[Denny Habecker]

There couldn’t have been a better man to break it!

[Denny Habecker]

Al, I want a copy. I will get my membership money to you shortly.

[Denny Habecker]

I still feel we should make lifting suits mandatory. Almost every other organized sport requires some kind of uniform to compete. If we want our organization to have some credability we should require a lifting suit to be worn by all competitors.

[Denny Habecker]

Dale is really an inspiration to me, and he should be to anyone that knows him. It was great to see him at Art’s Birthday Bash and also finally meet his lovely wife. In spite of all his problems, Dale always encourages me and many other lifters at the meets he attends.

[Denny Habecker]

When I was young I used to do five sets of 5 reps in almost every lift and assistance exercise. Now I do 5×5 early in a cycle and as I get closer to a meet I will cut down on the reps as the weights get heavier. But with squats I almost always do sets of 10, 9,8, 7,6,and 5. The first 3 set are basically warm up sets that the weights never change, and the last three sets get heavier each week. For deadlifts, I have gotten great results [for me, as I am not a good deadlifter], doing just one set of 20 reps evry week with the weight getting 5 lbs. heavier each week.

[Denny Habecker]

I would have liked to be there, only the Keystone Games were this weekend and I have lifted in them every year since 1986.

[Denny Habecker]

No one deserved the Athlete of the Year more.

[Denny Habecker]

I just e-mailed Roger and asked me to send me the results. He did not figure anything out while I was there. It was a good meet, as I said in my previous post, but I don’t remember what actual pondages were lifted by which lifters, although I was impressed by many of the lifts. Scott Schmidt’s and my lifts can’t count as IAWA records though, because when we lifted there were only Roger and whichever one of us that wasn’t lifting, as the judges.

[Denny Habecker]

I just returned from the Black Swamp Meet. It was a great meet with a lot of new lifters to the All-rounds in it. I was very impressed with Andy Durniat’s one hand Deadlifts. He did 452 lbs with one hand and I think it was 521 with his other hand. There was some impressive lifting by most of the new members also. Scott Schmidt had his usual great meet. I don’t remember ever lifting before so many spectators at an All-round meet before. We lifted outside in the parking lot until the rain forced us inside, about 3/4 of the way through the meet.

[Denny Habecker]

I just talked to Dale this afernoon and he told me about his surgery. He also told me he is planning to come to York, and to Missouri for the Nationals. He just an amazing guy.

[Denny Habecker]

I just want to say it was a lot of fun lifting at the club challenge. I also was very impressed with Joe Ciavattone’s son’s. They both lifted well and conducted themselves very well.

[Denny Habecker]

I’m not sure, but I think Jim Messer lifted in the USAWA when he was in his late 80’s back in the early 1990’s.

[Denny Habecker]

I will always remember Howard’s friendly smile, and how he helped me and many other lifters feel better by giving them those miraculous adjustments before they lifted. It was great to see him last year at the world’s. He was truly at great lifter and a great man.

[Denny Habecker]

I agree with most of your list,but I think the Stiff-legged Deadlift is a good lift. The judges just have to call it like they see it. If the judges turn down lifts when they see the legs are not locked the lifters will get the message.
I think a lot of those lifts got approved in the past when they were approving almost every lift that was proposed. I think maybe we should make a rule that if a lift is not done after a certain amount of time after it is approved, it should be removed from our rulebook.

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