[quote]JoeGood wrote:
jesus Christ that damn fine pulling. Congrats on the PR and adding more to the bar while having a near death experience.[/quote]
Thanks for the kudos. It isn’t super impressive because the big weights were box pulls from just below the knee. However, I’m feeling like my 400 pull from the floor is within grasp before too much longer.
The fainting/near fainting thing isn’t unusual. I’ve come close a few times just from holding my breath and the pressure from lifting. BB recounted a story from nationals a few years ago when one of the competitors locked out his third. Set it down and went over backwards. I’m sure it happens somewhat regularly.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
However, I’m feeling like my 400 pull from the floor is within grasp before too much longer.[/quote]
Do you realise how upsetting and demoralising that sort of talk is to some of us guys? We have very fragile egos you know.
I cope by telling myself that when you take into account your bodyweight of well over 300lbs its not quite as impressive!
Please don’t tell me thats not the case.
Seriously, thats incredibly impressive and will inspire me when deadlifting tonight.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
However, I’m feeling like my 400 pull from the floor is within grasp before too much longer.[/quote]
Do you realise how upsetting and demoralising that sort of talk is to some of us guys? We have very fragile egos you know.
I cope by telling myself that when you take into account your bodyweight of well over 300lbs its not quite as impressive!
Please don’t tell me thats not the case.
Seriously, thats incredibly impressive and will inspire me when deadlifting tonight.[/quote]
I can’t help you with the 300lb bodyweight thing since I’m sitting around 133. However, my big, competition pulls are in a deadlift suit. It gives me significant pop off the floor but shuts off part way up which is why I spend time working the top, off boxes. I need to keep the weight sailing up and be able to lock it out.
One of the things I find most difficult is just getting my shoulders rolled back at lockout when the weight starts getting really heavy.
Here’s a weird one…I’ve never come close to dropping after a sumo pull up to my max of 185. But usually at the end of my training, I’ll leave the 45s on the bar and pull conventional just to get the bar back on the rails to unload the plates. Invariably after I put the bar on the rails, I’ll feel very lightheaded for a moment. Crazy.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
So you had an ammonia sniff before that pull? I’ve never tried that stuff. Maybe I should? Do you use it at meets?
Your DL weights are just atrocious. You are so amazing.[/quote]
That’s only the second time I’ve tried ammonia and I have to admit I was pretty tentative with the first sniff. By the end, I may have had the entire capsule buried in my nose. How’s that for Secksay?
This subject has come up in the powerlifting forum as a tentative IPF proposal:
Apparently the IPF voted to change the weight classes. I heard from a lifter who’s coach was in the AGM, and it’s also being reported on Ukraine’s federation website
Men
58/66/74/83/93/105/120/120+
women
47/52/57/63/72/84/84+
According to a poster on the CPU forum, it has been voted in. I’m not sure of the timing yet but it kind of sucks.
It can be a good thing, it can be a bad thing. It depends on where you are in your current weight class. For myself I have to lose a kilo, which is not so hard. For some heavier lifters,they are looking at significant gains/losses. You are in a great situation because the past records will be retired, plus you don’t need to do much for your new weight class.
Oh yeah by the way, next time you do that shit, I am going to video it, the T-Nation people need to know just how stubborn/crazy you are.
[quote]Big Bencher wrote:
It can be a good thing, it can be a bad thing. It depends on where you are in your current weight class. For myself I have to lose a kilo, which is not so hard. For some heavier lifters,they are looking at significant gains/losses. You are in a great situation because the past records will be retired, plus you don’t need to do much for your new weight class.
Oh yeah by the way, next time you do that shit, I am going to video it, the T-Nation people need to know just how stubborn/crazy you are.
BB[/quote]
I’m going in the first CPU meet once these are adopted! Every lift will be a record!!!
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
This subject has come up in the powerlifting forum as a tentative IPF proposal:
Apparently the IPF voted to change the weight classes. I heard from a lifter who’s coach was in the AGM, and it’s also being reported on Ukraine’s federation website
Men
58/66/74/83/93/105/120/120+
women
47/52/57/63/72/84/84+
According to a poster on the CPU forum, it has been voted in. I’m not sure of the timing yet but it kind of sucks.
Any thoughts from anyone one else? Snapper?[/quote]
love it! Another 5lbs for you Julie, think of it that way. Plus there will be some more competition out of this.
i guess for those who straddle the former lines–like me, it makes it easier to just stay were i am normally and not cut. and not stress…but now others are in that position!
if its the change pmpm spoke about then its quite a big range for classes.
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
i guess for those who straddle the former lines–like me, it makes it easier to just stay were i am normally and not cut. and not stress…but now others are in that position!
if its the change pmpm spoke about then its quite a big range for classes.[/quote]
It is the change PMPM was talking about. My new weight class would be 63kg rather than 60 (138lbs vs 132lbs) It will be interesting to see how it nets out.
Dianab says there may end up being more competition but it depends. There may end up being less. It’s very dependent upon where people currently sit in their weight class. In the masters age class, there aren’t any really competitive lifters currently at 67.5 who would drop to 63. I haven’t looked at the open lifters but they aren’t really my concern when I want to qualify for worlds. My biggest concern is the fact that one of Canada’s strongest female lifters is aging into M1 in 2011 and would likely have lifted at 60kg, the same weight class as me. However, when she’s lifted at 60kg, her actual weight sat around 58kg so she may drop to 57kg. The other lighter lifter that is close to me lifted at 56kg so she won’t be moving up.
I would not stress about weight right now. This is not official at this time.
I must admit it is the heavier weight lifters who will be the ones to be most affected.
Like Diana.LOL Love Ya baby. Seriously, the light weight lifters, and all lifters that are the best will not be affected. It is only a couple of pounds. If you were on the cusp, you now have a whole weight class.
The lift off rule is more important in my opinion, I only know of several lifters who can lift off the weight.
I knew this initiative was being voted on. I think it’s to more closely align the sport of powerlifting with Oly weightlifting? I could be wrong, however.
Personally, my weight class doesn’t change. I’m a 52 kg-er. But I usually weigh in about 50. I had considered cutting to 48. But there’s no way I’m dropping to 47 kg (103.4 lb.). But I’m not an elite lifter like you, O.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
I knew this initiative was being voted on. I think it’s to more closely align the sport of powerlifting with Oly weightlifting? I could be wrong, however.
Personally, my weight class doesn’t change. I’m a 52 kg-er. But I usually weight in about 50. I had considered cutting to 48. But there’s no way I’m dropping to 47 kg (103.4 lb.). But I’m not an elite lifter like you, O. [/quote]
I’m not elite either. I’m just jealous and competitive.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
I knew this initiative was being voted on. I think it’s to more closely align the sport of powerlifting with Oly weightlifting? I could be wrong, however.
Personally, my weight class doesn’t change. I’m a 52 kg-er. But I usually weight in about 50. I had considered cutting to 48. But there’s no way I’m dropping to 47 kg (103.4 lb.). But I’m not an elite lifter like you, O. [/quote]
I’m not elite either. I’m just jealous and competitive.[/quote]
The lift off rule is more important in my opinion, I only know of several lifters who can lift off the weight.[/quote]
Are you saying benchers are going to have to lift the weight off themselves?[/quote]
Yes.
Did this get voted in as well?
I heard the reasoning behind this proposal was to eliminate [some if not all of] the arch. It’s very difficult, if not impossible, to lift off the bar while maintaining an arch.
The lift off rule is more important in my opinion, I only know of several lifters who can lift off the weight.[/quote]
Are you saying benchers are going to have to lift the weight off themselves?[/quote]
Yes.
Did this get voted in as well?
I heard the reasoning behind this proposal was to eliminate [some if not all of] the arch. It’s very difficult, if not impossible, to lift off the bar while maintaining an arch.[/quote]
It’s also very tough to unrack and keep your back tight. At least it is for me. I can see this being more of as safety issue than anything. We’ve recently had safety bars added to our competition benches after one guy dumped a shit ton of weight in his teeth at a meet. This would be a move backwards in my opinion.
The lift off rule is more important in my opinion, I only know of several lifters who can lift off the weight.[/quote]
Are you saying benchers are going to have to lift the weight off themselves?[/quote]
Yes.
Did this get voted in as well?
I heard the reasoning behind this proposal was to eliminate [some if not all of] the arch. It’s very difficult, if not impossible, to lift off the bar while maintaining an arch.[/quote]
I don’t think that is true with respect to my setup. But I don’t know that my method would be acceptable in a comp. In my vids you can see how I setup. I get my ass off the bench and lock in my upper body. Then, kind of like the lifty thingy they use to add weight for deadlifts, as I lower my rear, I lift the bar. Like a lever.
Doing this keeps my upper body locked in place and gives me the tightest arches I have ever had.
Of course, I don’t know if they allow you to adjust the height of the hooks. If not, my method might not work.
The lift off rule is more important in my opinion, I only know of several lifters who can lift off the weight.[/quote]
Are you saying benchers are going to have to lift the weight off themselves?[/quote]
Yes.
Did this get voted in as well?
I heard the reasoning behind this proposal was to eliminate [some if not all of] the arch. It’s very difficult, if not impossible, to lift off the bar while maintaining an arch.[/quote]
It’s also very tough to unrack and keep your back tight. At least it is for me. I can see this being more of as safety issue than anything. We’ve recently had safety bars added to our competition benches after one guy dumped a shit ton of weight in his teeth at a meet. This would be a move backwards in my opinion.
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Well that would instantly put an end to benches over 800lbs or so. I’m pretty sure no-one could unrack that sort of weight by themselves.