Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Chuck Sipes


Great pic of the late ,great Chuck Sipes. When strength and physique were one and the same.
Here's some more photos of the Champion bodybuilder and Strongman.

2 comments:

Adam said...

Chucks grip feats were truly great. Take any of these big sissies you see today at the Arnold or the Mr O and have them try out some of Sipes work outs. Any if any one has ever doubted the power of steel bending, look at those forearms! Great stuff Rif

Mark Reifkind said...

yes sir, sipes rocked on SO many levels.bending shit is total body strength and power.always impressed with that stuff. watching Brett Jones tear large numbers of card decks and phone books and red nails and THEN close the CoC#3 at the cert always is mind blowing.Real strength.

190 x 1 x 12, 210/225 static holds, 24 kg goblet squats, floor pushups 30, 20

 This went VERY well almost all reps identical. Realized I get better drive AND minimize shoulder stress if I unrack it with more weight on ...