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Title: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: Gym-Rat on August 25, 2022, 04:30:08 AM

Best PL era IMO, 70's / 80's...

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: sculpture on August 25, 2022, 04:40:12 AM

silly, silly sport

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: wes on August 25, 2022, 04:46:02 AM

Great lifter!!

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: funk51 on August 25, 2022, 04:51:29 AM

   

     some really great powerlifters in that period. now it's all about super suits and other lifting aids.

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: Fortress on August 25, 2022, 10:11:39 AM

Incredible.

However, he’s a midget. So it’s a bust for him.

John Haack seems to be the new golden child. A challenger to the Coan throne?

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: funk51 on August 25, 2022, 10:19:13 AM

Quote from: Fortress on August 25, 2022, 10:11:39 AM

Incredible.

However, he’s a midget. So it’s a bust for him.

John Haack seems to be the new golden child. A challenger to the Coan throne?

   

    I had never heard of him. those first 2 deadlifts went up like nothing.

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: Fortress on August 25, 2022, 12:58:09 PM

Dude gym-pulled 903, one pound more than Coan’s best, but conventional, and at a lighter bodyweight.

His current total is the all-time highest in the 90kg class. And the all-time for the next class, as well.

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: Cook on August 25, 2022, 01:01:14 PM

I saw Bridges at the world championships in 80.(I don’t think that video was from 80)but he was a great lifter.He trained at our gym for a while but I never got to know him.

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: falco on August 25, 2022, 01:41:56 PM

His older brother Jeff Bridges mentored him.

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on August 25, 2022, 02:30:12 PM

 :)

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: Gym-Rat on August 25, 2022, 11:25:10 PM

Amazing numbers for Bridges. Small guy, wearing early knee wraps (Ace bandages).
And 40-yrs ago...

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: Cook on August 26, 2022, 03:34:08 AM

Quote from: Gym-Rat on August 25, 2022, 11:25:10 PM

Amazing numbers for Bridges. Small guy, wearing early knee wraps (Ace bandages).
And 40-yrs ago...

GR he was really amazing.He was one of the strongest men in the world at that time and you look at him and he looked like he could be your paper boy.He was about 5-7 and a little stocky built but you certainly would not think he was one of the strongest guys in the world .

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: ChristopherA on August 26, 2022, 03:59:52 AM

Ya but how much can he leg press?

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: illuminati on August 26, 2022, 04:02:59 AM

Quote from: Gym-Rat on August 25, 2022, 04:30:08 AM

Best PL era IMO, 70's / 80's...

Awesome Lifter an ATG
I believe that 836lbs was done at a bodyweight of only 79kg while lifting in the
82.5kg class !!
Mind he's not as Strong as Bwanky or Matt C -  ;D
He was 1st man to Total 11xBodyweight IIRC

Title: Re: Mike Bridges - 836 lb Squat @ 181 lbs (1982)
Post by: Cook on August 26, 2022, 04:18:39 AM

Quote from: ChristopherA on August 26, 2022, 03:59:52 AM

Ya but how much can he leg press?

now that is the question.. I see the great Doug Young up there in one of the posts.He used to come to our gym occasionally too and let me tell you he was the opposite of Mike he looked every bit as strong as he was.Actually pictures don’t really do him justice He was a sight to see in person.