At Na- tionals Bridges the bt . 1980 IPF Mens World Powerlifting Championships Brand spankin new bar, just no center knurling. Actually the whole meet was against the rules of the USAPL. When they had reattached my finger weeks earlier, they put a long pin through the top of the finger. 1981Mens Senior Nationals I think it'd be more like shooting the jockey because he was wearing the wrong silks lol! John has totaled just around 2300! Reports have surfaced that the IPF will take those records from Bridges due to the fact that Texas Power Bars were used at the event instead of IPF approved equipment. [quote=Travis Werner]I really hope the IPF overlooks this and lets the record stand. How about a total of 2105 lb at 181lb body weight. They've been a nuisance for years, the smaller knurling center causes people to line up too close in the DL and it hardly grips your back at all, some of the even brand NEW bars have NO KNURLING. Squat: 260kg/573.2lb(WR) I don't fault the meet director. Mike Bridges lift on, stay young, and live to enjoy it! An athlete lives at the whim of a sports rules, and when those rules change, so can their career. In total, the lifters at Raw Unity put up about 17.44 percent more weight than the lifters at the USAPL competition and 3.46 percent more than those at the IPF meet. why someone running a meet like this waits to the last second anyway is a damned good question. He saved them all. What can be said about a guy that can do exploits like that? By the time they could react, I had fallen off the bench and went to feel my eye where the bar hit. ivanko bars suck. It will be a **** shame if Mike is stripped of these records. HOWEVER for a meet director at an IPF qualifier - and the supposed FLAGSHIP event, the men's nationals, to NOT have proper IPF bars and weights for world record breaks is UNTHINKABLE. They had time to get another bar!!! With respect to direct lat work, you will neither find it in the detailed 1982 article by Ron Fernando, disclosing, I was there, front row at the USF SunDome in Tampa covering the contest for The Tampa Tribune when Jeff, Dave was 7 years my elder and my teen years weightlifting idol. On the morning before the meet we opened 2 brand new shipping tubes from an IPF approved manufacturer and they contained bars that did not have center knurling. While I was there, in came a man from Texas who got his hand ground up in a meat grinder. No one ever say a word to him no matter what.The Conversation. Try Squatting with all that weight with a smooth middle! Mac's first meet was two months before this when he qualified to lift in Victorville. not screwing up in front of the WORLD. As a lifter who has done both USAPL and IPF meets, I suspect you will be denied your records as they both are inflexible and it's the rule book. On the morning before the meet we opened 2 brand new shipping tubes from an IPF approved manufacturer and they contained bars that did not have center knurling. This. Ed Baueuscroft of California. He said, "Okay, just be sure you're at the gate in time." Who cares what brand of bar it was loaded on?! screw it. Larry Pacifico is widely regarded as one of the greatest powerlifters of all time. And they'd be American records. its not the fault of the ipf, but the stuff up of the meet directors!!! Because 1983 was the first time the IPF drug-tested, most participants didnt risk using performance-enhancing drugs leading up to the meet, according to powerlifting historian Bob Gaynor. Log in or register to post comments I have three kids: Jimmy who works with me at Pacifico Power, Pat who lives in Coco Beach, and daughter Theresa Nelson. I had plenty of ice packed around my hand. I used to be able to recover from training each area twice a week. My hand was slipping off the bar when it hit. And there were no bench shirts until 1984, so his bench was raw as they say nowadays. 1983Mens Senior Nationals But when Bridges took the stage later that year at the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) championships in Gotenborg, Sweden, and fired off the three lifts, his typical strength wasnt there. I seem to remember Mike Bridges getting stiffed on a squat at the USAPL Nationals in 2004. I said, "Are you all right Mac?" Every so often an athlete shows an exceptional talent in his sport that baffles the mind. Several people in the area had Ivenko Bars--within 2oo miles I bet there were four available. This happened to Mike Bridges. Dr Mike lives in st Louis and I know he has some. Deadlift: 369.6kg/814lb. It's unfortunate that an error like this had to happen, but the bar we were using was just fine!! No excuses! You might say not bad well let me tell you this, maybe 12 super-heavies have done 630 plus, but Sam, at 275, has out-benched at least half of the twelve. Jeff King: An update on a Bodybuilding Legend, Consent Management Platform by Real Cookie Banner. View Profile View Forum Posts . All Rights Reserved. 1985 Mens Senior Nationals I was never as happy as I was to see Mac walk in my room to take me home to Dayton, Ohio. The bar we used was 45lbs plus the collars. The movement standards of powerlifting competitions are going to be a significant challenge. Mike Bridges indeed used anabolic/androgenic steroids (along with everybody else) to amass his several world record squats and totals in the IPF. There was a two-hour weigh-in and no round system. I tried to roll over but couldn't. But it will inevitabably follow the same process. Ron Collins who would mostly lift at 181 and you were mostly a 198 and there was a lot of talk of a match between you.Larry: Yes, it would be at 198, but never happened.Lou: You won nine worlds starting in 1971, it ended at Wisconsin in 1980. Also known ad Dr. Squat. I'm sure if anything does happen like records being reversed, the people who are invloved will only use this as motivation to exceed their previous lifts. So when we landed I told Mac that I needed to find a place to sleep. and our A prodigy of the great Larry Pacifico. this meet director, the ipf (USAPL) refs who inspected the platform and weights, and the USAPL EC members present, tech sec, all of these should be held directly responsible for what was discovered thursday and they did not work to correct. [/quote] Mike Bridges, age 50, captured multiple IPF Master's 2 (50+) World Records last weekend at the USAPL Men's Nationals. Many powerlifters even on high level don't train more than 3-5 times a week. Mike Bridges, age 50, captured multiple IPF Master's 2 (50+) World Records last weekend at the USAPL Men's Nationals. and the Squat at an astonishing amount of 804 lbs. [quote=Anonymous]And squating without center knurling??? Had Wade Hooper eclipsed his squat record, for example, which was also QUITE possible, then what would this meet director say! I weighed 150 pounds back then.Lou: When you moved to Dayton what was your occupation? Benchpress: 265kg/584lb I envied Larry for having such good training partners and a coach like Bob Matz. Thread Tools. Use was rampant, but that didnt mean every lifter wanted to pump himself full of chemicals. then on the other days he would go between 50-80% of his max for extra volume. Interesting!If you actually do train at maximum intensity (many think they do) there are some changes that you will have to make as you get older (no set age). Michael Bridges. What happened? I can honestly say 848 would have gone up. If I was one of the competitors who set a world record I would definately be looking into a deferent fed. I went 760, 810, 832. It is not the training intensity per workout that changes as a lifter ages; it is our training frequency (recovery period allowed) that must be adapted. The bar used met ALL IPF specs with the exception that it was not on the paid list of approved bars. reality check will be if the IPF can look beyond that and do what is right for the lifters who set the records. Bodybuilding and physique-training provide exposure to the powerlifting exercises but not the technique. The rule states only official approved bars can be used for the setting of world records. Tests are cost prohibitive. The best in the sport can, with perfect form, hoist more than a few times their bodyweight in iron. You know what I mean. Then the bar hit the supporting brace below the bench on the left side. The one thing that keeps Lee from the world record total is a poor deadlift. Bridges' squat of 711 pounds, bench of 512 pounds, and total of 1,896 pounds are all new 198 class World Records. The power lifts are the bench press, squat and dead lift. TPB makers stood to gain by keeping the sponsorship fee up, after all, it's a BUSINESS. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Where are my safety guys screaming about that? XTREME SQUATTING-book, XTREME DEADLIFTING-book, & ADVANCED POWERLIFTING TECHIQUES-DVD. At 49 it was 2006 lbs. BUT, as a lifter at the meet who is not capable of setting world records, I was very happy when I learned that we would be using a Texas Power Bar. [/quote] I didn't know exactly what they were but I knew there would be some kind of difference between the bars. That all said, heres how the average lifters totals (squat, bench press, dead lift) at the competitions compare. In my opinion, it's a horrible situation all the way around. Best Lifts: Ivanko bars are awfulthey are outrageously whippy and the non-standard knarling makes setting up for the deadlift quite confusing. Most guys at the USAPL meet, on the other hand, tend to not do steroids, he said. He was born September 4th, 1948 in Duluth, Minnesota. By this time I was pouring sweat and time was running out. Mike Bridges - 512 lb Raw Bench @ 181 lbs (232.5 @ 82.5 kgs) 2,478 views Aug 19, 2016 35 Dislike Share Save Lexington Plummer 1.52K subscribers From the 1982 USPF Sr Nat'ls, Mike Bridges. First of all, congratulations on a stellar performance that puts you IMO in the class with Inaba of Japan and other lifters who throw the gauntlet in the face of Father Time. There was also another little boy who came in from Tennessee. . [quote=Jack Marcus]I do not understand why the IPF is being bashed over this unfortunate incident. But when you can squat 1000 anytime you fell like it, who cares about a poor deadlift. 1980 IPF Men's World Powerlifting Championships. Jesse Rodgers, I agree. Records should not have to be sacrificed because of this. Week 7: 4 x 4 (55% of 1-RM) Week 8: Deload (50% of 1-RM) Week 9: 4 x 3 (75% of 1-RM) Week 10: 3 x 2 (90% OF 1-RM) This is a basic program to allow you to progress quickly. Multiple World Champion Weight Lifter Everything else is the liquid inside the glass. way to go!!! (course they also did drug tests on mike but odds are those won't be a problem). At 198 he went 450-315-440 to win. As for everyone saying ivanko bars are shit because they are so whippy you have to remember they were actually designed for weightlifting. I don't care if this was your first nationals and you came in last, you still shouldn't have to lift with the wrong equipment. When he first saw Vince hecould tell he had dropped down to 198,then he saw me all bulked up and ready for battle. the knurling is LOUSY, and some are even slippery for the deadlift. Thats huge, because more muscle gives these athletes more power to perform with. Dan has benched 400lb in his class when most men in his class were approaching the 600lb barrier . This Make your morning email scroll and coffee stronger. If you are a world class lifter, you are a world class lifter in any fed. John Gamble! Perfect I went around and took off my coat made a pillow out of it then took off my watch, laid it down, and fell sound to sleep. Tell the lifters the truth and say sorry, we have a problem and cant do world records. Love it. It was a great trip home. [/quote]The Ivanko bars were not used because they arrived from the manufacturer without center knurlings. 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. True, Jack. People need to have a reality check, as if Harold thought ..hey, let me sabotage this meet and give them a non-approved bar. Hahahahah!!! Ted did 705lb., a record! Mike was the superlative powerlifter. Lou: What happened when you lifted against Paul Jordan of Austraila?Larry: Paul was talking about winning the world against my friend and fellow Ohioian Vince Annelo the greatest deadlifter. I couldn't sleep on the flight. And your team Power Elite with your lifters including Topsogov Studer.Larry: We had a great team back then and I will always look back to the early days without so much politics. If this is your first visit, be sure to And some new research shows that they help you better activate the muscle, increasing strength.. Mike gave it hus all and was a supporter of the sumo-style deadlift and is one of the first to use it effectively. Mike won the second most prestigious national powerlifting in 1977 when he won the Junior National Powerlifting Championships.