There was also another little boy who came in from Tennessee. The rescue squad got there in 10 minutes and away I went. (BUT he's not alone, there will be some very angry WOMEN TOO on this! Giant to appreciate his size. I wonder how it would feel to have a 700+ pound bar slide down your back. It was a national meet. [quote=Harold Gaines]I was the Meet Director for this event and I would like to put to rest this issue (if possible). Once inside and rolling, they put the piece of finger that came off in some of the ice and stuck it in my sweatshirt pocket. No excuses! If this is your first visit, be sure to John in a way is like the great Doug Young, but stronger. the lousy knurling on ivanko bars is now a serious problem and despite their paying of the fee, ipf should seriously consider kicking those bars out UNLESS they can be corrected to have more sufficient knurling. C'mon. I always had good results with squating and deadlifting once a week about 3 days apart each and benching once heavy and once light a week but am considering combining squat and deadlift day and only benching once a week with possibly a third day of arms and shoulders only. [quote=Anonymous]And squating without center knurling??? If they can't get the bars right, I just wonder how the Arnold is going to turn out. [quote=Brian Mc][quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. the only people who are happy with those lousy bars are benchers. I hope this does not come true. 1981Mens Senior Nationals But just how much horsepower and torque do athletes gain? Oh yeah, no squat suit until about 1976, and no disrespect, but the squat suits were not much. When we landed my finger was twice the size. My first personal observation of Mike was at the Heart Of America Powerlifting Contest, an annual event hosted by St. Louis gym owner and bodybuilder George Turner. Deadlift: 320kg/705.48lb. Only in Powerlifting Flashback with Larry Pacifico Mike Bridges - ProKinetics : ProKinetics If this is how the IPF treats their lifters it's no wonder that the WPC Eurasian Cup has 635 lifters pre- registered to lift! We landed in St. Louis five hours later. Multi Time World Champion. I hope it wasnt 45lbs cos USAPL/IPF rules stipulate metric measures GIVE ME A BREAK. My middle finger and both the fingers on each side were caught. Mine was over first. My team was also lifting, including Eric Stuber, Mac Richards, John Topsoglou, and several others. Be it football, hockey, basketball etc, all the organizations have license fees payed to them for everything from clothes to what glove, stick etc will be used, and in return they are the only vendors allowed to sell or have equipment used. The events draw the best lifters in the sport of raw powerlifting, which means the men dont use assistance gear.4 As previously mentioned, Raw Unity doesnt drug test. Best Lifts: Where are my safety guys screaming about that? Was this in Tampa? One official got yelled at for asking about the bar while my boyfriend was checking his rack height later on thursday. Louie Simmons We did not know this in advance. Powerlifting legend Mike Bridges deadlifts ~617 lb | barbell So the facts are the facts guys stop being a bunch of cry BABIES! How about a total of 2105 lb at 181lb body weight. I re-vamped my training to train every area only once a week. I envied Larry for having such good training partners and a coach like Bob Matz. [/quote] That's total that maybe one other lifter has approached. George has put his time in and i know we all appreciate Georges effort in supporting the game through his participation. But while he was doing amazing feats of strength, Larry also was always making a judge, Jerom Weiss, mad. I'm doing good, Buddy, how have you been? Brand spankin new bar, just no center knurling. Weighing in at only 204 lbs, Mike not only went home with gold medals, but he also broke world records in the Deadlift at 650 lbs. The great Mike Bridges spent years training three times per week, squatting twice, deadlifting once or twice, and benching two and sometimes three times within any week. My total at around age 46 was just under 1700. Best Lifts: BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. George is to be feared, and why not , it isnt everyone who can squat 985 and total 2369lb. @Michael_Easter, Steroids (6 posts) Against my good judgment I took it again. Bob Matz would judge meets and was down right scary to look at. 2. When you see him lifting over 500lb in the benchpress in such a smooth Continue He saved them all. When they had reattached my finger weeks earlier, they put a long pin through the top of the finger. Mel has benchpressed 535lb, squatted 535lb and deadlifted 600lb. then on the other days he would go between 50-80% of his max for extra volume. Mike Bridges - 755 lb Deadlift @ 181 lbs (342.5 @ 82.5 kgs) Place Fed Date Location Competition Division Age Equip Class Weight Squat Bench Deadlift Total Dots; DQ: USAPL: 2010-03-05: USA-OH: Con-Cret Raw Challenge: MR-M: 53: Raw: 90 Who cares what brand of bar it was loaded on?! It can be said that in a way he is a carbon copy of Ed coan. Benchpress: 272.1kg/599.88lb What is big, strong, and is shaped like a bodybuilder? Although my preparation for the event was right on schedule to maximize my strength, I feel certain that the confidence that comes with improved body mechanics and alignment allowed me to turn on every ounce of strength I needed to set my 23rd world record. Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL John has totaled just around 2300! There was a period when the IPF decided to do drug testing. I was never as happy as I was to see Mac walk in my room to take me home to Dayton, Ohio. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. I had plenty of ice packed around my hand. Why should IPF bend rules for 1 fed in its group rather than for another.(and since they only do that for rus or ukrwellthere's your answer). Good post, ya old fart! I met him in my first power meet in the summer of 1966just prior to being drafted into the United States Army 50 years ago. Looking back, I have seen all the best lifters of the past 50 years. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. My friend Eric Stuber and the two side spotters couldn't even react in time. 1986 1st World Powerlifting Championship Come on, guys.Mike LIFTED the f***ing weight! Everyone knows that politics are stupid when it comes between a person and a hard earned accomplishment but if they let it stand then everyone will say "hey, what could have so-n-so done on a Texas Power bar instead of those whippy Ivankos?" I came up with a wrestling singlet with legs, but somehow George Langas took the idea and sold them under the name Spanjam, which I distributed.Lou: You had a lot of lifters come stay with you such as Mike Bridges who you said was the strongest man under 200 pounds. 1983 Mens Senior Nationals Mike won the second most prestigious national powerlifting in 1977 when he won the Junior National Powerlifting Championships. 1984Mens USPF Senior Nationals: My training as a 65er back in the day was pretty intense and with pretty good results. Well most know he won nine straight before makinga tactical error when he jumped five pounds on his second attempt on the deadlift, which nullified a third attempt, letting Mark Dimiduk win the1980s nationals and worlds.Larry told me if I would open lighter I would do better, and he was right again.I remember Larry making a 530-pound bench press and a 1,900 total in 1972 in Cincinnati, Ohio, at a body weight of 198. It's unfortunate that an error like this had to happen, but the bar we were using was just fine!! History of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Number For example, 7 sets x 3 reps at a lower percentage (50-60%) of . But it will inevitabably follow the same process. It is said the that the road of good intentions a paved with, I drove it to within an inch from locking it out. When we competed against each other I won 575 to 505. Best Lifts: Mike Bridges, age 50, captured multiple IPF Master's 2 (50+) World Records last weekend at the USAPL Men's Nationals. I find that while the weight I lift is less, the intensity is still high and with decent results but I stay sore longer. Video of Mike Bridges' Raw Challenge Squats | Powerlifting Watch That's the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard, did they not KNOW you need to use approved equipment? The fees are a way to generate revenue to help pay expenses. Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. Simply return it within 30 days for an exchange. Interesting!If you actually do train at maximum intensity (many think they do) there are some changes that you will have to make as you get older (no set age). Mike MacDonald | Marty Gallagher - Starting Strength The Hall of Fame began with just male lifters and officials, but started including female lifters since 1987. . I weighed 150 pounds back then.Lou: When you moved to Dayton what was your occupation? Then a week after that, Frank Zane and I had a seminar in New Jersey. Harold, your meet was excellent!!!! He bench pressed well over 400, squatter more than 700 and deadlifted close to that. Dans statue, not his weight, makes him unusual for the hings that he has done. For more information, please see our Let's hope they get confirmed soon. [/quote] And some new research shows that they help you better activate the muscle, increasing strength.. Meshuggah. Theyre close enough in the lighter classes, but the heavier guys are differentiated in such a way, for example, that an IPF lifter could be up to 23 pounds heavier than a Raw Unity competitor in an equal weight class. also what do you guys think about this every monday he would max out on bench/squat and max out on deads every wednesday. Tell the lifters the truth and say sorry, we have a problem and cant do world records. Mike Bridges indeed used anabolic/androgenic steroids (along with everybody else) to amass his several world record squats and totals in the IPF. I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. the fault is with USAPL and its referees (IPF ones) and its meet director, who should have KNOWN better than to hold a MEN's NATIONALS and that women's record breaker event WITHOUT THE PROPER BARS. they're listed as pending cause someone turned in teh record forms and until ipf looks into this, they're pending. squatting 804 lb. Mike Gansey's . Training DVD's Mike is going to get robbed because it's an IPF rule, tpb isn't approved equipment and so he's getting american records. [/quote] 600lb bench and a deadlift of 815 for a world record total of 2400 pounds. And they probably DID! As I'm now fast closing on 49 I find my biggest problem is not overtraining, but under-recovering. BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. My boyfriend was in the area on Thursday afternoon when several referees told the Technical Sec that something was wrong with the bar and they were told it was OK, it was an old Ivenko Bar. so yes, some records were set with tpb. Bench: 160kg/352.74lb(WR) I will be over at Jon Groves meet helping him this weekend, hope to see ya there. Hewon nine consecutive IPF World Powerlifting Championships from 1971-1979 (198-pound to 242-pound weight classes) and set 54 world records during his powerlifting career. The manufacture send Bench bars with the middle knurling missing and no one in the area had the right bars! Tony Carpino agreed to fly in and ref and help out. In a Conjugate Method training program, dynamic effort training is typically focused on increasing the At Westside, we use dynamic effort training to improve our rate of force development. Week 7: 4 x 4 (55% of 1-RM) Week 8: Deload (50% of 1-RM) Week 9: 4 x 3 (75% of 1-RM) Week 10: 3 x 2 (90% OF 1-RM) This is a basic program to allow you to progress quickly. TPB makers stood to gain by keeping the sponsorship fee up, after all, it's a BUSINESS. Trying to figure this out with the same type hip replacement as Rickey Crain. The Definitive Guide to Power Bodybuilding for Strength and Muscle - Muzcle While I was there, in came a man from Texas who got his hand ground up in a meat grinder. Mike Bridges' DVD series. When he first saw Vince hecould tell he had dropped down to 198,then he saw me all bulked up and ready for battle. By this time I was pouring sweat and time was running out. 3. dont lie to everyone who questioned the bar and keep insisting it was an old Ivenko bar. they cut it fine by sending it to you thast close to a meet. John Gamble! What happened? And then one day it was over.Larry: Yes I have had 16 surgeries from powerlifting including one freak accident when I almost cut my fingers off when I dropped a bar on myself.Lou: I know you were one of the first to sell power knee wraps and suits.Larry: Yes. [/quote]The Ivanko bars were not used because they arrived from the manufacturer without center knurlings. "But it weighed MORE so he should the record for sure!" Absolute stupidity. if indeed he's been robbed before, then he's pretty tough for sticking in there and coming back. Mike Bridges - 512 lb Raw Bench @ 181 lbs (232.5 - YouTube I won on bodyweight after John missed a third deadlift. On another note, the IPF will truly commit a crime if they take Mike's records due to this smallest of technicalities. Had Wade Hooper eclipsed his squat record, for example, which was also QUITE possible, then what would this meet director say! Whats more, nearly every powerlifter who competed at the U.S. competition and went on to the IPF event saw a significant drop.2. This happened to Mike Bridges. I lowered it, but too slow. Mike Bridges Multiple World Champion Weight Lifter Peoria, IL Mike is a World IPF Champion, IPF World Record Holder, 2008 Masters World Champion with 4 Gold Medals, and 2007 World Bench Press Gold Medalist. Sams donation to powerlifting is stupendous! Mac's first meet was two months before this when he qualified to lift in Victorville. "Reports have surfaced that the IPF will take those records from Bridges,,,,,," I'm sure if anything does happen like records being reversed, the people who are invloved will only use this as motivation to exceed their previous lifts. BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. My training put me at 835-580-800-2215. That makes Booker about 62 percent stronger than Schwarzenegger was in his prime. The world is blessed with FED ex overnight, next MORNING. way to go!!! He was lifting at National Masters and I was his coach. Haven't watched it yet, but fwiw Bridges benched 529 raw at 181, and Fred Hatfield called him probably the best pound-for-pound powerlifter of all time. why someone running a meet like this waits to the last second anyway is a damned good question. I doubt it, that's wishful thinking and USAPL is at fault. So as we got off the plane Paul was waiting for us to step off the plane. Both of us totaled 1,815. All rights reserved. Lou: Was there somebody you loved to beat?Larry: Yes. Just the fact that the TPB is 45lbs makes it not meet all requirements for use. lift on, stay young, and live to enjoy it! Mike was the superlative powerlifter. The meet always attracted the very best lifters in the country and 1978's version was no exception. some even fresh from factory seem unduly "slick"! At a national level meet you should have equipment more than 2 days prior to a meet. Brand spankin new bar, just no center knurling. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. Since the bar and collars must weight 25kg(55.115lbs) and the TPB and collars would weigh 56.023(25.4kg). One of the nicest menin the power lifting game. Rogers post about changing the frequency of training seems to fit. HOWEVER for a meet director at an IPF qualifier - and the supposed FLAGSHIP event, the men's nationals, to NOT have proper IPF bars and weights for world record breaks is UNTHINKABLE. He was a tremendous bencher. Reply . Ted did 705lb., a record! wouldnt u think for a comp that big, that everything would be above board, regardless of what you think the rules should be? all of the sheiko guys seem to do well in these feds. Mike is a World IPF Champion, IPF World Record Holder, 2008 Masters World Champion with 4 Gold Medals, and 2007 World Bench Press Gold Medalist. More on that in a bit.5. In response to a question about how his training has changed as he has gotten older, powerlifting legend Mike Bridges answers that at 50 he still trains the same. . Payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and PayPal. Larry: Yes. And I won the worlds. Heres how those numbers compare for each lift.7. A 220 pounds, Joe squatted 837lb. I tried to roll over but couldn't. No one expects any more of you. That number is even more amazing when you consider that at the 1968 German powerlifting championships, 176-pound Arnold Schwarzenegger squatted 460 pounds. A week later Mac and I were on a jet headed for Los Angeles. I said, "Are you all right Mac?" Use was rampant, but that didnt mean every lifter wanted to pump himself full of chemicals. We are not EliteFitness.com. Lou: What happened when you lifted against Paul Jordan of Austraila?Larry: Paul was talking about winning the world against my friend and fellow Ohioian Vince Annelo the greatest deadlifter. Just lift it! Mike Bridges Training - Starting Strength some even fresh from factory seem unduly "slick"! How are you doing Roger?! Deadlift: 369.6kg/814lb. It is not the training intensity per workout that changes as a lifter ages; it is our training frequency (recovery period allowed) that must be adapted. I don't fault the meet director. Most will remember the latest and greatest like Hoff, Frankel, Conan and Bridges. that'd just be the cherry on the top of this disaster! First of all, congratulations on a stellar performance that puts you IMO in the class with Inaba of Japan and other lifters who throw the gauntlet in the face of Father Time. I was the Meet Director for this event and I would like to put to rest this issue (if possible). Mike Bridges - OpenPowerlifting Oh they won't have to erase the meet results, no. The fact that Teds total may have been low does not depreciate the astronomical effort he has left us with. it matters what the rules actuially are!!! In powerlifting, competitors vie to lift the heaviest weight possible for one rep. I can attest to that because I lifted in the Master's Nat's in Charlottesville, VA and along with a IPF Cat I ref, pointed out a number of infrations which where simply explained away. I unhooked it and stood up. Just a few years before, powerlifters had been using PEDs in low doses to help their muscles recover; maybe they gained a bit of an edge, but it wasnt overtly noticeable. Deadlift: 367.5kg/810lb, Full Article:George Hechters incredible weight loss, Doug Furnas (Birth date: december 11, 1959 Died march 2, 2012). Author: Staff. Now that I know the whole story from Harold I feel bad about the situation and my earlier comments. I've never really changed anything. [/quote] He has broken over 100 combined Nationals and World Records in his storied career. Mike's best official lift was 608 made in 1977. Steroids also tend to decrease body fat. It's about $'s! Thu Oct 13, 2016. WTF!! Squat: 410kg/903lb Well, if you have ever lifted with an Eleiko or Leoko bar, they are similar to a Texas, so I would state this wouldn't be that big of a deal and a DL record set on a TPB vs. an Ivanko is arguably harder to hold on to and more distance traveled. Note: During the BFCM sales period all sales are final.Thus, no returns will accepted. Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL 954.5 KG . Copyright 2023 elitefts. Mike Bridges [quote=Jack Marcus]I do not understand why the IPF is being bashed over this unfortunate incident. He got his little finger caught in a sliding door. It may linger and help him kick ass for years to come. Nothing worked. And your team Power Elite with your lifters including Topsogov Studer.Larry: We had a great team back then and I will always look back to the early days without so much politics. 1980-11-07, USA-VA, Arlington. People need to have a reality check, as if Harold thought ..hey, let me sabotage this meet and give them a non-approved bar. :)[/quote] I recall weighing less after a meet back in those days. I drove it back over my head, I guess to keep it from tearing my pec worse, and to keep the bar from sinking in my chest. History of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Number 6 I started training at Bob Matzs gym in Toledo, Ohio, with George Crawford and Milt McKenzie, but. I lifted my hands up and that's when I saw it. With respect to direct lat work, you will neither find it in the detailed 1982 article by Ron Fernando, disclosing, I was there, front row at the USF SunDome in Tampa covering the contest for The Tampa Tribune when Jeff, Dave was 7 years my elder and my teen years weightlifting idol. Benchpress: 172.5kg/380lb They keep raising the standard. I also was a shotput and discus thrower and won Athlete of the Year in New York in 1964. I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. ive seen a little on his training also here it goes. he did this for 10 years and kept progressing but he's unreal. The ProKinetics Natural Body Balance Insoles naturally help me align my feet and knees just right without me consciously having to alter my posture. The one thing that keeps Lee from the world record total is a poor deadlift. What gives? I was a gymnast in New York where I grew up. Terry Todd isn't merely the United States' first national powerlifting champion (in 1964 and '65), he was also the first man to total 1,600, 1,700, 1,800, and 1,900 pounds. Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. Thread Tools. Larry would drive from Dayton to Toledo for four years using a simple 5-3-1 system. Powerlifting had one federation, one national champion, Gaynor said. Bars don't grow on trees, what would you have done in this situation? fed ex, several people with bars in ATTENDANCE who could have had fed ex deliver them, there's NO EXCUSE in this day and age. What did this meet director think? A 10-Week Progressive Powerlifting Program For Huge Strength Gains! When squatting is being talked about , you can be sure that Hatfield will be named at the top. i just dont like the fact that theres not much assistance. About 45ish I began to realize that I couldn't recover from that frequency any more. After getting out of the Army I started to compete in and around Ohio. If you looked at Freds height (58) and consider what Fred has accomplished, its simply outrageous!!!! I dont drug test at Raw Unity for a couple reasons, said Eric Talmant, who organizes and competes in Raw Unity, an event considered by some to be the Super Bowl of American raw powerlifting. Lou: You had a lot of lifters come stay with you such as Mike Bridges who you said was the strongest man under 200 pounds. anyway, im in agreement with most everyone here, that is, there is no way any record should be taken away because of this. Are world records going to be able to be broken there? Lou: I recall soon after getting home from the army in 1970 you set a national total record on the same dayas Joe Weinstein at 1675 at198. Really, then what would you have done if the meet director, technical sec were standing together when they opened the box from Ivanko to find the wrong bar had been sent? Can you imagine a man that tiny hoisting a dead lift of nearly 600lb. Assistance work may have consisted of a few sets of curls and little more yet in the opinion of many, me included, Mike can be crowned as one of the top few lifters of all time. i still want to be muscular also. My finger was bleeding and I was sweating and I had to make that flight. Michael. WAS THE PAPER IT WAS WRITTEN ON WAS THE RIGHT SIZE! The best in the sport can, with perfect form, hoist more than a few times their bodyweight in iron. I went 760, 810, 832. I didn't know exactly what they were but I knew there would be some kind of difference between the bars.
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