After the last time you would think they would be extra careful to see it didnt happen again. We did not know this in advance. Deadlift: 285kg/628.32lb(WR). 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. screw it. if i were running the damned thing, i'd be double checking EVERYTHING. Deadlift: 320kg/705.48lb. Gerlof Holkema 4.4K subscribers Subscribe 4.1K views 2 years ago Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs /. No one expects any more of you. It is said the that the road of good intentions a paved with, 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. 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. [quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. And I won the worlds. Mike Bridges (Powerlifter) Inger Blikra (Powerlifter) Subrata Dutta .
Mike Bridges Sets Multiple IPF World Records | Powerlifting Watch He was a tremendous bencher. [/quote] 1980 IPF Men's World Powerlifting Championships. [/quote] Rogers post about changing the frequency of training seems to fit. Squat: 405kg/892.87lb Within three hours I was on the operating table. True, Jack. Good post, ya old fart! Mike Bridges - Bridges was one of the greatest powerlifters of all time, competing in the 165 and 181 pound classes. I guess he got too much publicity and I wanted to crush him. Benchpress: 172.5kg/380lb They don't specifically train to get huge muscles, but they still end up being massive. Putt Houston. now with more Bom Chicka Wahwahhhhhh. Just before it touched, my left pec began to tear. They had time to get another bar!!! only thing worse than being old is being an old fart. ive read about mike bridges and his records. Against my good judgment I took it again. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Tony Carpino agreed to fly in and ref and help out. What reports? First offcongrats M.B on the records. 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. If I remember, this is not the first time a National Meet in St Louis had the wrong bar. Its a shame his feats arent hailed about today. Mike entered his first power lifting competition in 1976 and broke a world record in his very first competition. Then a week after that, Frank Zane and I had a seminar in New Jersey. I don't fault the meet director. This year, at 52, Mike just won 4 gold medals in the Pan American Games. Wow!
Mike Bridges - 512 lb Raw Bench @ 181 lbs (232.5 @ 82.5 kgs) 2,478 views Aug 19, 2016 35 Dislike Share Save Lexington Plummer 1.52K subscribers From the 1982 USPF Sr Nat'ls, Mike Bridges.
What Powerlifting Tells Us About The Effects Of PEDs the only people who are happy with those lousy bars are benchers. Holy shit ! 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! It will be a **** shame if Mike is stripped of these records.
History of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Number I recall weighing less after a meet back in those days. In response to a question about how his training has changed as he has gotten older, powerlifting legend Mike Bridges. Ron Collins who would mostly lift at 181 and you were mostly a 198 and there was a lot of talk of a match between you.Larry: Yes, it would be at 198, but never happened.Lou: You won nine worlds starting in 1971, it ended at Wisconsin in 1980. Bench: 280kg/617.29lb Bridges' squat of 711 pounds, bench of 512 pounds, and total of 1,896 pounds are all new 198 class World Records. Go ahead, it's okay. No one ever say a word to him no matter what. He was right. 5. We both didn't try to make weight. way to go!!!
THEN AND NOW | Westside Barbell Thread Tools. Just the fact that the TPB is 45lbs makes it not meet all requirements for use. All right reserved. 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. 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. i just dont like the fact that theres not much assistance. GIVE ME A BREAK. On October 4, 1980 I lifted at a meet in Dayton, Ohio that I promoted. There's a big difference between exposure and mastery! Bob Matz would judge meets and was down right scary to look at. This will be different for different people as we are all genetically different as to how we age. SPECIAL. [quote=mark roskell]its not the fault of the ipf, but the stuff up of the meet directors!!! they're listed as pending cause someone turned in teh record forms and until ipf looks into this, they're pending. Simply return it within 30 days for an exchange. Mike Bridges The Peoria Powerhouse as told to POWERLIFTING USA by Herb Glossbrenner Great Form from the beginning. Squat: 365kg/804.69lb 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. Was I right! MIKE BRIDGES As a 50-year-old, set records in the squat and bench press. 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. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. 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. If I was one of the competitors who set a world record I would definately be looking into a deferent fed. Powerlifting differentiates between world records set at tested and non-tested competitions. 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. Hahahahah!!! You had Mike Bridges who astonished the world with his absolute dominance and ground breaking lifts. Carl said "I realize that rules are rules but, don't shoot the horse because the jockey was overweight." 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. The problem was discovered on Thursday. I started training at Bob Matzs gym in Toledo, Ohio, with George Crawford and Milt McKenzie, butwon world titles along with Larry.Larry would drive from Dayton to Toledo for four years using a simple 5-3-1 system. Give me a TEXAS POWER OR OKIE. IF they used the same Texas Power Bars for that WOMEN's MEET, THE WORLD RECORDS THERE TOO ARE NOW NOT VALID. . WTF!! 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. This Make your morning email scroll and coffee stronger. Bridges. He was right.After 10 yearsfrom 1970 to 1980I won my first nationals with my first top-ten bench. He has broken over 100 combined Nationals and World Records in his storied career. Bridges was one of many record holders or top level men that included Marvin . 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. That makes Booker about 62 percent stronger than Schwarzenegger was in his prime. When you talk about bench pressing, I have to enter Teds name for he is the only other person to do what I have done , bench press in excess of 700lb. do you think that maxing every week will hinder progress? Lee not only squatted 1003, but he has bench presses 617.4 to give him the highest subtotal in history of power lifting. I weighed 150 pounds back then.Lou: When you moved to Dayton what was your occupation? A week later Mac and I were on a jet headed for Los Angeles. 3. But when you can squat 1000 anytime you fell like it, who cares about a poor deadlift. 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. At Na- tionals Bridges the bt .
World's Strongest Man: The Top 10 | Men's Journal well yeah they were legal when they kept the sponsorship fee up. My finger was bleeding and I was sweating and I had to make that flight. And at 51 I expect to take it even higher next week at the APF Georgia. Dr. Kunitz would go back and forth from one to the other to the other. You should tell the cycling community about your insoles. Author: Staff. Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. To this day 37 years later, I don't know why I tried to bail out from that bar. Its 2016 and this year marks the end of my first 50 years in powerlifting.
Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL Mike Bridges indeed used anabolic/androgenic steroids (along with everybody else) to amass his several world record squats and totals in the IPF. 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. George is to be feared, and why not , it isnt everyone who can squat 985 and total 2369lb. 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. Perfect I went around and took off my coat made a pillow out of it then took off my watch, laid it down, and fell sound to sleep. Everything at this meet was ran by the guys in the uniforms! Today, there are about eight larger federations and tens of smaller ones. Rank. Giant to appreciate his size. all of the sheiko guys seem to do well in these feds. Bridges missed three squats of 562 pounds. I was never as happy as I was to see Mac walk in my room to take me home to Dayton, Ohio. If dan can get his bench together, lookout! Robert Harris 6. if indeed he's been robbed before, then he's pretty tough for sticking in there and coming back. I trained Mac for a year. A winner of five world championships and several world record. LARRY PACIFICO "Mr. Powerlifting" set 54 world records in an 18-year career. Or will the USAPL overlook something again?
The Definitive Guide to Power Bodybuilding for Strength and Muscle - Muzcle Just as we assume that every athlete in other drug-tested leagues isnt clean, we shouldnt here, either. If you are a world class lifter, you are a world class lifter in any fed. Mike was the superlative powerlifter. Modern powerlifters are some of the strongest people in history.
80's Power Lifting Stars - NECKBERG Mike Bridges Training - Starting Strength Well, finally the final chapter to this event: As I mentioned, Mac Richards came back down to pick me up in Louisville. that is bullshit. Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. USAPL, was it "modified rules" which were in effect this time? they had TIME TO FIX THIS.
Training DVD's That's when Bridges competed in the ADFPA (American Drug Free Powerlifting Association). i still want to be muscular also. I like my ProKinetics and I recommend you try them! 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. 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.
Muscle & Fitness Salutes the Greatest | Muscle & Fitness 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. No excuses! northernhiro Additional comment actions. Without a doubt, he wasthe greatest of the 275 pounders. so yes, some records were set with tpb. .4kg is way over the allowed variance of weight. 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). In fact, the folks in Missouri have always done a great job. [/quote] 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? 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. Benchpress: 265kg/584lb I didn't know exactly what they were but I knew there would be some kind of difference between the bars. What happened? I'm doing good, Buddy, how have you been? I came in at 226 and Mike at 183. The squats went well. And Don Reinhoudt the SHW world champ. You can train as hard as ever; but there will be a time that you have to allow more recovery time. Yeah he was right. It is the one meet I would EXPECT to see someone do a good record break! Mac's first meet was two months before this when he qualified to lift in Victorville. We are not EliteFitness.com.
Only in Powerlifting Flashback with Larry Pacifico However they are coming out with a 29mm bar that should be just as stiff as an Elieko or Leoko. 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. It's a shame his feats aren't hailed about today. This is the biggest USAPL meet of the year. Since then Mike has competed in multiple weight classes and won every competition he has entered. in the NFL, Major League Baseball and the Olympics what were really talking about is how the drugs make an athletes muscles more efficient in terms of strength and recovery. 1983 Mens Senior Nationals 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. I went 760, 810, 832. 1983Mens Senior Nationals they had TIME TO FIX THIS. We know Larry was one of the greatest lifters of all time, but not much is known about many. 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. TPB makers stood to gain by keeping the sponsorship fee up, after all, it's a BUSINESS.[/quote]. Thats what makes powerlifting such a great sport. How about dougs billing squat 985lb. Deadlift: 320kg/705.48lb, Lee Moran (Birth date: may 17, 1955 Died july 15, 1999). I was completely drained. Now that is damning testimony if I have ever heard it. I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. I think it'd be more like shooting the jockey because he was wearing the wrong silks lol! The division between the drug-tested and non-drug-tested competitions makes powerlifting a unique window into what effect todays PEDs have on an all-important athletic skill: strength. Something like this should never have been overlookedEVER ! 1986 1st World Powerlifting Championship View Profile View Forum Posts . I will be over at Jon Groves meet helping him this weekend, hope to see ya there. That all said, heres how the average lifters totals (squat, bench press, dead lift) at the competitions compare. 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. Second, to the meet directors "if" they(IPF) actually does wipe out the records, it will be your fault, not the IPF's. ERNIE FRANTZ A pioneer in the sport, Frantz squatted 821 at age 64. (365.5 kg). JOHN INZER An elite lifter, Inzer invented the bench shirtsupportive equipment that allowed for bigger lifts. So, as a powerlifter, if you stay in the same weight class but you lose 10 pounds of fat and gain 10 pounds of muscle, you can be tremendously stronger, because fat doesnt help you lift weight. 123-pound squat data was a dwarf and indeed hoisted 639 pounds. 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. :)[/quote] 2023 Westside Barbell. Then came the tragedy on the bench. I couldn't sleep on the flight. Larry: Yes. [quote=Brian Mc][quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. WAS THE PAPER IT WAS WRITTEN ON WAS THE RIGHT SIZE! Louie Simmons In 1956 in Minneapolis my buddies and I, Reps and sets ranged from 510 to 10-15 sets of lower reps, to the aforementioned 50-rep sets on some exercises,. Joe came alive within months with some lifting that is still admired today.