How not to bench

[bobbyorr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqP2AjuuUpA

This is my last attempt of bench press at the powerstation pro/am this past weekend

[tiramisu]

oopsy. Lost the groove of the shirt or just concentration? It looked like it travelled up to your face going down as you were trying to get it to touch.

[bobbyorr]

Laura Phelps husband jacked the shit out of my shirt... i was not ready for that much shirt and didn't know what i was getting myself into haha

[turboturist]

Jesus why would a spotter turn/step away like that during the lift. Your a lucky dude.....

[Adonis13]

friggin scary bud. glad ur okay, coulda been really bad

[Shortdave]

Those spotters actually looked pretty good. How did the deadlift go after that?

[tiramisu]

The challenge with missing a lift is that it generally happens way faster than a normal person can actually react. Most of the time they are there to drag the bar off of you rather than magically save you from a heavy miss. If they had hands on the bar they might be able to react fast enough but the lift would get red lighted every time.

I'd like to see benches like elitefts's with face/neck savers used in meets but it's probably not manly enough.

http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/dlx_comp_bench.jpg

[bobbyorr]

Jesus why would a spotter turn/step away like that during the lift. Your a lucky dude.....

its called a lift off man... not trying to sound like a dick haha.. but he is not a spotter just doing my lift offs.... im lucky Travis Bell (my lift off guy) stayed close so he could catch it

[bobbyorr]

Those spotters actually looked pretty good. How did the deadlift go after that?

good but not great... I thought I was finally pull 700 in a comp... but my shoulder got mangled pretty bad. and it hurt pretty bad i ended up pulling 650 and totaled 2145

not a bad day... 2145 was the smallest total on the sunday at the proam of all the guys that got a total

[#8]

how heavy was that bench?

[bobbyorr]

565 lbs

[#8]

jeez dude. lol. i freak out approaching 3 hundo on the bench and end up doing that. sick still.

[Shortdave]

good but not great... I thought I was finally pull 700 in a comp... but my shoulder got mangled pretty bad. and it hurt pretty bad i ended up pulling 650 and totaled 2145

not a bad day... 2145 was the smallest total on the sunday at the proam of all the guys that got a total


You're a 220 aren't you? A 2100+ total is sick, especially with a shoulder injury. Is it a serious thing or are you bouncing back pretty quick?

[bobbyorr]

You're a 220 aren't you? A 2100+ total is sick, especially with a shoulder injury. Is it a serious thing or are you bouncing back pretty quick?

louie didn't want me to cut for this one being my first meeet at westside... glad i didn't would have got smoked by shawn frankl hahha (2715lbs total at 216bw)

i think its not serious ... today its just sore muscles.. i will give it two weeks and let things start to feel better then start kicking the crap out of it again.... now its mostly me pec and trap on the right side

[Shortdave]

louie didn't want me to cut for this one being my first meeet at westside... glad i didn't would have got smoked by shawn frankl hahha (2715lbs total at 216bw)

i think its not serious ... today its just sore muscles.. i will give it two weeks and let things start to feel better then start kicking the crap out of it again.... now its mostly me pec and trap on the right side


Holy eff! 2715 at 216? I am aiming for 2000 this year and I will be ecstatic when I get it. You guys are just in another world of strength.

Heal up quick man.

[bobbyorr]

thanks!!!

ya the whole BIG team is awesome people and lifters....

al caslow totaled 2125 at 177
mike cartenin 2350 at 198
shawn frankl 2715 at 216

what??? that is nuts and i was there watching... those numbers are unreal!!!

[Talo]

Using double ply briefs and double ply suits ?

[O-Train]

I'm sick today so nothing to do but lay on the couch and watch my daughters cartoons while I surf the internet. The thread on strength vs STRENGTH and something I saw on Sesame Street got me thinking. Sesame street defined a machine as something that helps a person do something. Then I got thinking about how advanced powerlifting equipment has gotten...basically supporting every weak area of the body in an effort to allow people to lift heavier and heavier weights.

In my mind...in a way...powerlifting in some federations is attempting to mimic the use of a machine within the confines of powerlifting rules (or how they have modified them) to allow maximum weight to be lifted.

I wonder how far the progression will go and if an increasing number of people will revert back to RAW or semi-RAW lifting competitions.

I didn't want to post up my opinion because I feel it would inhibit constructive debate.

[bobbyorr]

Using double ply briefs and double ply suits ?

they are both unlimited by the rules. 2.5 meter knee wraps... I dont really like te suit i have now... its a good suit but I don't think that canvas is for me... I squatted 805 in those briefs without the suit or knee wraps... and it was a lot easier..

but back to the question, yes i have double ply briefs and suit on

[tiramisu]

You realilze we expect regular updates on the Westside experience right?

[bobbyorr]

www.shanechurch.com hahhaa

[tiramisu]

I just read your wlog. Sounds like you are having some serious fun.

[bobbyorr]

it is pretty cool haha

we were deloading this week and my buddy shack hit 225 for 43 reps in the bench

[Shortdave]

it is pretty cool haha

we were deloading this week and my buddy shack hit 225 for 43 reps in the bench

Obviously he must be a stellar football player. :D

[bobbyorr]

he played two years at Hawaii as a defensive back

[Shortdave]

Dammit. Joke failed.

[turboturist]

its called a lift off man... not trying to sound like a dick haha.. but he is not a spotter just doing my lift offs.... im lucky Travis Bell (my lift off guy) stayed close so he could catch it

No worries, sorry bout the newb comment.

[turboturist]

Dammit. Joke failed.

made me lol.

[bobbyorr]

No worries, sorry bout the newb comment.

no problem hahaha... there is a judge behind and the liftoff guys has to move out of his way so the judge can give be the white lights haha