"I believe in Kevpants" (S&SS Off Topic thread)

deadlybuzzman

Germans having a problem with someone because they dont conform to their idea of a physical ideal?.......Hmmmmmmm :rolleyes:

Hanley

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

Germans having a problem with someone because they dont conform to their idea of a physical ideal?.......Hmmmmmmm :rolleyes:

Usually the preserve of Austrians alright...

deadlybuzzman

In such a shameless blatant case of bullying he shouldve just powerbombed the haters
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhn7yh_bullied-kid-fights-back-full-street-fighter-remix_news

token

Our warm-up is your workout?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqxlGJKfCTo

Full 1hr 45m video here

"Polish Weightlifting Methods & Techniques"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdLmJ_bYCQ

The first half an hour is general training. Looks like the craic.

squod

Copy pasta.....

Frank McGivney
Report on the GPC Ireland Teen Junior and Masters Irish National 2012 Date 16 June 2012

Sad are the homes 'round Garryowen, Since they lost their giant pride, And the banshee wail rings every vale, Around the Shannon side. Well on the 16 June 2012 the banshees wail was well and truly silenced when one of limericks sons destroyed all previous squat records by squatting 400kg at 72.9kg bodyweight and at 48 years of age. Ger McNamara, who has won more world titles and who holds more world and Irish records than any one else, destroyed the world squat record at the Irish GPC Teen, Juniors and Masters Irish nationals last Saturday with a 400kg squat. The absolute power out of the bottom of the squat was unbelievable to watch. He then went on and destroyed the world total record with a 815kg total. He also coached and mentored the Patrickswell Powerlifting team at the same competition. Part of that team was Jen o Neil who also annihilated world sub master and Irish open records. She did the biggest squat by an Irish woman with a 257.5kg effort then benched the heaviest bench ever done by a Irish woman in a full power meet, then she did the same with her deadlift and total to become the greatest total power female lifter of all time in Ireland.
The sun was shining down on the market in limerick as close by the best Teen, Junior and Master lifters in Ireland competed in the Irish Nationals. We had a high quality turnout with a lot of records of high quality been set. There were a lot of new teen and junior lifters who are the future of the sport. Young Cian Keogh from the patrickswell club won the best teen equipped lifter and his performance was outstanding for a first time competitor. From the Brutal Gym in Dublin we had three teens all of whom lifted brilliantly especially young Steven McDonnell who in his first competition set world records in all three principles. To say his squats were deep would be an understatement.
One of the most impressive lifts of the day were the deadlifts of Sean Donelon whose Sumo technique must be second to none. He pulled 260kg to his knees and full lock out with ease. He has this lift down to a fine art with the range of movement the shortest I ever saw refereeing.
It was great to see all the master lifter showing the younger lifters how its done. We in the Irish GPC were delighted to see Sammy Graham from Northern Ireland lifting again after a serious illness last year, Sammy has lifted for Ireland for decades and has won numerous world and European titles. He holds an open competition each year up the north which is the best run competition I have ever been to. Last year it attracted the strongest lifter in the world Andy Bolton. His training partner Kyle Vauls was down helping Sammy. Kyle is one of the best bench pressers (and full power) lifters in the world and this year came second in the highly prestigious Bullfarm competition in Finland where some of the best benchers in the world competed.
Bill Healy the old man himself was to me anyway the person who best demonstrates what powerlifting is all about. I trained with Bill back in the 80’s and he was strong back then but now at 62 years of age he is lifting weights most people only dream about. Bill set world and Irish records with every one of his lifts and at the end of each one had the biggest smile of anyone who lifted. He is a true credit to Ireland and has the real spirit of an Irish Warrior.
Benny Darmody is only lifting a few years but this day he came into his own. He had moved up to 90kg and he did some huge lifting with a 645kg raw total. His squat of 252.5 is the eight biggest in the records for raw total power and any bigger ones were in general done by men a lot younger and a lot heaver than Benny and his squat was as low a squat as anyone has ever done. And so everyone did really well and the standard was top class. The patrickswell powerlifting club is looking better than ever with a huge brand new extension. The warm up area was excellent and as usual the atmosphere was electric. For anyone who is really into lifting in a hardcore environment there is no better place to lift. The GPC board would like to thank Lee Marshall and his wife Marie who came over for the weekend to the competition. Lee is the technical Officer of the International GPC board and he spent the whole competition as centre ref. We all learned from him while he was here and he was a great addition to the profile of the Irish GPC Nationals. Also a big thanks to all the Patrickswell team who worked so hard during the competition. Jamie and Darragh McNamara Bob Kiely and Ger Ba spent the whole day loading and did a brilliant job. They are all big strong lifters and it helps the competitors knowing they are behind them. Next week is the Open Irish Nationals, we are looking forward to it and wish everyone the best of luck

Is Mise le Meas
Frank McGivney

Edwardius

Stuff from Belarus:

http://www.allthingsgym.com/2012/06/2012-belarus-weightlifting-nationals/

Aramnau weighing 110, sn 197, Clean and jerked 220, missed 230, said something about wanting to total 440 in London so he has some work to do!

Rybakou: 185/205 at 87, 4kg off his total in Beijing.

Preliminary Russkie team:

http://www.allthingsgym.com/2012/06/preliminary-russian-weightlifting-team/
75kg Wimmins snatch and total record holder Zabolotnaya is only on the "potential list". Chigishev is a "potential" too but the zoo might not release him

squod

Seriously massive numbers coming out of big Z over in England at the ESM. Nudder two world records under his belt

the drifter

squod wrote: »

Seriously massive numbers coming out of big Z over in England at the ESM. Nudder two world records under his belt

did i hear james f is out? 360 pull though?

squod

433kg and new world record DL. He also set a WR in log lift with 216kg. These are just bizarre numbers. Can't wait for more vids to surface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oey3bs0aUI

the drifter wrote: »

did i hear james f is out? 360 pull though?

Missed the overhead medley and completed the last event loading race. Fennelly pulled 360 and failed at 400.

Log into the facebook there.
https://www.facebook.com/animalbarbell.gym

Get your tickets folks. This might be the year the strongest man who ever lived is at his strongest!!!

squod

1st - Z
2nd - Lalas
3rd - Loz
4th - Radz
5th - Thor
6th - Katona
7th - Fennelly
8th - Ed

Gracias sugden barbell

squod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFZhZ76x69E

Turbo_diesel

Big Z is unreal still smashing records & still getting stronger at 36!That Deadlift looked easy. Dude also has an amazing overhead press. Have to try & hit that event in Navan.


http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DfMTf41Jo1bQ&v=fMTf41Jo1bQ&gl=IE

Turbo_diesel

How much do straps come in to play in a strongman Deadlift? Big Z etc would still pull massive numbers but wonder how many extra KG it gets them on the bar?

squod

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

How much do straps come in to play in a strongman Deadlift? Big Z etc would still pull massive numbers but wonder how many extra KG it gets them on the bar?

Interesting one. I find it hard now I've changed from mixed grip to double overhand.

Turbo_diesel

http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/2012-wsm/europes-strongest-man-results/
Headingley Carnegie stadium, home of the Leeds Rhinos Rugby League team played host to the 2012 Giants Live Europe’s Strongest Man contest on Saturday 23rd June. A wildly enthusiastic crowd of 5,000 spectators were treated to an outstanding event from start to finish. With a list of athletes that included six of the ten finalists from WSM 2011, it was the most competitive line-up ever seen on British soil. Twice WSM Zydrunas Savickas was in action, as were the Britons, and 3rd and 4th place WSM finishers Terry Hollands and Laurence Shahlaei. Joining them was the Icelander Thor Bjornsson. Bjornsson was on a fine run of form, having recently taken his national title, winning each of the seven events. The always consistent Serbian Ervin Katona and Lithuanian powerhouse Vytautas Lalas rounded out the WSM finalists from last September. Poland’s Krzysztof Radzikowski and Italy’s Alex Curletto were also in action, both of whom have WSM experience. The newly crowned Scotland’s Strongest Man, Ken Nowicki was present, as were the English duo of UKSM Eddie Hall and Jay Hughes. Four-times the Republic of Ireland’s Strongest Man, James Fennelly completed the field at this prestigious event.

With six events tackled in total, including two maximum efforts, the chances of a world record being broken were high given the quality of the men involved. As it transpired, one was indeed surpassed, and that was done in stunning fashion.

The first discipline of the day was the log lift for maximum weight. Savickas’ pedigree in the log lift is well documented, but both Radzikowski and Lalas are phenomenal overhead lifters. On this occasion Zydrunas was pushed as hard as he has ever been in this event by his countryman and the Pole. Radzikowski in particular, was unbelievably close to hitting the 216kg mark. Ultimately though, Big Z did what he has been doing for years and took the event, with a world record lift of 216kgs, spurred on by the volume of noise from the huge crowd. What was even more impressive was that, yet again, Savickas still seemed to have strength in reserve if he had needed to go heavier. It was an explosive opening to the day, which had the crowd on their feet.



The deadlift for maximum weight followed almost immediately, and with an opening lift of 360kgs, this was always going to give an indication as to who would be in contention for the overall title. As if any more proof was needed about the calibre of the competitors, eight men all made a lift of 400kgs. More were then eliminated as the weight jumped to 415kgs, and the final lifts of the day were at 433kgs. Shahlaei, Lalas and Radzikowski were not quite up to the task on this day and remained on 415kgs. This left Savickas, who pulled his 433kg lift with relative ease, and took his second consecutive event win.



Following the deadlift, the clear crowd favourite Terry Hollands had to very reluctantly withdraw from the contest due to a serious calf injury. Disappointed as he was, there was no way that the man from Dartford could have continued. As the rain began to fall, event three was the frame carry. The 350kg frame had to be carried down a forty metre course. As at BSM, the width of the frame proved problematic for some, whilst for others it became a sheer test of grip. Shahlaei, who is known for his grip strength, demonstrated this to great effect, and he was the only man to complete the course. The Irishman Fennelly impressed in second place, with Katona edging out Lalas and Savickas. In the overall standings, at the half-way mark, Big Z was leading, with his closest pursuers being Lalas, Shahlaei and Radzikowski.



With the sun shining again, next up was the 185kg shield carry, which was going to be another lung-busting event. On the out and back course, only four men made it beyond the turning point at forty metres. Roared on by the crowd, the giant Icelander Bjornsson was in a class of his own, taking the unwieldy shield a distance of eighty metres. Bjornsson made this look effortless as he wrapped his arms around the shield and motored down the course. This was almost twice as far as Savickas, who took second here.



With two events remaining, it was still Savickas out in front, but with Lalas, Shahlaei and Radzikowski following closely behind. Given the fireworks seen in the first event, the fifth event, the overhead medley promised more of the same. There were three implements to be tackled in the following order: a 96kg giant dumbbell, a 150kg axle and a 120kg metal block. The dumbbell had to be lifted once, the axle twice, and the block once. The three men who dominated the log lift did the same here, and Savickas showed that he is the king of overhead lifting, narrowly pipping Lalas and Radzikowski. Bjornsson and Curletto also deserve praise for completing each of the required lifts.


With one event remaining, it looked certain to be Lithuanian one-two, but which would take the title of 2012 Europe’s Strongest Man? With two kegs and two sandbags to be loaded onto the back of the Great Wall Steed S pick up (which was also the prize for the winner of the contest), it would be a matter of which of the competitors had anything left in the tank after a gruelling day. Lalas clearly did have the energy required as he took the win in the event, but Savickas did enough to ensure that he took the title overall.



Given the phenomenal competitors on show it came as no surprise that this contest more than lived up to expectations. There were numerous highlights, ranging from Savickas’ tenth world best in the log lift and the battle in the deadlift, through to Shahlaei’s blistering frame carry and Bjornsson’s imperious shield walk. Another fact that cannot be stated enough was the involvement of the crowd. Although they were there in the main to support the British competitors, every single athlete, whether British or otherwise, was supported and encouraged throughout by the five thousand who were in attendance. This ensured that the atmosphere was completely electric for the entire duration of the day, and was greatly appreciated by all who competed.

For Big Z, it is another title to add to his vast collection and he has earned himself a ninth trip to World’s Strongest Man. Lalas and Shahlaei will be joining him at WSM, each hoping that they can capture the biggest prize in strongman. Any who may have questioned whether Savickas still has the hunger to continue at the highest level, fourteen years since his WSM debut, got a decisive response at 2012 Europe’s Strongest Man.

Final standings:

Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania)
Vytautas Lalas (Lithuania)
Laurence Shahlaei (England)
Krzysztof Radzikowski (Poland)
Thor Bjornsson (Iceland)
Ervin Katona (Serbia)
James Fennelly (Ireland)
Eddie Hall (England)

Kev M

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

How much do straps come in to play in a strongman Deadlift? Big Z etc would still pull massive numbers but wonder how many extra KG it gets them on the bar?

Depends on the guy but it's safe to say they make a big difference for everyone. I think bigZ would suffer badly without them though because his grip often causes him to place poorly in farmers walk or other carrying events without straps.

Hanley

Kev M wrote: »

Depends on the guy but it's safe to say they make a big difference for everyone. I think bigZ would suffer badly without them though because his grip often causes him to place poorly in farmers walk or other carrying events without straps.

Yup. Plus with hitching and stuff that places a much bigger demand on grip too.

mushykeogh

We will have one athlete competing in the 2012 Paralympic games powerlifting. Roy Guerin will compete in the 67.5kg class for benchpress. Hit 130kg in qualifying. With a bit of luck he will get some air time on setanta.

Hanley

mushykeogh wrote: »

We will have one athlete competing in the 2012 Paralympic games powerlifting. Roy Guerin will compete in the 67.5kg class for benchpress. Hit 130kg in qualifying. With a bit of luck he will get some air time on setanta.

Holy moly. That's incredible.

Da Za

mushykeogh wrote: »

We will have one athlete competing in the 2012 Paralympic games powerlifting. Roy Guerin will compete in the 67.5kg class for benchpress. Hit 130kg in qualifying. With a bit of luck he will get some air time on setanta.

That's awesome.

Huge bench.

Best of luck to him.

What's your gym/where you train?

mushykeogh

Da Za wrote: »

That's awesome.

Huge bench.

Best of luck to him.

What's your gym/where you train?

Nothing to do with me, i hardly know the man! I know years ago he used to train in a weightlifting gym in Tralee run by Jimmy O Mahony, not sure if he stills trains there. Went to college in Tralee in the late 90's and met him a few times in the gym and around town.

Roy previously competed in wheelchair racing in Athens?, defo at a previous world champs anyway. I have a swimmer in the squad and knew Roy was trying to qualify. Paralympic squad was announced today.

Anyway, setanta are showing all irish competitors during the games so hopefully he will lift well and get some tv coverage.

Just thought some on here would appreciate the event and in particular his numbers!

the drifter

mushykeogh wrote: »

We will have one athlete competing in the 2012 Paralympic games powerlifting. Roy Guerin will compete in the 67.5kg class for benchpress. Hit 130kg in qualifying. With a bit of luck he will get some air time on setanta.

heard about this a few weeks back but couldnt find any info on it to be sure.

hopefully he will get some air time. Arent CH4 the paralympic broadcaster this yet?

any info on what dates he will be competing?

mushykeogh

the drifter wrote: »

heard about this a few weeks back but couldnt find any info on it to be sure.

hopefully he will get some air time. Arent CH4 the paralympic broadcaster this yet?

any info on what dates he will be competing?

Yep, C4 are the paralympic broadcaster, but i think setanta have pledged to show each irish athlete.

Not sure on dates yet but i will pop back when i do.

token

I might as well play this since I'm rubbish at the real thing. They allow pressouts and everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U-nRl7w6PI

Burkatron

Full retard right there

squod

Fennelly is ahead going into tomorrows final four events.
Todays events were 400kg super yoke, 200lb axle snatch for reps & a truck pull (harness only). Tough comp so far.

token

Crossfit Gaymes wadz announced (some of them)
http://games.crossfit.com/article/individual-schedule-and-workouts-released

"split snatches with alternating legs required"

Motherf*ckers are wire taping my conversations. I've been joking about doing a alternate split snatch Isabel (full depth!) for a few months now.

I'm guessing the stuff that hasn't been announced yet will be the long events. The only stupid thing yet is throw a medicine ball from a GHD.

the drifter

Men will throw 4 pound medicine balls. Women will throw 2 pound medicine balls

4 pound...did i miss read that...thats 2kg right...i really dont see the boint...

any man that competes in anything where the required weight is "4 pound" needs to have a good long think about his life..

Scuba Ste

Glenn Pendlay's new MDUSA team tryouts are streaming live atm for people interested in that kind of thing.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mdusa-training

Any results form the Leinsters?

the drifter

i sent out the signal on the emo line a few minutes ago but no results back yet..... i imagine they are mid way through a food orgy or kneeling before ninja....the new emo god.

squod

All Irelands strongest man.

Fantastic event. Very heavy. Had a ford galaxy deadlift hold to start, a 500kg Conans wheel, axle dead-lift up to 230kg, 145kg atlas stone over a 4½' bar for reps and finally a push pull medley. Exhausting stuff.

1. James Fennelly
2. Keith Maher
3. Jonathan Kelly

gymfreak

the drifter wrote: »

i sent out the signal on the emo line a few minutes ago but no results back yet..... i imagine they are mid way through a food orgy or kneeling before ninja....the new emo god.

Really felt sorry for the last group of 10 lifters...they'd had a very loooooong wait and the place had cleared out by the time they were up.

A massive turn out for the comp so last group didn't start til after 7pm!

the drifter

gymfreak wrote: »

Really felt sorry for the last group of 10 lifters...they'd had a very loooooong wait and the place had cleared out by the time they were up.

A massive turn out for the comp so last group didn't start til after 7pm!

That seems to be the norm at some of these comps....time to go for 2 days

DylanJM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkwI52TiA6I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IazHfFQMh0g

nbrady20009

Strongman competition on the east pier Kilmore Quay today, anyone have any details, taking a trip down for the seafood festival anyway

RNC

DylanJM wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkwI52TiA6I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IazHfFQMh0g

Should the judge be recording wen he's suppose to be judging?

Frogdog

RNC wrote: »

Should the judge be recording wen he's suppose to be judging?

That's not a referee.

Another thing, I thought someone said Clarence's opener was 155kg?

DylanJM

Frogdog wrote: »

That's not a referee.

Another thing, I thought someone said Clarence's opener was 155kg?

He is a ref, he holds up a white paddle at the end of the video. The snatch video I linked seems to be wrong, it looks like 152kg, not 151kg as in the title.

Clarence will probably upload his own videos soon enough.

Hanley

Frogdog wrote: »

That's not a referee.

Eh, yes, it is. He quite clearly switches his camera for a white flag/paddle indicating a good lift.

And no, he should be videoing and refereeing at the same time.

Frogdog

DylanJM wrote: »

He is a ref, he holds up a white paddle at the end of the video. The snatch video I linked seems to be wrong, it looks like 152kg, not 151kg as in the title.

Clarence will probably upload his own videos soon enough.

Sorry, my mistake, I thought you meant the person actually taking the video we're watching.

Hanley wrote: »

Eh, yes, it is. He quite clearly switches his camera for a white flag/paddle indicating a good lift.

And no, he shouldn't be videoing and refereeing at the same time.

See above.

And I FYP for you.

squod

nbrady20009 wrote: »

Strongman competition on the east pier Kilmore Quay today, anyone have any details, taking a trip down for the seafood festival anyway

Heard about it alright. If you have any results or took any photos or videos please share.

squod

Won by Eoin Shanahan AFAIK

token

DylanJM wrote: »

Clarence will probably upload his own videos soon enough.

and here we go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWw1FyB7KzY

token

In other updates L clarked his last warmup snatches twice and threw in the towel. He was very emo until I gave him a bottle of beer which cheered him up. Watching weightlifting is way more fun with a few beers.

Paudee

Ninja's camerman clearly had caffeine induced parkisons.

So dreamy though.

token

More crossfit games stuff

http://games.crossfit.com/article/major-announcement-individuals

Triathlon type event was predictable for this year I think. I wonder can Khalipa ride a bike. I reckon a 700m swim will f*ck a few of them over anyway.

Hanley

token wrote: »

More crossfit games stuff

http://games.crossfit.com/article/major-announcement-individuals

Triathlon type event was predictable for this year I think. I wonder can Khalipa ride a bike. I reckon a 700m swim will f*ck a few of them over anyway.

I actually really, really like the set up for the Wednesday. Think it's a very good all around test.

And despite what people are saying about the GHD sit up toss, I thnk that's a pretty good test of upper body power and core strength too.

squod

100 foot Medicine ball carry

That's one big ass medicine ball (:eek:)

Molly

I like the wednesday events quite a lot also. Good they have added these in, I actually really like the broad jump but a long jump would be even better. Obstacle course should be great, just a shame they can't stream that day

Hanley

I've spent most of the last 2 hours on beastmodaldomain and drywall. I'm in tears here.