The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XIX

[CooCooCaChoo]

Been thinking about getting into rugby again with a local club, but then realized I haven't run since the last time I played in college like 5 years ago

[NorthStrong]

Been thinking about getting into rugby again with a local club, but then realized I haven't run since the last time I played in college like 5 years ago

It's a really fun sport but then I think back about when I played in high school and realize quickly that I don't want to run that much and have my hands stepped on by cleats again, and all that chit. Spectator sport for me now lol.

[MF83]

Rough estimate of 11000 Cal in the last two days. I don't drink but I sure ****ing ate this birthday weekend.

[dang111]

Been thinking about getting into rugby again with a local club, but then realized I haven't run since the last time I played in college like 5 years ago

Running is a gateway drug to crossfit

Rough estimate of 11000 Cal in the last two days. I don't drink but I sure ****ing ate this birthday weekend.

What'd you eat? Buddy of mine just went to a Brazilian steakhouse. Oh man...

[308smk]

Rough estimate of 11000 Cal in the last two days. I don't drink but I sure ****ing ate this birthday weekend.

Now you know what a normal eating day is like for a fat person.

[MF83]

So. Satisfied.

Day 1 Notables:

Birthday Pancakes with icing at Humptys, perogies, toast, bbq chicken omelette.
Like 2/3 of a maybe foot long diameter Safeway vanilla cake. 1/10 has 25g fat, 65g carbs or something.
Montanas Grilled Cheese Burger, two cesar salads, l'il Sammich, birthday cookie
Multiple homemade cupcakes
Bunch of bacon
4 scoops casein before bed just cause
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Today's notables
Lots of Cereal

All I Could ****ing Eat Sushi Hut. Ordered like fifteen items and played clean up for the table. Wooooo! **** the "wasted food charge". I'll never allow that nonsense

Lots more Cereal

[Larfleeze]

Didn't realise rugby was even really known about in North America..

[Rags85]

Didn't expect him to hit depth anyways. But I'd like to see him hit something close to 500kg at a meet and even break Malan's WR total. Maybe THEN Malan will stop sandbagging for once lol.

Edit: Also I think it's really cool that in a lot of his squat videos it looks like a bunch of people just always show up to watch him lift.

This is what I'm hoping for. I wonder if they will both lift at Boss of bosses 3. Its WRPF this time, rather than USPA. I hope they both squat 500.

I remember reading somewhere that Zahir claims he will go 500/300/400 some time in his life. 2645 lbs. Seems stupid, but he has also backed a lot (if not all) of his claims so far.

[martin_mathers]

do you think he knows he is capable of much much more? in interviews he doesn't quite seem all there, but that could be for a number of reasons. he interests me... Russians are weird

TBH I think Malan is just being smart, both in his training and in comp. Bumping up his WR 2.5-5kg at a time so he doesn't get injured and burned out before his career his over. He's not a young fella.

in the recent power magazine with zahir he said that for a lot of the heavy days that people just go to see his sessions which is pretty cool. was a good interview.

Reminds me of a Rippetoe interview with Gallagher. I remember him saying back in the day bunch of kids in the neighborhood would go to some guy's (forget his name) basement and just sit and watch him lift every weekend.

Been thinking about getting into rugby again with a local club, but then realized I haven't run since the last time I played in college like 5 years ago

Played rugby for a few years in high school. Couldn't handle the running so I sucked lol.

[martin_mathers]

This is what I'm hoping for. I wonder if they will both lift at Boss of bosses 3. Its WRPF this time, rather than USPA. I hope they both squat 500.

I remember reading somewhere that Zahir claims he will go 500/300/400 some time in his life. 2645 lbs. Seems stupid, but he has also backed a lot (if not all) of his claims so far.

I'm pretty certain if Malan could get his hands on a mono and train with it 500kg would be easy weight. But yea I feel like eventually Zahir will surpass Malan. Malan's lifts haven't really moved much in recent years (he squatted 450kg in 2010, he's been benching around 260kg and pulling 400kg for a long time), plus it's not like he could or would get any bigger. Zahir on the other hand is still in the 125kg and he says he will eventually go up a weight class or two. Imagine what he could do if he was over 300lbs.

[Rags85]

I'm pretty certain if Malan could get his hands on a mono and train with it 500kg would be easy weight. But yea I feel like eventually Zahir will surpass Malan. Malan's lifts haven't really moved much in recent years (he squatted 450kg in 2010, he's been benching around 260kg and pulling 400kg for a long time), plus it's not like he could or would get any bigger. Zahir on the other hand is still in the 125kg and he says he will eventually go up a weight class or two. Imagine what he could do if he was over 300lbs.

I agree, 2645 just sounds absurd. But....I can actually see Zahir doing it someday.

[Daemonium]

Been thinking about getting into rugby again with a local club, but then realized I haven't run since the last time I played in college like 5 years ago

Was thinking the same thing. Been out of it for almost 2 years now, power output and running ability is definitely sub par. Used to be decently fast for my size. I used to drive 45 minutes to play with one club, but I might be living 15 minutes away this summer. Only reason I'm really considering it.

I'm also like 20+ lbs bigger and way stronger than when I was playing before.

Didn't realise rugby was even really known about in North America..

I had barely heard of it before I started playing in high school. Not sure if it was just the people I knew, but after that it just seemed to grow a lot. It's grown a ton on the east coast in the past few years (mainly because of a particular coach that came over from Ireland), but it's definitely bigger in western Canada

[NorthStrong]

TBH I think Malan is just being smart, both in his training and in comp. Bumping up his WR 2.5-5kg at a time so he doesn't get injured and burned out before his career his over. He's not a young fella.

Reminds me of a Rippetoe interview with Gallagher. I remember him saying back in the day bunch of kids in the neighborhood would go to some guy's (forget his name) basement and just sit and watch him lift every weekend.


Played rugby for a few years in high school. Couldn't handle the running so I sucked lol.

That was in Marty's basement when he lived with his Dad. Sounds pretty cool though.

[Larfleeze]

I'm surprised animal haven't bought a mono for Malanichev to use yet.

[NorthStrong]

I'm surprised animal haven't bought a mono for Malanichev to use yet.

why would they send him a monolift when he can get t-shirts?

[BigLarge]

I'm pretty certain if Malan could get his hands on a mono and train with it 500kg would be easy weight. But yea I feel like eventually Zahir will surpass Malan. Malan's lifts haven't really moved much in recent years (he squatted 450kg in 2010, he's been benching around 260kg and pulling 400kg for a long time), plus it's not like he could or would get any bigger. Zahir on the other hand is still in the 125kg and he says he will eventually go up a weight class or two. Imagine what he could do if he was over 300lbs.

I dunno, Malan never seems to have trouble walking out his weights. But I agree, I think Zahir will surpass Malan in the near future.

How tall is Zahir? He looks pretty thick for a 275er.

[NorthStrong]

I dunno, Malan never seems to have trouble walking out his weights. But I agree, I think Zahir will surpass Malan in the near future.

How tall is Zahir? He looks pretty thick for a 275er.

Says 5'10 in power magazine. So probably like 5'8 or 5'9 lolol.

[martin_mathers]

Says 5'10 in power magazine. So probably like 5'8 or 5'9 lolol.

One thing I found mind-blowing about the power mag interview is that the only common language Zahir and his wife speak is English. How do they ever have a proper in-depth conversation?

"Wife! Wife! Me hungry! Chicken!"

[Rags85]

One thing I found mind-blowing about the power mag interview is that the only common language Zahir and his wife speak is English. How do they ever have a proper in-depth conversation?

"Wife! Wife! Me hungry! Chicken!"

Hungry, Stomach killing, 1 kg chicken. Big number. No one else this big number.

[NorthStrong]

One thing I found mind-blowing about the power mag interview is that the only common language Zahir and his wife speak is English. How do they ever have a proper in-depth conversation?

"Wife! Wife! Me hungry! Chicken!"

Hungry, Stomach killing, 1 kg chicken. Big number. No one else this big number.

fkn loled, on spread to both of you

[martin_mathers]

Just counted my daily calorie consumption for the first time cause I'm bored as fuk. About 3800cal. Sounds pretty low to me but I'm still maintaining/slowly gaining at 265lbs. I thought I'd be closer to 5000cal/day.

[jesteraq]

Just counted my daily calorie consumption for the first time cause I'm bored as fuk. About 3800cal. Sounds pretty low to me but I'm still maintaining/slowly gaining at 265lbs. I thought I'd be closer to 5000cal/day.

Are you eating the same thing every day though? Could be a lot higher some days.

[martin_mathers]

Are you eating the same thing every day though? Could be a lot higher some days.

Yea I eat exactly the same thing/amount every day, except for Friday night when I become a pig, but then Saturday and Sunday I usually eat less than weekdays cause I don't really get out of bed.

[jesteraq]

Yea I eat exactly the same thing/amount every day, except for Friday night when I become a pig, but then Saturday and Sunday I usually eat less than weekdays cause I don't really get out of bed.

Dafuq, don't you get bored as fk? I can't imagine eating the same thing every day...

[martin_mathers]

Dafuq, don't you get bored as fk? I can't imagine eating the same thing every day...

Been pretty much eating the same shiit for 3 years I've just increased the amount over the years. It's the cheapest and fastest way for me to consume the amount of protein and carbs that I need. Being a student I can't spend lots of time and money on food. Takes me 30 minutes max every week to get all my meals ready. I do eat out once or twice a week though.

[Daemonium]

Just counted my daily calorie consumption for the first time cause I'm bored as fuk. About 3800cal. Sounds pretty low to me but I'm still maintaining/slowly gaining at 265lbs. I thought I'd be closer to 5000cal/day.

At 265? Ive been eating 4000/day at just over 220 for the past month or so now and I'm barely gaining. I mean it's what I want, just enough to put me in a slight surplus. Maybe it was just that day? or maybe your metabolism is slow af lol

[Hunttarded]

At 265? Ive been eating 4000/day at just over 220 for the past month or so now and I'm barely gaining. I mean it's what I want, just enough to put me in a slight surplus. Maybe it was just that day? or maybe your metabolism is slow af lol

Not kidding, can't gain on 4500, don't lose on 2000. Body is just chilling at 200 +/- 5-8lbs.

[michael_xyz]

I'd like to think (no perv) that Zahir calling out Eric sounds similar to when he's having sex with his wife.

"Anna me coming! Anna me very fast coming! BLYAT!".

[Daemonium]

Shout out to Joe Sullivan (where you at bruh) for officially joining team EliteFts. May he send us free gear.

[Larfleeze]

One thing I found mind-blowing about the power mag interview is that the only common language Zahir and his wife speak is English. How do they ever have a proper in-depth conversation?

"Wife! Wife! Me hungry! Chicken!"

Weird. You'd think by now he'd have learned Finnish or she'd have learned Russian/Azeri/whatever his first language is. Is the interview available to read anywhere online?

Been pretty much eating the same shiit for 3 years I've just increased the amount over the years. It's the cheapest and fastest way for me to consume the amount of protein and carbs that I need. Being a student I can't spend lots of time and money on food. Takes me 30 minutes max every week to get all my meals ready. I do eat out once or twice a week though.

I don't think I could live like that srs, I get super bored of food if I eat it too much. My diet is fuking horrendous though, I just eat what I feel like and try eat enough meat/drink enough milk to get the protein in.