jcp2 said:
Just so you know people are getting a little irritated at lifts being passed, what someone benches is not indicative of weather or not they know the rules. Mendys latest lift, if the rules i have heard are correct, should have been redlighted. So now thier is, Mendys 918, Gene's 965, and even crawfords last lifts people are very questionable about. I know the rules of baseball front to back, yet i can't play it worth a lick anymore. You should really expect people to be skeptical of lifts done in unsanctioned meets. Now that being said, chris seems like he is going to give some big numbers here a run pretty soon. He also bombed out I beleive in his last meet a short time ago, because he couldn't get his lifts in the 900's to touch.
joe, chris did bomb his last meet. it was the arnold and he had the flu. he opened with 815 and just didnt have it that day. he had just hit a good 805 a few weeks before that at a meet we all did together. he's one of the nicest guys youll meet.
this meet was a fund raiser for disabled kids. just some folks getting together for a good cause. they raised over 1100 bucks too. everyone lifted raw and it was loosely called as it was for fun. there were several raw benches over 500, touch and go. i had a great time as did everyone in attendance. great atmosphere, loud music, hot babes, big benches, what more can a guy ask.
chris benched shirted as a guest lifter. he got paid nothing and knew the lifts would not count towards any records, he dd this out of the kindness of his heart for a chaity, risking injury. plus his hand off man wasnt available. travis, kyle and myself did a 3 man hand off. his reg hand off guy is 6'4" and about 360lbs solid. after two warm ups of 750 and 850 we loaded 925. he touched it and locked it out with a press command. the 1005 was the same but he just couldnt lock it out. very close.
chris has benched over 9 several times in the gym and attempted over a a few times, he came very close to locking out 1015 a few weeks ago.
we have some outstandinglifters in NC. im honored to train/compete with these guys and gals. even at my age its still a lot of fun.
minx i saw the slam at MM forum and that guy was there and said he couldnt get a clear view but still opened his pie hole. it was not a sanctioned meet but he acted like it should have been called tighter. he ended up appologizing to chris.
its perturbing to me when guys who cant bench 405 raw want to critique big time lifters. it seems to be the trend on boards now a days. that is exactly what happened on the MM board by this john prophet guy.
this is why mule got out of powerlifting too. he got tired of it, too many wanna be's who dont even comptete trying to act like they know everything. its sad.