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Title: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: Bluto on February 18, 2007, 09:24:12 AM

RIP Jon Pall. He died at age 33, while deadlifting.

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: Bluto on February 18, 2007, 09:25:52 AM

World's Strongest Man

    * 1983 - 2nd
    * 1984 - 1st
    * 1985 - 2nd
    * 1986 - 1st
    * 1988 - 1st
    * 1989 - 3rd
    * 1990 - 1st

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: Bluto on February 18, 2007, 09:57:59 AM

 Jon Pall's routine:

Monday- squat, step ups, leg extensions, leg curls, calves, abs
Tuesday- running and grip
Wednesday- bench press, dips, dumbbell presses, laterals, biceps
Thursday- running and grip
Friday- deadlift, clean pulls, bent over rows, calves, abs
(over the weekend he practised weight for height, caber toss, stone press and log press)

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: Bluto on February 18, 2007, 10:04:14 AM

 April 28, 1960 - January 16, 1993

 1990 - first man in the world to win the WSM title 4 times.

 1988 - wins the Icelandic Bodybuilding championship in the +90 kg. class. It's his last BB win.

 1987 - Wins the Pure Strength/Ultimate Challenge Competition contest, held at Huntley Castle in       Scotland,against Bill Kazmaier and Geoff Capes.

1986 -  It's also said that he became the first man in the world to lift a 150 kg. McGlashen stone up on a barrel.

1984 - wins the Icelandic bodybuilding title in the +90 kg. class.

 Sets another European DL record with 370 kg.

 Wins the +125 kg. class in competition between Scotland and Iceland in Glasgow. ( SQ: 365 kg, BP: 235 kg, DL: 370 kg. )

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: Odinn on February 18, 2007, 10:07:08 AM

14 years after his death every Icelander still knows the name of Jón Páll Sigmarsson. The man was a god.

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: TrueGrit on February 18, 2007, 10:08:58 AM

he really took deadlifting too literally

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: XXXII/LX on February 18, 2007, 10:27:25 AM

Quote from: TrueGrit on February 18, 2007, 10:08:58 AM

he really took deadlifting too literally

Apparently. What happened, aneurysm?

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: TrueGrit on February 18, 2007, 10:30:55 AM

Quote from: ThorzHammer on February 18, 2007, 10:27:25 AM

Apparently. What happened, aneurysm?

i heard massive heart attack but it was denied.

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: lovemonkey on February 18, 2007, 10:37:22 AM

Quote from: TrueGrit on February 18, 2007, 10:30:55 AM

i heard massive heart attack but it was denied.

I read he ruptured his aorta

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: Whiskey on February 18, 2007, 10:37:36 AM

He died of a heart attack while deadlifting in the gym.

He had a heart condition anyway so he knew what could happen if he continued.

Hedgehog would know a lot about jon pall

Title: Re: Jon Pall tribute thread!
Post by: knny187 on February 18, 2007, 11:13:06 AM

Kaz vs Jon Pall....who was better?


I always leaned towards Kaz...but Jon Pall was an animal