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When the bar comes off your chest... don't stop [Weightlifting thread]
TheRealBadger
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Time for another cycle of this beast of a thread.
Share with us, SE - your successes, failures, struggles and triumphs battling against (or occasionally alongside) the Iron.
I'm going to kick things off with a discussion about this man, Jacko Gill:
He's being touted as the next big thing in men's shotput. Yesterday, at 16 years old, he threw the qualifying distance for the Olympics next year. He holds basically every youth record he can and is Under 18 and Under 20 world champion. He is the youngest and lightest person ever to throw the senior shot over 20 meters.
Anyway, he is stong as fuck. How strong? Well, here's a 192.5kg raw bench (sans spotter and a close grip?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpx8JvoYUS0
And a training montage for your general consumption:
And general thread business:
Required reading:
The Iron.
Required watching:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOWcrqOSevs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4jO21-a2W0
(hot damn, I never get tired of that video)
Share with us, SE - your successes, failures, struggles and triumphs battling against (or occasionally alongside) the Iron.
I'm going to kick things off with a discussion about this man, Jacko Gill:
He's being touted as the next big thing in men's shotput. Yesterday, at 16 years old, he threw the qualifying distance for the Olympics next year. He holds basically every youth record he can and is Under 18 and Under 20 world champion. He is the youngest and lightest person ever to throw the senior shot over 20 meters.
Anyway, he is stong as fuck. How strong? Well, here's a 192.5kg raw bench (sans spotter and a close grip?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpx8JvoYUS0And a training montage for your general consumption:
And general thread business:
Required reading:
The Iron.
Required watching:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOWcrqOSevshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4jO21-a2W0(hot damn, I never get tired of that video)
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This video is presented without comment:
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The love from the guy doing the commentary is great too.
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You'll never miss a lift again with this on your side:
Mark of Cain and Megaman X music
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yeah thats why i made it
hrmmm
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at least a couple reps
maybe
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This is open to anyone, not just Duck.
Can't find it right now but the remix version from "We invented the remix" is an improvement as far as lifting songs go.
It’s the version which begins “I’m the definition of, fuck it y’all already know”