Bench: 227.5kg/501.55lb A week later Mac and I were on a jet headed for Los Angeles. RECENT:Joe "The Lad" Ladnier Mississippi Monster. No excuses! The place was cheering wildly for me to take again. I used to be able to recover from training each area twice a week. A 220 pounds, Joe squatted 837lb. This is powerlifting not Olympic weightlifting no need for some Broz type of nonsense. On October 4, 1980 I lifted at a meet in Dayton, Ohio that I promoted. Deadlift: 320kg/705.48lb. Benchpress: 705.5 pounds (320kg) LARRY PACIFICO | Westside Barbell Mike's best official lift was 608 made in 1977. 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. Mike Bridges The Peoria Powerhouse as told to POWERLIFTING USA by Herb Glossbrenner Great Form from the beginning. TPB makers stood to gain by keeping the sponsorship fee up, after all, it's a BUSINESS. Thats what makes powerlifting such a great sport. Fantastic story. There was a two-hour weigh-in and no round system. What did this meet director think? Best Lifts: Had Wade Hooper eclipsed his squat record, for example, which was also QUITE possible, then what would this meet director say! GIVE ME A BREAK. Where are my safety guys screaming about that? The squat racks used at that meet were illegal as they could possibly get accoding to mandates of the IPF. I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. Mike Bridges, age 50, captured multiple IPF Master's 2 (50+) World Records last weekend at the USAPL Men's Nationals. way to go!!! 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. View Profile View Forum Posts . Best Lifts: While they were undoubtedly unbeatable, they were untested for the most part. Michael Bridges. Best Lifts: My training as a 65er back in the day was pretty intense and with pretty good results. [quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. When you squat 800 pounds, every joint in your body needs to be optimally aligned. 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. Video of Mike Bridges' Raw Challenge Squats. the knurling is LOUSY, and some are even slippery for the deadlift. [/quote] I was completely drained. When they had reattached my finger weeks earlier, they put a long pin through the top of the finger. I ran to a restaurant and grabbed some napkins and ran to the gate just in time to board. In the meet Paul tore a quad and broke an ankle. Without a doubt, he wasthe greatest of the 275 pounders. Within the circuits of power lifting, Mike is known as The Legend. As promised, I left with Mac to coach him at the World Masters in Victorville. Cookie Notice Just what do I mean? Joe "The Lad" Ladnier Mississippi Monster, Free Shipping with a $69 qualifying order. Steroids have been clearly shown to increase muscle mass, and theres a direct correlation between muscle cross-sectional area and the ability to produce force, said Brad Schoenfeld, an exercise scientist at the City University of New Yorks Lehman College. Squat: 455kg/1003b I hope this does not come true. When squatting is being talked about , you can be sure that Hatfield will be named at the top. Actually the whole meet was against the rules of the USAPL. Everything at this meet was ran by the guys in the uniforms! Why?? And in Daytona, Ohio, eight weeks later he made a 590-pound bench press at 228 bodyweight. Mike Bridges - 755 lb Deadlift @ 181 lbs (342.5 @ 82.5 kgs) Lexington Plummer 1.59K subscribers 3.8K views 6 years ago Mike Bridges deadlifts 755 lbs on his third attempt to consolidate a. Mike was the superlative powerlifter. Dan is a poor bencher when it comes to fellows his weight, but he more than makes up for it in other two lifts. How many more times will you shoot yourself in the foot? People need to have a reality check, as if Harold thought ..hey, let me sabotage this meet and give them a non-approved bar. My first personal observation of Mike was at the Heart Of America Powerlifting Contest, an annual event hosted by St. Louis gym owner and bodybuilder George Turner. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. This page was generated at 11:54 PM. And Don Reinhoudt the SHW world champ. Tests are cost prohibitive. Several people in the area had Ivenko Bars--within 2oo miles I bet there were four available. Unless there became a cause to recognize a record. A winner of five world championships and several world record. Will Democrats Rally Behind President Biden In 2024? mike bridges training style - IntenseMuscle.com Show Printable Version; 04-21-2012, 04:33 PM #1. So, after the 1983 IPF event, he and others formed the American Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation. Jim It wasn't as meteculous years ago when the USAPL was first cutting their teeth after becoming the IPF affiliate. if you're meant to be in this sport, you are already more durable over the years than most gym lifters. 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. 80's Power Lifting Stars - NECKBERG The Best Powerlifting 3-Day Workout Routine - Gym Geek Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. And squating without center knurling??? Mac Richards drove down and took Carol home. So, as a powerlifter, if you stay in the same weight class but you lose 10 pounds of fat and gain 10 pounds of muscle, you can be tremendously stronger, because fat doesnt help you lift weight. I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. Sign up for our newsletter and get new articles sent straight to your inbox weekly. Now that I know the whole story from Harold I feel bad about the situation and my earlier comments. Holy shit ! in the NFL, Major League Baseball and the Olympics what were really talking about is how the drugs make an athletes muscles more efficient in terms of strength and recovery. #1 mike bridges training style 05-07-2008, 02:14 AM ive read about mike bridges and his records. [/quote] Second, the guys that want to do drugs and get around a test can and will. On the other end of the spectrum, USA Powerlifting (USAPL) vehemently tests lifters, and its slogan is Americas choice for drug-free strength sport.. Who is that? How about a total of 2105 lb at 181lb body weight. The meet always attracted the very best lifters in the country and 1978's version was no exception. he did this for 10 years and kept progressing but he's unreal. Here's my finger today. As I'm now fast closing on 49 I find my biggest problem is not overtraining, but under-recovering. Something like this should never have been overlookedEVER ! I realize that rules are rules but, don't shoot the horse because the jockey was overweight. your body doesn't suddenly break down cause you broke the 40 yo barrier. Robert Harris I flew back to Louisville every other week for two months. I opened with 540 very easy, then the 242 world record of 578. im just so sick and tired if people bashing the ipf. Mike Bridges Training ? Sure, some bars are exactly the same but some payed a license fee to the IPF and some did not--they have a choice. The call to drug-test powerlifters had been gaining momentum in the sport since the mid-1970s. Ken Lain DVD's. Tape 1 - Add 50 to 75 lbs To Your Bench Press. There I said it for you. 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. if indeed he's been robbed before, then he's pretty tough for sticking in there and coming back. This was one of the most amazing feats of strength I had ever seen at that time. :)[/quote] I had plenty of ice packed around my hand. If possible, structure your training as follows: Mon - Bench day Weds -Deadlift day Fri - Squat day Day 1 (Monday) Bench day: The rule states only official approved bars can be used for the setting of world records. 1980 IPF Mens World Powerlifting Championships Being stubborn about that and thinking I'm too tough to change what I do will derail your progress sooner or laterso listen to what the body is telling you and work with it; not against it. I think it'd be more like shooting the jockey because he was wearing the wrong silks lol! This year, at 52, Mike just won 4 gold medals in the Pan American Games. Michael. Fred is the total squatter, his squats range from 918lb thorugh 100b. Tony Carpino agreed to fly in and ref and help out. Meshuggah. I came in at 226 and Mike at 183. The point is the TPB is not approved and does not even meet all the requirements to be approved. All times are GMT-5. When planning ahead for the meet today, I had to ask myself if I was capable of creating conditions in which records could be set and make it known to the lifters who entered the meet today whether the conditions in which they would find would or was not condusive to setting any records. The bar used was the correct weight & configuration. 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. It's about $'s! There was no money meets back then.Lou: What motivated you back then?Larry: A strong desire to be the best and win all the time at anything. I won on bodyweight after John missed a third deadlift. To: Chip Hultquist..would like to know more about your hip replacement; facing the same thing..30+ yrs of powerlifting. Perfect I went around and took off my coat made a pillow out of it then took off my watch, laid it down, and fell sound to sleep. No excuses! Mike MacDonald | Marty Gallagher - Starting Strength He lifted like what he was, a world champiom. Harold, your meet was excellent!!!! [/quote] They've been a nuisance for years, the smaller knurling center causes people to line up too close in the DL and it hardly grips your back at all, some of the even brand NEW bars have NO KNURLING. True, Jack. (course they also did drug tests on mike but odds are those won't be a problem). they had TIME TO FIX THIS. My friend Arnold Coleman broke Mike's and Gene Bell's total record at the 2005 Arnold Classic. To this day 37 years later, I don't know why I tried to bail out from that bar. That's total that maybe one other lifter has approached. I met him in my first power meet in the summer of 1966just prior to being drafted into the United States Army 50 years ago. USAPL, was it "modified rules" which were in effect this time? Hall of Fame Powerlifter Mike Bridges Signs with KT Tape Team Hahahahah!!! Thu Oct 13, 2016. A 10-Week Progressive Powerlifting Program For Huge Strength Gains! You should tell the cycling community about your insoles. Bodybuilding and physique-training provide exposure to the powerlifting exercises but not the technique. My training poundage started climbing again and I felt more and more like busting it in the gym again. And your team Power Elite with your lifters including Topsogov Studer. Back then I was a big man with a big chest. When planning ahead for the meet today, I had to ask myself if I was capable of creating conditions in which records could be set and make it known to the lifters who entered the meet today whether the conditions in which they would find would or was not condusive to setting any records. Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. Theyre close enough in the lighter classes, but the heavier guys are differentiated in such a way, for example, that an IPF lifter could be up to 23 pounds heavier than a Raw Unity competitor in an equal weight class. why someone running a meet like this waits to the last second anyway is a damned good question. I hope it wasnt 45lbs cos USAPL/IPF rules stipulate metric measures I walked around and found a check-in counter down a hallway. Things like how they trained in the beginning. We had a five-hour layover. There was also another little boy who came in from Tennessee. Mike Bridges Sets Multiple IPF World Records | Powerlifting Watch My middle finger and both the fingers on each side were caught. All right reserved. Larry was the one getting all of the attention setting American records before World records were official. In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. Jim. And at 51 I expect to take it even higher next week at the APF Georgia. Do guys in anything-goes competitions regularly hoist heavier weights than guys in drug-tested meets?3 Why allow PED use at all? Squat: 395kg/870lb George has spread his body weight from 242 pounds all the way to the high 300s. Today, there are about eight larger federations and tens of smaller ones. A prodigy of the great Larry Pacifico. When you talk about bench pressing, I have to enter Teds name for he is the only other person to do what I have done , bench press in excess of 700lb. Deadlift: 365kg/804.69lb. Larry Pacifico is widely regarded as one of the greatest powerlifters of all time. For example, 7 sets x 3 reps at a lower percentage (50-60%) of . Las Vegas, NV. Thats total that maybe one other lifter has approached. George has put his time in and i know we all appreciate Georges effort in supporting the game through his participation. WTF!! We did not know this in advance. I lifted my hands up and that's when I saw it. On the morning before the meet we opened 2 brand new shipping tubes from an IPF approved manufacturer and they contained bars that did not have center knurling. mike is right. I seem to remember Mike Bridges getting stiffed on a squat at the USAPL Nationals in 2004. Dans statue, not his weight, makes him unusual for the hings that he has done. It may linger and help him kick ass for years to come. why someone running a meet like this waits to the last second anyway is a damned good question. yea i was thinking about trying this because i want to compete eventually in single ply gear and natural. 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. The rule said small jump of 2.5 kg would nullify a third and that is how I lost the bid for my 10th world championship.Lou: Tell us about your most memorable world championship.Larry: That would be my first in 1971 against John Kanter. Show me where the IPF as said anything? Some powerlifters compete in divisions in which they can wear squat suits and bench shirts, which can put them in better form and help increase lift numbers. Consider this 2008 American Physiological Society study, which found that the benefits of steroids in powerlifters can last several years beyond when the drugs leave their body. 1986 1st World Powerlifting Championship Bob Matz would judge meets and was down right scary to look at. At meets a certain aura surrounded you.Larry: My first rival was Joe Weinstein. Then a week after that, Frank Zane and I had a seminar in New Jersey. When joining the IPF the USAPL agreed to follow the rules in place, not some of them or just the ones we like etc. The bar we used was 45lbs plus the collars. Although he seldom works them, he has pressed 300lb from behind the neck and military pressed 325lb. Privacy Policy. Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL 954.5 KG . Good luck to all of them. 1983 Mens Senior Nationals I like my ProKinetics and I recommend you try them! also what do you guys think about this every monday he would max out on bench/squat and max out on deads every wednesday. It's unfortunate that an error like this had to happen, but the bar we were using was just fine!! I slid under it and the bar hit me just over my left eye, tearing off half my eyebrow. Following this mind set I've won 10 Masters World Championships and broken 14 World Master's Records; and am also one of only 11 men over 50 to bench over 600 in competition. Larry: Yes. Then the bar hit the supporting brace below the bench on the left side. Multiple World Champion Weight Lifter That has got to be more dangerous that squatting without wraps. IF they used the same Texas Power Bars for that WOMEN's MEET, THE WORLD RECORDS THERE TOO ARE NOW NOT VALID. if i were running the damned thing, i'd be double checking EVERYTHING. My friend Eric Stuber and the two side spotters couldn't even react in time. In powerlifting, competitors vie to lift the heaviest weight possible for one rep. My total at around age 46 was just under 1700. Arnold Schwarzenegger (3). When powerlifting, you train with three exercises in mind: Bench press, squats, and deadlifts. Looks somewhat like Sheikos powerlifting program. Deadlift: 369.6kg/814lb. Collectively, the disparities in competition averages and world records between tested and non-tested powerlifters are about what most studies say they should be. Bob Matz would judge meets and was down right scary to look at. I slept on the flight down and drifted in and out for the next eight hours, but I was able to watch most of the operation not only mine but both of the other two as well. What reports? Where are my safety guys screaming about that? Good post, ya old fart! i'm over 40 and over the past years since i hit 40, i've actually stepped UP my sets and find i'm getting better results, doing my best even as i get older isn't a problem.. the one thing is to keep the challenges coming and step up to them, not think "oh i'm a master, maybe i shouldn't train so hard". [quote=Brian Mc][quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. I don't fault the meet director. My hand was slipping off the bar when it hit. If they can't get the bars right, I just wonder how the Arnold is going to turn out. Why is it so hard? "Reports have surfaced that the IPF will take those records from Bridges,,,,,," Who cares what brand of bar it was loaded on?! In 1983, the IPF began to test athletes for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). .4kg is way over the allowed variance of weight. Just a few years before, powerlifters had been using PEDs in low doses to help their muscles recover; maybe they gained a bit of an edge, but it wasnt overtly noticeable. It went all the way down except for about half an inch. Its a shame his feats arent hailed about today. Lou: I recall soon after getting home from the army in 1970 you set a national total record on the same dayas Joe Weinstein at 1675 at198. (course they also did drug tests on mike but odds are those won't be a problem). I seem to remember Mike Bridges getting stiffed on a squat at the USAPL Nationals in 2004. The next day I called Dr. Kunitz and he said to call my doctor. One official got yelled at for asking about the bar while my boyfriend was checking his rack height later on thursday.