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The "women" just got done deadlifting... Looks like the "Kroc looking" Victoria Long got injured.
Crazy numbers though...
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Hahaha, 10/10 in Bongland.
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Is she Craig Golias sister?
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Wouldn't be surprised if it were Craig Golias himself.
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Hafthor made 1006 lbs look like an empty bar. Scary...
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https://www.openpowerlifting.org/records/women
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https://www.openpowerlifting.org/records/women/1975 they've come a long way baybay.
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Frame carry, new world record for Hooper. Thor ends day 1 in the lead after 2 events...
And schedule for SAT.. Live on Rogues Youtube...
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The "women" just got done deadlifting... Looks like the "Kroc looking" Victoria Long got injured.
Crazy numbers though...
IM THE 13TH STRONGEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD 8)
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The "women" just got done deadlifting... Looks like the "Kroc looking" Victoria Long got injured.
Crazy numbers though...
(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=691151.0;attach=1495187;image)
Firstly, those numbers are wild. I don't want to take anything away from those gals.
Secondly, I'm curious exactly how the elephant bar deadlift translates to a conventional bar deadlift.
The Elephant bar is 295cm / 9'8", compared to the conventional Olympic bar, which is 220cm / 7'3". And those 45-lb "deep dish" plates they use at the Arnold are thicker than normal 45-lb weight plates that most commercial gyms have. The Arnold plates are 5cm thick [1.97"], as opposed to 3.5cm thick [1.38"]. Those plates have beautiful craftsmanship.
Anyhow...
The different dimensions of the Elephant bar and the thicker plates produces a different "type" of deadlift. Specifically: the bar bends until your hands get to about your knees, and then the weight starts pulling off the ground.
Initially, that flex can throw you off, and cause you problems, but once you are able to control the flex, the lift becomes more of a [very] low rack pull.
Not, like, an above the knees wrap pull, but a knee pull from about the lowest rack/pin possible, starting below the kneecap.
For me personally, it makes all the difference. My max deadlift [with not great form] is 555-lb, but I was able to get 585-lb on my first attempt with the Elephant bar [with belt/straps].
Not to diminish any of those ladies - I've never gotten 600-lb on the Elephant bar [although I've only tried it once]. But for a person like me with short arms [70" wingspan], starting the lift at ANY height above the ground helps me.
With my arms being the length they are, my deadlift start position SUCKS. I need to start in a very low - sort of "squatty" - position. And as my videos show, I don't use my hamstrings when I deadlidt. ;D It's all back.
So I am much better at rack pulls for this reason, and I lift more using the Elephant bar for that reason. Again, once you learn to control the whip, you will lift more on it. For me, I lifted more on it right away.
I would say you can get...up 10% more on the Elephant bar vs. Conventional bar.
NOT to diminish any of the lifts of the gals above. Most of them are stronger than me, so I won't talk - but I would say a 600-lb Elephant bar deadlift = 545-lb standard deadlift.
So Lucy Underdown's 666-lb is probably equal to about 605-lb, with the entire women's range being 469-lb to 605-lb, if all the lifts were on the standard bar. And the average for the women is 587-lb, which would be about 534-lb on a standard bar.
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Hahaha, 10/10 in Bongland.
(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=691151.0;attach=1495190;image)
That's a huge bitch.
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Someone changed my thread title to "deadlift numbers".
I changed it back as it includes "Timber Carry" and I will be adding more results today...
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Hafthor made 1006 lbs look like an empty bar. Scary...
I was shocked how easy it went up. He had much more in him. Interested to see how he gets on in the day 2 events.
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I was shocked how easy it went up. He had much more in him. Interested to see how he gets on in the day 2 events.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3_EhmKOghB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Made it look like an opener. Surprised me on the Timber carry too. Grips improved.
He's been working hard on static holds...
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Samantha Belliveau smoked 'em all on the Cyr Dumbbell
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Ladies Stone Carry
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Hooper toyed with them all in Dinne Stone walk... Thor did well...
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Hooper wins his 3rd event in a row, just a freak of nature...
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Womens Stone Medley and new champ...
Big Bertha Johnson Angelica Jardine!
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And may the ugliest woman win
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Mitchell Hooper is taking out Thor. Impressive.
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Firstly, those numbers are wild. I don't want to take anything away from those gals.
Secondly, I'm curious exactly how the elephant bar deadlift translates to a conventional bar deadlift.
The Elephant bar is 295cm / 9'8", compared to the conventional Olympic bar, which is 220cm / 7'3". And those 45-lb "deep dish" plates they use at the Arnold are thicker than normal 45-lb weight plates that most commercial gyms have. The Arnold plates are 5cm thick [1.97"], as opposed to 3.5cm thick [1.38"]. Those plates have beautiful craftsmanship.
Anyhow...
The different dimensions of the Elephant bar and the thicker plates produces a different "type" of deadlift. Specifically: the bar bends until your hands get to about your knees, and then the weight starts pulling off the ground.
Initially, that flex can throw you off, and cause you problems, but once you are able to control the flex, the lift becomes more of a [very] low rack pull.
Not, like, an above the knees wrap pull, but a knee pull from about the lowest rack/pin possible, starting below the kneecap.
For me personally, it makes all the difference. My max deadlift [with not great form] is 555-lb, but I was able to get 585-lb on my first attempt with the Elephant bar [with belt/straps].
Not to diminish any of those ladies - I've never gotten 600-lb on the Elephant bar [although I've only tried it once]. But for a person like me with short arms [70" wingspan], starting the lift at ANY height above the ground helps me.
With my arms being the length they are, my deadlift start position SUCKS. I need to start in a very low - sort of "squatty" - position. And as my videos show, I don't use my hamstrings when I deadlidt. ;D It's all back.
So I am much better at rack pulls for this reason, and I lift more using the Elephant bar for that reason. Again, once you learn to control the whip, you will lift more on it. For me, I lifted more on it right away.
I would say you can get...up 10% more on the Elephant bar vs. Conventional bar.
NOT to diminish any of the lifts of the gals above. Most of them are stronger than me, so I won't talk - but I would say a 600-lb Elephant bar deadlift = 545-lb standard deadlift.
So Lucy Underdown's 666-lb is probably equal to about 605-lb, with the entire women's range being 469-lb to 605-lb, if all the lifts were on the standard bar. And the average for the women is 587-lb, which would be about 534-lb on a standard bar.
Lol I tried a trick when pulling 350kg, sn Eleiko bar and I put 110lbs plates outermost. I figured it might give a little more bend and perhaps a few more grams. See the thick plates on the outside.
I tried a real soft deadlift bar too but it would require more practise, it's wobbly and different and gave me nothing. I get much more poundage in a rack from below knee height though whereas my training partner loses strength from that height.
Never tried the elephant bar but I think it's safe to say it can inflate numbers quite a bit.
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Mateusz smoked everyone in Stone Medley, the 3 reps to shoulder at the end with 410 lb stone was epic.
Hooper wins again, true freak of nature... Tom edged out Thor for the podium...
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Many of the men couldnt get the 1st stone overhead. Mateusz one-motions it like a basketball.
The 3 reps at the end was insane. I dont think anyone else made it to the 3rd stone for 1-rep. (Maybe 1, but forget already, great memory ::))
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Thanks for all the updates Gymrat. Mitchell Hooper lives an hour down the highway from me. Insane. This guy came out of no where to be the world's best.
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I didn't realize how young Hafthor is. He's still only 35.
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Thanks for all the updates Gymrat. Mitchell Hooper lives an hour down the highway from me. Insane. This guy came out of no where to be the world's best.
It really is crazy how he just showed up, won this 2x already, The Arnold UK, WSM, Giants Live, The Rogue, etc.
Kid's only 28... A true freak.
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Where's the Strict Curl?
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Where's the Strict Curl?
Wasn’t he competing in the strict curl this year at the Arnold?
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Mitchell Hooper is taking out Thor. Impressive.
Not really. Thor hasn't competed since 2020, that he crushed everyone in the deadlift and finished 4th in the Arnold as his first contest back is remarkable.
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Not really. Thor hasn't competed since 2020, that he crushed everyone in the deadlift and finished 4th in the Arnold as his first contest back is remarkable.
Plus his timber-frame carry was tops.
Needs to work on that round stone-press though, much different from the log.