Who do you guys think is gonna take the win here?
Or will alan anuar swoop in and take it again.
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First 5x body weight deadlift in the IPF.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj2fIL1HEAI/?hl=nl&taken-by=theipf
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I haven’t been following Brett that closely, but, I know that Russ has felt that his training hasn’t been going as well as he would have liked.
Squats: I think Russ has a great shot at the squat world record. I’m pretty sure he broke it unofficially at USAPL raw nats, giving him almost a 20lbs squat meet pr over Brett. (According to https://www.openpowerlifting.org/). This is pretty hard to compare, but Brett hit a 560 triple, looked pretty hard, where Russ hit 545 for multiple easy sets of 4. According to an RPE percentage chart (Definitely not accurate, but i figured it might help compare a bit) Brett’s Triple if it were RPE 9 would result in a 645 squat, and Russ’s if it were RPE 7.5 (i really have no idea what the RPE was im probably wrong lol) would result in a 690 squat. This squat comparison was a mess, but check the vids below and judge for yourself.
Bench:
A month ago, Brett hit a 450lbs bench triple (probably short pause)
Russ hit a 420lbs bench single (comp pause) 2 or 3 weeks ago, it looked a little faster than Brett’s triple. but he defiantly couldn’t have tripled it. vids below
Deadlifts: Brett hit 685 with a 10 second hold at the top, and it looked easier than Russ’s 655lbs pull. Also at the top of Russ’s 655 deadlift it looked to me like his grip was giving out, compared to the 685 10 second hold that Brett did without much difficulty it seems. In the vid where Russ pulls 655, he talks about how it was harder than it should have been, and how hes more fatigued than he ever has been leading into a meet
Squat:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjQeMLhjEiL/?taken-by=russwole
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi_wRB1HlMy/?taken-by=bg_waiweight
Bench:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bid9KveH-1J/?taken-by=bg_waiweight
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjVT3FkBmnQ/?taken-by=russwole
Deadlift:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjUASOBnWki/?taken-by=bg_waiweight
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Great post dude!
My personal opinion/thoughts:
I think russel has brett on the squat. Brett tore his quad not to long ago, and russel is just better in squatting the gibbs. Gibbs has hit a couple 300kg squats in training i think, But so has russel.
If russel squats to his potential (and doesn’t fuck it up like at USAPL NATIONALS) He will beat that world record.
Bench:
Gibbs wins. I think gibbs has benched 217,5kg in a competion. I think russel hasn’t even touched 200kg… So really nothing to say here imo.
Deadlift:
Could go either way. Brett’s deadlift training has bin going pretty great, and he has pulled 10+kg more than russel in competition, but it can go either way really. Bretts perfomance in deads has always bin a little shaky in competitions, so i think this can go either way.
Russels fatigue is indeed playing a role, but joey is a pretty good coach so i don’t see joey messing that up. Maybe the team usapl coach will though. If Brett perfoms 100% i think he will have this in the bag, but he has to bring has absolute A game.
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That’s what I thought until I saw the 685 vs 655. Brett would need to really mess up for deads not to go his way. BUT, as far as the total goes, I’m leaning towards Brett, but cheering for Russ
I think that Brett has such a good bench that he will make up for all of the ground he lost in the squat and even get a lead in bench, giving him a lead going into deads. If that happens, I think Brett will win, and I’m predicting its going to play out something like that.
The way I see it, Brett has this in the bag. If he does his best to keep up in squats, maybe falling behind by 30lbs, and is smart and makes 3 lifts on bench, he can have a 5-10lbs lead going into deads, at which point there’s probably not much Russ can do
Agreed on most points, but I would look to compare to IPF lifts only, as we all know they are operating/judging in their own world.
http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/championships/records.html >> Open Men >> (switch to classic).
For 83kg
Squat 298.0 kg (Haack)
Bench 208.5 kg (Gibbs)
Dead 325.5 kg (Bakkelund)
Russ has a ton of talent and might be able to beat Gibbs in a few years as he is still growing. In theory, this should give Gibbs the edge also in terms of IPF experience and attempt selection (but he has not done this too well on squats).
Squat:
My guess is that probably neither will get the WR this time, as it seems to be extremely hard to get 3 whites for 300kg in the IPF. Probably both will be aggressive (despite both having sustained some injuries) and will only get second attempts, i.e. sub 300kg. I think there is a decent chance for Russ to get a slightly higher second squat (e.g. 295vs290).
Bench:
Gibbs will definitely win this and will probably attempt to set a new WR. Given the quad injury, he will have spent more time on bench and I could see him doing 200/210/212.5
Deadlift:
I think the record is off limits for both. Kjell seems to have been born for this lift…he only weighed 77.36kg when he set that record. Otherwise yeah, could go either way. Although Russ had some back issues and Gibbs worked on grip. If all runs well, Gibbs should get this with anything between a 315 and a 320 didlift.
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I counted Russel’s squat at USAPL raw nationals as a higher squat than Brett’s at IPF Worlds previous years. USAPL Raw nats is still an IPF meet, just the USAPL is the united states division of the IPF (an international federation). The rulebook is exactly the same at both competitions. Russ holds the unofficial squat world record at 300.5kg. It is unofficial because a lift must be done in international competition for it to count as an official world record. Check out the squat under 2017 Raw National Championships in Russel’s meet history compared to the official world record
I couldn’t break the floor with 3x bodyweight so I’m not saying anything about a 5x bodyweight deadlift under any conditions, but…there has never, ever been a person more genetically suited to deadlifting. His arms are almost at the bar while standing up…
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agreed. still very impressive in my opinion
Oh hell yeah like I said breaking the floor with 5x bodyweight is superhuman, much less locking out with it. Just had to address the elephant in the room. Or the orangutan, in this instance.
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That guy has the best leverages possible for deadlifting. Almost no torso, looks like he could tie his shoes without bending over, the bar was at the top of his kneecaps at lockout. ROM couldn’t have been more than a foot. I don’t even know what to think.
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I agree with everything you say, but it seems unfair to downplay hundreds of hours of hard work because he has great genetics.
Lol… Not the first thing that comes to mind when i see that guy
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My fuckin thoughts exactly ahahahah I know we all love lifting but if that is great genetics I want no part of a 5x BW deadlift
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How do you figure I’m downplaying anything? All I said is that he has the best possible leverages for deadlifting, not that he didn’t even need to train.
I wasn’t saying you were accusing him of not training, It was more of a general statement. On social media I’ve seen people saying how he doesn’t need to work for it that’s all
In before brett makes a stupid attempt selection and losses then claims no competition
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Jumping from 290kg to 310kg like last year lel
i first thought it was a video game character walking on stage tbh.
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I’ll be honest I’ve made 50 lb jumps at my last meet but I smoked my second. But yea he tends to do that stuff a lot and miss.