Everyone knows sumo doesn't count.
Sumo is real to me dammit!
To me, Colton is hard to comprehend, these loads would have sounded impossible some years back. You factor in his weight, he isn't a total lard ass like the other all time record breakers (nothing against strong lards asses... ok maybe a little), and he is like 24 if I'm not mistaken. The major potential problem he faces is injuries. I almost can't watch his squats out of fear, I expect the sound of a shotgun blast at any time and him collapsing to the floor. At least I've seen those loops on the monolift when he squats.
I've memorized a lot of imperial/metric conversions such as 315, 405, 500, 600lbs to kilo and so on
What's funny is American lifters think kilo plates are heavier than lbs plates, even when the load is the same between the two. When they lift with kilo plates they are always sure to mention it
Our "plates" are 20kg but US 45 plates are 20.4kg so a "plate" IS heavier in the US.
A while back some US lifter forgot the competition he was at used kilo plates. So he called his bench thinking lbs. The load was roughly twice what he wanted. Amazingly no one caught it, apparently he didn't look at the plates. The weight crashed on his chest and he broke his arms. WTF!
