Thursday, April 19, 2007

Some serious weight overhead

This is either 130 or 150 kg.Probably 150.Thats a decent deadlift for me now,lol.

11 comments:

Christine said...

Oof. Wow.

Royce said...

That shoulder felxibility and stability AMAZES me.
I mean 330 overhead and BEHIND the head. unreal.

Mark Reifkind said...

he' supporting the load across the upper and middle back, thats why the big lean forward.anyway you cut it, of course, thats one incredibly heavy weight to hold(much less get to) overhead.

and yes the flexibility,across the board is unreal. like SUPER strong gymnasts.they do a lot of static stretching which goes against the current thinking that static stretching makes the muscle weaker.

Royce said...

Rif this kind OT but squatting kinda nailed my shoulder hard monday. Would it be better to do SQ and GM with a cambered bar most of the time while (working on fexibility) then switch to a straight bar shortly before a comp to get the groove right.
If so would a WSB cambered bar be better than IM's buffalo bar?

Royce said...

sorry "while" was supposed to be in paranthases.

Taikei Matsushita said...

People's Republic of China can be a good market for RKC?
Or do they have one already?

Mark Reifkind said...

royce, I wouldnt push the weight on the squat til you could get a decent position with a power bar.More stretching ;)

how wide are your arms on the bar? can yo upost a pic of your position? havent used the wsb cambered bar and the ironmind bar is comfy but has a TOTALLY different groove. works ok for special exercises but NOT for competition groove work.

also the now have a longer power bar called a squat bar( check elite systems) that makes it easier for you big guys to squeeze under it. BUT the IPF SUpers have very flexibile shoulders(they use the Olympic high bar rack position though) and have no trouble getting under a regulation power bar.

Mark Reifkind said...

takei,

dont know about that but perhaps.they do not have one as far as I know.

Royce said...

Cool, hold on I'll post a pic.

Royce said...

Pics are up on my blog.

Geoff Neupert said...

130kg. Cool, huh?

205, 215, 217.5,205 x 1 x 6, 190 x 1 x 3, laterals, rear delts bw pushups

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