The Bearhug is a very interesting lift, and we’ve done it a couple times in my record days. Agree James – 2″ plates using a VB seems like a better setup, but that’s not the way the rule was originally written. I’ll see if it can be changed to allow this in the future as that would help with lifters being set up to do it. Al PS and Ben, you would love this lift as it requires quite a bit of wrist/forearm strength.
I think it is from a bunch of beer-drinking men who knocked over their keg and instead of putting it back upright, cajoled each other to lift it, as is.
[b]Quote from rjackson on December 16, 2014, 08:42[/b]
I think it is from a bunch of beer-drinking men who knocked over their keg and instead of putting it back upright, cajoled each other to lift it, as is.