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Tough crowd.

Well the former is still interesting because in the past other Classic Worlds I'm sure that's not been the case.

And the latter, well debatable but not one we can do so here.

59kg, 66kg, 74kg and 83kg Men Open Classic winners compete/have competed in Equipped. Thought that was quite interesting.

Also, quite interesting, at least 2 have pissed hot.

Quite a shame to see the likes of Koklayev, Pozdeev, Belyaev and others just drop out of powerlifting without much acknowledgement. Latter two were very impressive powerlifters, but they just seemed...

Speaking of records, why do a lot of the bench records from the 70s and 80s still stand today? Maybe bench only has meant full meet bench records aren't as relevant, but it seems to me that the squat...

It's nice to see someone else win it. My money was on Eddie or Thor this year. Must be gutted for Thor though given how close he has come in the past few years.

It's a shame he's being a bit of a...

He must have been pretty annoyed he didn't get an IG worthy vid to post.

Armenian Strength was funny. Open with a record, dump opener and proceed to bomb out. Smart! Unsurprisingly don't think you can find that video anymore.

If you had no knowledge of the coach's...

Krystof, Tom Martin and Belkin all have a good shot at breaking Coan's 901 record.

Krystof would be the most legit of the 3 given it'd be 2h weigh-in with stiff bar.

They're all quite young so...

Yep.

The whole thing sounds dodgy though. Hedge fund/neurosurgeon dude who's really rich and has never been involved in PL?

Dunno. At a guess if they paid for Yuri to come out I bet he won't...

Hope I'm wrong but really doubt anyone is getting paid anywhere near the stated amounts.

Stream apparently is terrible. So many pulled out during or before meet. Can't see any return.

Why?

US Open this weekend - what do we think?

Given the large prize money I'm gonna be very curious how strict the judging will be. Might get some pretty angry lifters if their lift gets called for...

If it's only for a short period of time then probably maintaining your strength should be your target. So yes, lighter weight/more volume with shorter rest times is probably the way forward.

But...

It'll be a good watch either way. All had the 105 record in the past year. Difficult to say, will all come down to who picks the best attempts. Obviously having the biggest deadlift is a good...

Krysztof 390 pull. New WR total.

105kg IPF Worlds is gonna be ridiculous. Bryce, Blevins, Manuel, Krysztof. French bloke was quite good too.

If you're <83kg then don't worry. If you're 1kg over then a water cut will be fine. If it's a lot more to cut then I wouldn't.

Eat what you like to eat. Personally I don't eat much. Maybe like a...

Big Z is finished in my opinion. He cut down a fair bit of weight which you never do if you want to stay competitive. He was gaining weight again and planned to compete but got injured. Not sure if...

Garret went 331.5(WR)/225(or something close, WR)/330. 20kg or so beat on WR total.

He's really the dark horse. Everyone has though Stephen Manuel or Bryce Lewis would get 105 Worlds (or Krystof I...

Isn't that why the Super Cup of Titans is useless now? IPF guys are destroying the untested guys.

Even in other weight classes you've got IPF guys with all time records or near enough all time...

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Couldn't agree more. There's far more similarities than differences, but most want to nit pick the small details. Ultimately we all like to lift and specifically get a better squat bench...