The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XIX

[SPFjudge]

sure looks like you only need about half that

Ouch!!!

[JRMoore82]

sure looks like you only need about half that

[NeverEnough89]

sure looks like you only need about half that

that burn tho haha. Aren't you 250+ but can't do a meet til you sling shot bench 405?

EDIT: you regretted not signing up for the meet cause you tripled 405 in the slingshot lol. I squat 365 regularly and the GF squats 250+ or is gonna be pulling. Need the weights.

[308smk]

that burn tho haha. Aren't you 250+ but can't do a meet til you sling shot bench 405?

Hey atleast he's not taking up a slot then going there to lift poverty weight...






Semi srs

[martin_mathers]

Clogged the toilet at work yesterday. It was on one of those strong commercial flushes too. Gotta be a PR.

[kmc06005]

[martin_mathers]

Still a fan eh? Love the way he benches. His comp numbers always seem to be much lower than training numbers though.

[meaantje]

Still a fan eh? Love the way he benches. His comp numbers always seem to be much lower than training numbers though.

yea he cant bench in competition like this. He wont get the press command like this and the pause is too short

actualy dont understand why does that. Wouldnt it just be much better to bench sets like this in competition style?

[kmc06005]

Still a fan eh? Love the way he benches. His comp numbers always seem to be much lower than training numbers though.

Oh yeah, he's amazingly strong.

The IPF certainly doesn't like his style of benching. He would likely get whites and press calls in other federations, but not the IPF. It does bring into question why he continues to lift this way, and expect to hit the same numbers in competition without training the way the IPF wants him to bench.

I also wish he could learn to use a shirt a little better. It's amazing to me what Sumner can do in a shirt compared to Smulter.

[NeverEnough89]

Hey atleast he's not taking up a slot then going there to lift poverty weight...






Semi srs

its AZ we are a pretty weak state especially with in USAPL. You're "strong" if you get over a 360 wilks lol.

[JRMoore82]

its AZ we are a pretty weak state especially with in USAPL. You're "strong" if you get over a 360 wilks lol.

There's some truth here.

In my weight class (120kg) the State Record for Total doesn't even qualify for nationals.

[NeverEnough89]

There's some truth here.

In my weight class (120kg) the State Record for Total doesn't even qualify for nationals.

hahaha the lighter divisions there is Dane Steadman (Teen totaling 1500 at 183) and a junior up there as well. Think there was 10 totals that were over a 400 wilks. USPA there is some strong dudes tho, Brett Chrisman with his 1800 total in 198s in sleeves.

[happylifter]

Best meet squat to date is 185kg hit 180x3 toady all much cleaner reps


200 your mine

[UberAlles]

yea he cant bench in competition like this. He wont get the press command like this and the pause is too short

actualy dont understand why does that. Wouldnt it just be much better to bench sets like this in competition style?

i see alot of super strong bench pressers do most of their training reps with a touch and go and not comp style.

derstine, kirill, hoonstra barely pauses but i guess his feds allow a shorter pause

[InItForFitness]

Hey atleast he's not taking up a slot then going there to lift poverty weight...






Semi srs

This is how at it was at the Michigan APF State meet last year.

Had 140+ registered lifters, with well over 50% of guys 220+ totaling well under a lot of the 181-198 guys.



Meet was horrible.
Everyone lifted on the same day.

I believe it was 6 flights if I remember correctly. Kicked off at 9am. At 1am the next morning the SHW classes were just kicking off first attempt deadlifts when I finally gave up hope and left.

[martin_mathers]

At 1am the next morning the SHW classes were just kicking off first attempt deadlifts when I finally gave up hope and left.

Lmao you gotta be fuking kidding me. I've pulled 3rd attempt deads at 11pm but 1am? Geezus. The meet holder must be an idiot.

[InItForFitness]

Lmao you gotta be fuking kidding me. I've pulled 3rd attempt deads at 11pm but 1am? Geezus. The meet holder must be an idiot.

Dead serious. It was terrible.

We averaged like 4 hours between events or some ****.

They didn't cap the event because they never had a turnout that required two days of lifting and ended up with just a stupid amount of entries and had to have everyone lift same day.

Plus it was same day weigh in so most people were at the venue for well over 20 hours.

I think the final pull was around 2:30am or some chit.

[martin_mathers]

Speaking of stupid meet holders, my gf has a meet this weekend with the CPF (AWPC/WPC). Now we all know the WPC uses monolifts at all meets unless specified months before the meet. The meet holder emailed everyone 2 days ago that we will be using squat stands in the warmup room and on the platform because "there are zero equipped lifters and 50 amateur lifters who won't notice the difference". The only reason he's doing that is because he's trying to pull off a 1-day 2-platform meet and he can't afford having two mono's on the platform and two in the warmup room (WPC rule is to have exact same equipment for the platform and warmup). Then why not tell everyone that ahead of time? I'm sure most lifters won't give a fuk because no one really trains in a mono, but this guy knew all along in order to have a 2-platform meet he'd need 4 mono's. Sounds like to me he's trying to pull this shady shiit so he'd get as many entries as possible up front and then not tell anyone until 1 week out and he won't give refunds. Either way, I hope no one trained in a mono specifically for this meet, because I did before I decided to drop out due to an injury. Now I'm glad I got injured or else I would've been squatting in a mono until 1 week out.

[SPFjudge]

i see alot of super strong bench pressers do most of their training reps with a touch and go and not comp style.

derstine, kirill, hoonstra barely pauses but i guess his feds allow a shorter pause

Dude you can't compare Derstine's benching to Smulter's. Derstine may do touch and go but he's tight and his chest stays up and he literally touches and presses. Smulter touches, sinks five inches, presses, moves feet, locks out, racks it.

[kmc06005]

Dude you can't compare Derstine's benching to Smulter's. Derstine may do touch and go but he's tight and his chest stays up and he literally touches and presses. Smulter touches, sinks five inches, presses, moves feet, locks out, racks it.

Agreed. Same goes for Kirill. Hoornstra at least stops the bar on his chest even though he uses that sink method.

It seems like guys like Derstine, Kirill, Spoto etc. who bench with a more controlled style in training (even when it's touch and go) translate their strength better to meets. Guys that bench with that sink and heave method can get rocked by a slow(er) press command.

[GourleyMan]

Dude you can't compare Derstine's benching to Smulter's. Derstine may do touch and go but he's tight and his chest stays up and he literally touches and presses. Smulter touches, sinks five inches, presses, moves feet, locks out, racks it.

You forgot ass flying off the bench lol.

It seems more like Smulter just enjoys what he does, given the lack of shirt training and screwing around with arm wrestling. Maybe Sumner jumping onto his level will motivate him to take it up a notch, although it'd be better if they were head to head next week.

[happylifter]

At 1am the next morning the SHW classes were just kicking off first attempt deadlifts when I finally gave up hope and left.

So a single flight was a hour and a half


Jheeze that would suck

[wollo7]

Clogged the toilet at work yesterday. It was on one of those strong commercial flushes too. Gotta be a PR.

some wonderful soul did this at my gym over the weekend



we also had someone **** on the carpeted area

-_-

[meaantje]

That annoying moment when you are in between holes in your belt. What to do...

i see alot of super strong bench pressers do most of their training reps with a touch and go and not comp style.

derstine, kirill, hoonstra barely pauses but i guess his feds allow a shorter pause

yea there is a lot of difference between pauzes in the feds. But in ipf no way he would get a start signal that fast, if at all (because he keeps sinking instead of pausing).

[happylifter]

Get bigger go up a hole ?

[JRMoore82]

some wonderful soul did this at my gym over the weekend



we also had someone **** on the carpeted area

-_-

These are the moments when I hate people.

[meaantje]

Get bigger go up a hole ?

i think i just might take my screwdriver with me to the meet and adjust my belt after squats

[dang111]

So I've gained about 6lbs since the last meet (224 -> 230) and now my squat suit feels insanely tight. Never would've thought 6lbs would make such a big difference. We could barely get the straps over my shoulders and it was impossible to breathe with them up.

[BombDonald]

hahaha the lighter divisions there is Dane Steadman (Teen totaling 1500 at 183) and a junior up there as well. Think there was 10 totals that were over a 400 wilks. USPA there is some strong dudes tho, Brett Chrisman with his 1800 total in 198s in sleeves.

Off the top of my head, there probably aren't much more than 10 USAPL guys in MN with a 400+ wilks. We also have a few guys in the top 5 for their weight classes in the country, so not exactly weak!

I want to say it's something like 330 to qualify for the Minnesota Senior State Championships.

[PanzeR-]

Fam, yall know any recent powerlifting motivation videos? Was going trough the raw squat/dead/bench compilations and feel like i need new materials for the weeks to come