Getbig.com: American Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure
Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: wes on October 06, 2023, 12:20:36 AM
-
-
My favorite lift although I no longer perform it.
-
My favorite lift although I no longer perform it.
I just started doing Rack Pulls this week......gotta be careful with my 3 bulging discs......my erectors got sore as Hell......no homo ! :D
-
I just started doing Rack Pulls this week......gotta be careful with my 3 bulging discs......my erectors got sore as Hell......no homo ! :D
If I ever did deadlifts again I'd only use a overhand grip with both hands. I've seen too many torn biceps with the alternate grip. Surprised I never tore one myself.
-
His son was a member of getbig many years ago.
i sent him a few magazines with his dads feats
listed in them
-
If I ever did deadlifts again I'd only use a overhand grip with both hands. I've seen too many torn biceps with the alternate grip. Surprised I never tore one myself.
Same here and I would use straps or my Joe Meeko hooks.......I`m not competing.
-
His son was a member of getbig many years ago.
i sent him a few magazines with his dads feats
listed in them
No shit.....I met John Farbotniks son in a computer repair shop....he noticed my build asked me if I ever heard of Farbotnik.....I told him of course.....ran upstairs to his crib which was over the shop and brought down a bunch of vintage mags with his father on the cover.
IT`S A SMALL WORLD BUT I WOULDN`T WANT TO PAINT IT. - droll comedian David Wright
-
Same here and I would use straps or my Joe Meeko hooks.......I`m not competing.
I was at the World championships in 1980 and during the deadlifts Steve Wilson’s bicep let go and kind of rolled up to his shoulder. I had never seen this or even heard of it at that time.
-
I was at the World championships in 1980 and during the deadlifts Steve Wilson’s bicep let go and kind of rolled up to his shoulder. I had never seen this or even heard of it at that time.
Yeah Cook,I hear they roll up like the proverbial window shade....have seen quite a few bodybuilders with torn biceps that are high,right next to the pec/delt tie in .....looks like a small golf ball.
A guy named Stoil Stolov who I met in Pittsburgh and talked to a lot at contests the best I could as he had a serious foreign accent....great guy.....he would have easily been an IFBB pro if not for 2 torn biceps.....Google his pics,he had it all.
RIP Stoil. :(
-
And yet Peoples lifted all that weight and never tore his bicep.
Don't use anabolics and your chances of a torn bicep or pec go to practically zero.
-
I was at the World championships in 1980 and during the deadlifts Steve Wilson’s bicep let go and kind of rolled up to his shoulder. I had never seen this or even heard of it at that time.
they show the sequence of the lift and the tear in i think the sept 1981 muscle and fitness, green cover going by memory.
he checked for white lights before the pain of the tear was noticed.
-
And yet Peoples lifted all that weight and never tore his bicep.
Don't use anabolics and your chances of a torn bicep or pec go to practically zero.
This, exactly, this is why i stay natty for life
-
And yet Peoples lifted all that weight and never tore his bicep.
Don't use anabolics and your chances of a torn bicep or pec go to practically zero.
Good post oldtimer Nat !! LOL :D
Just kidding buddy,you know I love and have huge respect for both of you guys. ;)
NO HOMO
-
Good post oldtimer Nat !! LOL :D
Just kidding buddy,you know I love and have huge respect for both of you guys. ;)
NO HOMO
(https://giffiles.alphacoders.com/234/23465.gif)
-
(https://giffiles.alphacoders.com/234/23465.gif)
Sorry bro.....couldn`t resist!! ;D
-
they show the sequence of the lift and the tear in i think the sept 1981 muscle and fitness, green cover going by memory.
he checked for white lights before the pain of the tear was noticed.
yes I was just a few rows in front of him.He looked at the lights and then reached for his bicep with kind of a Oh shit look on his face.
-
Same here and I would use straps or my Joe Meeko hooks.......I`m not competing.
I never cared for straps because I like developing a strong grip.
-
I never cared for straps because I like developing a strong grip.
I hear ya`.........I use straps on heavier stuff, but I also work my grip and forearms seperately.
I feel if I want to tax my Lats on heavy DB Rows, more than likely my grip will give out long before my lats are sufficiently beat up,so I`ll use straps on the heavier sets.
I use grippers and a wrist roller also at home, and work forearms directly at the gym.
-
If I ever did deadlifts again I'd only use a overhand grip with both hands. I've seen too many torn biceps with the alternate grip. Surprised I never tore one myself.
I use double-overhand w/ figure-8 straps when going heavy.
I dont want tears (bicep) or even my grip maxxed out (carpal).
I used to laugh at that injury (Carpal) but after 25 yrs in IT job at desk, its here... ::) (Manageable though)..
-
I use double-overhand w/ figure-8 straps when going heavy.
I dont want tears (bicep) or even my grip maxxed out (carpal).
I used to laugh at that injury (Carpal) but after 25 yrs in IT job at desk, its here... ::) (Manageable though)..
Typing is the biggest culprit. I'm surprised we don't all have it being on here all the time. ;D
-
Typing is the biggest culprit. I'm surprised we don't all have it being on here all the time. ;D
I`m not on here much at all.
:D
-
I tore my bicep completely off. It took six months to get my strength back in my arm after the operation.
He was no doubt strong but looks at how long his arms were. He could tie his shoe laces without bending over. It surely gave him an advantage in deadlifting.
-
I tore my bicep completely off. It took six months to get my strength back in my arm after the operation.
He was no doubt strong but looks at how long his arms were. He could tie his shoe laces without bending over. It surely gave him an advantage in deadlifting.
He only had to pull the bar 2 inches off the floor.
-
He was no doubt strong but looks at how long his arms were. He could tie his shoe laces without bending over. It surely gave him an advantage in deadlifting.
He only had to pull the bar 2 inches off the floor.
Haters !! LOL ;D j/k
-
I tore my bicep completely off. It took six months to get my strength back in my arm after the operation.
He was no doubt strong but looks at how long his arms were. He could tie his shoe laces without bending over. It surely gave him an advantage in deadlifting.
I remember some black power lifter w severe scoliosis whose arms went to his knees, practically. Record holder in the deadlift LOL
E: Lamar Gant
-
I hear ya`.........I use straps on heavier stuff, but I also work my grip and forearms seperately.
I feel if I want to tax my Lats on heavy DB Rows, more than likely my grip will give out long before my lats are sufficiently beat up,so I`ll use straps on the heavier sets.
I use grippers and a wrist roller also at home, and work forearms directly at the gym.
my roommate in the 90s was a pro wrestler and one of the strongest guys
in canada. he pulled 8 plates for reps with no belt or wraps.
he never did direct forearm work and his forearms rivalled mine.
he got 8 and 1/2 plates to his knees before his 'weak' wrist let go.
-
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/55/81/5355814255d9821f0cda1c250d73641e.jpg)
-
I remember some black power lifter w severe scoliosis whose arms went to his knees, practically. Record holder in the deadlift LOL
E: Lamar Gant
With scoliosis, he's lucky his spine didn't snap.
-
With scoliosis, he's lucky his spine didn't snap.
Pulled 5 times his bodyweight
His knuckles are hanging around his ankles!
i=ZX1tk0PjMTS6kqNB
-
my roommate in the 90s was a pro wrestler and one of the strongest guys
in canada. he pulled 8 plates for reps with no belt or wraps.
he never did direct forearm work and his forearms rivalled mine.
he got 8 and 1/2 plates to his knees before his 'weak' wrist let go.
I missed this post Haz....that`s insane bud!!
-
Pulled 5 times his bodyweight
His knuckles are hanging around his ankles!
i=ZX1tk0PjMTS6kqNB
Gants Scoliosis story:
https://www.hudsonvalleyscoliosis.com/celebrities-scoliosis/lamar-gant/
Best lifts from Gant:
His best lifts at 123 pounds are 314 pounds (142 kg) RAW bench press and 638 pounds (289 kg) deadlift;
at 132 pounds are 595 pounds (270 kg) squat 615 pounds (279 kg) (in training), 352.5 pounds (159.9 kg) raw bench press, and 688 pounds (312 kg) deadlift.
-
Gants Scoliosis story:
https://www.hudsonvalleyscoliosis.com/celebrities-scoliosis/lamar-gant/
Best lifts from Gant:
His best lifts at 123 pounds are 314 pounds (142 kg) RAW bench press and 638 pounds (289 kg) deadlift;
at 132 pounds are 595 pounds (270 kg) squat 615 pounds (279 kg) (in training), 352.5 pounds (159.9 kg) raw bench press, and 688 pounds (312 kg) deadlift.
He's a human ant basically! Crazy lifting
-
He's a human ant basically! Crazy lifting
He was one strong little bastard for sure bro.
-
Peoples also had those long arms (like he could scratch his ankle while standing normally), and his delts would slump low, almost out of socket.
(If it were a socket joint).
Total freak of nature...
---
Today lifters complain not only about deadlifting on a stiff bar or the gym not having calibrated weights. They can't lift without listening to their music on their ear buds or if they forgot their pre-workout or smelling salts.
THEN THERE WAS BOB PEOPLES!
Bob Peoples deadlifted 725lbs at 181lbs bodyweight and at the age of forty. Peoples did not use any equipment other than a belt and chalk, and made the lift with a mismatched, odd collection of plates on a standard bar.
(https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/kzr/kzr819-b78615870z.120100323143502000gr5nc6pt.1.jpg?w=620)
"Mr. Peoples is a very successful farmer in Tennessee and has his training interrupted often by seasonal work. He has never had the ideal training quarters and fine equipment that most of us enjoy. Most of his equipment was made on the farm. Most of his training has been done out of doors in his farm yard or wherever his weights happened to be at the time. In bad weather he trains in one of the outbuildings or in a cellar. Under such training conditions and without the incentive of training partners his accomplishments are nothing short of unbelievable" - Perry Rader IRONMAN April/May1952
-
In contrast to the usual filling the lungs with air (Valsalva Maneuver), Peoples deadlifted with empty lungs.
He also lifted with a bent upper back.
I read that somewhere.
-
Does anyone remember Joe Spack.....had an insane deadlift for a 165 pounder.......650 or so IIRC.