Terry Todd isn't merely the United States' first national powerlifting champion (in 1964 and '65), he was also the first man to total 1,600, 1,700, 1,800, and 1,900 pounds. Can you imagine a man that tiny hoisting a dead lift of nearly 600lb. Love it. "Bars dont grow on trees, what would you have done in this situation??" Youve probably never heard of him, but hes one of the strongest men whos ever lived, and he was a powerlifting god in the early 1980s. HOWEVER, if you're the meet director and you're running an IPF qualifier with potential world records, YOU are responsible for making sure the bar is good. If you looked at Freds height (58) and consider what Fred has accomplished, its simply outrageous!!!! Come on, guys.Mike LIFTED the f***ing weight! It was a great trip home. And your team Power Elite with your lifters including Topsogov Studer. 7. The squat racks used at that meet were illegal as they could possibly get accoding to mandates of the IPF. This year, at 52, Mike just won 4 gold medals in the Pan American Games. all of the sheiko guys seem to do well in these feds. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Really, then what would you have done if the meet director, technical sec were standing together when they opened the box from Ivanko to find the wrong bar had been sent? JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. I would think you would have everything ready to go at least a week out. 1980-11-07, USA-VA, Arlington. I ran to a restaurant and grabbed some napkins and ran to the gate just in time to board. barbell | 21K views, 632 likes, 8 loves, 38 comments, 118 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Old School Strength: Powerlifting legend Mike Bridges deadlifts ~617 lb in the 198 lb weight class. It may linger and help him kick ass for years to come. the lousy knurling on ivanko bars is now a serious problem and despite their paying of the fee, ipf should seriously consider kicking those bars out UNLESS they can be corrected to have more sufficient knurling. The numbers from these competitions arent perfect; for example, the IPF just started hosting a raw championship,6 so there are only three years of comparable data. Hahahahah!!! Deadlift: 320kg/705.48lb. Larry: Yes. Fantastic story. [quote=Jack Marcus]I do not understand why the IPF is being bashed over this unfortunate incident. My finger was bleeding and I was sweating and I had to make that flight. My hand was slipping off the bar when it hit. 3. dont lie to everyone who questioned the bar and keep insisting it was an old Ivenko bar. See you in Georgia! It is sad and pathetic that people have to jump on board and bash someone who has busted their butt to pull off one of the best meets. Privacy Policy. The fees are a way to generate revenue to help pay expenses. Something like this should never have been overlookedEVER ! I dont drug test at Raw Unity for a couple reasons, said Eric Talmant, who organizes and competes in Raw Unity, an event considered by some to be the Super Bowl of American raw powerlifting. In response to a question about how his training has changed as he has gotten older, powerlifting legend Mike Bridges. A week later Mac and I were on a jet headed for Los Angeles. IF they used the same Texas Power Bars for that WOMEN's MEET, THE WORLD RECORDS THERE TOO ARE NOW NOT VALID. But while he was doing amazing feats of strength, Larry also was always making a judge, Jerom Weiss, mad. I seem to remember Mike Bridges getting stiffed on a squat at the USAPL Nationals in 2004. :), [quote=Anonymous][quote=Jeff Fiss]Harold put on a great meet. I bought it in the park and it was the "official hat of the team" and part of the money I payed was toward the license fee the hat company payed the baseball organization. We are not EliteFitness.com. The events just bring in two different powerlifting cultures. IPF did not return requests for comment. C'mon. lift on, stay young, and live to enjoy it! The bar we used was 45lbs plus the collars. Every so often an athlete shows an exceptional talent in his sport that baffles the mind. Now, while I was there Mike Lambert of Powerlifting USA took the first picture of my hand and ran it in the January 1981 Issue the same issue that ran the results of the 80 worlds. Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL 954.5 KG . But those accepting the pay of the sponsorship fees do not have to suffer with the bars, merely to take the money and thus approve themjust like at times platforms/stages at ipf worlds have sagged under the larger squatters, only to be considered "acceptable". It was stuck in about four inches down. to the meet director - sorry this sounded so strong. He started lifting at 58 and was that one-in-a-thousand who had that Special Super Strength. fed ex, several people with bars in ATTENDANCE who could have had fed ex deliver them, there's NO EXCUSE in this day and age. He said, "Okay, just be sure you're at the gate in time." And he held a special "women's gateway open" with lifters all breaking WR's TOO..WHERE WAS THIS MAN's BRAIN??? This was the best meet I've been to everything was done possible to make this the best meet for lifters and judges also for whoever came to the Meet! Mel has benchpressed 535lb, squatted 535lb and deadlifted 600lb. Lou: I want to thank you for doing this interview and for the memories you have left imprinted on powerlifting and after knowing you for the last fifty years, on me. Absolute stupidity. and the Squat at an astonishing amount of 804 lbs. he did this for 10 years and kept progressing but he's unreal. The problem was discovered on Thursday. In powerlifting we have had lifters such as Pacifico who many times totaled more than the heavyweights in the early years of powerlifting. You won't believe my luck. KT Tape is the first-ever kinesiology tape to come in pre-cut strips specifically designed for consumer use. Why is it so hard? Steve Powell has uploaded video of the first two squat attempts of powerlifting legend and pre-meet favorite, Mike Bridges (198), at the USAPL CON-CRET Raw Challenge at the Arnold Classic. Mike Bridges at the Central AAU Sr. Championshipos, April 1978, with a world record 585 squat He broke the world total record 3 times at this meet Lemenager photo The one finally Au- 27, 1978. Prior to any National meet, there is a meeting held by the Technical Secretary to ensure compliance to rules. My team was also lifting, including Eric Stuber, Mac Richards, John Topsoglou, and several others. Yeah he was right. All of Mel's lifts are done in extremely strict style. Since the bar and collars must weight 25kg(55.115lbs) and the TPB and collars would weigh 56.023(25.4kg). Mike is going to get robbed because it's an IPF rule, tpb isn't approved equipment and so he's getting american records. Reply . [quote=mark roskell]its not the fault of the ipf, but the stuff up of the meet directors!!! There I said it for you. I would hear it from him every meet when he told me if I did not get a better bench I would never win at nationals. I guess better an old fart than an old tu*d! TPB makers stood to gain by keeping the sponsorship fee up, after all, it's a BUSINESS.[/quote]. [/quote] Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. I said, "Are you all right Mac?" My training poundage started climbing again and I felt more and more like busting it in the gym again. some even fresh from factory seem unduly "slick"! Just start learning the gear/rule variations. Then a week after that, Frank Zane and I had a seminar in New Jersey. Many powerlifters even on high level don't train more than 3-5 times a week. way to go!!! I must have said 5 pounds which was a 2.5kg jump[MCJ2]. [quote=Anonymous] well yeah they were legal when they kept the sponsorship fee up. Putt Houston. now with more Bom Chicka Wahwahhhhhh. I'm sure if anything does happen like records being reversed, the people who are invloved will only use this as motivation to exceed their previous lifts. And some new research shows that they help you better activate the muscle, increasing strength.. yes. Haven't watched it yet, but fwiw Bridges benched 529 raw at 181, and Fred Hatfield called him probably the best pound-for-pound powerlifter of all time. The problem was discovered on Thursday. One official got yelled at for asking about the bar while my boyfriend was checking his rack height later on thursday. That number is even more amazing when you consider that at the 1968 German powerlifting championships, 176-pound Arnold Schwarzenegger squatted 460 pounds. A winner of five world championships and several world record. One time while weighing in Larry was standing on one foot just to bug him. He got his little finger caught in a sliding door. The great Mike Bridges spent years training three times per week, squatting twice, deadlifting once or twice, and benching two and sometimes three times within any week. Putt Houston. now with more Bom Chicka Wahwahhhhhh, http://usapowerliftingforum.com/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=12709. In powerlifting, competitors vie to lift the heaviest weight possible for one rep. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. WTF!! My boyfriend was in the area on Thursday afternoon when several referees told the Technical Sec that something was wrong with the bar and they were told it was OK, it was an old Ivenko Bar. Mike Bridges Training ? I got a shot under my left armpit and I didn't feel anything for three days in that arm (it's called an arm block). I weighed 150 pounds back then.Lou: When you moved to Dayton what was your occupation? You've probably never heard of him, but he's one of the strongest men who's ever lived, and he was a powerlifting god in the early 1980s. This accident took maybe a second and a half. Today, there are about eight larger federations and tens of smaller ones. Payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and PayPal. [quote=Jeff Fiss]Harold put on a great meet. What really happened that day that allowed Mark Dimiduk to win the 1980 SR nationals and that would select the 1980 world team members.Larry: On a second attempt deadlift I wanted a 5 kg jump. This is the biggest USAPL meet of the year. The rule states only official approved bars can be used for the setting of world records. @Michael_Easter, Steroids (6 posts) This was thursday--start making calls. Everything else is the liquid inside the glass. Bridges missed three squats of 562 pounds. Multi Time World Champion. A 220 pounds, Joe squatted 837lb. (course they also did drug tests on mike but odds are those won't be a problem). It's a shame his feats aren't hailed about today. He has proved that you dont have to be a giant to do record poundages! Lee not only squatted 1003, but he has bench presses 617.4 to give him the highest subtotal in history of power lifting. Things like how they trained in the beginning. the lousy knurling on ivanko bars is now a serious problem and despite their paying of the fee, ipf should seriously consider kicking those bars out UNLESS they can be corrected to have more sufficient knurling. I came up with a wrestling singlet with legs, but somehow George Langas took the idea and sold them under the name Spanjam, which I distributed.Lou: You had a lot of lifters come stay with you such as Mike Bridges who you said was the strongest man under 200 pounds. [/quote] :), MAKE SURE THE PLATFORM WAS THE RIGHT SIZE AND THAT WEIGHTS WERE REAL AND THAT MIKE HAD THE LEGAL SHOES TO SQUAT IN!! Mike Bridges (Powerlifter) Inger Blikra (Powerlifter) Subrata Dutta . Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. If you are a world class lifter, you are a world class lifter in any fed. Bench: 260kg/573.2lb Holy shit ! At Na- tionals Bridges the bt . When you squat 800 pounds, every joint in your body needs to be optimally aligned. Dr. Fred Hatfield (october 21, 1942 Died may 14, 2017). Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. #1 mike bridges training style 05-07-2008, 02:14 AM ive read about mike bridges and his records. Gerlof Holkema 4.4K subscribers Subscribe 4.1K views 2 years ago Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs /. Mike Bridges - Bridges was one of the greatest powerlifters of all time, competing in the 165 and 181 pound classes. Squat: 365kg/804.69lb The bar used met ALL IPF specs with the exception that it was not on the paid list of approved bars. reality check will be if the IPF can look beyond that and do what is right for the lifters who set the records. I would ask Larry how to push up my bench and Larry would say to train my triceps because they are 75 percent of your bench. USAPL, was it "modified rules" which were in effect this time? Although my preparation for the event was right on schedule to maximize my strength, I feel certain that the confidence that comes with improved body mechanics and alignment allowed me to turn on every ounce of strength I needed to set my 23rd world record. Giant to appreciate his size. It is not the training intensity per workout that changes as a lifter ages; it is our training frequency (recovery period allowed) that must be adapted.