Stokely has placed in the top five at the Nationals as a heavyweight. He's one of the promoters for the Alantic City Pro Show.
From what I recall, Stokely's form was pretty strict. He used a medium-wide (shoulder width) grip with very little swing. His arms were definitely a legit 20 inches.
If you train in a hardcore gym with serious competitive bodybuilders you will see such things. No doubt in my mind Lee Priest could curl 225.
damn.
yes, not saying it doesn't happen, just
i've never seen a semi strict curl with 225lbs tbh.
i've trained in gyms with comp pro bbers, but not often.
as i've said before, priest has ideal leverages and proportions for heavy curling and keith was obviously also absurdly strong, especially in the arms (seeing as he was an arm wrestling champion) so i believe they went up over that weight also.
damn, can't even imagine trying to do any semblance of a curl with 3 plates (315) but i won't discount it.
i'd love to see someone do 225lb + curls on youtube or something. that would be awesome.
we've seen so many outrageous p/lifts, it's be good to see some odd lifts.