Tom Ryan
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May 2, 2016 at 12:45 pm in reply to: Decided to hit maximal deadlift, middle fingers in my training. #26881
Yes, most impressive
I weighed all of my plates that were at least 10 pounds when I returned from the 1986 Masters in Olympic lifting because the weights felt lighter than expected. I also discovered that most of my plates were heavy, as only one of my 75-pound plates actually weighed 75. The others weighed 76.5, 77, and 77.5. My 25-pound plates ranged from 24.5 to 27. One 10-pound plate weighed 11 pounds.
The 75-pound plates are York weights. Apparently these barbell plate manufacturers never heard of quality control methods!
I weighed all of my plates that were at least 10 pounds when I returned from the 1986 Masters in Olympic lifting because the weights felt lighter than expected. I also discovered that most of my plates were heavy, as only one of my 75-pound plates actually weighed 75. The others weighed 76.5, 77, and 77.5. My 25-pound plates ranged from 24.5 to 27. One 10-pound plate weighed 11 pounds.
The 75-pound plates were York weights. Apparently these barbell plate manufacturers never heard of quality control methods!
Good luck, Denny.
Mary has competed in the USAWA before, including a Record Day competition about 12 years ago in which I also competed.
Yes, Anderson’s backlift was removed from the Guinness book more than 10 years ago because of a lack of supporting evidence. The purported lift was researched by weightlifting historians like Fair and Roark and the conclusion was that the lift never occurred.
I just looked over the results and the one lift that jumped out at me was Dave Glasgow’s rectangular fix of 105 pounds. That ties for the 5th highest RF in the USAWA record book and is now the highest RF for lifters 60 and above (replacing me!).
To add further perspective, Dave’s record lift might be the all-time highest USAWA lift on a formula basis, as it must be at least very competitive with Barnhart’s highest poundage of 132, as Barnhart made that lift in the 125+ weight class and 40 age group, whereas Glasgow lifted in the 120 weight class and is 62. So Glasgow is both lighter and much older.
So, if you have some spare time, Al, it would be interesting to see how the top poundage lifts compare on a formula basis. Or I could do the calculations and post the results here if I could grab the age and bodyweight coefficients. I assume that I would probably crack the top 10 with my lift of 95 pounds performed at the age of 60 since that is about the 10th highest poundage.
Tom
I congratulated you for that accomplishment on Facebook, ET, but I will also congratulate you here.
Yes, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
Congratulations, Emily!
I disagree with the conclusion from that study. Strength declines with age, just as foot speed, reflexes, etc. also decline with age. Feasible training frequency also declines with age. The Russian sports people wrote about this decades ago. I have lifted weights for 57 years and have trained seriously for over 50 years. I trained 5 times a week for decades, and I trained hard with high intensity and few sets of each exercise. I was in my early 30s when I first had to occasionally skip a workout because my body simply had not recovered from my previous workout.
Tom
He has competed in Ireland’s Strongest Man competition and last year finished 7th out of 13 competitors in the 95 kg and under class. He recently gained about 12 pounds and bent pressed 215 weighing 214. Needless to say, that is a big bent press, especially relative to bodyweight.
I doubt if anyone maintains a world ranking list for bent presses, but if anyone does so, my guess would be Dale Harder, as he does construct lists for other lifts and I was pleased that I made one of those lists many years ago. So maybe I will shoot him a message and inquire. I would be somewhat surprised if any U.S. lifter would have a higher formula rating that Quinn.
Since Oliver is one of my Facebook friends, I will send him a message and mention the USAWA and IAWA.
Tom
I’m still around. Thanks, Al.
Well, I must play the role of the ‘hated spelling patrol’, ET, as I assume you meant “As usual”. 🙂
Tom
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