[/quote] 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. Muscle & Fitness Salutes the Greatest | Muscle & Fitness Sams donation to powerlifting is stupendous! 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. Ivanko pays them a lisence fee to approve their stuff and Texas Power Bar doesn't! In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. When they had reattached my finger weeks earlier, they put a long pin through the top of the finger. It's unfortunate that an error like this had to happen, but the bar we were using was just fine!! Dr. Fred Hatfield (october 21, 1942 Died may 14, 2017). Good luck to all of them. The bar we used was 45lbs plus the collars. Being stubborn about that and thinking I'm too tough to change what I do will derail your progress sooner or laterso listen to what the body is telling you and work with it; not against it. Athlete: Michael Bridges | CrossFit Games You had Mike Bridges who astonished the world with his absolute dominance and ground breaking lifts. When we competed against each other I won 575 to 505. Squat: 395kg/870lb 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. Thu Oct 13, 2016. Mine was over first. Mike's lifts are pending on the IPF website. What has Dan done for the game? Show me where the IPF as said anything? When planning ahead for the meet today, I had to ask myself if I was capable of creating conditions in which records could be set and make it known to the lifters who entered the meet today whether the conditions in which they would find would or was not condusive to setting any records. The rule states only official approved bars can be used for the setting of world records. Bridges' squat of 711 pounds, bench of 512 pounds, and total of 1,896 pounds are all new 198 class World Records. It is the one meet I would EXPECT to see someone do a good record break! Heres how those numbers compare for each lift.7. We are not EliteFitness.com. I find that while the weight I lift is less, the intensity is still high and with decent results but I stay sore longer. It took 29 years for someone to break this raw bench record mark, set by a man that looked like a clerk at Home Depot. Log in or register to post comments I was a gymnast in New York where I grew up. Brand spankin new bar, just no center knurling. Dr Mike lives in st Louis and I know he has some. By the time they could react, I had fallen off the bench and went to feel my eye where the bar hit. Arnold Schwarzenegger (3). How are you doing Roger?! Just what do I mean? 600lb bench and a deadlift of 815 for a world record total of 2400 pounds. . All times are GMT-5. Thanks.Louie Simmons. he was just as good as coan just in a lighter weight class. Today, there are about eight larger federations and tens of smaller ones. After the last time you would think they would be extra careful to see it didnt happen again. then on the other days he would go between 50-80% of his max for extra volume. why someone running a meet like this waits to the last second anyway is a damned good question. [quote=Anonymous]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. Meshuggah. Where are my safety guys screaming about that? The movement standards of powerlifting competitions are going to be a significant challenge. 3. dont lie to everyone who questioned the bar and keep insisting it was an old Ivenko bar. All rights reserved. I couldn't sleep on the flight. It's a shame his feats aren't hailed about today. [quote=Brian Mc][quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. Just lift it! [/quote] 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. People need to have a reality check, as if Harold thought ..hey, let me sabotage this meet and give them a non-approved bar. I also was a shotput and discus thrower and won Athlete of the Year in New York in 1964. What gives? I was never as happy as I was to see Mac walk in my room to take me home to Dayton, Ohio. 1980 IPF Mens World Powerlifting Championships Bars don't grow on trees, what would you have done in this situation? Tell the lifters the truth and say sorry, we have a problem and cant do world records. i still want to be muscular also. What is big, strong, and is shaped like a bodybuilder? [/quote] Squat: 405kg/892.87lb Larry: Yes. Second, to the meet directors "if" they(IPF) actually does wipe out the records, it will be your fault, not the IPF's. [quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. I flew back to Louisville every other week for two months. John in a way is like the great Doug Young, but stronger. Now that I know the whole story from Harold I feel bad about the situation and my earlier comments. Michael. As I'm now fast closing on 49 I find my biggest problem is not overtraining, but under-recovering. I didn't know exactly what they were but I knew there would be some kind of difference between the bars. If you are a world class lifter, you are a world class lifter in any fed. I came in at 226 and Mike at 183. George has put his time in and i know we all appreciate Georges effort in supporting the game through his participation. that'd just be the cherry on the top of this disaster! Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. My finger was bleeding and I was sweating and I had to make that flight. (course they also did drug tests on mike but odds are those won't be a problem). 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". 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. yes. 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. Did champion power lifter Mike Bridges ever use anabolic - Quora Nothing worked. And at 51 I expect to take it even higher next week at the APF Georgia. Mac Richards drove down and took Carol home. Bench: 280kg/617.29lb Everyone has asked me, "Why do a meet only a month before trying to win your 10th world title?" By this time I was pouring sweat and time was running out. ive read about mike bridges and his records. The power lifts are the bench press, squat and dead lift. I got a shot under my left armpit and I didn't feel anything for three days in that arm (it's called an arm block). I think it'd be more like shooting the jockey because he was wearing the wrong silks lol! 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. they say he found out thursday. 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! No one ever say a word to him no matter what. Within three hours I was on the operating table. It will be a **** shame if Mike is stripped of these records. For example, at a drug-tested meet in 2002, Mike Booker squatted 551 pounds but weighed just 132 pounds. I used to be able to recover from training each area twice a week. Las Vegas, NV. Mike Bridges - 755 lb Deadlift @ 181 lbs (342.5 @ 82.5 kgs) Lexington Plummer 1.59K subscribers 3.8K views 6 years ago Mike Bridges deadlifts 755 lbs on his third attempt to consolidate a. Mike Bridges (Powerlifter) Inger Blikra (Powerlifter) Subrata Dutta . Mike Bridges Training - Starting Strength He got his little finger caught in a sliding door. screw it. 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. Everything at this meet was ran by the guys in the uniforms! 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). This happened to Mike Bridges. 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. And it's still very hard for me to write after all these years. Jesse Rodgers, I agree. What did this meet director think? IPF Hall of Fame Inductees | International Powerlifting Federation Wiki You need to start being aware of your recovery capability. Well, finally the final chapter to this event: As I mentioned, Mac Richards came back down to pick me up in Louisville. That being said, steroids, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), clenbuterol and other banned substances dont make an athlete more skilled at his sport they amplify skills he already has. not screwing up in front of the WORLD. It may linger and help him kick ass for years to come. I could not believe it Paul was calling my room and even trying to send girls to my room. I called him and he got me in and said it might never straighten out again. Louie Simmons That has got to be more dangerous that squatting without wraps. He was and is the strongest man under 200 pounds I ever saw. He started lifting at 58 and was that one-in-a-thousand who had that Special Super Strength. At meets a certain aura surrounded you.Larry: My first rival was Joe Weinstein. But when you can squat 1000 anytime you fell like it, who cares about a poor deadlift. 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. History of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Number 6 They called Mel the king of the bench press. 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. so yes, some records were set with tpb. 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. You've probably never heard of him, but he's one of the strongest men who's ever lived, and he was a powerlifting god in the early 1980s. 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. Mike Bridges - Bridges was one of the greatest powerlifters of all time, competing in the 165 and 181 pound classes. If I was one of the competitors who set a world record I would definately be looking into a deferent fed. It went all the way down except for about half an inch. Michael Easter is an associate editor at Mens Health magazine. 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. I think it'd be more like shooting the jockey because he was wearing the wrong silks lol! 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. Harold put on a great meet. We did not know this in advance. Was I right! Larry was the one getting all of the attention setting American records before World records were official. I hope this does not come true. 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. :)[/quote] Fred is the total squatter, his squats range from 918lb thorugh 100b. Most guys at the USAPL meet, on the other hand, tend to not do steroids, he said. Quite simple and clear. But while he was doing amazing feats of strength, Larry also was always making a judge, Jerom Weiss, mad. [/quote] This time I lowered it a bit faster. When people talk about competitive weightlifting, theyre usually talking about Olympic lifts, which are the snatch and the clean and jerk. if indeed he's been robbed before, then he's pretty tough for sticking in there and coming back. Will Democrats Rally Behind President Biden In 2024? And in some years at Raw Unity, a weight class might only have two lifters (an athlete has to be very strong to qualify for the event). 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. 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. Modern powerlifters are some of the strongest people in history. One should not blame the IPF as they did not have any influence or a stake in this meet. Back then I was a big man with a big chest. Gerlof Holkema 4.4K subscribers Subscribe 4.1K views 2 years ago Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs /. The next day I called Dr. Kunitz and he said to call my doctor. Mike entered his first power lifting competition in 1976 and broke a world record in his very first competition. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. Training DVD's The International Powerlifting Federation Hall of Fame began in 1978 to recognize powerlifters who had competed in the IPF and officials who had shaped the IPF. 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?" He said, "I will be in a minute." So, after the 1983 IPF event, he and others formed the American Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation. When we talk about how PEDs improve performance in sports e.g. Mike Bridges Training ? I hope it wasnt 45lbs cos USAPL/IPF rules stipulate metric measures We both didn't try to make weight. A winner of five world championships and several world record. If you looked at Freds height (58) and consider what Fred has accomplished, its simply outrageous!!!! In the meantime, Dan has squatted 960lb and has made valid attempts to be the first with 900 in the deadlift. I stayed there for three days. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. Can you imagine a man that tiny hoisting a dead lift of nearly 600lb. A week later Mac and I were on a jet headed for Los Angeles. Dans statue, not his weight, makes him unusual for the hings that he has done. 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. Larry would drive from Dayton to Toledo for four years using a simple 5-3-1 system. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. I checked my watch and had three hours to sleep and make the flight. One time while weighing in Larry was standing on one foot just to bug him. I don't care if this was your first nationals and you came in last, you still shouldn't have to lift with the wrong equipment. 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. We landed in St. Louis five hours later. oh yeah and IPF who gets the SPONSOR FUNDING EVERY YEAR for keeping them APPROVED. A 220 pounds, Joe squatted 837lb. I felt good that morning and was ready to push it.
