socks 32,253 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I wasn’t training for anything specific just decided to do a bit of extra gym work ... I’ve always been naturally strong and always worked and played hard and seeing as you get payed to train in the army In top class gyms I just took advantage of that ....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,621 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 The actual weight is not whats remarkable about a lift like that its the fact you wasnt a powerlifter....having had a gym for a number of years i saw plenty of strong lads come into the gym with no real training and move serious weight around on brute force alone....some people are just natural strong in certain areas but a lift as technical as a deadlift you can expect to gain around 25% poundage over a couple of years just on technical proficiency alone......and 25% on top of the lift described above is a world record lift. Its probably the equivalent of watching somebody running 100 metres for the bus in under 10 seconds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,534 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 9 hours ago, socks said: I wasn’t training for anything specific just decided to do a bit of extra gym work ... I’ve always been naturally strong and always worked and played hard and seeing as you get payed to train in the army In top class gyms I just took advantage of that ....... Mrs dad played rugby and water polo for the Navy, he was Fleet Air Arm Gun Crew, when they were training for the gun runs he said they got extra rations, steak, eggs, etc every day as well as extra time off for recuperation. Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,843 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 14 hours ago, walshie said: The girl who takes my wife's aerobics class can bench 112kg. Don't know if that's good but it sounds a lot. yes mate its good..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,621 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, dytkos said: Mrs dad played rugby and water polo for the Navy, he was Fleet Air Arm Gun Crew, when they were training for the gun runs he said they got extra rations, steak, eggs, etc every day as well as extra time off for recuperation. Cheers, D. field gun crew yes they ate well but so did most in the rn well i did that was nearly 50 years ago ,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 hours ago, dytkos said: Mrs dad played rugby and water polo for the Navy, he was Fleet Air Arm Gun Crew, when they were training for the gun runs he said they got extra rations, steak, eggs, etc every day as well as extra time off for recuperation. Cheers, D. My d man did the gun crew two years running ... he was telling me that the team starts off with twice the amount of people needed as there are so many injuries during the training ..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,621 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 25 minutes ago, socks said: My d man did the gun crew two years running ... he was telling me that the team starts off with twice the amount of people needed as there are so many injuries during the training ..... thats about right mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,534 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 58 minutes ago, socks said: My d man did the gun crew two years running ... he was telling me that the team starts off with twice the amount of people needed as there are so many injuries during the training ..... They're tough boys to be sure, went to the reunion with him at Culdrose a few years back, funny seeing these 70 odd years old blokes having the crack with their mates from years back. Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,843 Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 18 hours ago, Rusty_terrier said: Done farmers walks tonight. Good exercise that Rusty....check out hathors YouTube channel......he picks up the Thomas inch dumbbell for the first time in his career.....then his old man does it....that's freakish grip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 31/01/2020 at 09:21, gnasher16 said: The actual weight is not whats remarkable about a lift like that its the fact you wasnt a powerlifter....having had a gym for a number of years i saw plenty of strong lads come into the gym with no real training and move serious weight around on brute force alone....some people are just natural strong in certain areas but a lift as technical as a deadlift you can expect to gain around 25% poundage over a couple of years just on technical proficiency alone......and 25% on top of the lift described above is a world record lift. Its probably the equivalent of watching somebody running 100 metres for the bus in under 10 seconds I used to train with a power lifter who was world level so he had my deadlift technique sorted .... I just could never get my squat technique right hence I was shit at squat. I have also always been naturally strong luckily ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TAXI DRIVER 549 Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 USA's Dean Bell has recently taken Andrey Malanichev's long standing raw powerlifting total world record. GB's Tom Martin and Russia's Yuri Belkin are also two of my favourite powerlifters(both world record holders). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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