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You must have not heard of Andrew "stumpy" Raynes? He is the shortest strongman to make it to the finals at WSM. He was 5' 3" and 275lbs ripped ! He took last place in 2001 but it wasnt strength it...

The records are low in some states due to lack of entry. if they say the record is 187lbs then that is what it is for that weight class in that federation. if you want a higher record that look to a...

Sounds awesome! Im hoping to do the Longhorn in Nov if my pec heals. tore it last week. You hit a nice total! Was there alot of raw lifters at the state meet?

When I bench I shrug my shoulders up high and drive my neck and traps into the bench. I then expand my lats as much as possible and create lots of tension as I bring the bar down to my chest. Traps...

Here is a piece of history. Lamar Gant broke his first world record - not in the deadlift but rather in the bench press. Lamar's first World record was a 297 bench press at 123. He did not break the...

Trial and error. When I started I used a a narrow grip, feet flat no arch. Then as I grew to understand the bench better I took a max grip deep arch and feet as far back as possible. I still benched...

My step son did his first meet a few months ago. Age 12, 97 pounds. He lifted raw and went 115 squat, 50 bench, 155 deadlift. The audience loved him and he had an awesome time. Thats all that...

I am going to have to say Don Reinhoudt. He has the highest "official" pure raw squat of all time at 934lbs. That was done in a thin belt no wraps no suit and walked out. He benched over 600 raw and...

The best meet I ever had (while still using equipment) I spent the night before in a bar drinking for 3 hrs. The next day meet time I went 600sq 457 bp 545dl at 165 (singleply suit wraps and fury...

Hmm ok from 2006 I did this:

bw 165
squat: 600 Titan dual quad & wraps
bench: 457 Titan Fury
deadlift: 545 Titan Deadlift suit

My best raw at the time was:
squat: 425
bench: 330

This is actually a strange question to answer in today's world. When the WSM was first developed it was intended to pit lifters and athletes from all strength sports to see who indeed was the worlds...

Look, people do get annoyed with the same ol questions. Those questions always end up being "am I good enough"? Maybe not in the same words but the underlying question is always that. This is a sport...

It was good meeting you as well. Man you had a tough battle with two legends. Not sure if Ricks will do it again but Coleman said "HELL YES"! I know you'll be coming to win.

You missed me

What I mean is the prize money will be going to the class winners as well as an added prize for best lifter. Right now as it stands you will be lifting against Dave Ricks , Arnold Coleman, and Mike...

Well yes and no. It is not by formula, there are weight classes and Medals for each class. The only thing that is by formula is best lifter just like all other meets. The money goes to best lifter...

1900 exact. I first had 1935 as he claimed it to be raw but had lifters there who said it was with a suit in 1976 so I went back further and 1900 in 1972 was correct.

there isnt any links to James' 710 bench press. It was done in 1997 at the uspf senior nationals. He token lifted in the squat and deadlift to break the IPF WR bench. There used to be a video of him...

Yes the same, and thank you. Ill need all the luck I can get.

Johnny Vasquez
Training has gone well 1400 would be nice but whatever I have to do to beat eric and the rest of the 165s Ill attempt (well except for tony conyers, he is unbeatable at the moment)....