“Doug Currence, meet director at the WV USAPL Open, has just confirmed to Powerlifting Watch that Brute Strength Gym trainer Brian Siders (SHW) has just set 3 unofficial IPF World Records. Siders squatted 1,019 for an unofficial world record, bench pressed 799 for an unofficial world record, deadlifted 832, and totaled 2,651 for an unofficial world record.”
Massive.
This total being double-ply in a “looser” fed (no names) would be competitive, generally, for top of the weight class. It being single-ply, however, makes it impressive. It being set in the USAPL, with the strictest standards of judging today, makes it incredible. When video is up I’m sure we will see overly-legit lifts. This guy squats like it’s nothing.
The bit about the unofficial records bothers me. In the USAPL you can only set world-records at certain meets. So even though this guy just laid waste to a colossal total poundage, they’re not counting the lifts as what they are - records in the federation. Clearly, this is not the point of this thread though.
[quote]EurekaBulldogLaw wrote:
This total being double-ply in a “looser” fed (no names) would be competitive, generally, for top of the weight class. It being single-ply, however, makes it impressive. It being set in the USAPL, with the strictest standards of judging today, makes it incredible. When video is up I’m sure we will see overly-legit lifts. This guy squats like it’s nothing.
The bit about the unofficial records bothers me. In the USAPL you can only set world-records at certain meets. So even though this guy just laid waste to a colossal total poundage, they’re not counting the lifts as what they are - records in the federation. Clearly, this is not the point of this thread though.[/quote]
You’re right it should not be the point of this thread, so why bring it up? 
If you didn’t someone else would… guaranteed. So lets clear this up before people start stirring the pot.
Directly from the IPF Constitution (which to those looking for a lay-mens explanation; the USAPL agrees to follow by acting as the American affiliate to the above stated federation):
International Competitions and National Championships
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World and International records may only be made at the above named. That is, Championships sanctioned and recognized by the IPF, World and International Records will be accepted without weighing the barbell or the lifter…"
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Requirements for recognition of a World and International record are as follows:
(a) The National championship or International competition must be held under the sanction of a national federation affiliated to the IPF.
So there you have it, the West Virginia meet was not a National competition so the lifters should have known ahead of time that they could not be setting official WR’s, as I’m sure Sider’s did. He’s a great lifter and will surely offer a similar effort at his Nationals later this year. So really it has nothing to do with the USAPL’s rules, they don’t make that decision.
The only option I see is for WV to separate from the US so they can have their own National Championships or better yet, start their own federation so everyone can have a WR…isn’t that what powerlifting is all about?
Wow. Can’t wait to see video of this. Siders is amazing.
When you deadlift 832 and it is your “weakest” lift . . .
His numbers are beyond comprehension, then you see the way he trains and it starts to become clear. But wait, how in the hell does he train like that???
That’s absolutely ridiculous. Incredible performance. Incidentally, can anyone remember the weight he squatted at a meet last year, which didn’t go into the record books because he bombed on the bench? I think it was 1,014lb?
I think it was 1,014 as well. I know he broke his own record by a little with this 1,019
Here’s the 1014:
1019.5
BP
DL
I think it is really awesome that a lifter at Siders level is willing to lift at a local meet like this.
[quote]EurekaBulldogLaw wrote:
The bit about the unofficial records bothers me. In the USAPL you can only set world-records at certain meets. So even though this guy just laid waste to a colossal total poundage, they’re not counting the lifts as what they are - records in the federation. Clearly, this is not the point of this thread though.[/quote]
Yeah, Siders is a freak, etc.
As for the unofficial record stuff - I have felt the same way in the past. We were discussing American v. National records in the USAPL at my last meet, and an IPF ref/friend of mine said this:
“Yeah, it’s silly what you can’t set a National record at a regular meet, just the American record - but the reason for this is that state-level referees aren’t necessarily able to judge with the experience and uniformity of National level and IPF-level refs. You want to have that big record be indisputable, so you have to make sure the refs are all on the same level.”
It sucks, but it makes sense.
Siders is a beast.
At the risk of saying something stupid, I wonder if something wasn’t quite right that day. The videos I’ve seen before he was always extremely steady on walkouts with no shaking. Couldn’t believe he could make a 15kg jump after that difficult 2nd attempt. Just superhuman.
those benches are absolutely ridiculous. i have never seen that heavy of weight move that fast
[quote]mrodock wrote:
At the risk of saying something stupid, I wonder if something wasn’t quite right that day. The videos I’ve seen before he was always extremely steady on walkouts with no shaking. Couldn’t believe he could make a 15kg jump after that difficult 2nd attempt. Just superhuman.[/quote]
He said that he just didn’t get the bar in the right groove on his back and that his hand placement could have been better.
For the record, he went 9 for 9 at that meet!
ps, that guy in the blue shirt filming brian in some of the videos is Phil Pfister
I got goosebumps and literally said “oh my god” out loud watching those squats, ridiculous.
[quote]VAstrongman wrote:
[quote]mrodock wrote:
At the risk of saying something stupid, I wonder if something wasn’t quite right that day. The videos I’ve seen before he was always extremely steady on walkouts with no shaking. Couldn’t believe he could make a 15kg jump after that difficult 2nd attempt. Just superhuman.[/quote]
He said that he just didn’t get the bar in the right groove on his back and that his hand placement could have been better.
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That makes a lot of sense, thanks!
Thanks for posting BiggJames, how you been?
Those benches are impressive as fuck. I would love to know how everyone else using tight single ply stuff fights the hell out of the bar getting it down but with him it just drops. Amazing bar speed up and down.
I have been good. How is training going with you and the crew?