Just Wow!
Eric Lilliebridge hits a Deadlifts PR with 408kg (900 lbs).
From Everett:
This was a 16 kg PR for him. He had just hit an all-time best of 392.5 kg at the UPA Nationals two weeks ago.
Video of the entire session.
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
This was a 16 kg PR for him. He had just hit an all-time best of 392.5 kgs at the UPA Nationals two weeks ago. And now 408!
Thanks. This blows my mind.
Did anyone else notice his nose to bleed when he lift 900lbs??
That’s his body notifying him of his blood pressure alleviated by resistance training, bodyweight and borderline PED dosages.
Meh, I’m sure drugs make it worse, but if you’ve never had a nosebleed while lifting you probably aren’t training very hard. I’m a lifetime drug free lifter and my nose exploded while squatting 260 kgs x 5. I’ve sweat blood, passed out, etc. I can only imagine the pressure on the body at Eric’s level.
maximum trolling^^^
definitely popped blood vessels in my eyes…but I was also taking pseudo ephedra before the workouts.
lol so true. Bp alert.
On a different note, those intentionally rubbery bars (aka the block pull by default model) giving in like 5-10cm should be filed as equipped powerlifting or something.
Yeah, I think the shouldn’t count any records set with those cheater weightlifting bars they use these days. So bendy… Good bearings. At least Alexeyev lifted on a normal bar. 🙂
The purpose of a WL bar is not to deadlift, so not sure that comparison seems appropriate. More importantly, specifications are consistent across the world, authorized bars will be the same and have been for decades. That actually is a requirement for using a term like record in the first place.
If every PLer deadlifted on a WL bar there wouldn’t be an issue either.
The point is, this stuff (along with “untested”) is the result of obsessing over numbers and not competition. They were engineered to increase DL results by reducing ROM. I think that’s silly but if every competition would stick to it I couldn’t care less. Issue being they don’t. An IPF DL is a different beast than this merely because they at least try to be consistent.
My gripe is not with them being “cheaters” but with them treating it less as a sport (which requires standardization) and more as an exercise.
If your issue is standardization, the IPF is the worst offender because they have changed the weightclasses that have been a constant since the beginning of powerlifting, so making it impossible to compare their records to any of the old records. It has created a huge rift in powerlifting.
The reasoning behind a DL bar is not just to increase numbers–it is to produce a piece of equipment that is more amenable to the lift. This is exactly the purpose of a WLing bar, which was my point. The weightlifting bars make it MUCH easier to lift more weight. If you don’t believe me, try lifting on a normal gym bar. It’s much safer to lift on a WLing bar, and similarly much safer to lift on a DL bar because of the more gradual application of pressure that is easier on the biceps–tearing them is the most common injury.
Most feds are consistent within the fed. The feds that use DL bars use them at all competitions. The IPF usually does, but I recently saw an IPF/USAPL meet using a deadlift bar. So again, the IPF is the worse offender: the other feds at least use DL bars at all meets, but the IPF isn’t consistent. Again, I’m a drug-tested, lifetime drugfree PLer, so I appreciate what the IPF is trying to do, but I’m not sure your points about consistency are accurate. Many untested feds are quite consistent.
23 years old!!! 1000+ in his future
Continual progress, even at these weight. the “cycle” dosage must be mind bogling.