4. One would have to see the 325lb. Jons training lifts around 2300lb! Thanks.Louie Simmons. The TPB was usewd because it DID have center knurlings. No one should have to put up with this BS. [quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. Rank. John has totaled just around 2300! oh yeah and IPF who gets the SPONSOR FUNDING EVERY YEAR for keeping them APPROVED. To this day 37 years later, I don't know why I tried to bail out from that bar. I like my ProKinetics and I recommend you try them! I am aware of the wrong bar that was shipped because I warmed up with it in the warm up room. The bigger the glass, the more of everything else you can do. All other things being equal, the stronger you are, then the quicker you run, the harder you hit, the higher you jump, the faster you throw. [/quote] You can train as hard as ever; but there will be a time that you have to allow more recovery time. Harold put on a great meet. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The fees are a way to generate revenue to help pay expenses. Mike's lifts are pending on the IPF website. Fred has held the squat record in several classes and he has squatted 1008lb at the Budweiser meet in 1986. That has got to be more dangerous that squatting without wraps. Mike Bridges - 755 lb Deadlift @ 181 lbs (342.5 @ 82.5 kgs) Lexington Plummer 1.59K subscribers 3.8K views 6 years ago Mike Bridges deadlifts 755 lbs on his third attempt to consolidate a. A 13 year old Ed saw Bill Kazmaier powerlift on television and he was instantly hooked. Multiple World Champion Weight Lifter Thats total that maybe one other lifter has approached. I wonder how it would feel to have a 700+ pound bar slide down your back. I invited several well-known lifters of that time: the great Mike Bridges, Terry Dillard, Dave Waddington, Steve Wilson, and Mark Chaillet. Bridges weighed just. So as we got off the plane Paul was waiting for us to step off the plane. This is the biggest USAPL meet of the year. He was born September 4th, 1948 in Duluth, Minnesota. They were called Spanjam. Within the circuits of power lifting, Mike is known as The Legend. Hes laid down a base of muscle that doesnt just dry up when the drugs do. 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. Mike Bridges' DVD series. Use was rampant, but that didnt mean every lifter wanted to pump himself full of chemicals. 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.. When we competed against each other I won 575 to 505. anyway, im in agreement with most everyone here, that is, there is no way any record should be taken away because of this. im just so sick and tired if people bashing the ipf. He was and is the strongest man under 200 pounds I ever saw. Mike Bridges indeed used anabolic/androgenic steroids (along with everybody else) to amass his several world record squats and totals in the IPF. I guess better an old fart than an old tu*d! After getting out of the Army I started to compete in and around Ohio. [/quote] My friend Eric Stuber and the two side spotters couldn't even react in time. There was no 220 class yet. 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. In response to a question about how his training has changed as he has gotten older, powerlifting legend Mike Bridges answers that at 50 he still trains the same. I realize that rules are rules but, don't shoot the horse because the jockey was overweight. then on the other days he would go between 50-80% of his max for extra volume. It was a beautiful day to drive, but once we got 50 miles away, Mac said we needed to pull over. Oh yeah, no squat suit until about 1976, and no disrespect, but the squat suits were not much. When people talk about competitive weightlifting, theyre usually talking about Olympic lifts, which are the snatch and the clean and jerk. Brand spankin new bar, just no center knurling. Unless there became a cause to recognize a record. Deadlift: 372.5kg/821lb. 1. His form was a model of perfection, but his physical strength was amazing in the squat and bench.He[MCJ1] was doing theBridges Flair before Mike was doing it. On another note, the IPF will truly commit a crime if they take Mike's records due to this smallest of technicalities. What Powerlifting Tells Us About The Effects Of PEDs. Log in or register to post comments Perfect I went around and took off my coat made a pillow out of it then took off my watch, laid it down, and fell sound to sleep. On the morning before the meet we opened 2 brand new shipping tubes from an IPF approved manufacturer and they contained bars that did not have center knurling. I weighed 150 pounds back then.Lou: When you moved to Dayton what was your occupation? On October 4, 1980 I lifted at a meet in Dayton, Ohio that I promoted. 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. Dan, like Ed and Fred Hatfield, has proven that the little man is in! I checked my watch and had three hours to sleep and make the flight. One time while weighing in Larry was standing on one foot just to bug him. well yeah they were legal when they kept the sponsorship fee up. I always had good results with squating and deadlifting once a week about 3 days apart each and benching once heavy and once light a week but am considering combining squat and deadlift day and only benching once a week with possibly a third day of arms and shoulders only. Mike's best official lift was 608 made in 1977. 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". 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. this is a joke,if anybody should be repremanded it should be the meet directors,the issue of bars cant be held against mike bridges and the records that he set,if thats the case then the entire meet results would have to be erased. A week later Mac and I were on a jet headed for Los Angeles. 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. Anyway, I digress. Fantastic story. Guys felt like they had to take them to stay competitive, and that became problematic, Gaynor said. I envied Larry for having such good training partners and a coach like Bob Matz. Tell the lifters the truth and say sorry, we have a problem and cant do world records. It's NOT a 45lb bar. That makes Booker about 62 percent stronger than Schwarzenegger was in his prime. 1986 1st World Powerlifting Championship Squat: 260kg/573.2lb(WR) I said, "Are you all right Mac?" lift on, stay young, and live to enjoy it! Mac's first meet was two months before this when he qualified to lift in Victorville. No excuses! Strength is like a glass, said lifting coach Brett Jones, who is considered one of the best trainers in the country. This time I lowered it a bit faster. Lou: I recall soon after getting home from the army in 1970 you set a national total record on the same dayas Joe Weinstein at 1675 at198. I think it'd be more like shooting the jockey because he was wearing the wrong silks lol! Just lift it! [quote=Brian Mc][quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. if indeed he's been robbed before, then he's pretty tough for sticking in there and coming back. yea i was thinking about trying this because i want to compete eventually in single ply gear and natural. squatting 804 lb. not screwing up in front of the WORLD. Best Lifts: So, even if drugs arent in an athletes system, he might be lifting heavier because he used PEDs a few years ago. He finally pulled out the pin and said it may never be straight again. [/quote]The Ivanko bars were not used because they arrived from the manufacturer without center knurlings. The rule said small jump of 2.5 kg would nullify a third and that is how I lost the bid for my 10th world championship.Lou: Tell us about your most memorable world championship.Larry: That would be my first in 1971 against John Kanter. The power lifts are the bench press, squat and dead lift. I seem to remember Mike Bridges getting stiffed on a squat at the USAPL Nationals in 2004. I met him in my first power meet in the summer of 1966just prior to being drafted into the United States Army 50 years ago. My friend Arnold Coleman broke Mike's and Gene Bell's total record at the 2005 Arnold Classic. What happened? When joining the IPF the USAPL agreed to follow the rules in place, not some of them or just the ones we like etc. 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. Love it. Sure, some bars are exactly the same but some payed a license fee to the IPF and some did not--they have a choice. Powerlifting had one federation, one national champion, Gaynor said. 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. I checked the rules on the USAPL site and they just referenced the IPF rules. Its a shame his feats arent hailed about today. 1980-11-07, USA-VA, Arlington. I saw the Gestapo in action first hand at the Master's Nationals and again today at a local meet. Larry was the one getting all of the attention setting American records before World records were official. Lou: I want to thank you for doing this interview and for the memories you have left imprinted on powerlifting and after knowing you for the last fifty years, on me. A man who can get into slick clothes and not sacrifice his size or strength. Squat: 365kg/804.69lb Orders shipped out within 1 - 5 business days. Actually, I've worked at keeping everything the same since it worked before and seems to be working OK now as well. Haven't watched it yet, but fwiw Bridges benched 529 raw at 181, and Fred Hatfield called him probably the best pound-for-pound powerlifter of all time. 7. The point is the TPB is not approved and does not even meet all the requirements to be approved. Why is it so hard? Arnold Schwarzenegger (3). To: Chip Hultquist..would like to know more about your hip replacement; facing the same thing..30+ yrs of powerlifting. Deadlift: 367.5kg/810lb, Full Article:George Hechters incredible weight loss, Doug Furnas (Birth date: december 11, 1959 Died march 2, 2012).