Lou: What happened when you lifted against Paul Jordan of Austraila?Larry: Paul was talking about winning the world against my friend and fellow Ohioian Vince Annelo the greatest deadlifter. . Another set of interesting data is world records. LOL! [/quote] When you see him lifting over 500lb in the benchpress in such a smooth Continue It's about $'s! You should tell the cycling community about your insoles. Oh yeah, no squat suit until about 1976, and no disrespect, but the squat suits were not much. [quote=TheGymMuse] On another note, the IPF will truly commit a crime if they take Mike's records due to this smallest of technicalities. Many years ago, Mike Bridges was one of the reasons I started powerlifting. This happened to Mike Bridges. As promised, I left with Mac to coach him at the World Masters in Victorville. My middle finger and both the fingers on each side were caught. They've been a nuisance for years, the smaller knurling center causes people to line up too close in the DL and it hardly grips your back at all, some of the even brand NEW bars have NO KNURLING. If I remember, this is not the first time a National Meet in St Louis had the wrong bar. The squat racks used at that meet were illegal as they could possibly get accoding to mandates of the IPF. Reports have surfaced that the IPF will take those records from Bridges due to the fact that Texas Power Bars were used at the event instead of IPF approved equipment. #1 mike bridges training style 05-07-2008, 02:14 AM ive read about mike bridges and his records. Larry: Yes. anyway, im in agreement with most everyone here, that is, there is no way any record should be taken away because of this. Sure, some bars are exactly the same but some payed a license fee to the IPF and some did not--they have a choice. And then one day it was over.Larry: Yes I have had 16 surgeries from powerlifting including one freak accident when I almost cut my fingers off when I dropped a bar on myself.Lou: I know you were one of the first to sell power knee wraps and suits.Larry: Yes. Bridges. Mike Bridges - 755 lb Deadlift @ 181 lbs (342.5 @ 82.5 kgs) The division between the drug-tested and non-drug-tested competitions makes powerlifting a unique window into what effect todays PEDs have on an all-important athletic skill: strength. Reply . Deadlift: 320kg/705.48lb. northernhiro Additional comment actions. Fred has held the squat record in several classes and he has squatted 1008lb at the Budweiser meet in 1986. People need to have a reality check, as if Harold thought ..hey, let me sabotage this meet and give them a non-approved bar. It is said the that the road of good intentions a paved with, Larry would drive from Dayton to Toledo for four years using a simple 5-3-1 system. We know Larry was one of the greatest lifters of all time, but not much is known about many. [/quote] Terry Todd isn't merely the United States' first national powerlifting champion (in 1964 and '65), he was also the first man to total 1,600, 1,700, 1,800, and 1,900 pounds. But just how much horsepower and torque do athletes gain? Mike Bridges was the Ed Coan of powerlifting before there was an Ed Coan. Do guys in anything-goes competitions regularly hoist heavier weights than guys in drug-tested meets?3 Why allow PED use at all? Note: During the BFCM sales period all sales are final.Thus, no returns will accepted. How many more times will you shoot yourself in the foot? [/quote] And Don Reinhoudt the SHW world champ. But while he was doing amazing feats of strength, Larry also was always making a judge, Jerom Weiss, mad. THEN AND NOW | Westside Barbell To many, the author included, a case can be made for Bridges being among the best three lifters in the history of the sport. I was a gymnast in New York where I grew up. Second, the guys that want to do drugs and get around a test can and will. On the other end of the spectrum, USA Powerlifting (USAPL) vehemently tests lifters, and its slogan is Americas choice for drug-free strength sport.. I doubt it, that's wishful thinking and USAPL is at fault. So, I think I can back my ideology up pretty well. They don't specifically train to get huge muscles, but they still end up being massive. Hewon nine consecutive IPF World Powerlifting Championships from 1971-1979 (198-pound to 242-pound weight classes) and set 54 world records during his powerlifting career. Mike Bridges - OpenPowerlifting Was this in Tampa? But those accepting the pay of the sponsorship fees do not have to suffer with the bars, merely to take the money and thus approve themjust like at times platforms/stages at ipf worlds have sagged under the larger squatters, only to be considered "acceptable". Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. they say he found out thursday. Some powerlifting meets drug test, and some dont. I lifted my hands up and that's when I saw it. Who cares what brand of bar it was loaded on?! thanks Jeff Mumaw. The problem was discovered on Thursday. Trying to figure this out with the same type hip replacement as Rickey Crain. Well most know he won nine straight before makinga tactical error when he jumped five pounds on his second attempt on the deadlift, which nullified a third attempt, letting Mark Dimiduk win the1980s nationals and worlds.Larry told me if I would open lighter I would do better, and he was right again.I remember Larry making a 530-pound bench press and a 1,900 total in 1972 in Cincinnati, Ohio, at a body weight of 198. Video of Mike Bridges' Raw Challenge Squats | Powerlifting Watch I checked my watch and I had only 10 minutes to make my flight. They had time to get another bar!!! Dans statue, not his weight, makes him unusual for the hings that he has done. George has spread his body weight from 242 pounds all the way to the high 300s. What reports? Thats total that maybe one other lifter has approached. Without a doubt, he wasthe greatest of the 275 pounders. Benchpress: 265kg/584lb barbell | 21K views, 632 likes, 8 loves, 38 comments, 118 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Old School Strength: Powerlifting legend Mike Bridges deadlifts ~617 lb in the 198 lb weight class. [quote=Jeff Fiss]Harold put on a great meet. And at 51 I expect to take it even higher next week at the APF Georgia. I would ask Larry how to push up my bench and Larry would say to train my triceps because they are 75 percent of your bench. he did this for 10 years and kept progressing but he's unreal. Well, if you have ever lifted with an Eleiko or Leoko bar, they are similar to a Texas, so I would state this wouldn't be that big of a deal and a DL record set on a TPB vs. an Ivanko is arguably harder to hold on to and more distance traveled. The rescue squad got there in 10 minutes and away I went. Dan has benched 400lb in his class when most men in his class were approaching the 600lb barrier . I didn't know exactly what they were but I knew there would be some kind of difference between the bars. The bar used met ALL IPF specs with the exception that it was not on the paid list of approved bars. reality check will be if the IPF can look beyond that and do what is right for the lifters who set the records. By the time they could react, I had fallen off the bench and went to feel my eye where the bar hit. I'm doing good, Buddy, how have you been? About 45ish I began to realize that I couldn't recover from that frequency any more. My friend Eric Stuber and the two side spotters couldn't even react in time. Back then I was a big man with a big chest. We did not know this in advance. The numbers from these competitions arent perfect; for example, the IPF just started hosting a raw championship,6 so there are only three years of comparable data. Ken Lain DVD's. Tape 1 - Add 50 to 75 lbs To Your Bench Press. This Make your morning email scroll and coffee stronger. I would hear it from him every meet when he told me if I did not get a better bench I would never win at nationals. way to go!!! He did break the record. As a lifter who has done both USAPL and IPF meets, I suspect you will be denied your records as they both are inflexible and it's the rule book. And there were no bench shirts until 1984, so his bench was raw as they say nowadays. 1980 IPF Men's World Powerlifting Championships That has got to be more dangerous that squatting without wraps. Power bodybuilding requires you to re-learn technique and reach new movement standards. John is what every new young powerlifter wants to be. I walked around and found a check-in counter down a hallway. Welcome to the club, Mike. they can replace usapl, remember? Mike entered his first power lifting competition in 1976 and broke a world record in his very first competition. I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. I suddenly woke up startled and couldn't remember where I was. I trained Mac for a year. I have three kids: Jimmy who works with me at Pacifico Power, Pat who lives in Coco Beach, and daughter Theresa Nelson. I don't fault the meet director. Those of you out there who knew Mac Richards know exactly what I mean when I say he was a great guy, great lifter, and a best friend to us all. The ProKinetics Natural Body Balance Insoles naturally help me align my feet and knees just right without me consciously having to alter my posture. I have seen a lot in 50 years as powerlifting has introduced me to all of my friends as well as most good and bad memories. In 1983, the IPF began to test athletes for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). The meet always attracted the very best lifters in the country and 1978's version was no exception. Just the fact that the TPB is 45lbs makes it not meet all requirements for use. There was a two-hour weigh-in and no round system. The problem was discovered on Thursday. What has Dan done for the game? In powerlifting we have had lifters such as Pacifico who many times totaled more than the heavyweights in the early years of powerlifting. Dr. Fred Hatfield (october 21, 1942 Died may 14, 2017). This will be different for different people as we are all genetically different as to how we age. I invited several well-known lifters of that time: the great Mike Bridges, Terry Dillard, Dave Waddington, Steve Wilson, and Mark Chaillet. Log in or register to post comments True, Jack. DUMB, the man had spanking new Ivanko weights and ER rack on the platform, to think that the bar was his underminding the rules is plain stupid. When they had reattached my finger weeks earlier, they put a long pin through the top of the finger. Just start learning the gear/rule variations. Deadlift: 367.5kg/810lb, Full Article:George Hechters incredible weight loss, Doug Furnas (Birth date: december 11, 1959 Died march 2, 2012). I find that while the weight I lift is less, the intensity is still high and with decent results but I stay sore longer. So, after the 1983 IPF event, he and others formed the American Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation. All of Mel's lifts are done in extremely strict style. Hes laid down a base of muscle that doesnt just dry up when the drugs do. I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. You won't believe my luck. Multi Time World Champion. Mike Bridges on the Bench Press : r/weightroom - reddit Mike Bridges - ProKinetics : ProKinetics Mike Bridges First offcongrats M.B on the records. Mike Bridges' DVD series. HOWEVER, if you're the meet director and you're running an IPF qualifier with potential world records, YOU are responsible for making sure the bar is good. They took me to Grandview Hospital where a doctor friend of the family met us. Who is that? the fault is with USAPL and its referees (IPF ones) and its meet director, who should have KNOWN better than to hold a MEN's NATIONALS and that women's record breaker event WITHOUT THE PROPER BARS. Squat: 405kg/892.87lb How about a total of 2105 lb at 181lb body weight. Then, around the mid-70s, people realized that taking huge doses increased their lifts, said Bob Gaynor, a powerlifting historian and competitive lifter from the era. When planning ahead for the meet today, I had to ask myself if I was capable of creating conditions in which records could be set and make it known to the lifters who entered the meet today whether the conditions in which they would find would or was not condusive to setting any records. Things like how they trained in the beginning. He went back and opened the trunk and brought back two tall, really cold bottles of beer. Mike's lifts are pending on the IPF website. Tests are cost prohibitive. He was right.After 10 yearsfrom 1970 to 1980I won my first nationals with my first top-ten bench. I said, "Are you all right Mac?" [/quote]The Ivanko bars were not used because they arrived from the manufacturer without center knurlings. If you are a world class lifter, you are a world class lifter in any fed. I tried to roll over but couldn't. Bridges trained all three of the power lifts in the same workout, three days a week. I checked my watch and had three hours to sleep and make the flight. Now that I know the whole story from Harold I feel bad about the situation and my earlier comments. Deadlift: 365kg/804.69lb. BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. fed ex, several people with bars in ATTENDANCE who could have had fed ex deliver them, there's NO EXCUSE in this day and age. I like my ProKinetics and I recommend you try them! In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. He has broken over 100 combined Nationals and World Records in his storied career. The 20kg TPB used to be approved by the IPF, until they didn't pay the licensing fee, so there are undoubtedly some IPF World record which have been set using a TPB. When you squat 800 pounds, every joint in your body needs to be optimally aligned. Guys felt like they had to take them to stay competitive, and that became problematic, Gaynor said. Wow! it's not just Mike's!) @Michael_Easter, Steroids (6 posts) and the Squat at an astonishing amount of 804 lbs. We can still make new gains and new PR's well into our master careers but we have to listen to what our bodies are telling us more. I weighed 150 pounds back then.Lou: When you moved to Dayton what was your occupation? In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. [quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. It's a shame his feats aren't hailed about today. What was remarkable was the little guys finger was as tiny as you would expect, and with the help of microscopic lenses he worked a miracle. Mike is going to get robbed because it's an IPF rule, tpb isn't approved equipment and so he's getting american records. Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. WTF!! And your team Power Elite with your lifters including Topsogov Studer. I guess better an old fart than an old tu*d! He was inducted into the York Barbell Hall of Fame on June 28, 1998. check out the. Mike's. The power lifts are the bench press, squat and dead lift. Best Lifts: My training put me at 835-580-800-2215. My friend Arnold Coleman broke Mike's and Gene Bell's total record at the 2005 Arnold Classic. 3. mark. [quote=Anonymous] well yeah they were legal when they kept the sponsorship fee up. You had Mike Bridges who astonished the world with his absolute dominance and ground breaking lifts. Rogers post about changing the frequency of training seems to fit. Worlds Strongest Man Bill Kazmaier has referred to him as a god in powerlifting, and world-champion powerlifter Don Reinhouldt has said, Larry will always be a legend of all time to us.. [/quote] You've probably never heard of him, but he's one of the strongest men who's ever lived, and he was a powerlifting god in the early 1980s. The next day I called Dr. Kunitz and he said to call my doctor. USAPL, was it "modified rules" which were in effect this time? And some new research shows that they help you better activate the muscle, increasing strength.. What gives? so yes, some records were set with tpb. they cut it fine by sending it to you thast close to a meet. Bridges' squat of 711 pounds, bench of 512 pounds, and total of 1,896 pounds are all new 198 class World Records. all of the sheiko guys seem to do well in these feds. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. Many powerlifters even on high level don't train more than 3-5 times a week. The fact that Teds total may have been low does not depreciate the astronomical effort he has left us with. Jeff King: An update on a Bodybuilding Legend, Consent Management Platform by Real Cookie Banner. oh yeah and IPF who gets the SPONSOR FUNDING EVERY YEAR for keeping them APPROVED. My first personal observation of Mike was at the Heart Of America Powerlifting Contest, an annual event hosted by St. Louis gym owner and bodybuilder George Turner. With respect to direct lat work, you will neither find it in the detailed 1982 article by Ron Fernando, disclosing, I was there, front row at the USF SunDome in Tampa covering the contest for The Tampa Tribune when Jeff, Dave was 7 years my elder and my teen years weightlifting idol. His name was Mike Bridges. I hope it wasnt 45lbs cos USAPL/IPF rules stipulate metric measures some even fresh from factory seem unduly "slick"! At meets a certain aura surrounded you.Larry: My first rival was Joe Weinstein. Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL For example, research published in the journal Sports Medicine found that steroids can increase an athletes strength by 5 to 20 percent. Bench: 160kg/352.74lb(WR) Although he seldom works them, he has pressed 300lb from behind the neck and military pressed 325lb. My boyfriend was in the area on Thursday afternoon when several referees told the Technical Sec that something was wrong with the bar and they were told it was OK, it was an old Ivenko Bar. The top of the pin stuck out about a quarter inch with a tiny loop that bent around. Was I right! Are world records going to be able to be broken there? Following this mind set I've won 10 Masters World Championships and broken 14 World Master's Records; and am also one of only 11 men over 50 to bench over 600 in competition. Mike Bridges Multiple World Champion Weight Lifter Peoria, IL Mike is a World IPF Champion, IPF World Record Holder, 2008 Masters World Champion with 4 Gold Medals, and 2007 World Bench Press Gold Medalist. The competitor in the 123-pound squat data was a dwarf and indeed hoisted 639 pounds. In the meet Paul tore a quad and broke an ankle. Steroids also tend to decrease body fat. Since the bar and collars must weight 25kg(55.115lbs) and the TPB and collars would weigh 56.023(25.4kg). they're listed as pending cause someone turned in teh record forms and until ipf looks into this, they're pending. And your team Power Elite with your lifters including Topsogov Studer.Larry: We had a great team back then and I will always look back to the early days without so much politics. That number is even more amazing when you consider that at the 1968 German powerlifting championships, 176-pound Arnold Schwarzenegger squatted 460 pounds. His total outdid his closest competiton by some 150lb. It went all the way down except for about half an inch. No one expects any more of you. It is not the training intensity per workout that changes as a lifter ages; it is our training frequency (recovery period allowed) that must be adapted. They were called Spanjam. Oh they won't have to erase the meet results, no. 711 still weighs 711 on a Texas Power Bar or an Ivanko! Mike Bridges, age 50, captured multiple IPF Master's 2 (50+) World Records last weekend at the USAPL Men's Nationals. He has proved that you dont have to be a giant to do record poundages! and our [/quote] Harold put on a great meet. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. Larry: We had a great team back then and I will always look back to the early days without so much politics. Modern powerlifters are some of the strongest people in history. Steroids have been clearly shown to increase muscle mass, and theres a direct correlation between muscle cross-sectional area and the ability to produce force, said Brad Schoenfeld, an exercise scientist at the City University of New Yorks Lehman College. No official word has come down from the IPF or USAPL. LEGENDARY BENCH PRESSER MIKE MACDONALD (USA) PASSED - Powerlifting In fact, the folks in Missouri have always done a great job. Did the meet director think for one moment all the WORLD RECORDS unassailable at the MEN'S NATIONALS? Use was rampant, but that didnt mean every lifter wanted to pump himself full of chemicals. Thats what makes powerlifting such a great sport. 1983Mens Senior Nationals 5. TPB makers stood to gain by keeping the sponsorship fee up, after all, it's a BUSINESS.[/quote]. What Powerlifting Tells Us About The Effects Of PEDs I dont drug test at Raw Unity for a couple reasons, said Eric Talmant, who organizes and competes in Raw Unity, an event considered by some to be the Super Bowl of American raw powerlifting. Dan is a poor bencher when it comes to fellows his weight, but he more than makes up for it in other two lifts. When joining the IPF the USAPL agreed to follow the rules in place, not some of them or just the ones we like etc. Something like this should never have been overlookedEVER ! I invited several well-known lifters of that time: the great Mike Bridges, Terry Dillard, Dave Waddington, Steve Wilson, and Mark Chaillet. Steve Powell has uploaded video of the first two squat attempts of powerlifting legend and pre-meet favorite, Mike Bridges (198), at the USAPL CON-CRET Raw Challenge at the Arnold Classic. Unless there became a cause to recognize a record. I stayed there for three days. I've never really changed anything. if indeed he's been robbed before, then he's pretty tough for sticking in there and coming back. That makes Booker about 62 percent stronger than Schwarzenegger was in his prime. (365.5 kg). Tragedy struck again on our way back to Dayton. I drove it to within an inch from locking it out. He bench pressed well over 400, squatter more than 700 and deadlifted close to that. Giant to appreciate his size. The world is blessed with FED ex overnight, next MORNING, [quote=Anonymous] And it's still very hard for me to write after all these years. in the NFL, Major League Baseball and the Olympics what were really talking about is how the drugs make an athletes muscles more efficient in terms of strength and recovery. I came up with a wrestling singlet with legs, but somehow George Langas took the idea and sold them under the name Spanjam, which I distributed.Lou: You had a lot of lifters come stay with you such as Mike Bridges who you said was the strongest man under 200 pounds. Jons training lifts around 2300lb! The rule states only official approved bars can be used for the setting of world records. Mike Bridges - Bridges was one of the greatest powerlifters of all time, competing in the 165 and 181 pound classes. [quote=Harold Gaines]I was the Meet Director for this event and I would like to put to rest this issue (if possible). Gerlof Holkema 4.4K subscribers Subscribe 4.1K views 2 years ago Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs /. I'm fine Jesse! Way to go meet directors! Multiple World Champion Weight Lifter Lou: You had a lot of lifters come stay with you such as Mike Bridges who you said was the strongest man under 200 pounds. Because 1983 was the first time the IPF drug-tested, most participants didnt risk using performance-enhancing drugs leading up to the meet, according to powerlifting historian Bob Gaynor. You know what I mean. XTREME SQUATTING-book, XTREME DEADLIFTING-book, & ADVANCED POWERLIFTING TECHIQUES-DVD. History of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training - Number Of course, it would be nave to assume that some lifters at tested events werent using PEDs. My finger was bleeding and I was sweating and I had to make that flight. Being stubborn about that and thinking I'm too tough to change what I do will derail your progress sooner or laterso listen to what the body is telling you and work with it; not against it. only thing worse than being old is being an old fart. BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. How about a total of 2105 lb at 181lb body weight. Rank. im just so sick and tired if people bashing the ipf. [quote=Brian Mc][quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. lol. Louie Simmons Powerlifting differentiates between world records set at tested and non-tested competitions. It was the first issue where my name wasn't there for the first time in 10 years. 1985 Mens Senior Nationals Week 7: 4 x 4 (55% of 1-RM) Week 8: Deload (50% of 1-RM) Week 9: 4 x 3 (75% of 1-RM) Week 10: 3 x 2 (90% OF 1-RM) This is a basic program to allow you to progress quickly. An athlete lives at the whim of a sports rules, and when those rules change, so can their career. All right reserved. And in some years at Raw Unity, a weight class might only have two lifters (an athlete has to be very strong to qualify for the event). Ed did one bodybuilding show as a teenager but he did not like the idea of losing weight, he wanted to become as big as possible. The point is the TPB is not approved and does not even meet all the requirements to be approved. [/quote] Show me where the IPF as said anything? I used to be able to recover from training each area twice a week. Then a week after that, Frank Zane and I had a seminar in New Jersey. George is to be feared, and why not , it isnt everyone who can squat 985 and total 2369lb. Mike Bridges (Birth date: february 1, 1957). I bought it in the park and it was the "official hat of the team" and part of the money I payed was toward the license fee the hat company payed the baseball organization. BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. This accident took maybe a second and a half. 4. "Bars dont grow on trees, what would you have done in this situation??" We are not EliteFitness.com. i'm over 40 and over the past years since i hit 40, i've actually stepped UP my sets and find i'm getting better results, doing my best even as i get older isn't a problem.. the one thing is to keep the challenges coming and step up to them, not think "oh i'm a master, maybe i shouldn't train so hard".