I was just over at elite and noticed some of the totals for big lifters and some of there sponsered guys.
I saw some people with 900lb squats, 700lb benchs, and 400lb deads. WTF is up with this? I know gear plays a big role in powerlifting now, but how the hell can you really call yourself an elite lifter if all you can deadlift is 400lbs?
Monopoly
[quote]Monopoly19 wrote:
I was just over at elite and noticed some of the totals for big lifters and some of there sponsered guys.
I saw some people with 900lb squats, 700lb benchs, and 400lb deads. WTF is up with this? I know gear plays a big role in powerlifting now, but how the hell can you really call yourself an elite lifter if all you can deadlift is 400lbs?
Monopoly[/quote]
The deadlift numbers must have been kilograms there is nobody overthere that squats 900+ and only deadlifts 400.
I may be wrong, but I don’t think so. Here is the link.
http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/default.asp?qid=50615&tid=50
Monopoly
i was wondering that also…they put boltons lifts in lbs
It has to kilos
Not sure why, but it looks like the lifts were in lbs some places and kgs some others. Check out Ano’s log and compare it to the other numbers.
http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/default.asp?qid=50788&tid=134
-Matt
Some of the lifts were reported in pounds, some in kilos.
Well that would explain it.
Guess I’m still tired from the weekend. That or I’m retarded.
Monopoly
I was at the WPO event in Columbus. Those low numbers are in kilos. The announcer was confusing. Sometimes he would say the kilo number in pounds. I guess thats the downfall of Americans using the English Units as opposed to the Metric System and then running a meet in metric to create a world-wide audience.
Regardless this was one of the most impressive lineups of lifters one could have expected. Unfortunately some calls as far as depth and techniques may have affected outcomes in my humble opinion.