at the meet... holy crap he got some awesome ones!

645 black and white, my favorite
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/LNBW2.jpg

645 regular
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/LN2.jpg

520 squat
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/LN4.jpg

black and white squat
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/LNBW3.jpg

color deep squat
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/LN3.jpg

Tommy congratulating me after 645
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/LN1.jpg

Jeremy (willwork4andro) getting me jacked up before my set
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/P1080662.jpg

me & my baby
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/P1080686.jpg

SoaringSwine

02-15-2009, 10:29 PM

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/str8flexed/LNBW3.jpg

That's my favourite.

Could easily go with with good quote. Something about you, the bar and being at the bottom of a squat.

skinnycalves

02-16-2009, 05:04 AM

That's my favourite.

Could easily go with with good quote. Something about you, the bar and being at the bottom of a squat.

that one is also my favorite, the quote should be something animal pakish just less cheasy

the deadlift would be my second, could be used as an advert, and the thing is you are actually lifting the weight unlike most of these advertisements in bb magazines, not that i have anything against fake weights in advertisements, i just think real weights are cool as hell

KineticWall

02-16-2009, 12:06 PM

holy **** u scored a hot wife as well!

(best accomplishment imo)

j/k but not really

str8flexed

02-16-2009, 12:23 PM

that's ok... i know my wife's hot :)

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/aloha_izzie/

Reps n Sets

02-16-2009, 12:34 PM

Have you tried changing up you squat form? I think you might be able to squat form if you do.

Maybe try to widen you stance, point out you feet more and utilize a suicide grip to get the elbows back so you can squat low bar.
Just a suggestion.

str8flexed

02-16-2009, 12:48 PM

i am not going to risk squatting low bar with my pec only 11 months since repair. low bar will require me to stretch that pec more and i'm not going to do that

rugby121

02-16-2009, 03:18 PM

Insane in teh membrane...
When is your next bbing comp likly to be?

samsuperjew5

02-16-2009, 03:48 PM

that's ok... i know my wife's hot :)

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/aloha_izzie/

wow, ur wifes squat is like higher then 95% of the teen sections :0

str8flexed

02-16-2009, 08:17 PM

wow, ur wifes squat is like higher then 95% of the teen sections :0

indeed

DaveGabe24

02-16-2009, 08:40 PM

If you could photoshop your face from the black and white squat...and put it on the black and white DL pic you'd be set :D haha

The DL's look awesome man...really happy for you big guy.

str8flexed

02-16-2009, 08:41 PM

hell no... i love my facial expression on the deadlift pic

str8flexed

02-16-2009, 10:25 PM

found a vid that another competitors taped of me doing deads... much better quality!

GTgLtVBgJQ4

DaveGabe24

02-17-2009, 09:46 AM

hell no... i love my facial expression on the deadlift pic

Lol I guess..I'm not into the whole screaming and attention stuff like that :p

skinnycalves

02-19-2009, 08:40 AM

is there a 700 pull in store? sure seems like it

str8flexed

02-19-2009, 08:45 AM

is there a 700 pull in store? sure seems like it

goal in the next 3-4 months is 675. 700 by next spring

Lager1

02-19-2009, 09:49 AM

645 deadlift! holy crap! nice!

how do you like powerlifting? :)

str8flexed

02-19-2009, 10:11 AM

thanks, I had a lot of fun, plan to do it again

nekkidbear

02-19-2009, 01:27 PM

What shoes are you lifting in?

str8flexed

02-19-2009, 01:45 PM

for squats i used Otomix shoes and for deadlifts i'm using PUMA speed cats

Retardo-pex

02-20-2009, 07:32 AM

i am not going to risk squatting low bar with my pec only 11 months since repair. low bar will require me to stretch that pec more and i'm not going to do that

I would love to see you at 100% in a full meet with a year of "pl style" training in you. Those squats were so close and you smoked everyone of them, the deadlifts hook grip and you looked like you could clean the first 2 attempts, and you were benching high 300's/ close to 400 before your injury right? With a flared bodybuilder style I'll bet? You're already breaking records in a recovery state and using a bodybuilder approach to the lifts, I'll be you could easily dominate the 220 raw division in any fed.

str8flexed

02-20-2009, 07:56 AM

thanks man, I appreciate the kind words, I don't know about dominate though... there are guys like jeremy hamilton out there, 705 deadlift, 583 squat, and I think his bench is around 4... crazy!

I don't know if I'll ever go super heavy on bench, I may do a full meet and put up a token bench, and in a few years when things are fully healed may try to push it a little bit, but it will be tough to get past that tear, that was horrifying

nekkidbear

02-20-2009, 12:01 PM

for squats i used Otomix shoes and for deadlifts i'm using PUMA speed cats

Nice... I also deadlift in Pumas!

I will also agree on those lifts being damn near amazing. The deadlift is the one I'm most jealous of too. That double overhand grip is amazing! I can't even hold 315 with dbl overhand.

str8flexed

02-27-2009, 09:59 AM

well it's a hook grip, but thanks anyway :)

BEhave

02-27-2009, 11:13 AM

Look like you could have done reps with that record pull.

GJLM

str8flexed

03-04-2009, 11:19 AM

hopefully i will be repping it soon :)

Arlecchino

03-04-2009, 11:35 AM

yea, but my first meet, wanted to error on the side of caution

Exactly right.

Great job Layne.

hiLLo

03-07-2009, 09:19 PM

Out of this world man, all the lifts seemed ridiculously easy! The black and white squat picture looks really cool too, and in it you look so calm as if it's just a 45 pound bar. Honestly, I don't know if it's just me but in the last picture you don't even look the same, you look way more badass in the lifting pictures. Keep it up and good luck in future competitions!