Or will the USAPL overlook something again? Every so often an athlete shows an exceptional talent in his sport that baffles the mind. Well, if you have ever lifted with an Eleiko or Leoko bar, they are similar to a Texas, so I would state this wouldn't be that big of a deal and a DL record set on a TPB vs. an Ivanko is arguably harder to hold on to and more distance traveled. What reports? My total at around age 46 was just under 1700. Thats total that maybe one other lifter has approached. Ed did one bodybuilding show as a teenager but he did not like the idea of losing weight, he wanted to become as big as possible. [quote=TheGymMuse] Nothing worked. The next day I called Dr. Kunitz and he said to call my doctor. Jesse Rodgers, I agree. Another set of interesting data is world records. and our History of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Number LOL! Mike Bridges Mike's lifts are pending on the IPF website. That might not seem like much, but because these guys lift so much, it translates to between 30 and 344 pounds. I wonder how it would feel to have a 700+ pound bar slide down your back. If possible, structure your training as follows: Mon - Bench day Weds -Deadlift day Fri - Squat day Day 1 (Monday) Bench day: It can be said that in a way he is a carbon copy of Ed coan. When they had reattached my finger weeks earlier, they put a long pin through the top of the finger. 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. 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. 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. Michael Easter is an associate editor at Mens Health magazine. My training as a 65er back in the day was pretty intense and with pretty good results. Looking back, I have seen all the best lifters of the past 50 years. The meet always attracted the very best lifters in the country and 1978's version was no exception. Raw Nationals is drug-tested, and the Classic Worlds tests but perhaps not as strictly as the USAPL event. I started training at Bob Matzs gym in Toledo, Ohio, with George Crawford and Milt McKenzie, butwon world titles along with Larry.Larry would drive from Dayton to Toledo for four years using a simple 5-3-1 system. Mike Bridges - ProKinetics : ProKinetics all of the sheiko guys seem to do well in these feds. In powerlifting we have had lifters such as Pacifico who many times totaled more than the heavyweights in the early years of powerlifting. It's a shame his feats aren't hailed about today. We looked at the numbers in three of the biggest competitions: Raw Unity, USAPLs Raw National Powerlifting Championship (Raw Nationals) and the IPFs Classic Powerlifting World Championships (Classic Worlds). And in some years at Raw Unity, a weight class might only have two lifters (an athlete has to be very strong to qualify for the event). I hope this does not come true. The meet director did the best he could given the circumstances and the pass given with the equipment presented for inspection. View Profile View Forum Posts . The manufacture send Bench bars with the middle knurling missing and no one in the area had the right bars! Yes, a 198 weighed 198 not 225 at meet time with todays 24-hour weigh-ins.I recall weighing less after a meet back in those days. to the meet director - sorry this sounded so strong. Didn't he check up the rule-book? Fantastic story. Although he seldom works them, he has pressed 300lb from behind the neck and military pressed 325lb. Benchpress: 272.1kg/599.88lb If you looked at Freds height (58) and consider what Fred has accomplished, its simply outrageous!!!! Well, the bar didn't cooperate. One should not blame the IPF as they did not have any influence or a stake in this meet. Bench: 227.5kg/501.55lb Mike Bridges Sets Multiple IPF World Records | Powerlifting Watch 1980 IPF Men's World Powerlifting Championships. The bar we used was 45lbs plus the collars. I realize that rules are rules but, don't shoot the horse because the jockey was overweight. 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. Just lift it! Let's hope they get confirmed soon. NO ONE HAD THE RIGHT BARS!! Ken Lain DVD's. Tape 1 - Add 50 to 75 lbs To Your Bench Press. Just lift it! It was a beautiful day to drive, but once we got 50 miles away, Mac said we needed to pull over. Welcome to the club, Mike. Mike Bridges Training - Starting Strength mike bridges training style - IntenseMuscle.com It may linger and help him kick ass for years to come. If I was one of the competitors who set a world record I would definately be looking into a deferent fed. I've also, place 2nd once, and 3rd twice in the 'open' class since age 47 in World Championships. From then on and into the 80s, Id estimate that about 85 percent of competitive American powerlifters at the national level were using something in massive doses to gain an edge: anabolic steroids, dianabol, testosterone.. But when you can squat 1000 anytime you fell like it, who cares about a poor deadlift. No excuses! I hope it wasnt 45lbs cos USAPL/IPF rules stipulate metric measures It will be a **** shame if Mike is stripped of these records. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. I like my ProKinetics and I recommend you try them! Las Vegas, NV. When you squat 800 pounds, every joint in your body needs to be optimally aligned. [/quote] It was stuck in about four inches down. In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. 2023 Westside Barbell. 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. [quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. As a lifter who has done both USAPL and IPF meets, I suspect you will be denied your records as they both are inflexible and it's the rule book. By this time I was pouring sweat and time was running out. Mike Bridges (Powerlifter) Inger Blikra (Powerlifter) Subrata Dutta . Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. #1 mike bridges training style 05-07-2008, 02:14 AM ive read about mike bridges and his records. I always had good results with squating and deadlifting once a week about 3 days apart each and benching once heavy and once light a week but am considering combining squat and deadlift day and only benching once a week with possibly a third day of arms and shoulders only. John has totaled just around 2300! why someone running a meet like this waits to the last second anyway is a damned good question. You can train as hard as ever; but there will be a time that you have to allow more recovery time. BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. not screwing up in front of the WORLD. Bridges missed three squats of 562 pounds. Tragedy struck again on our way back to Dayton. At 49 it was 2006 lbs. All Rights Reserved. He was right. [quote=Anonymous]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. In that meet there were four men who would become IPF World Champs: Milt McKenzie, George Crawford, Vince Anello and, last but not least, Larry Pacifico, the subject of this article. How are you doing Roger?! @Michael_Easter, Steroids (6 posts) One of the nicest menin the power lifting game. When we discovered the mistake we did the best we could and used the bar that was available. Men (65+) 2022 open 28th Worldwide. Powerlifting had one federation, one national champion, Gaynor said. And it's still very hard for me to write after all these years. I don't fault the meet director. True, Jack. He totaled just 1,780 pounds 231 pounds, or 11.5 percent, less than hed lifted four months before. ive seen a little on his training also here it goes. Gerlof Holkema 4.4K subscribers Subscribe 4.1K views 2 years ago Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs /. (365.5 kg). 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. Multi Time World Champion. Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL 954.5 KG . Come on, guys.Mike LIFTED the f***ing weight! But there is one man that comes to mind that was contested by the fact he could be beaten on a bad day if someone else had a great day. 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". oh yeah and IPF who gets the SPONSOR FUNDING EVERY YEAR for keeping them APPROVED. Well, finally the final chapter to this event: As I mentioned, Mac Richards came back down to pick me up in Louisville. One time while weighing in Larry was standing on one foot just to bug him. do you think that maxing every week will hinder progress? Use was rampant, but that didnt mean every lifter wanted to pump himself full of chemicals. Training DVD's They took me to Grandview Hospital where a doctor friend of the family met us. 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. Several people in the area had Ivenko Bars--within 2oo miles I bet there were four available. Gaynor said most powerlifters think PEDs give them about a 7 to 12 percent increase in strength. 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. Larry would drive from Dayton to Toledo for four years using a simple 5-3-1 system. The 20kg TPB used to be approved by the IPF, until they didn't pay the licensing fee, so there are undoubtedly some IPF World record which have been set using a TPB. Copyright 2023 elitefts. For example, at a drug-tested meet in 2002, Mike Booker squatted 551 pounds but weighed just 132 pounds. Mac's first meet was two months before this when he qualified to lift in Victorville. There was a period when the IPF decided to do drug testing. One would have to see the 325lb. Did the meet director think for one moment all the WORLD RECORDS unassailable at the MEN'S NATIONALS? Squat: 405kg/892.87lb THEN AND NOW | Westside Barbell Many years ago, Mike Bridges was one of the reasons I started powerlifting. I checked the rules on the USAPL site and they just referenced the IPF rules. Jons training lifts around 2300lb! The squats went well. Well, Bridges and I were using it as a workout. mike is right. Today special hand surgeons are in every hospital, but in 1980 the best hand surgeon was at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. But, when you're not doing this program, feel free to use varying rep ranges if you feel you can handle it. And your team Power Elite with your lifters including Topsogov Studer.Larry: We had a great team back then and I will always look back to the early days without so much politics. they say he found out thursday. The bar used was the correct weight & configuration. The call to drug-test powerlifters had been gaining momentum in the sport since the mid-1970s. It is said the that the road of good intentions a paved with, While they were undoubtedly unbeatable, they were untested for the most part. Who is that? Deadlift: 272.5kg/600lb. George has spread his body weight from 242 pounds all the way to the high 300s. Lou: There were other super stars from England. WTF!! This Make your morning email scroll and coffee stronger. Weighing in at only 204 lbs, Mike not only went home with gold medals, but he also broke world records in the Deadlift at 650 lbs. No excuses! Mike Bridges ( Birth date: february 1, 1957) Who is that? Both of us totaled 1,815. Now that I know the whole story from Harold I feel bad about the situation and my earlier comments. He went on to win seven national and three world titles. $29.95. Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. Mike was the superlative powerlifter. They had time to get another bar!!! 1985 Mens Senior Nationals That's when Bridges competed in the ADFPA (American Drug Free Powerlifting Association). Why?? Bridges. Let's hope they get confirmed soon. lift on, stay young, and live to enjoy it! Then a week after that, Frank Zane and I had a seminar in New Jersey. The world is blessed with FED ex overnight, next MORNING. He started lifting at 58 and was that one-in-a-thousand who had that Special Super Strength. 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. I used to be able to recover from training each area twice a week. This time I lowered it a bit faster. This happened to Mike Bridges. how long did u have the bar before you opened it? Third, to the IPF, if you do take the records away, ask yourself why there are all these feds and why lifters are constantly jumping from fed to fed. How about a total of 2105 lb at 181lb body weight. If they were lifetime PR's for you as well, then even greater congratulations are indeed in order! 5. That number is even more amazing when you consider that at the 1968 German powerlifting championships, 176-pound Arnold Schwarzenegger squatted 460 pounds. John is what every new young powerlifter wants to be. Larry: We had a great team back then and I will always look back to the early days without so much politics. Joe "The Lad" Ladnier Mississippi Monster, Free Shipping with a $69 qualifying order. In response to a question about how his training has changed as he has gotten older, powerlifting legend Mike Bridges. 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. Mike, congrats on your lifting. While I was there, in came a man from Texas who got his hand ground up in a meat grinder. Whats more, nearly every powerlifter who competed at the U.S. competition and went on to the IPF event saw a significant drop.2. I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. C'mon. Video of Mike Bridges' Raw Challenge Squats | Powerlifting Watch Are world records going to be able to be broken there? It was a national meet. There was a two-hour weigh-in and no round system. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. Michael. 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. That being said, steroids, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), clenbuterol and other banned substances dont make an athlete more skilled at his sport they amplify skills he already has. At 198 he went 450-315-440 to win. The problem was discovered on Thursday. And at 51 I expect to take it even higher next week at the APF Georgia. It is the one meet I would EXPECT to see someone do a good record break! Mac Richards drove down and took Carol home. Then the bar hit the supporting brace below the bench on the left side. Kyrsten Sinema's Odds Of Reelection Don't Look Great. Do guys in anything-goes competitions regularly hoist heavier weights than guys in drug-tested meets?3 Why allow PED use at all? it matters what the rules actuially are!!! 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. 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. 1984 Honolulu, Hawaii USAPL, was it "modified rules" which were in effect this time? Quite simple and clear. HOWEVER for a meet director at an IPF qualifier - and the supposed FLAGSHIP event, the men's nationals, to NOT have proper IPF bars and weights for world record breaks is UNTHINKABLE. Bridges trained all three of the power lifts in the same workout, three days a week. 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.. IPF Hall of Fame Inductees | International Powerlifting Federation Wiki the fault is with USAPL and its referees (IPF ones) and its meet director, who should have KNOWN better than to hold a MEN's NATIONALS and that women's record breaker event WITHOUT THE PROPER BARS. He has proved that you dont have to be a giant to do record poundages! I re-vamped my training to train every area only once a week. I stayed there for three days. The bar used was the correct weight & configuration. This was thursday--start making calls. Because 1983 was the first time the IPF drug-tested, most participants didnt risk using performance-enhancing drugs leading up to the meet, according to powerlifting historian Bob Gaynor. And they'd be American records. its not the fault of the ipf, but the stuff up of the meet directors!!! 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. Dr. Kunitz would go back and forth from one to the other to the other. I said, "Are you all right Mac?" 2. Fred is the total squatter, his squats range from 918lb thorugh 100b. How about dougs billing squat 985lb. People need to have a reality check, as if Harold thought ..hey, let me sabotage this meet and give them a non-approved bar. It's unfortunate that an error like this had to happen, but the bar we were using was just fine!! Mike was the superlative powerlifter. This. Deadlift: 320kg/705.48lb. This is powerlifting not Olympic weightlifting no need for some Broz type of nonsense. George is to be feared, and why not , it isnt everyone who can squat 985 and total 2369lb. The fees are a way to generate revenue to help pay expenses. This year, at 52, Mike just won 4 gold medals in the Pan American Games. 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. Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. It was the first issue where my name wasn't there for the first time in 10 years. No one ever say a word to him no matter what. I ran to a restaurant and grabbed some napkins and ran to the gate just in time to board. Mike broke his prior world record by 87 lb. When joining the IPF the USAPL agreed to follow the rules in place, not some of them or just the ones we like etc. Mike Bridges The Peoria Powerhouse as told to POWERLIFTING USA by Herb Glossbrenner Great Form from the beginning. I didn't know exactly what they were but I knew there would be some kind of difference between the bars. Deadlift: 372.5kg/821lb. Mike Bridges, age 50, captured multiple IPF Master's 2 (50+) World Records last weekend at the USAPL Men's Nationals. We did not know this in advance. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. No excuses! When we talk about how PEDs improve performance in sports e.g. In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. They don't specifically train to get huge muscles, but they still end up being massive. They had time to get another bar!!! Bridges weighed just. I'm doing good, Buddy, how have you been? :), MAKE SURE THE PLATFORM WAS THE RIGHT SIZE AND THAT WEIGHTS WERE REAL AND THAT MIKE HAD THE LEGAL SHOES TO SQUAT IN!! There was no 220 class yet. Thats what makes powerlifting such a great sport. it's not just Mike's!) Ed was born in 1963 to a large loving family in the Chicago,Illinois suburb of Evergreen Park. if i were running the damned thing, i'd be double checking EVERYTHING. Privacy Policy. His name was Mike Bridges. If I remember, this is not the first time a National Meet in St Louis had the wrong bar. If this is your first visit, be sure to Modern powerlifters are some of the strongest people in history. However they are coming out with a 29mm bar that should be just as stiff as an Elieko or Leoko. Assistance work may have consisted of a few sets of curls and little more yet in the opinion of many, me included, Mike can be crowned as one of the top few lifters of all time. He was right.After 10 yearsfrom 1970 to 1980I won my first nationals with my first top-ten bench. Mike Bridges On Training As A Master | Powerlifting Watch Show Printable Version; 04-21-2012, 04:33 PM #1. The bar we used was 45lbs plus the collars. they cut it fine by sending it to you thast close to a meet. Well most know he won nine straight before making. Payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and PayPal. mark. For more information, please see our I wore my ProKinetics Insoles to my first competition at the 2009 Pan American Games and I beat my previous world record in squat by 87 pounds. Peoria, IL. 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. There was also another little boy who came in from Tennessee. wouldnt u think for a comp that big, that everything would be above board, regardless of what you think the rules should be? He was born September 4th, 1948 in Duluth, Minnesota. Best Lifts: 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! Good post, ya old fart! Mel has benchpressed 535lb, squatted 535lb and deadlifted 600lb. If this is how the IPF treats their lifters it's no wonder that the WPC Eurasian Cup has 635 lifters pre- registered to lift! The squat racks used at that meet were illegal as they could possibly get accoding to mandates of the IPF. He has broken over 100 combined Nationals and World Records in his storied career. Looks somewhat like Sheikos powerlifting program. In 1983, the IPF began to test athletes for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Now that is damning testimony if I have ever heard it. MIKE BRIDGES As a 50-year-old, set records in the squat and bench press. What has Dan done for the game? Was this in Tampa? My training put me at 835-580-800-2215. The top of the pin stuck out about a quarter inch with a tiny loop that bent around. [/quote] When he first saw Vince hecould tell he had dropped down to 198,then he saw me all bulked up and ready for battle. they say he found out thursday. I don't think I would even care if the IPF recognized it personally. Within the circuits of power lifting, Mike is known as The Legend. Everything else is the liquid inside the glass. That includes making certain that the equipment is acceptable. TPB makers stood to gain by keeping the sponsorship fee up, after all, it's a BUSINESS.[/quote]. RECENT:Joe "The Lad" Ladnier Mississippi Monster. That has got to be more dangerous that squatting without wraps. Where are my safety guys screaming about that? Harold, your meet was excellent!!!! ERNIE FRANTZ A pioneer in the sport, Frantz squatted 821 at age 64. :), [quote=Anonymous][quote=Jeff Fiss]Harold put on a great meet. Most guys at the USAPL meet, on the other hand, tend to not do steroids, he said. The fact that Teds total may have been low does not depreciate the astronomical effort he has left us with. The Best Powerlifting Workouts for Maximum Gains in Minimal Time The rescue squad got there in 10 minutes and away I went. 3 Star CrossFit. Who cares what brand of bar it was loaded on?! For all weight classes, world records in bench press, squat and dead lift are, on average, 7.9, 6.0 and 6.4 percent heavier, respectively, when the competition doesnt test for PEDs. Deadlift: 369.6kg/814lb. Then came the tragedy on the bench. [/quote] 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.
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