[Steve Freides]

Thank you for the kind words, @Abe Smith – always appreciated.

I’d love to attend a Record Day. My particular interest is in the Jefferson DL with a Fulton Bar – straddle DL on a 2″ bar for the rest of the world. 🙂 Why I asked was that I saw nothing but Postal on the schedule.

TL;DR
My record, 280 lbs., seems to be good for all 70 kg lifters in the US, and it’s listed in the IAWA for my age/weight at the time, which was 55-59. I recently did 305 lb in training and I’m 66 now, and still under 70 kg, usually 67.5 kg class for PL.

Thanks again.

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[Steve Freides]

Thank you very much.

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[Steve Freides]

OK – was able to find Art’s address by looking at the calendar and clicking on the date of the meet.

Will have $ to Art and to you in the mailbox this afternoon, then.

Thanks.

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[Steve Freides]

Al, thank you. I will try to put, into tomorrow’s mail, $50 for a 2-year membership to you and at least $20 to Al. Since the Birthday Bash entry form is no longer up on the site, could you please email me Art’s address (to steve.freides at gmail dot com)?

Thanks again.

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[Steve Freides]

One more question, too, please:

Art’s form said we could contribute a few $$$ to help w/ insurance. Art was also nice enough to provide t-shirts.

Is it OK/good to send Art some money now, since I completely forgot about this at the meet? If so, suggestions for amounts would be appreciated.

Thanks again.

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[Steve Freides]

I do not see my name on the membership roster. I am used to being asked, at a meet, to re-up if I need to – had no idea I was delinquent.

I am printing out the form now, Al, and it will go out in today’s or tomorrow’s mail.

Question – is it possible to register for more than one year at a time? I’d be happy to send in $50 instead of $25 and have it take care of next year as well.

Thank you!

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[Steve Freides]

Art did, indeed, officiate the Inman attempt for me.

We went to a basketball court across the street from the gym – a huge Thank You to two young men, Sean and Mark, who helped with the schelepping – with a pair of squat stands, a bar, 4 x 20 kg and 2 x 2.5 kg plates, and I did my walk by standing at the back line of one end of the court and walking to the other end, crossing the other end line, turning around, and walking back. I did this twice and put the bar back on the squat stands to finish.

Several diligent souls including my lovely wife, Bronwen, measured the course, and the math was done on a cell phone calculator, converting a rather large number of inches – I think it was over 44,000 – to meters.

For what it’s worth, having to turn around a few times wasn’t the greatest, and having the squat stands staring back at me took away some motivation for going further, which I could have, albeit probably not by a whole lot. I think the ideal way to do this is to head outside on a deserted road or big parking lot and walk with spotters next to you so that you know they can take it when you can’t go any further.

I am content, although not happy, with my performance and think that I will now put this away but, come Spring, I may start walking with weight again in earnest and see if I can do better than I did this year come 2015. And I’ll be in a new age group next Fall as well, so I’m afraid I’m going to have to get Art to climb the stairs and walk across the street yet again. 🙂

Many thanks to Art and to Ambridge, PA for hosting the meet.

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[Steve Freides]

Today, a combined Steinborn and walk

Chad, haven’t looked at your video yet but will do that right now – thank you for the link.

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[Steve Freides]

Thank you very much, Al.

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[Steve Freides]

[b]Quote from liftingliar on July 9, 2014, 18:43[/b]
They will probably be World records as there are usually 3 officials for the lifts at Art’s Birthday Bash.

Thanks, that’s what I was asking about.

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[Steve Freides]

Art’s Birthday Bash allows each lifter to choose his/her own events. Will those be National or World records?

I am, BTW, training for the Inman Mile. I have no idea if I’ll get there in 3 months or if I’ll get there at all but, God willing and the creek don’t rise, I will give it a shot as one of my 5 events at Art’s Birthday Bash.

[Steve Freides]

Thank you.

What determines whether a record is state, national, or world? I would guess it’s the level of officials – is that something that one can know in advance?

Thanks again.

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[Steve Freides]

Thank you both! I have contacted my welder and we will get these changes made ASAP. The plan is to have a 16 inch center section plus slide-on pipe to make it 42 inches for the hand and thigh lift. This seems to me the best solution – 16 inches for straddle lifts, 42 inches when facing the bar.

Any other comments or suggestions will be gratefully accepted, and I will post a new picture after the bar has been reworked.

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[Steve Freides]

I want my bar to be competition legal. (I’d like to become an official and also host a meet in my basement gym one of these days.)

My sleeve is only 5″ long – is that OK?

If it’s not, I will have that changed when I get my collars moved, or I will ask him to use a 16-inches-or-longer center sleeve. Al, it’s hard to tell, but the bar in your picture, the picture that’s only a bar at the bottom of the article, sure doesn’t look like a 16″ sleeve.

Thanks very much – I appreciate the dialogue so that, even if I didn’t get this right on the first try, the second try might be a keeper.

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[Steve Freides]

Thank you, Joe. I generally do these on Mondays, so I’ll report back, with pictures and/or video, after giving the new Rogue belt a try.

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