The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XX

[.aeterna]

I might just be a little bitch here but I thought it would be a neat convo topic. Who are your guys top 3 for each lift? And for total or overall lifters? I will admit my knowledge is mostly raw lifters. I was wondering if the tested/nontested, equipped/nonequipped, specialist/fullpowerlifting factors meant as much to other folks.

Squat= Yoshihiro Higa (dat setup, dat grind, dat everything), Malan, Yngvar Christensen
Bench= Idk...
Deadlift= Belkin, Dan G, KK

Overall (Murka)= Haack, Dennis Cornelius, Bryce Lewis

[NorthStrong]

Squat - Ray Williams (squat GOAT), Kirk Karwoski, Chad Wesley Smith

Bench - Vadim Kahuta, Matt Wenning, Larry Wheels

Deadlift - Bolton, Koklyaev, healthy Tuchscherer

Total/overall - Koklyaev, Malanichev, Blaine Sumner

Huge fan of many many more lifters but those are a few that come to mind I guess.

[Dmetti]

Is it just for using smelling salts or is it once one of them gets a concussion?

Just for using it lmao look up nfls salty secret if interested

[Jason2459]

Surprised no Ed Coan on any of the lists.

[NorthStrong]

Surprised no Ed Coan on any of the lists.

I was considering having him on all 4, but it almost seems like too much of a given lol. I'd add Hoornstra in on bench, as well.

[JRMoore82]

Just for using it lmao look up nfls salty secret if interested

Saw the main article was written by ESPN. Stopped carrying. I couldn’t give a piss about any opinion coming from or started by the “news” station.

[Dmetti]

Saw the main article was written by ESPN. Stopped carrying. I couldn’t give a piss about any opinion coming from or started by the “news” station.

I feel you. I just think it's funny that they're giving it any attention at all.

[JRMoore82]

I feel you. I just think it's funny that they're giving it any attention at all.

They’ve apparently ran out of liberal topics to beat to death so figured gotta find something new to “scare the parents”.

Unless they have a strongman or a baseball game I’m DYING. to see I avoid them like the plaque.

If I recall didn’t they do a roids special and bashed powerlifting?

[Dmetti]

They’ve apparently ran out of liberal topics to beat to death so figured gotta find something new to “scare the parents”.

Unless they have a strongman or a baseball game I’m DYING. to see I avoid them like the plaque.

If I recall didn’t they do a roids special and bashed powerlifting?

I'm with you man I watch Espn for Monday night football. Other than that I don't watch at all I'm an NFL network guy. I couldn't care less about other sports lol. I'm interested in the doc though I tried searching couldn't find anything pertaining to powerlifting bashing

[PLANETGETLOW]

Why isn’t there any buzz about Worlds just around the corner?

Even though I’m beyond powerlifting I still occasionally train, know, and support a colleague of mine.

https://www.officialstrongman.com/pr...7-dee64516a4b4

https://www.********.com/RAGNAROKSTR...93070191063467

[JRMoore82]

I'm with you man I watch Espn for Monday night football. Other than that I don't watch at all I'm an NFL network guy. I couldn't care less about other sports lol. I'm interested in the doc though I tried searching couldn't find anything pertaining to powerlifting bashing

It was apart of a bigger doc. Can’t remember if ESPN or what.

[Jason2459]

Why isn’t there any buzz about Worlds just around the corner?

Even though I’m beyond powerlifting I still occasionally train, know, and support a colleague of mine.

https://www.officialstrongman.com/pr...7-dee64516a4b4

https://www.********.com/RAGNAROKSTR...93070191063467

Nice! Good luck to him. Damn 5'4"? Stout

[JohnnyRingo350]

yall see the west side guy squat 1070? And by squat I mean basically stand up out of the mono and then rack it.

[JRMoore82]

yall see the west side guy squat 1070? And by squat I mean basically stand up out of the mono and then rack it.

Link

[Jason2459]

Big Band Sale up at EliteFTS now. Better then black friday deals.

https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...post1533781431

[adamsz]

Why isn’t there any buzz about Worlds just around the corner?

Even though I’m beyond powerlifting I still occasionally train, know, and support a colleague of mine.

https://www.officialstrongman.com/pr...7-dee64516a4b4

https://www.********.com/RAGNAROKSTR...93070191063467

thread is primarily powerlifting, not to mention it's pretty dead for the most part

yall see the west side guy squat 1070? And by squat I mean basically stand up out of the mono and then rack it.

ya saw quartersquatgang putting it on blast along with Jason Manenkoff

[Jason2459]

thread is primarily powerlifting, not to mention it's pretty dead for the most part
.......f

We've had and still have some strongman competitors posting in these fam threads.

The fam thread was pretty well a ghost town for the past couple years. Its been much more active the past couple month's. Thank you very much....

[PLANETGETLOW]

Nice! Good luck to him. Damn 5'4"? Stout

Lolol....yea he’s a Manlet!!

Animal wouldn’t sponsor him when I reached out to them about 4months ago, but he’s picked up a couple good ones in the last 2 weeks.

He’s up against some vets and heavy hitters so we will see what’s up.

IMO powerlifting and strongman kinda go hand in hand and usually cross over. His training for example is based off of powerlifting movements and technique but on certain days he trains strongman style. I think I have his workout saved on my phone somewhere if anyone is interested

[Jason2459]

Lolol....yea he’s a Manlet!!

Animal wouldn’t sponsor him when I reached out to them about 4months ago, but he’s picked up a couple good ones in the last 2 weeks.

He’s up against some vets and heavy hitters so we will see what’s up.

IMO powerlifting and strongman kinda go hand in hand and usually cross over. His training for example is based off of powerlifting movements and technique but on certain days he trains strongman style. I think I have his workout saved on my phone somewhere if anyone is interested

That's cool. From following Tom's log on here a couple years ago he did very much a powerlifting type routine with implements implemented.

I'd be very interested in seeing his training.

Strong is strong. Then just need to learn the techniques.

From what Kaz said in some interviews he did no strongman training going into the WSM comps at least initially.

[NorthStrong]

yall see the west side guy squat 1070? And by squat I mean basically stand up out of the mono and then rack it.

cant judge depth from the judges chairs

[martin_mathers]

yall see the west side guy squat 1070? And by squat I mean basically stand up out of the mono and then rack it.

In this day of age that kind of trash can't even be considered powerlifting anymore.

[FenderElectrics]

Scheduled for max effort bench single today and slept funny and my neck and back are all jacked up still. There are no lifting gods

[PLANETGETLOW]

That's cool. From following Tom's log on here a couple years ago he did very much a powerlifting type routine with implements implemented.

I'd be very interested in seeing his training.

Strong is strong. Then just need to learn the techniques.

From what Kaz said in some interviews he did no strongman training going into the WSM comps at least initially.

I’m now a bodybuilder but when I trained with him we did kegs, logs, and farmers carries. The 2” grip for me is so unconventional it’s not even funny. The log press is also weird for me, the technique of pulling from the ground is no problem but switching grips mid lift and rolling the log up your stomach to the military feels weird!! I can press the weight (200 or (250) but getting it from the knees to the military press form is a struggle for me.

Let me ask him if I can post it

[Jason2459]

A shout out to megsquats to vote for her here for bb.com's spokes person opportunity

Meg Gallagher
https://marketing.bodybuilding.com/m...kesmodelSearch

Her youtubes
https://youtu.be/8ApQW2CBnxo

[PLANETGETLOW]

She said Xfit.....ohhhh lawwwddd

[PLANETGETLOW]

Training routine used by a Worlds Strongman Competitor

[PLANETGETLOW]

Post training pics

[Dmetti]

We've had and still have some strongman competitors posting in these fam threads.

The fam thread was pretty well a ghost town for the past couple years. Its been much more active the past couple month's. Thank you very much....

I've been trying to talk as much as possible I love talking about this stuff

[JohnnyRingo350]

thread is primarily powerlifting, not to mention it's pretty dead for the most part



ya saw quartersquatgang putting it on blast along with Jason Manenkoff

Yeah the guys IG handle is Anthonycw13. He posted a pic of 2 different squats trying to claim they were the same, but they obviously were 2 different squats and some dude did the Arian line on them and it was hilariously high obviously so he deleted the pic. He said something to the affect of I have 2"s of gear and the angle makes it look 2 inches higher and one comment said what about the other 4 inches before you hit depth lol

[JohnnyRingo350]

Side note I've been lifting for fun for like 3 years no and haven't competed and realized my front squat / feet up bench / sumo total is higher than my official combo total. lol I need to compete again.

Also if you guys are looking for an ab upper back destroyer, do front squat holds, belt less for 20 seconds with your max. Got the idea from Josh Bryant and holy **** the lat pump