[/quote] Mike's lifts are pending on the IPF website. Michael Bridges. Bridges. Copyright 2023 elitefts. The next day I called Dr. Kunitz and he said to call my doctor. It went all the way down except for about half an inch. I wonder how it would feel to have a 700+ pound bar slide down your back. Steve Powell has uploaded video of the first two squat attempts of powerlifting legend and pre-meet favorite, Mike Bridges (198), at the USAPL CON-CRET Raw Challenge at the Arnold Classic. way to go!!! Results 1 to 5 of 5 Thread: Mike Bridges Training ? on USA SOIL! Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. Reply . All who made the world team will still make the world team, all the totals are official. i just dont like the fact that theres not much assistance. The one thing that keeps Lee from the world record total is a poor deadlift. We did not know this in advance. Squat: 365kg/804.69lb I will be over at Jon Groves meet helping him this weekend, hope to see ya there. Carl said "I realize that rules are rules but, don't shoot the horse because the jockey was overweight." Mike Bridges ( Birth date: february 1, 1957) Who is that? The distinction between the groups histories with strength-enhancing drugs is important because these drugs dont just flush out completely they can leave a lasting impact. In response to a question about how his training has changed as he has gotten older, powerlifting legend Mike Bridges answers that at 50 he still trains the same. NO ONE 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. All times are GMT-5. Author: Staff. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. (course they also did drug tests on mike but odds are those won't be a problem). Lou: What happened when you lifted against Paul Jordan of Austraila?Larry: Paul was talking about winning the world against my friend and fellow Ohioian Vince Annelo the greatest deadlifter. You won't believe my luck. In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. Mike's best official lift was 608 made in 1977. Dr. Kunitz would go back and forth from one to the other to the other. First offcongrats M.B on the records. I envied Larry for having such good training partners and a coach like Bob Matz. I hope this does not come true. @Michael_Easter, Steroids (6 posts) Just a few years before, powerlifters had been using PEDs in low doses to help their muscles recover; maybe they gained a bit of an edge, but it wasnt overtly noticeable. 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. At a national level meet you should have equipment more than 2 days prior to a meet. I didn't know exactly what they were but I knew there would be some kind of difference between the bars. I guess better an old fart than an old tu*d! I think it'd be more like shooting the jockey because he was wearing the wrong silks lol! Why is it so hard? The guys in the lighter . they can replace usapl, remember? Thats huge, because more muscle gives these athletes more power to perform with. Then he came and got me. His total outdid his closest competiton by some 150lb. [/quote] Power bodybuilding requires you to re-learn technique and reach new movement standards. The events just bring in two different powerlifting cultures. IPF did not return requests for comment. Size didnt mean anything to him. Here's my finger today. It took him three more hours to fix the other hands. 2023 Westside Barbell. If they were lifetime PR's for you as well, then even greater congratulations are indeed in order! To this day 37 years later, I don't know why I tried to bail out from that bar. best of luck to everyone concerned with this! "But it weighed MORE so he should the record for sure!" 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. Are world records going to be able to be broken there? Show Printable Version; 04-21-2012, 04:33 PM #1. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. In response to a question about how his training has changed as he has gotten older, powerlifting legend Mike Bridges. Didn't he check up the rule-book? And they'd be American records. its not the fault of the ipf, but the stuff up of the meet directors!!! Bridges weighed just. Just lift it! Mike gave it hus all and was a supporter of the sumo-style deadlift and is one of the first to use it effectively. The Hall of Fame began with just male lifters and officials, but started including female lifters since 1987. . I seem to remember Mike Bridges getting stiffed on a squat at the USAPL Nationals in 2004. Mike is going to get robbed because it's an IPF rule, tpb isn't approved equipment and so he's getting american records. Go ahead, it's okay. Week 7: 4 x 4 (55% of 1-RM) Week 8: Deload (50% of 1-RM) Week 9: 4 x 3 (75% of 1-RM) Week 10: 3 x 2 (90% OF 1-RM) This is a basic program to allow you to progress quickly. In 1983, the IPF began to test athletes for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). The squat racks used at that meet were illegal as they could possibly get accoding to mandates of the IPF. 1984 Honolulu, Hawaii 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. your body doesn't suddenly break down cause you broke the 40 yo barrier. Ken Lain DVD's. Tape 1 - Add 50 to 75 lbs To Your Bench Press. Mike Bridges - 512 lb Raw Bench @ 181 lbs (232.5 @ 82.5 kgs) 2,478 views Aug 19, 2016 35 Dislike Share Save Lexington Plummer 1.52K subscribers From the 1982 USPF Sr Nat'ls, Mike Bridges. 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.. Bars don't grow on trees, what would you have done in this situation? Fantastic story. Yeah he was right. [quote=Jeff Fiss]Harold put on a great meet. It was a great trip home. I checked my watch and had three hours to sleep and make the flight. Well most know he won nine straight before making. This happened to Mike Bridges. Rogers post about changing the frequency of training seems to fit. I must have said 5 pounds which was a 2.5kg jump[MCJ2]. First of all, congratulations on a stellar performance that puts you IMO in the class with Inaba of Japan and other lifters who throw the gauntlet in the face of Father Time. If I remember, this is not the first time a National Meet in St Louis had the wrong bar. Harold put on a great meet. Oh they won't have to erase the meet results, no. Unless there became a cause to recognize a record. Larry: Yes. Mike's. I have seen a lot in 50 years as powerlifting has introduced me to all of my friends as well as most good and bad memories. It was a bold move, because the USPF was popular its competitions were even nationally televised. Mike was the superlative powerlifter. Interesting!If you actually do train at maximum intensity (many think they do) there are some changes that you will have to make as you get older (no set age). The bar we used was 45lbs plus the collars. While I was there, in came a man from Texas who got his hand ground up in a meat grinder. I called him and he got me in and said it might never straighten out again. Deadlift: 272.5kg/600lb. it matters what the rules actuially are!!! The world is blessed with FED ex overnight, next MORNING. I re-vamped my training to train every area only once a week. 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=Brian Mc][quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. do you think that maxing every week will hinder progress? thanks Jeff Mumaw. 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. Bench: 227.5kg/501.55lb Do guys in anything-goes competitions regularly hoist heavier weights than guys in drug-tested meets?3 Why allow PED use at all? What can be said about a guy that can do exploits like that? It was a national meet. i still want to be muscular also. Although my preparation for the event was right on schedule to maximize my strength, I feel certain that the confidence that comes with improved body mechanics and alignment allowed me to turn on every ounce of strength I needed to set my 23rd world record. He was lifting at National Masters and I was his coach. So, I think I can back my ideology up pretty well. USAPL, was it "modified rules" which were in effect this time? Without a doubt, he wasthe greatest of the 275 pounders. Squat: 410kg/903lb He sewed the two pieces together temporarily while they made arrangements for me to meet a helicopter at the University of Dayton arena to fly me and my wife Carol to Louisville, Kentucky. The problem was discovered on Thursday. Thu Oct 13, 2016. ERNIE FRANTZ A pioneer in the sport, Frantz squatted 821 at age 64. yes. only thing worse than being old is being an old fart. Both of us totaled 1,815. if indeed he's been robbed before, then he's pretty tough for sticking in there and coming back. Jesse Rodgers, I agree. :), [quote=Anonymous][quote=Jeff Fiss]Harold put on a great meet. 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. 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. Kyrsten Sinema's Odds Of Reelection Don't Look Great. Squat: 260kg/573.2lb(WR) Gaynor said lifters at the IPF event have been more likely to get around drug tests, take PEDs leading up to the competition or have a history of PED use. The top of the pin stuck out about a quarter inch with a tiny loop that bent around. Joe "The Lad" Ladnier Mississippi Monster, Free Shipping with a $69 qualifying order. He was born September 4th, 1948 in Duluth, Minnesota. The competitor in the 123-pound squat data was a dwarf and indeed hoisted 639 pounds. Welcome to the club, Mike. I came up with a wrestling singlet with legs, but somehow George Langas took the idea and sold them under the name Spanjam, which I distributed.Lou: You had a lot of lifters come stay with you such as Mike Bridges who you said was the strongest man under 200 pounds. Collectively, the disparities in competition averages and world records between tested and non-tested powerlifters are about what most studies say they should be. I would ask Larry how to push up my bench and Larry would say to train my triceps because they are 75 percent of your bench. Everything else is the liquid inside the glass. I would think you would have everything ready to go at least a week out. Really, then what would you have done if the meet director, technical sec were standing together when they opened the box from Ivanko to find the wrong bar had been sent? You might say not bad well let me tell you this, maybe 12 super-heavies have done 630 plus, but Sam, at 275, has out-benched at least half of the twelve. I checked my watch and I had only 10 minutes to make my flight. He was right. 5. Squat: 446.7kg/984.4lb 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. Why should IPF bend rules for 1 fed in its group rather than for another.(and since they only do that for rus or ukrwellthere's your answer). 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. I invited several well-known lifters of that time: the great Mike Bridges, Terry Dillard, Dave Waddington, Steve Wilson, and Mark Chaillet. not screwing up in front of the WORLD. This is the biggest USAPL meet of the year. Everyone knows that politics are stupid when it comes between a person and a hard earned accomplishment but if they let it stand then everyone will say "hey, what could have so-n-so done on a Texas Power bar instead of those whippy Ivankos?" Wow. ive seen a little on his training also here it goes mon-squat, bench max weight squat- 8,5,5,3,2,1,1,1max partial squat- 1x1 bench- 8,5,5,3,2,1,1,1 max wed-squat,bench light, max deadlift squat-8,5,5,3,1,1 about 50-60% of max What really happened that day that allowed Mark Dimiduk to win the 1980 SR nationals and that would select the 1980 world team members.Larry: On a second attempt deadlift I wanted a 5 kg jump. Tony Carpino agreed to fly in and ref and help out. 1. Just start learning the gear/rule variations. the only people who are happy with those lousy bars are benchers. Steroids also tend to decrease body fat. Sure, some bars are exactly the same but some payed a license fee to the IPF and some did not--they have a choice. Mike Bridges (Powerlifter) Inger Blikra (Powerlifter) Subrata Dutta . That might not seem like much, but because these guys lift so much, it translates to between 30 and 344 pounds. He was right.After 10 yearsfrom 1970 to 1980I won my first nationals with my first top-ten bench. It's a shame his feats aren't hailed about today. We had a rivalry in the early 70s.Lou: Before we get into your powerlifting life, did you ever play other sports? wouldnt u think for a comp that big, that everything would be above board, regardless of what you think the rules should be? It's unfortunate that an error like this had to happen, but the bar we were using was just fine!! For more information, please see our I also know you were never cocky or arrogant, but totally confident and fun when I was around you. If I was one of the competitors who set a world record I would definately be looking into a deferent fed. I was a gymnast in New York where I grew up. 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. You had Mike Bridges who astonished the world with his absolute dominance and ground breaking lifts. Just as we assume that every athlete in other drug-tested leagues isnt clean, we shouldnt here, either. 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. Then Ronnie Ray from Texas and a guy they called Mel Hennessey of Minnesota. 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. One official got yelled at for asking about the bar while my boyfriend was checking his rack height later on thursday. Guys felt like they had to take them to stay competitive, and that became problematic, Gaynor said. And tell me something about your personal life.Larry: I was vice president of Holiday and New Life Spas, there were 20 of us all total. 4. Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL 954.5 KG . :), MAKE SURE THE PLATFORM WAS THE RIGHT SIZE AND THAT WEIGHTS WERE REAL AND THAT MIKE HAD THE LEGAL SHOES TO SQUAT IN!! Everything at this meet was ran by the guys in the uniforms! Note: During the BFCM sales period all sales are final.Thus, no returns will accepted. I hope it wasnt 45lbs cos USAPL/IPF rules stipulate metric measures It is sad and pathetic that people have to jump on board and bash someone who has busted their butt to pull off one of the best meets. In fact, the folks in Missouri have always done a great job. Quite simple and clear. liane blyn, jessica o donnellyeah that's a group to want to have after you to slap you upside the head! That includes making certain that the equipment is acceptable. George has spread his body weight from 242 pounds all the way to the high 300s. The events draw the best lifters in the sport of raw powerlifting, which means the men dont use assistance gear.4 As previously mentioned, Raw Unity doesnt drug test. I used to be able to recover from training each area twice a week. George is to be feared, and why not , it isnt everyone who can squat 985 and total 2369lb. The movement standards of powerlifting competitions are going to be a significant challenge. that'd just be the cherry on the top of this disaster! When people talk about competitive weightlifting, theyre usually talking about Olympic lifts, which are the snatch and the clean and jerk. Larry would drive from Dayton to Toledo for four years using a simple 5-3-1 system. And at 51 I expect to take it even higher next week at the APF Georgia. I don't think I would even care if the IPF recognized it personally. I didn't know exactly what they were but I knew there would be some kind of difference between the bars. When we discovered the mistake we did the best we could and used the bar that was available. way to go!!! Where are my safety guys screaming about that? I hope this does not come true. Tony Carpino agreed to fly in and ref and help out. 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". I had plenty of ice packed around my hand. $29.95 each. 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. Every so often an athlete shows an exceptional talent in his sport that baffles the mind. If possible, structure your training as follows: Mon - Bench day Weds -Deadlift day Fri - Squat day Day 1 (Monday) Bench day: [quote=Harold Gaines]I was the Meet Director for this event and I would like to put to rest this issue (if possible). LOL! I said, "Are you all right Mac?" Just before it touched, my left pec began to tear. Mac was frantic. 6. He trained with Don Cundy the first to make an 800 deadlift, and Jerry Gones who would wear a superhero suit at a meet and a wig.