Bench video from 2 years ago - top set of 585lbs, the spotter helps a bit, but not that much!
Pity they don’t show all the other sets leading up
musclemania.com/video/BradlyCastleberry.wmv
is that Pwrbarboy?
i bet he wears a muscle suit too.
smh, the guy is legit.
[quote]johnnytang24 wrote:
Then:
2/21/2007
Full Power
242 Class Brad Castleberry 227.5 182.5 295
Now:
2/09/2008
Less than a year later, adds 175lbs (for a double) on his squat? Oh, there used to be a video of him benching 675 (with a big spot) without wrist wraps as well. So in about a year and a half, he went from a 1551 total to a 2100+ raw total as a 220. That would give him a bigger total than top ranked raw former NFL super heavyweight Beau Moore.[/quote]
I was at that 2007 meet. He did it in just a belt. It was pretty amazing. He’s a freak. I might even have some video somewhere. He had no idea what he was doing. His last squat warmup was heavier than his opener.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
is that Pwrbarboy?[/quote]
who me?
no 
The vid of the 765 squat was added on youtube a few months after the 2/07 meet in which he squatted 500. So, was he competing for shits & giggles or just holding back ?
[quote]earthshaker wrote:
The vid of the 765 squat was added on youtube a few months after the 2/07 meet in which he squatted 500. So, was he competing for shits & giggles or just holding back ?[/quote]
you didnt mention the third option…
[quote]eggowned wrote:
I don’t buy it. Even Rezazadeh has a tough time doing 672 for a deep Olympic double.[/quote]
Yeah, but Reza squats high for a weightlifter.
It looks a little iffy, especially the walkout, but if Chakarov can hit a beltless 350kg as a 91 (and Chakarov had no hamstrings to speak of at all) and Eduardo Guadamud can do 320kgx2 in loose wraps as a 94 it’s not beyond the realms possibilities (just very very unlikely).
[quote]CoolColJ wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
is that Pwrbarboy?
who me?
no :)[/quote]
no, the guy in the vids.
[quote]johnnytang24 wrote:
Then:
2/21/2007
Full Power
242 Class Brad Castleberry 227.5 182.5 295
Now:
2/09/2008
Less than a year later, adds 175lbs (for a double) on his squat? Oh, there used to be a video of him benching 675 (with a big spot) without wrist wraps as well. So in about a year and a half, he went from a 1551 total to a 2100+ raw total as a 220.
That would give him a bigger total than top ranked raw former NFL super heavyweight Beau Moore.[/quote]
ROFL at the skinny ass dude doing swiss ball db benching with like 5lb bells in the background!
EDIT - ok it was chick nevermind… lol.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
CoolColJ wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
is that Pwrbarboy?
who me?
no 
no, the guy in the vids.[/quote]
don’t think so
the guy doesn’t really hang out on the internet much, most of these vids are taken by his friends or other people. He seems pretty happy go lucky, and probbaly doesn’t realise he’s a freak with a capital F
I think this is a Dante quote again -
Here is a 20 year old kid that lifts at my gym. Brad Castleberry.
He is 5’10" and even larger than he was last year in this video, I would estimate he is 15 lbs larger now onstage and 235-245 now offseason. Everyone knows he is lifetime natural, he is very known around here.
I believe he placed 2nd last year in the Musclemania but was awarded first when the drug tests came back and the first place finisher flunked. He lifts with the same crew every day, they all lift the same.
Included in that crew is one of my employees (who he hangs with and trains with). My employee has access to the best supplements and proteins there is at Trueprotein, do you think he looks like Brad? Do you think anyone in his lifting crew looks even remotely like Brad? Not even close.
Because Brad has a genetic advantage that separates him from everyone. He is genetically gifted along the lines of Matt Mendenhall and Jay Cutler. He will never make it to that level because you cannot go into the Miss Universe without makeup on obviously.
But here is a 20 year old kid with incredible genetics who can leap thru the roof, dunk a basketball like its nothing, and things come so easy for him bodybuilding wise…while the people around him doing the exact same training/eating/supplements are left in the dust.
Ive been stating for years that I believe he who takes his strength levels up to their genetics limits (for reps) will create the largest physique muscularly (according to their genetic makeup). So how does a 20 year old lifetime natural kid create that kind of muscle mass?
By lifting shit heavy, powerbuilding. Heavy weights on key exercises for reps in safe form. He has a cousin in the gym who also has the same exact elite genetics but doesnt like to train heavy, the typical “lets get a pump and go home” mentality 90% of the bodybuilding world has.
The cousin is lean and skinny, while Brad is lean with a great deal of muscle mass. It’s night and day. Whats funny is its a crew of young guys who dont really spot right, I dont think they take things that seriously and hey at 20 years old we all were still learning form and function.
He is trying to do maxx singles here for the video obviously and (for you Squadfather) these would never count in a powerlifting meet (and I would subtract at least 100 pounds off of everything) but the guy is a powerhouse for what he is and has learned what is putting muscle mass on his frame. Heavy weight for reps.
Yet again you see where his elite genetics (size, strength, shape, even leaping ability) create a separation from everyday lifters and even his friends he hangs with.
Fair? Nope. But it is what it is.
So IMO you can sit there and pregnant dog, moan, complain, and create conspiracy theories the rest of your life or you can take it for what it is and get down to building the best physique your unique genetics (your mom and pop gave you) allow you to.
[quote]ninearms wrote:
eggowned wrote:
I don’t buy it. Even Rezazadeh has a tough time doing 672 for a deep Olympic double.
Yeah, but Reza squats high for a weightlifter.
It looks a little iffy, especially the walkout, but if Chakarov can hit a beltless 350kg as a 91 (and Chakarov had no hamstrings to speak of at all) and Eduardo Guadamud can do 320kgx2 in loose wraps as a 94 it’s not beyond the realms possibilities (just very very unlikely).[/quote]
rezas 305 looked pretty easy, and the above squatting examples are good
these guys all have much better technique than this guy though. It’s hard to believe that is 700+ pounds on his back. And his knees cave in the deadlift.
so you guys think Dante is lying about him too? what would he gain from it? he said that other people take the same supplements as him and dont do as well so obviously he isnt trying to promote his protein brand with him.
i cant see why Dante would lie about it.
I didn’t read anything from Dante that says what he lifts. He just says that the kid is strong.
As hard as the #'s are to believe, I find it harder to believe that he can “dunk a basketball like it was nothing.” With that kind of explosiveness for being that size you’d think he’d be getting some gridiron looks…
[quote]actionjeff wrote:
ninearms wrote:
eggowned wrote:
I don’t buy it. Even Rezazadeh has a tough time doing 672 for a deep Olympic double.
Yeah, but Reza squats high for a weightlifter.
It looks a little iffy, especially the walkout, but if Chakarov can hit a beltless 350kg as a 91 (and Chakarov had no hamstrings to speak of at all) and Eduardo Guadamud can do 320kgx2 in loose wraps as a 94 it’s not beyond the realms possibilities (just very very unlikely).
rezas 305 looked pretty easy, and the above squatting examples are good
these guys all have much better technique than this guy though. It’s hard to believe that is 700+ pounds on his back. And his knees cave in the deadlift. [/quote]
It looks like rezza could go much heavier if he wanted. If the commentary is correct, his only warm up set was with 120.
fyi one of his other, more recent youtube vids like 9 months ago, is DL 405 for reps
yet he is lifting almost double that in another video. And then there is the squat comp and then 765 raw squat…
I think I would have to see these plates to believe it.
I don’t know though. This is pretty crazy.
But he is lifting at a commercial gym right? Do you think that they are using fake plates there? And it has been said that this gym is frequented by Dante’s crew. And you know what? I don’t even care if those are fake or not. Watching those videos only push me to lift heavier and harder! I mean, we need freaks to try to emulate them right? 
[quote]JPuxHenri wrote:
But he is lifting at a commercial gym right? Do you think that they are using fake plates there? And it has been said that this gym is frequented by Dante’s crew. And you know what? I don’t even care if those are fake or not. Watching those videos only push me to lift heavier and harder! I mean, we need freaks to try to emulate them right? ;)[/quote]
no we need them to beat them.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
As hard as the #'s are to believe, I find it harder to believe that he can “dunk a basketball like it was nothing.” With that kind of explosiveness for being that size you’d think he’d be getting some gridiron looks…[/quote]
the guy can jump! Well anyone with a 3xBW full squat has enough horsepower to jump well
jumping bed
jumping hurdle
jumping car
Impressive, and he doesn’t train for jumping etc
He could give the US a medal in Weightlifting