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Title: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Powerlift66 on May 31, 2019, 02:02:04 AM
You have douche's like Huckleberry bopping around the gym like a douche pulling his pants down, then you have calm, cool Larry benching 675.

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Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: US MUSL on May 31, 2019, 02:30:49 AM
Amazing explosive strength!!
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: falco on May 31, 2019, 04:45:19 AM
Imagine if he starts using PEDs.
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: ratherbebig on May 31, 2019, 05:07:03 AM
why would he lift that with only 1 guy to spot?
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Fortress on May 31, 2019, 06:20:34 AM
Extremely impressive.

Without the elbow wraps (are these even some-fed-legal?), and with a legit (non-compression-push) pause, Larry is worth something in the low 600s.

I believe his in-meet best is ... 620? Something like that.

I don’t think his bench has improved from that performance, judging by this video. By this I mean, Wheels wouldn’t have paused 620 on this day.

I’m gonna say it. Larry’s never going to press seven. Even with a major bodyweight increase, another 80-100 pounds when you’re over six is an unbelievable leap. The horsepower increase requirement becomes exponentially greater for ever-smaller improvements to weight moved.

Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Rambone on May 31, 2019, 06:24:06 AM
Incredible how easy he makes his warmup sets look. He makes 405 look like 135
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Powerlift66 on May 31, 2019, 08:14:57 AM
Ted still owns Raw Records (for full meets) weighting what Larry does today, curious to see if Larry can break that 275 one. (Which he weighs today).


275   650   Ted Arcidi   USA   1983   USPF   
308   666   Ted Arcidi   USA   1984   USPF/APF   
SHW   710   James Henderson   USA   1997   USPF   
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Fortress on May 31, 2019, 10:52:10 AM
Ted still owns Raw Records (for full meets) weighting what Larry does today, curious to see if Larry can break that 275 one. (Which he weighs today).


275   650   Ted Arcidi   USA   1983   USPF   
308   666   Ted Arcidi   USA   1984   USPF/APF   
SHW   710   James Henderson   USA   1997   USPF   

Ain’t gonna happen.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Fortress on May 31, 2019, 10:57:50 AM
Larry talking about keeping “his shoulders healthy”.

 ::)

Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: ratherbebig on May 31, 2019, 11:58:10 AM
Incredible how easy he makes his warmup sets look. He makes 405 look like 135

i can see him winning a warmup contest
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Skylge on May 31, 2019, 12:44:14 PM
Larry talking about keeping “his shoulders healthy”.

 ::)



I can't even smith machine bench 70 lbs without damaging my shoulders

Incomprehensible to me how people can push such weights around without irreversible damage to their joints
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Powerlift66 on May 31, 2019, 12:52:41 PM
I can't even smith machine bench 70 lbs without damaging my shoulders

Incomprehensible to me how people can push such weights around without irreversible damage to their joints

Ted recently got both shoulders and both knee's done (not replaced, just smoothed down and capped with some futuristic polymer shit).

Takes its toll on people...
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: robcguns on May 31, 2019, 02:00:44 PM
why would he lift that with only 1 guy to spot?

Why not?When I bench heavy I didn’t have a spot at all?I could rip that off him very easily.How many people you need to spot you?Larry is a beast at worst he’s gonna be able to press 500 if it’s a really bad day so the spotter don’t have to pull much.
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Fortress on May 31, 2019, 07:37:26 PM
Why not?When I bench heavy I didn’t have a spot at all?I could rip that off him very easily.How many people you need to spot you?Larry is a beast at worst he’s gonna be able to press 500 if it’s a really bad day so the spotter don’t have to pull much.

Exactly.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: TRIX on May 31, 2019, 09:08:16 PM
Flat bench destroys my rotator cuffs 😭
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on May 31, 2019, 10:01:38 PM
I like that he wears fake glasses so in order to be less threatening so he can cater favor to the SJW crowd.

A lot of this is going around lately.  Stupid.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Fortress on May 31, 2019, 10:04:23 PM
Flat bench destroys my rotator cuffs 😭

Very likely you’re benching incorrectly. In other words, “bodybuilding-style” technique.

Elbows flared, and with an improper set up: shoulders not behind the chest and a flat-back position.

Too many spout horseshit about the arches usually observed on successful/high-level bench pressers. Sure, this can be taken to an extreme, but make no mistake. A tight and prounced arch is the correct and advantageous biomechanical shape to achieve.

Pinched upper back, pecs higher than your shoulders and the elbows pulled into the sides of the body on the eccentric portion of the stroke.

With this, most wouldn’t ever experience much of any shoulder issues.

Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on May 31, 2019, 10:09:17 PM
I think a Prime Andrew Collura of the Delray Misfits was stronger.  No wraps or anything.  650.

Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: MAXX on June 01, 2019, 12:00:32 AM
should stop wearing those wraps

he will develop a weakness in his tricep and when he doesn't have them wraps in competition it will snap.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: ratherbebig on June 01, 2019, 12:42:16 AM
I think a Prime Andrew Collura of the Delray Misfits was stronger.  No wraps or anything.  650.



why the hell do he use spotters ? no need for spotters !
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: robcguns on June 01, 2019, 06:30:04 AM
why the hell do he use spotters ? no need for spotters !

5-6 spotters for 650 is retarded.Get one guy with some strength.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: ratherbebig on June 01, 2019, 06:43:12 AM
5-6 spotters for 650 is retarded.Get one guy with some strength.

or none

if you injure yourself during a heavy lift you can easily manage anyway without any risk of making the injury worse
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: BBSSchlemiel on June 01, 2019, 07:25:37 AM
Extremely impressive.

Without the elbow wraps (are these even some-fed-legal?), and with a legit (non-compression-push) pause, Larry is worth something in the low 600s.

I believe his in-meet best is ... 620? Something like that.

I don’t think his bench has improved from that performance, judging by this video. By this I mean, Wheels wouldn’t have paused 620 on this day.

I’m gonna say it. Larry’s never going to press seven. Even with a major bodyweight increase, another 80-100 pounds when you’re over six is an unbelievable leap. The horsepower increase requirement becomes exponentially greater for ever-smaller improvements to weight moved.



I think the most impressive bencher ever was Glen Chabot. I don't know as much on PL as you do, but I never saw such incredible explosion with such massive weight in anyone else.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: BBSSchlemiel on June 01, 2019, 07:28:05 AM
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 01, 2019, 05:09:51 PM
I think the most impressive bencher ever was Glen Chabot. I don't know as much on PL as you do, but I never saw such incredible explosion with such massive weight in anyone else.

Who is stronger: powerlifters, strongmen, or Olympic lifters?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: ratherbebig on June 01, 2019, 05:12:46 PM
bodybuilders are the strongest.

Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Fortress on June 01, 2019, 05:30:01 PM
I think the most impressive bencher ever was Glen Chabot. I don't know as much on PL as you do, but I never saw such incredible explosion with such massive weight in anyone else.

That dude is scary.

Was hanging with Ed Coan in the warmup room of a strongman expo and the Chabot guy was pacing everywhere looking for some poor sap journalist who’d written a disparaging word.

He finally found him. Cornered him. Was telling him to walk with him out the back door so he could, um, “dismantle him”. Several world-class strength athletes, known names, were pleading with Glen to calm down.

Ed and I were like, Whoa.

As I say, scary.

P.S. And, yeah, he was STRONG. Much more strong and powerful than Wheels. Granted, he had an extra 30-odd pounds on Larry, but still. A much more impressive presser. I’m not sure what happened to him. I don’t think he was mixed up with anything good was my impression from the talk back then.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: ratherbebig on June 01, 2019, 05:31:44 PM
why tell him to calm down

why not walk outside with him and watch the show?
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 01, 2019, 06:14:33 PM
That dude is scary.

Was hanging with Ed Coan in the warmup room of a strongman expo and the Chabot guy was pacing everywhere looking for some poor sap journalist who’d written a disparaging word.

He finally found him. Cornered him. Was telling him to walk with him out the back door so he could, um, “dismantle him”. Several world-class strength athletes, known names, were pleading with Glen to calm down.

Ed and I were like, Whoa.

As I say, scary.

P.S. And, yeah, he was STRONG. Much more strong and powerful than Wheels. Granted, he had an extra 30-odd pounds on Larry, but still. A much more impressive presser. I’m not sure what happened to him. I don’t think he was mixed up with anything good was my impression from the talk back then.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2018/04/former_springfield_strongman_c.html

Charges dropped against former world-class power lifter
Posted Apr 28, 2018

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By Jack Flynn | jflynn@repub.com

UPDATE, Dec. 18, 2018: At the request of a prosecutor, the charge against Glen J. Chabot was dropped on Sept. 28, 2018, and the case was dismissed.

SPRINGFIELD -- A former world-class power lifter from Springfield is facing a felony assault charge after allegedly threatening a homeless man with a knife.

Glen J. Chabot, 48, of Wilbraham, pleaded not guilty in Springfield District Court Tuesday to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.

Following his arraignment on Tuesday, Chabot was released on personal recognizance and told to stay away from the alleged victim.

He is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on June 19.

A Springfield native, Chabot began lifting weights as a teenager and emerged as a dominant figure on the national power lifting scene in the late 1990s.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 01, 2019, 06:16:47 PM
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You heard right man. he used to work out at the same gym i did in early 2000. He was a beast. By far the biggest and strongest person i had ever seen real. He ended up suffering a pec tear but was still in really good shape, he looked more like bb, all cut up. Then i stopped seeing him, and his juice supplier told me he had succumbed to crack and coke. I couldn't believe it. A friend of mine saw him yrs later and said he couldnt believe it was him. He was literally a shadow of his former self.
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: BBSSchlemiel on June 01, 2019, 06:23:10 PM
That dude is scary.

Was hanging with Ed Coan in the warmup room of a strongman expo and the Chabot guy was pacing everywhere looking for some poor sap journalist who’d written a disparaging word.

He finally found him. Cornered him. Was telling him to walk with him out the back door so he could, um, “dismantle him”. Several world-class strength athletes, known names, were pleading with Glen to calm down.

Ed and I were like, Whoa.

As I say, scary.

P.S. And, yeah, he was STRONG. Much more strong and powerful than Wheels. Granted, he had an extra 30-odd pounds on Larry, but still. A much more impressive presser. I’m not sure what happened to him. I don’t think he was mixed up with anything good was my impression from the talk back then.

Thanks for the interesting post Fortress.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: BB on June 01, 2019, 06:36:41 PM
A guy on Outlaw Powerlifting mentioned that Chabot had a rep as a drug/steroid scammer alledgedly around Mass too. He mention that his friend was buying some stuff off him and Chabot told him it came up missing, but every was cool, and as long as he paid again he'd get his stuff. The poor schmuck fell for it again.

Here he is about a year ago -

(https://images.follownews.com/7386/7386461/former-worldclass-power-lifter-known-as-the-mass-from-massachusetts-denies-assault-on-homeless-man_1.jpg).
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: BB on June 01, 2019, 06:51:40 PM
Titus and Chabot -

.
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Bevo on June 01, 2019, 07:28:03 PM
https://www.masslive.com/news/2018/04/former_springfield_strongman_c.html

Charges dropped against former world-class power lifter
Posted Apr 28, 2018

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By Jack Flynn | jflynn@repub.com

UPDATE, Dec. 18, 2018: At the request of a prosecutor, the charge against Glen J. Chabot was dropped on Sept. 28, 2018, and the case was dismissed.

SPRINGFIELD -- A former world-class power lifter from Springfield is facing a felony assault charge after allegedly threatening a homeless man with a knife.

Glen J. Chabot, 48, of Wilbraham, pleaded not guilty in Springfield District Court Tuesday to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.

Following his arraignment on Tuesday, Chabot was released on personal recognizance and told to stay away from the alleged victim.

He is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on June 19.

A Springfield native, Chabot began lifting weights as a teenager and emerged as a dominant figure on the national power lifting scene in the late 1990s.



Should have gave the homeless man a quarter pounder and problem solved
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 01, 2019, 09:36:24 PM
SPRINGFIELD -- A former world-class power lifter from Springfield is facing a felony assault charge after allegedly threatening a homeless man with a knife.

I vividly recall that thread:

Exchanging Blows With a Homeless Man


I recall that the thread went on to become a 60+ page behemoth.

I hope someone fixed it to "Exchanging Blowjobs With a Homeless Man".
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 01, 2019, 09:41:52 PM

Should have gave the homeless man a quarter pounder and problem solved

LOL!!!! You beat me to it, Bevo!
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Bevo on June 01, 2019, 10:17:47 PM
LOL!!!! You beat me to it, Bevo!

Hahaha!!  :D ;D
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 02, 2019, 02:23:45 AM
Hahaha!!  :D ;D

:D

And this:

Quote
Exchanging Blows Blowjobs with a Homeless Man

Fixed. :D
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: BBSSchlemiel on June 02, 2019, 04:33:06 AM
A guy on Outlaw Powerlifting mentioned that Chabot had a rep as a drug/steroid scammer alledgedly around Mass too. He mention that his friend was buying some stuff off him and Chabot told him it came up missing, but every was cool, and as long as he paid again he'd get his stuff. The poor schmuck fell for it again.

Here he is about a year ago -

(https://images.follownews.com/7386/7386461/former-worldclass-power-lifter-known-as-the-mass-from-massachusetts-denies-assault-on-homeless-man_1.jpg).


The picture doesn't show. I saw his Facebook page. He looks nothing like his former self. His FB updates are random, poorly written, disjointed ramblings, the type of statements typical of a drunk, high, and/or mentally challenged person, in all seriousness.

That's sad.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 02, 2019, 06:59:14 AM
Exchanging a blowjob for a Quarter Pounder with a homeless man and getting charged with it.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: BB on June 02, 2019, 09:49:54 AM
The picture doesn't show. I saw his Facebook page. He looks nothing like his former self. His FB updates are random, poorly written, disjointed ramblings, the type of statements typical of a drunk, high, and/or mentally challenged person, in all seriousness.

That's sad.

Oops, the pic disappeared for me too, he's here though -

.

20 seconds in.


Yeah, there were a couple of guys that lived in his area, and would post Chabot updates when people asked. They were always sad in the way that older addicts stories usually are. Car living, bouncing between down and out women, random petty arrests, etc.... The one constant was that he was still a tough guy if challenged or the mood just struck him.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 02, 2019, 05:34:37 PM
Oops, the pic disappeared for me too -

https://images.follownews.com/7386/7386461/former-worldclass-power-lifter-known-as-the-mass-from-massachusetts-denies-assault-on-homeless-man_1.jpg .


Yeah, there were a couple of guys that lived in his area, and would post Chabot updates when people asked. They were always sad in the way that older addicts stories usually are. Car living, bouncing between down and out women, random petty arrests, etc.... The one constant was that he was still a tough guy if challenged or the mood just struck him.
Glen Chabot=Groink?

 ???
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 02, 2019, 05:41:17 PM
 :-\
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: BB on June 02, 2019, 05:43:51 PM
Glen Chabot=Groink?

 ???

The parallels struck me.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 02, 2019, 05:51:53 PM
Good Bench Pressers usually have the shitty narrow, sloped shoulders, short arms, giant heads, and are very narrow framed in general.  All is revealed once the drugs are gone.


The narrower the shoulder width and the slopier the shoulders, the better you are at bench.  Its a common genotype for sure.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Marty Champions on June 02, 2019, 07:22:32 PM
I always thought cherbot was an underrated icecream
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: IRON CROSS on June 02, 2019, 07:58:08 PM
Who is stronger: powerlifters, strongmen, or Olympic lifters?


Strongmen they have more stamina ...........
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: TRIX on June 03, 2019, 01:08:47 AM
Bench shirt lol
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: illuminati on June 03, 2019, 01:53:39 AM
Good Bench Pressers usually have the shitty narrow, sloped shoulders, short arms, giant heads, and are very narrow framed in general.  All is revealed once the drugs are gone.


The narrower the shoulder width and the slopier the shoulders, the better you are at bench.  Its a common genotype for sure.

Doesn’t apply to Kazmaier or Doug Young 👍🏻
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Rambone on June 03, 2019, 12:02:38 PM
Good Bench Pressers usually have the shitty narrow, sloped shoulders, short arms, giant heads, and are very narrow framed in general.  All is revealed once the drugs are gone.


The narrower the shoulder width and the slopier the shoulders, the better you are at bench.  Its a common genotype for sure.

Giant head? Narrow shoulders? In that case, Phil Heath could be a champion bencher if he got his fat ass off the Hammer Strength press
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: illuminati on June 03, 2019, 12:25:22 PM
Giant head? Narrow shoulders? In that case, Phil Heath could be a champion bencher if he got his fat ass off the Hammer Strength press

Ha Ha Ha

🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Bevo on June 03, 2019, 12:52:28 PM
Giant head? Narrow shoulders? In that case, Phil Heath could be a champion bencher if he got his fat ass off the Hammer Strength press

Phil is actually quite strong on the bench press, there’s some truth to it haha ;D
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Rambone on June 03, 2019, 12:52:54 PM
Phil is actually quite strong on the bench press, there’s some truth to it haha ;D

Hahaha true true
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 03, 2019, 04:28:50 PM
Doesn’t apply to Kazmaier or Doug Young 👍🏻

Yes it does.

Look at Kazamier:
What do you see?  Giant head, Narrow Shoulders. Extreme Sloped Shoulders.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4240/35386887282_81b87f2da0_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: illuminati on June 03, 2019, 04:45:12 PM
Yes it does.

Look at Kazamier:
What do you see?  Giant head, Narrow Shoulders. Extreme Sloped Shoulders.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4240/35386887282_81b87f2da0_c.jpg)

And you post a pic of a 65+ Bill Kazmaier  ::)
Do the Same For Doug young - oh you can’t he’s dead.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 03, 2019, 04:48:54 PM
And you post a pic of a 65+ Bill Kazmaier  ::)
Do the Same For Doug young - oh you can’t he’s dead.
Again, you gotta see them with their natural structure as well.  Roids can hide whats really under there or whats going on.  A trained eye like mine, can still tell though.


Its true about the Giant Head, Narrow Shoulders, Sloped Shoulders and good bench.


Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: illuminati on June 03, 2019, 04:51:33 PM
Again, you gotta see them with their natural structure as well.  Roids can hide whats really under there or whats going on.  A trained eye like mine, can still tell though.


Its true about the Giant Head, Narrow Shoulders, Sloped Shoulders and good bench.




Trained eye  ::)
And you’ve competed at a National level & Beyond At powerlifting??
I Have & Set Bench & Squat Records & Know Many other’s far better than me
Who also don’t fit your criteria.

Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: obsidian on June 03, 2019, 04:59:26 PM
Yes it does.

Look at Kazamier:
What do you see?  Giant head, Narrow Shoulders. Extreme Sloped Shoulders.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4240/35386887282_81b87f2da0_c.jpg)
Still wider than you'll ever be. Your people are not exactly known for being great physical specimens. You're a midget right? What's your height and weight? You should not be critiquing anyone True Anus.

(http://www.samson-power.com/ASL/images/Kaz/Kazmag.jpg)
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: obsidian on June 03, 2019, 05:03:59 PM
Again, you gotta see them with their natural structure as well.  Roids can hide whats really under there or whats going on.  A trained eye like mine, can still tell though.


Its true about the Giant Head, Narrow Shoulders, Sloped Shoulders and good bench.


How much can you bench Tru Anus?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: obsidian on June 03, 2019, 05:07:08 PM
Good Bench Pressers usually have the shitty narrow, sloped shoulders, short arms, giant heads, and are very narrow framed in general.  All is revealed once the drugs are gone.


The narrower the shoulder width and the slopier the shoulders, the better you are at bench.  Its a common genotype for sure.

http://nattyornot.com/ectomorphs-bad-bench-press/

Narrow Shoulders Suck For Benching

Ectomorphs tend to have narrow shoulders. This also hurts the bench press because a narrower base is less stable than a wider one.

The Bench Press is Affected By Your Bodyweight

Whether you’re a skinny or skinny-fat ectomorph, you’re probably on the lighter side of the spectrum. This instantly hits your bench press numbers because the lift is heavily affected by your bodyweight . {more on this here}.

This leads us to a series of logical questions:

Do ectomorphs have any advantage in the bench press?


Not really. All odds are against the ectomorphs. Unless you’re a genetic freak, you are going to suck at the bench press as an ecto.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 03, 2019, 05:23:25 PM
TA is 5'11". Not short. I read on Elite Fitness that he won the 2000 Mr. NC, at only 18.

I did laugh when TA called Rich Gaspari a dwarf. :D I think he called him a dwarf.

TA's bench genetics phenotype applies to me...I would add: short wingspan / reach / levers.

What does a big head have to do with it though?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: m8 on June 03, 2019, 07:35:22 PM
Anadrol is a hell of a drug. Good guy, I hope he survives till at least 30 tho.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Bevo on June 04, 2019, 04:57:31 AM
TA is 5'11". Not short. I read on Elite Fitness that he won the 2000 Mr. NC, at only 18.

I did laugh when TA called Rich Gaspari a dwarf. :D I think he called him a dwarf.

TA's bench genetics phenotype applies to me...I would add: short wingspan / reach / levers.

What does a big head have to do with it though?

5’11 is short for getbig standards  ;D

There’s a chart for this posted here many times, 5’11 is known as the “king of midgets”  :D
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 04, 2019, 03:15:21 PM
5’11 is short for getbig standards  ;D

There’s a chart for this posted here many times, 5’11 is known as the “king of midgets”  :D

Nope ...that chart said 5'10" was king of the Manlets. ;)
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Bevo on June 04, 2019, 03:20:33 PM
Nope ...that chart said 5'10" was king of the Manlets. ;)


Hahaha you got me there, one freaking inch ;D
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 04, 2019, 04:49:26 PM
Why not?When I bench heavy I didn’t have a spot at all?I could rip that off him very easily.How many people you need to spot you?Larry is a beast at worst he’s gonna be able to press 500 if it’s a really bad day so the spotter don’t have to pull much.

There is no time to react for a spotter if things go bad... the bar may hit the throat or face easily. I really think they should use those bench set-ups with the guard rails on the sides that  IPF uses nowadays. Saves your face/life potentially.

In the squat, same thing, 5 or more spotters and the spotters often don't react fast enough, and even if they do they can't hold the weight anyway. The hanging loops they use on the monolift in some orgs are a great idea IMO.

A lot of bodybuilders squat real heavy in powerracks but set the rails far too low. Why not take a few seconds to  set them just an inch below bottom position?
Title: Re: Larry benches 675
Post by: Fortress on June 04, 2019, 08:30:50 PM
There is no time to react for a spotter if things go bad... the bar may hit the throat or face easily. I really think they should use those bench set-ups with the guard rails on the sides that  IPF uses nowadays. Saves your face/life potentially.

In the squat, same thing, 5 or more spotters and the spotters often don't react fast enough, and even if they do they can't hold the weight anyway. The hanging loops they use on the monolift in some orgs are a great idea IMO.

A lot of bodybuilders squat real heavy in powerracks but set the rails far too low. Why not take a few seconds to  set them just an inch below bottom position?

Sometimes it’s the thrill of not having a safety net.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 04, 2019, 11:57:03 PM

Hahaha you got me there, one freaking inch ;D

One inch on my dick and two inches in height, and I could be a woman's dream. :D

So yes, it matters. ;)
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 05, 2019, 02:39:18 PM
How much can you bench Tru Anus?
Not that much, because of long arms and width, but not bad either for a lifetime Natural.


(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=396050.0;attach=430668;image)
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 05, 2019, 02:42:47 PM
Not that much, because of long arms and width, but not bad either for a lifetime Natural.


(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=396050.0;attach=430668;image)

People on Getbig are fickle. Everyone is a Mr. Olympia contender on here. Pay no mind to them.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 05, 2019, 02:44:18 PM
I am the white Thomas Hearns.

(https://www.celebsolino.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Thomas-Hearns-Net-Worth-Bio-Age-Height.jpg)

(https://www.ringtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/file_173181_1_Hearns-weighin-350.gif)

Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 05, 2019, 02:48:52 PM
If it makes anyone feel any better, the general public and even seasoned lifters think I bench like 405-450 for reps.  Its hilarious really.  I get the question, "how much do you bench?"  I then ask, "how much do you think?".


"Probably around 400-415 for reps."

I just laugh, and say, "something like that".   :D


I will let peoples own mind create their expectations for me.  Its an interesting human experiment to see how they will place value on someone else at the same time degrading their own.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=127283.0;attach=142165;image)
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: illuminati on June 05, 2019, 02:49:27 PM
People on Getbig are fickle. Everyone is a Mr. Olympia contender on here. Pay no mind to them.

I’m neither fickle or have been a Mr Olympia contender.
Though I have won National (UK) champs at Powerlifting & Bodybuilding
And competed for my country.

I’m realistic about how good I was - And I Very Definitely Know a fair bit
About what I’m talking about.

Thank You.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 05, 2019, 02:51:01 PM
I’m neither fickle or have been a Mr Olympia contender.
Though I have won National (UK) champs at Powerlifting & Bodybuilding
And competed for my country.

I’m realistic about how good I was - And I Very Definitely Know a fair bit
About what I’m talking about.

Thank You.
I know a Lifetime Natural girl that decimates everything you accomplished in Powerlifting.


Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: illuminati on June 05, 2019, 02:55:49 PM
I know a Lifetime Natural girl that decimates everything you accomplished in Powerlifting.


Very good for you son.
No doubt she also decimates what you’ve accomplished.

And as you do not know what I’ve accomplished or wether I was using PED’s or Not
Your assertions are Pathetic.

Next it’ll be your dads bigger than mine.  ::)
Pathetic Individual.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 05, 2019, 02:56:54 PM
Very good for you son.
No doubt she also decimates what you’ve accomplished.

And as you do not know what I’ve accomplished or wether I was using PED’s or Not
Your assertions are Pathetic.

Next it’ll be your dads bigger than mine.  ::)
Pathetic Individual.
She ruins about everyone to be honest.  Nothing you can do about it.

Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: BB on June 05, 2019, 03:14:27 PM
On the spotter thing, the arguments against updating the equipment usually go three ways -

1) Few of the gym owners that run these meets want to put out the money to update the equipment. They're quiet about it, but you always wind up hearing something to the effect of "Oh, no. That means I've got to spent an extra $xxxx.xx on a new federation approved bench, etc.... Then I've got to train the guys to run it? Nope, the racks we bought two decades ago are fine".

2) Adjustment time for new equipment. I've never seen anyone run the numbers, but the argument is that using racks, etc.... would take much more time because you'd have to adjust it for each new lifter, and that in turn, would lead to judging burn out, etc.... when meets are running near a full day as-is.

3) Pictures, judging, etc.... - They argue that having more safety equipment just makes pictures worse, causes the judges to miss things, etc.... They also argue that the danger element should always be there, as it is a traditional part of the sport. You'll hear this last one especially when there's talk about the "walk out" portion of the squat.  
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: illuminati on June 05, 2019, 03:22:12 PM
She ruins about everyone to be honest.  Nothing you can do about it.



Why would I wish to do anything about it or Remotely Care
My powerlifting competing days are no more.

You keep making assertions you can’t back
And make a fool of yourself as well as showing your stupidity.

I shall just go back to ignoring you.
Good Bye.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: robcguns on June 05, 2019, 04:07:32 PM
I know a Lifetime Natural girl that decimates everything you accomplished in Powerlifting.




Sure you do
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Bevo on June 05, 2019, 04:13:18 PM
Not that much, because of long arms and width, but not bad either for a lifetime Natural.


(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=396050.0;attach=430668;image)

Curious how you look nowadays? Aren’t those pics over 13-14 years ago?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Titus Pullo on June 05, 2019, 04:28:01 PM
Sure you do

Guys, don't play his game.  225x115 deadlift, Code Duello, "No One your pics were a day late so I win!", the first Getbig contest winner should be disqualified because he was a natural pro...Adam just loves to stir shit up. You'd think he'd gotten beyond that at his age, but I guess he is bored?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 05, 2019, 08:19:17 PM
Sure you do
Look up Stefi Cohen.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: AbrahamG on June 05, 2019, 08:39:06 PM
Trained eye  ::)
And you’ve competed at a National level & Beyond At powerlifting??
I Have & Set Bench & Squat Records & Know Many other’s far better than me
Who also don’t fit your criteria.



I think TA once tried to give Branch Warren a handjob.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 06, 2019, 04:40:15 AM
Look up Stefi Cohen.

She has used and uses anabolic steroids as well as other drugs. There is no question. She fails the simple ocular test which is very accurate for those with experienced eyes. She doesn't compete in the IPF, does she? Why would that be? A lifter that could set ALTWRs in the IPF but doesn't - there is nearly always only one reason.

Very impressive lifter regardless.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: obsidian on June 06, 2019, 04:49:08 AM
Not that much, because of long arms and width, but not bad either for a lifetime Natural.


(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=396050.0;attach=430668;image)
That's a decent v taper. Good job!
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: obsidian on June 06, 2019, 04:52:14 AM
If it makes anyone feel any better, the general public and even seasoned lifters think I bench like 405-450 for reps.  Its hilarious really.  I get the question, "how much do you bench?"  I then ask, "how much do you think?".


"Probably around 400-415 for reps."

I just laugh, and say, "something like that".   :D


I will let peoples own mind create their expectations for me.  Its an interesting human experiment to see how they will place value on someone else at the same time degrading their own.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=127283.0;attach=142165;image)
I'm going to guess your max bench for 3 reps was maybe 275 lbs. There are few people that can easily do multiple reps with 405 lbs or even do 1.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: obsidian on June 06, 2019, 04:53:32 AM
People on Getbig are fickle. Everyone is a Mr. Olympia contender on here. Pay no mind to them.
He's got a decent physique - I like to give him a hard time because he's a fucking asshole most of the time if not always.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Bevo on June 06, 2019, 05:58:54 AM
He's got a decent physique - I like to give him a hard time because he's a fucking asshole most of the time if not always.

But what does he look like now?? Not 15 years ago. A guy like TA posted tons of pics in the past, what’s stopping him now?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: deadz on June 06, 2019, 09:01:20 AM
Look up Stefi Cohen.
She is morphing into a man. Her clit is probably 6” at least.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The Italian Lifter on June 06, 2019, 09:07:44 AM
She is morphing into a man. Her clit is probably 6” at least.

The infamous toddler's cock?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: deadz on June 06, 2019, 09:10:02 AM
The infamous toddler's cock?
No doubt about it.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Hypertrophy on June 06, 2019, 09:50:28 AM
But what does he look like now?? Not 15 years ago. A guy like TA posted tons of pics in the past, what’s stopping him now?

Isn’t TA good enough for having achieved his physique level 15 years ago? Look at Ronnie Coleman today. Does that negate all his Olympias?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 06, 2019, 10:07:36 AM
Isn’t TA good enough for having achieved his physique level 15 years ago? Look at Ronnie Coleman today. Does that negate all his Olympias?

Great post. TA paid his dues. He won the 2000 Mr. NC contest at only 18. I think it was probably a county level contest, so the name doesn't denote a state show. Either way, he paid his dues.

Then again, this is Getbig - where Phil Heath's physique "sucks", and daddywaddy's leaked dick pic exceeding that of Ron Jeremy's got called "skinny".  ::)

We're a great bunch, we Getbiggers. But there's no impressing some of us.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: deadz on June 06, 2019, 10:35:36 AM
Curious how you look nowadays? Aren’t those pics over 13-14 years ago?
Hes bald now, hence the lack of pics these days.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Matt on June 06, 2019, 10:43:45 AM
Hes bald now, hence the lack of pics these days.

Did you see the photo of TA's grandfather that indie-lad posted? Even he's not bald...so how could TA be, being still in his thirties?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Bevo on June 06, 2019, 12:45:56 PM
Great post. TA paid his dues. He won the 2000 Mr. NC contest at only 18. I think it was probably a county level contest, so the name doesn't denote a state show. Either way, he paid his dues.

Then again, this is Getbig - where Phil Heath's physique "sucks", and daddywaddy's leaked dick pic exceeding that of Ron Jeremy's got called "skinny".  ::)

We're a great bunch, we Getbiggers. But there's no impressing some of us.

Dues? As in g4p?
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Titus Pullo on June 06, 2019, 01:25:11 PM
Great post. TA paid his dues. He won the 2000 Mr. NC contest at only 18. I think it was probably a county level contest, so the name doesn't denote a state show. Either way, he paid his dues.

You keep repeating this, and it's bullshit.  Is it a joke?  If so, it isn't funny.  And why would a show with a state in the title only be county level?  Is that part of your "joke"?

The only "Mr. NC" of repute is the NPC show.  https://www.musclememory.com/show.php?c=North+Carolina+State+-+NPC&y=2000

I don't see Adam's name anywhere.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Titus Pullo on June 06, 2019, 01:28:59 PM
Did you see the photo of TA's grandfather that indie-lad posted? Even he's not bald...so how could TA be, being still in his thirties?

Yeah, because that's how genetics work :/

You're smarter than this, so why the transparent trolling/riding Adam's dick?  It's creepy :/
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: The True Adonis on June 06, 2019, 03:28:31 PM
Hes bald now, hence the lack of pics these days.
No, I just don't care to really post them.

I've added a little muscle for sure.  Definitely the strongest I have ever been right now.  Maybe I will let you see me peel.

I would like to do another Mr. Getbig, but I think nobody else is up for it.
Title: Re: Larry Wheels - Benches 675
Post by: Rambone on June 06, 2019, 05:02:42 PM
No, I just don't care to really post them.

I've added a little muscle for sure.  Definitely the strongest I have ever been right now.  Maybe I will let you see me peel.

I would like to do another Mr. Getbig, but I think nobody else is up for it.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2281899941/w0opbjhp83tkpqsmtvjv_400x400.jpeg)

Did somebody say “peel”?