High numbers in PLing don't impress me as much as raw lifting. This is my personal view, as the numbers are just getting ridiculous, and you don't even raise your eyebrows to a 1000lb squat anymore.
I was pretty impressed with this video someone posted on another board. German guy, German Sergej Moser with 805 deep squat, 551 paused bench and 793 dl. Supposedly, the guy on the other board said he narrowly missed 826 on the squat, and got 870 to his knees on the pull in another competition.
I agree that high raw lifts are more impressive than high geared numbers.
Although, geared squats still impress me if the guy actually reaches parallel. Like.. real parallel.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
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I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
really strong dude, but plenty of geared lifters would give him a run for his money (if they trained for a raw meet).
yeah the gear use is out of hand, but its also where the money (although small), and fans are.
not many fans ESPECIALLY outside the internet, and not much money.
strength sports will always be an underground thing. i don't know why people think they won't be in the long run.
Honestly, i think it's an ego thing. I mean, what's more fun, saying you squatted 1000 or saying you squat 500-600 raw? Not to say we don't have this in strongman. I mean the whole thing is kinda an ego booster... like telling someone you pulled a semi, or lifted a car.
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not many fans ESPECIALLY outside the internet, and not much money.
strength sports will always be an underground thing. i don't know why people think they won't be in the long run.
Honestly, i think it's an ego thing. I mean, what's more fun, saying you squatted 1000 or saying you squat 500-600 raw? Not to say we don't have this in strongman. I mean the whole thing is kinda an ego booster... like telling someone you pulled a semi, or lifted a car.
500-600 raw does not equal 1000.. more like 700-800. Ive raw squatted right around 6, my best squat (in a gym) is 800 (meet: 755).
there is some money in it, not alot- but some. Pro-ams are generating between 5-10k for the winners and more cash meets are appearing every dya.
im convinced powerlifting is on an upswing right now, even at local meet here it costs $10 to watch and there are a few hundred people most of the time.
It seemed to me the only people watching my comp were family members.
At least the vast majority of the audience.
That guy has really good speed on all of those lifts as well.
He does the same thing I do re the hips raising before the bar in the deadlift.
The reason that saying 'I squatted 600 (or even 800)' doesn't sound as great as saying 'I squatted 1000' is because people fail to say 'in gear'.
"What do you mean gear" they'll ask
"a special suit that adds a ton of weight to your squat"
Suddenly it doesn't sound as special.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
I wonder if it's not a huge popular sports because people get afraid when they see huge people throwing around metal objects 10 X the amount of their body weight.
Remember, if you watch it on TV, one of them guys might jump out the tv at you and bash your head in.
Lol but shoot if you lift that much weight, you could make a lot of money training people.
Powerlift meets do attract quite a bit of a crowd. At least that was the case for the 3 meets I've been to. Perhaps also because the female organizer living in that town is also the WR (?) holder for bench presses.
Very true. At least, not just absolute strength but also explosive strength. It could be a mistake but PL/SM/OL all seem to become more popular all of a sudden. Perhaps this is thanks to the emergence of CrossFit?
Up here in Canada we don't really get turn-outs for PL meets but in Eastern Canada, especially Quebec, Strongman is huge. Pro Strongmen are celebrities with sponsors like Home Depot!
It used to frustrate me that nobody came to watch us lift, but damn I don't even watch the light weights so I can't talk! You lift for yourself, nothing else.
Look at golf. It's hugely popular. Even if you suck at it, you still have a miniscule chance of getting a hole in one at some point in your life. Or hitting that shot that fly's nicely through the air and lands right next to the hole. You could take someone completely uneducated about golf out to a course right now. Within the hour you could at least have them making good contact with the ball.
PLing though, not quite the same. You couldn't take a random person off the street and put him in the squat rack. His legs would pop off. He could train and get better, but that would take dedication.
big PLing meet...
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