I know that every so-often people organize 5 lift competitions. Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Snatch and C&J.
What do you call these events?
5 lifts? Cardio.
Ha, cardio… ha!
Yea, i haven’t heard of anyone doing these in a long time but I know that lifters back in the day (50’s and 60’s) used to do these quite often, calling it their “super-total” as compared to a normal total you would get with either powerlifting or oly lifting.
I think its a sick idea…
I believe Don Reinhoudt had well over a 3000 pound supertotal. That’s pretty amazing.
[quote]Dirty Tiger wrote:
I know that every so-often people organize 5 lift competitions. Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Snatch and C&J.
What do you call these events?
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I want to compete in one of these.
a question:
what would the best way to train all 5 lifts be?
[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
I know that every so-often people organize 5 lift competitions. Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Snatch and C&J.
What do you call these events?
I want to compete in one of these.
a question:
what would the best way to train all 5 lifts be?[/quote]
Me too. I think training in both can help each other. If I were to do it, maybe Westside. Powerlifting on ME days and oly lifting on DE days. Maybe, just maybe…
[quote]undeadlift wrote:
zephead4747 wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
I know that every so-often people organize 5 lift competitions. Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Snatch and C&J.
What do you call these events?
I want to compete in one of these.
a question:
what would the best way to train all 5 lifts be?
Me too. I think training in both can help each other. If I were to do it, maybe Westside. Powerlifting on ME days and oly lifting on DE days. Maybe, just maybe…[/quote]
I would maybe set it up like:
Monday:
snatch
squat
assistance
Wednesday:
jerk press
DE bench
assistance
friday
Cleans for 2-3 weeks then deadlift then repeat
assistance
Saturday:
ME bench
assistance
I don’t really see anyway to fit a DE squat into it, however This is loosely based on westside methods. 2-3 fullbody days a week might actually be better in this case. It’s hard to say. My experience is limited. whetehr or not you compete in powerlifting gear would maybe change the ideal format.
[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
undeadlift wrote:
zephead4747 wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
I know that every so-often people organize 5 lift competitions. Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Snatch and C&J.
What do you call these events?
I want to compete in one of these.
a question:
what would the best way to train all 5 lifts be?
Me too. I think training in both can help each other. If I were to do it, maybe Westside. Powerlifting on ME days and oly lifting on DE days. Maybe, just maybe…
I would maybe set it up like:
Monday:
snatch
squat
assistance
Wednesday:
jerk press
DE bench
assistance
friday
Cleans for 2-3 weeks then deadlift then repeat
assistance
Saturday:
ME bench
assistance
I don’t really see anyway to fit a DE squat into it, however This is loosely based on westside methods. 2-3 fullbody days a week might actually be better in this case. It’s hard to say. My experience is limited. whetehr or not you compete in powerlifting gear would maybe change the ideal format.[/quote]
Yeah I’d think it depends on the person a bit as well. I’m actually doing something like that for the summer, my set up is tweaked a bit though.
Monday: cleans, weighted push ups, deads, pull ups
Wednesday: snatch, chin up, lunges, military press
Saturday: squat, bench, row, whatever I need to bring up
Keeping the lifts challenging no doubt, but volume of each in check so to not burn out halfway through a workout. I also do 2 days of sprints/plyos which would be unnecessary if someone’s focus was on just bringing up those 5 lifts.
I thought it was called “Iron Pentathlon”…Google turned up nothing.
Fuck. I’m beat to hell after 9 heavy lifts. I can’t imagine doing 15. Plus- that’s just 2 more opportunities to bomb out.
However, I have heard of competitions where they have bench and C&J. The benchs are raw, touch-and-go and the C&Js are also loosly judged (nothing like what you woudl get in a USAWL meet)
The USAWA has a competition called the Zercher Classic that features 13 lifts:
- Vertical Leg Press
- 1-hand deadlift
- clean and strict military press with heels together
- two hand feet together deadlift
- C+J
- Zercher Lift
- Hack Lift
- Steinborn lift
- Bench feet in air
- neck lift
- hand and thigh lift
- hip lift
- harness lift