he was just as good as coan just in a lighter weight class. Show Printable Version; 04-21-2012, 04:33 PM #1. The guys in the lighter . if you're meant to be in this sport, you are already more durable over the years than most gym lifters. ive seen a little on his training also here it goes mon-squat, bench max weight squat- 8,5,5,3,2,1,1,1max partial squat- 1x1 bench- 8,5,5,3,2,1,1,1 max wed-squat,bench light, max deadlift squat-8,5,5,3,1,1 about 50-60% of max Bridges. Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. ERNIE FRANTZ A pioneer in the sport, Frantz squatted 821 at age 64. One would have to see the 325lb. The 20kg TPB used to be approved by the IPF, until they didn't pay the licensing fee, so there are undoubtedly some IPF World record which have been set using a TPB. No official word has come down from the IPF or USAPL. I've never really changed anything. As a lifter who has done both USAPL and IPF meets, I suspect you will be denied your records as they both are inflexible and it's the rule book. Harold put on a great meet. I've never really changed anything. 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. In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. HOWEVER, if you're the meet director and you're running an IPF qualifier with potential world records, YOU are responsible for making sure the bar is good. And your team Power Elite with your lifters including Topsogov Studer. wouldnt u think for a comp that big, that everything would be above board, regardless of what you think the rules should be? 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. this is a joke,if anybody should be repremanded it should be the meet directors,the issue of bars cant be held against mike bridges and the records that he set,if thats the case then the entire meet results would have to be erased. Bench: 227.5kg/501.55lb oh yeah and IPF who gets the SPONSOR FUNDING EVERY YEAR for keeping them APPROVED. Actually the whole meet was against the rules of the USAPL. 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. Lou: I want to thank you for doing this interview and for the memories you have left imprinted on powerlifting and after knowing you for the last fifty years, on me. If you are a world class lifter, you are a world class lifter in any fed. It went all the way down except for about half an inch. Deadlift: 365kg/804.69lb. 1980 IPF Men's World Powerlifting Championships. Dans statue, not his weight, makes him unusual for the hings that he has done. All rights reserved. Dan is a poor bencher when it comes to fellows his weight, but he more than makes up for it in other two lifts. He bench pressed well over 400, squatter more than 700 and deadlifted close to that. 1980 IPF Mens World Powerlifting Championships Rogers post about changing the frequency of training seems to fit. squatting 804 lb. My training as a 65er back in the day was pretty intense and with pretty good results. [quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. So the facts are the facts guys stop being a bunch of cry BABIES! Just before it touched, my left pec began to tear. I unhooked it and stood up. Steroids also tend to decrease body fat. Worlds Strongest Man Bill Kazmaier has referred to him as a god in powerlifting, and world-champion powerlifter Don Reinhouldt has said, Larry will always be a legend of all time to us.. Youve probably never heard of him, but hes one of the strongest men whos ever lived, and he was a powerlifting god in the early 1980s. I walked around and found a check-in counter down a hallway. He lifted like what he was, a world champiom. on USA SOIL! 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! 711 still weighs 711 on a Texas Power Bar or an Ivanko! I said, "Are you all right Mac?" [/quote]The Ivanko bars were not used because they arrived from the manufacturer without center knurlings. Mike was the superlative powerlifter. Mac Richards drove down and took Carol home. He said, "Okay, just be sure you're at the gate in time." Whats more, nearly every powerlifter who competed at the U.S. competition and went on to the IPF event saw a significant drop.2. 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 would ask Larry how to push up my bench and Larry would say to train my triceps because they are 75 percent of your bench. Unless there became a cause to recognize a record. Bodybuilding and physique-training provide exposure to the powerlifting exercises but not the technique. Mac was frantic. 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. More on that in a bit.5. In powerlifting, competitors vie to lift the heaviest weight possible for one rep. Ed did one bodybuilding show as a teenager but he did not like the idea of losing weight, he wanted to become as big as possible. What did this meet director think? I was married three times.Lou: How many world records did you break in your illustrious career?Larry: 54Lou: I know you had rivals along the way. Mike broke his prior world record by 87 lb. Thats total that maybe one other lifter has approached. 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. Everyone there knows you did your best to make the meet as perfect as it could be, in EVERY aspect. See, they cannot make an exception for a USA lifter because USA would beef huge IF a russian had an improper bar and broke records too price of having approved bars, weights, and rules. 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. It seems that Jordans powerlifting was gone, but good fortune would be his as he began to train horses and became Australias top horse trainer.Lou: You know all the greats and beat them all: Marv, Phillips, Roger Estep the list is too long. Our flight out of LA was fine. When you squat 800 pounds, every joint in your body needs to be optimally aligned. i'm over 40 and over the past years since i hit 40, i've actually stepped UP my sets and find i'm getting better results, doing my best even as i get older isn't a problem.. the one thing is to keep the challenges coming and step up to them, not think "oh i'm a master, maybe i shouldn't train so hard". 123-pound squat data was a dwarf and indeed hoisted 639 pounds. Muscle & Fitness Salutes the Greatest | Muscle & Fitness To: Chip Hultquist..would like to know more about your hip replacement; facing the same thing..30+ yrs of powerlifting. 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. I'm doing good, Buddy, how have you been? The squat racks used at that meet were illegal as they could possibly get accoding to mandates of the IPF. True, Jack. Yeah he was right. The power lifts are the bench press, squat and dead lift. He has broken over 100 combined Nationals and World Records in his storied career. that'd just be the cherry on the top of this disaster! I checked the rules on the USAPL site and they just referenced the IPF rules. Steroids split us into two federations. Over time, more groups broke off from both the USPF and drug-free federation, splintering the sport further. Oh they won't have to erase the meet results, no. 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. He went back and opened the trunk and brought back two tall, really cold bottles of beer. Things like how they trained in the beginning. Did champion power lifter Mike Bridges ever use anabolic - Quora He said, "I will be in a minute." Mike Bridges at the Central AAU Sr. Championshipos, April 1978, with a world record 585 squat He broke the world total record 3 times at this meet Lemenager photo The one finally Au- 27, 1978. True, Jack. Jim. This was the best meet I've been to everything was done possible to make this the best meet for lifters and judges also for whoever came to the Meet! Mike Bridges - Bridges was one of the greatest powerlifters of all time, competing in the 165 and 181 pound classes. I called him and he got me in and said it might never straighten out again. [quote=Harold Gaines]I was the Meet Director for this event and I would like to put to rest this issue (if possible). It was a bold move, because the USPF was popular its competitions were even nationally televised. Now all the anonymous guys can come on here and bash the IPF for requiring approved equipment for records. But just how much horsepower and torque do athletes gain? (course they also did drug tests on mike but odds are those won't be a problem). Kyrsten Sinema's Odds Of Reelection Don't Look Great. There was a period when the IPF decided to do drug testing. Only in Powerlifting Flashback with Larry Pacifico Harold, your meet was excellent!!!! You might say not bad well let me tell you this, maybe 12 super-heavies have done 630 plus, but Sam, at 275, has out-benched at least half of the twelve. Power bodybuilding requires you to re-learn technique and reach new movement standards. [/quote] your body doesn't suddenly break down cause you broke the 40 yo barrier. 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. Bench: 260kg/573.2lb I used to be able to recover from training each area twice a week. I can honestly say 848 would have gone up. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. Mike was the superlative powerlifter. Also known ad Dr. Squat. One official got yelled at for asking about the bar while my boyfriend was checking his rack height later on thursday. Mike Bridges on the Bench Press : r/weightroom - reddit Just lift it! We took off and I told him what happened. It is one thing to beat someone by all those he beat, so we want to remember him too. Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. :), [quote=Anonymous][quote=Jeff Fiss]Harold put on a great meet. They had time to get another bar!!! Yes, a 198 weighed 198 not 225 at meet time with todays 24-hour weigh-ins.I recall weighing less after a meet back in those days. You should tell the cycling community about your insoles. In football, the drugs can help a fullback break through what would have been a tackle; in baseball, they can help a pitcher take a 95 mph fastball to 98 mph (and also help him recover between starts). Just lift it! They've been a nuisance for years, the smaller knurling center causes people to line up too close in the DL and it hardly grips your back at all, some of the even brand NEW bars have NO KNURLING. TPB makers stood to gain by keeping the sponsorship fee up, after all, it's a BUSINESS.[/quote]. Some have tested and non-tested divisions; others randomly test a minimum of 10 percent of their lifters; and the rest the majority, in fact dont test at all. 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 While they were undoubtedly unbeatable, they were untested for the most part. [/quote] Absolute stupidity. ivanko bars suck. The fees are a way to generate revenue to help pay expenses. Mike's lifts are pending on the IPF website. Benchpress: 705.5 pounds (320kg) $29.95 each. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. There I said it for you. Best Lifts: This. It is sad and pathetic that people have to jump on board and bash someone who has busted their butt to pull off one of the best meets. This means they have to use IPF-approved equipment on the platform. After the last time you would think they would be extra careful to see it didnt happen again. Fantastic story. Peoria, IL. I hope it wasnt 45lbs cos USAPL/IPF rules stipulate metric measures It took him three more hours to fix the other hands. Mike won the second most prestigious national powerlifting in 1977 when he won the Junior National Powerlifting Championships. Following this mind set I've won 10 Masters World Championships and broken 14 World Master's Records; and am also one of only 11 men over 50 to bench over 600 in competition. 3. Mike Bridges - OpenPowerlifting well yeah they were legal when they kept the sponsorship fee up. Will Democrats Rally Behind President Biden In 2024? And he held a special "women's gateway open" with lifters all breaking WR's TOO..WHERE WAS THIS MAN's BRAIN??? Everything else is the liquid inside the glass. He was lifting at National Masters and I was his coach. Larry: Yes. We did not know this in advance. Benchpress: 272.1kg/599.88lb Fred is the total squatter, his squats range from 918lb thorugh 100b. The call to drug-test powerlifters had been gaining momentum in the sport since the mid-1970s. So when we landed I told Mac that I needed to find a place to sleep. So, after the 1983 IPF event, he and others formed the American Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation. Who cares what brand of bar it was loaded on?! Another set of interesting data is world records. The bar we used was 45lbs plus the collars. The best in the sport can, with perfect form, hoist more than a few times their bodyweight in iron. We assumed that the manufacturer sent us the approved/correct bars. Just start learning the gear/rule variations. In total, the lifters at Raw Unity put up about 17.44 percent more weight than the lifters at the USAPL competition and 3.46 percent more than those at the IPF meet. Carl said "I realize that rules are rules but, don't shoot the horse because the jockey was overweight." He was inducted into the York Barbell Hall of Fame on June 28, 1998. Mike was in powerlifting from the first days of the IPF in the early 1970s. Did the meet director think for one moment all the WORLD RECORDS unassailable at the MEN'S NATIONALS? And I won the worlds. You had Mike Bridges who astonished the world with his absolute dominance and ground breaking lifts. lol. JOHN INZER An elite lifter, Inzer invented the bench shirtsupportive equipment that allowed for bigger lifts. 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. Deadlift: 369.6kg/814lb. So I wiped the blood off with my coat and pushed the pin back down my finger. 3. dont lie to everyone who questioned the bar and keep insisting it was an old Ivenko bar. He was right. they had TIME TO FIX THIS. No excuses! Mike Bridges Training ? Looks somewhat like Sheikos powerlifting program. If they can't get the bars right, I just wonder how the Arnold is going to turn out. The Best Powerlifting 3-Day Workout Routine - Gym Geek if indeed he's been robbed before, then he's pretty tough for sticking in there and coming back. At Na- tionals Bridges the bt . SPECIAL. As I'm now fast closing on 49 I find my biggest problem is not overtraining, but under-recovering. Thats what makes powerlifting such a great sport. We landed in St. Louis five hours later. I wore my ProKinetics Insoles to my first competition at the 2009 Pan American Games and I beat my previous world record in squat by 87 pounds. No excuses! But those accepting the pay of the sponsorship fees do not have to suffer with the bars, merely to take the money and thus approve themjust like at times platforms/stages at ipf worlds have sagged under the larger squatters, only to be considered "acceptable". I slept on the flight down and drifted in and out for the next eight hours, but I was able to watch most of the operation not only mine but both of the other two as well. barbell | 21K views, 632 likes, 8 loves, 38 comments, 118 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Old School Strength: Powerlifting legend Mike Bridges deadlifts ~617 lb in the 198 lb weight class. how long did u have the bar before you opened it? I have seen a lot in 50 years as powerlifting has introduced me to all of my friends as well as most good and bad memories. Lou: Was there somebody you loved to beat?Larry: Yes. And Don Reinhoudt the SHW world champ. Deadlift: 367.5kg/810lb, Full Article:George Hechters incredible weight loss, Doug Furnas (Birth date: december 11, 1959 Died march 2, 2012). I just went to a baseball game and payed $18 for a lousy $10 hat. I will be over at Jon Groves meet helping him this weekend, hope to see ya there. Jesse Rodgers, I agree. Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. Use was rampant, but that didnt mean every lifter wanted to pump himself full of chemicals. Benchpress: 172.5kg/380lb XTREME SQUATTING-book, XTREME DEADLIFTING-book, & ADVANCED POWERLIFTING TECHIQUES-DVD. Mike Bridges, age 50, captured multiple IPF Master's 2 (50+) World Records last weekend at the USAPL Men's Nationals. Multi Time World Champion. Just lift it! USAPL, was it "modified rules" which were in effect this time? When powerlifting, you train with three exercises in mind: Bench press, squats, and deadlifts. [quote=Roger Ryan]I agree Buddy. Against my good judgment I took it again. I hope this does not come true. 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. One time while weighing in Larry was standing on one foot just to bug him. 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). So as we got off the plane Paul was waiting for us to step off the plane. Mike Bridges the only people who are happy with those lousy bars are benchers. Guys felt like they had to take them to stay competitive, and that became problematic, Gaynor said. So, even if drugs arent in an athletes system, he might be lifting heavier because he used PEDs a few years ago. I had plenty of ice packed around my hand. Larry was the one getting all of the attention setting American records before World records were official. One official got yelled at for asking about the bar while my boyfriend was checking his rack height later on thursday. And in Daytona, Ohio, eight weeks later he made a 590-pound bench press at 228 bodyweight. I'm fine Jesse! The rule said small jump of 2.5 kg would nullify a third and that is how I lost the bid for my 10th world championship.Lou: Tell us about your most memorable world championship.Larry: That would be my first in 1971 against John Kanter. Within three hours I was on the operating table. When he first saw Vince hecould tell he had dropped down to 198,then he saw me all bulked up and ready for battle. And tell me something about your personal life.Larry: I was vice president of Holiday and New Life Spas, there were 20 of us all total. Best Lifts: Rank. Good luck to all of them. Didn't he check up the rule-book? 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. That makes Booker about 62 percent stronger than Schwarzenegger was in his prime. Third, to the IPF, if you do take the records away, ask yourself why there are all these feds and why lifters are constantly jumping from fed to fed. Love it. The world is blessed with FED ex overnight, next MORNING. lift on, stay young, and live to enjoy it! We both didn't try to make weight. Then, around the mid-70s, people realized that taking huge doses increased their lifts, said Bob Gaynor, a powerlifting historian and competitive lifter from the era. I bought it in the park and it was the "official hat of the team" and part of the money I payed was toward the license fee the hat company payed the baseball organization. The events just bring in two different powerlifting cultures. IPF did not return requests for comment. Lee not only squatted 1003, but he has bench presses 617.4 to give him the highest subtotal in history of power lifting. Full-Body Workouts - C.S. Sloan - Blogger [/quote] What was remarkable was the little guys finger was as tiny as you would expect, and with the help of microscopic lenses he worked a miracle. The meet director did the best he could given the circumstances and the pass given with the equipment presented for inspection. RECENT:Joe "The Lad" Ladnier Mississippi Monster. George is to be feared, and why not , it isnt everyone who can squat 985 and total 2369lb. John is what every new young powerlifter wants to be. ALL THOSE RECORDS ARE NOW DEAD TOO. I hope it wasnt 45lbs cos USAPL/IPF rules stipulate metric measures Here's my finger today. Orders shipped out within 1 - 5 business days. We can still make new gains and new PR's well into our master careers but we have to listen to what our bodies are telling us more. First offcongrats M.B on the records. But it will inevitabably follow the same process. ive seen a little on his training also here it goes. It's about $'s! Squat: 260kg/573.2lb(WR) 1980-11-07, USA-VA, Arlington. My training poundage started climbing again and I felt more and more like busting it in the gym again. Trying to figure this out with the same type hip replacement as Rickey Crain. An athlete lives at the whim of a sports rules, and when those rules change, so can their career. How is this the USAPL shooting themselves in the foot? 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. 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. It's NOT a 45lb bar. When we talk about how PEDs improve performance in sports e.g. While I was there, in came a man from Texas who got his hand ground up in a meat grinder. I flew back to Louisville every other week for two months. Today, there are about eight larger federations and tens of smaller ones. Was this in Tampa? That's when Bridges competed in the ADFPA (American Drug Free Powerlifting Association). What is big, strong, and is shaped like a bodybuilder? If you looked at Freds height (58) and consider what Fred has accomplished, its simply outrageous!!!! But while he was doing amazing feats of strength, Larry also was always making a judge, Jerom Weiss, mad. If I remember, this is not the first time a National Meet in St Louis had the wrong bar. People need to have a reality check, as if Harold thought ..hey, let me sabotage this meet and give them a non-approved bar. 3 Star CrossFit. This was one of the most amazing feats of strength I had ever seen at that time. History of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Number 6 Best Lifts: George has put his time in and i know we all appreciate Georges effort in supporting the game through his participation. At 198 he went 450-315-440 to win. (365.5 kg). After getting out of the Army I started to compete in and around Ohio. One of the nicest menin the power lifting game. It can be said that in a way he is a carbon copy of Ed coan. A prodigy of the great Larry Pacifico. George has spread his body weight from 242 pounds all the way to the high 300s. No one ever say a word to him no matter what.The Conversation. It's unfortunate that an error like this had to happen, but the bar we were using was just fine!! Sams donation to powerlifting is stupendous! I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. Consider this 2008 American Physiological Society study, which found that the benefits of steroids in powerlifters can last several years beyond when the drugs leave their body. He was right.After 10 yearsfrom 1970 to 1980I won my first nationals with my first top-ten bench. Ted did 705lb., a record! [/quote] I hope this does not come true. Lou: There were other super stars from England. liane blyn, jessica o donnellyeah that's a group to want to have after you to slap you upside the head! I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. Was I right! It's unfortunate that an error like this had to happen, but the bar we were using was just fine!! My middle finger and both the fingers on each side were caught. Size didnt mean anything to him. All who made the world team will still make the world team, all the totals are official. I never saw such a lifting machine. Mike Bridges (Birth date: february 1, 1957). Mine was over first. 7. On the morning before the meet we opened 2 brand new shipping tubes from an IPF approved manufacturer and they contained bars that did not have center knurling. Most guys at the USAPL meet, on the other hand, tend to not do steroids, he said. NO ONE HAD THE RIGHT BARS!! Bridges weighed just. He trained with Don Cundy the first to make an 800 deadlift, and Jerry Gones who would wear a superhero suit at a meet and a wig. The bigger the glass, the more of everything else you can do. All other things being equal, the stronger you are, then the quicker you run, the harder you hit, the higher you jump, the faster you throw. GIVE ME A BREAK. Good luck to all of them. All times are GMT-5. Everyone has asked me, "Why do a meet only a month before trying to win your 10th world title?" It was a beautiful day to drive, but once we got 50 miles away, Mac said we needed to pull over. I came in at 226 and Mike at 183. Just lift it! ive read about mike bridges and his records. if i were running the damned thing, i'd be double checking EVERYTHING. Brand spankin new bar, just no center knurling. No excuses! I also was a shotput and discus thrower and won Athlete of the Year in New York in 1964. why someone running a meet like this waits to the last second anyway is a damned good question.

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