Donnie Thompson totals 2850 lbs., a new all-time record

SQ = 1155
BP = 900
DL = 795

Total = 2850 lbs.

Donnie Thompson, an RKC among his other achievements, has contributed an
article to Pavel's most recent newsletter about his training.

Donnie is 43 years old. In the newsletter, he goes into a good amount
of details about how he uses kettlebells in his training, and credits
Pavel "for single-handedly prolonging my lifting career."

It was humbling to read how some of his "recovery" exercises are strong
than my lifts. Among the other exercises he lists are the RKC arm bar
on his recovery days. He also lists double kettlebell military presses,
dead snatches, and on his lower body max effort day, a wide variety of
kettlebell swings - single, double, both inside and outside the legs.

The full article can be seen here:

http://www.dragondoor.com/pavelnews_...html?kbid=1022

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

"Steve Freides" <and credits Pavel "for single-handedly prolonging my
lifting career."
>

Even in homosexual relationships there is healing power.

On Feb 4, 10:12*pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
> SQ = 1155
> BP = 900
> DL = 795
>
> Total = 2850 lbs.


A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".

Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
a buck off the former.

<thedarkonelives@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:867e6110-b0af-4b95-a15b-05d232fb11d5@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 4, 10:12 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
> SQ = 1155
> BP = 900
> DL = 795
>
> Total = 2850 lbs.

A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".

Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
a buck off the former.

****************

You're a simpleton - while it's not fair to compare today's geared
powerlifters with those from decades ago, they are still plenty strong,
and they all compete on the same stage. Let's see - the squat suit
helps you at the bottom, so let's see you just stand with the weight he
squatted, let alone squat it. Likewise, let's see you take the bench
hand off at 900 lbs., just hold it there for a few seconds, and hand it
back.

For the record, I compete raw and don't even wear a belt, but that
doesn't mean I don't respect the accomplishments of geared lifters.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

On Feb 5, 9:17*pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
> <thedarkoneli...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
> liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".
>
> Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
> either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
> a buck off the former.
>
> ****************
>
> Let's see - the squat suit
> helps you at the bottom, so let's see you just stand with the weight he
> squatted, let alone squat it. *Likewise, let's see you take the bench
> hand off at 900 lbs., just hold it there for a few seconds, and hand it
> back.


Uh oh, someone doesn't like it when the truth is spoken.

Okay, "likewise" let's see him do it with no lifting aids and after a
year of having to pass frequent, strict, comprehensive drug tests. We
all know how that's going to work out.

I can't do a real 900 bench and neither can he. Of course while
nothing's guaranteed, betcha I've got a better shot than he does at
still being alive and working out at 60.


> For the record, I compete raw and don't even wear a belt, but that
> doesn't mean I don't respect the accomplishments of geared lifters.


This clarifies which of my previously mentioned categories you fall
into.

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Steve Freides wrote:

> <thedarkonelives@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:867e6110-b0af-4b95-a15b-05d232fb11d5@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 4, 10:12 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>> SQ = 1155
>> BP = 900
>> DL = 795
>>
>> Total = 2850 lbs.
>
> A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
> liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".
>
> Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
> either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
> a buck off the former.
>
> ****************
>
> You're a simpleton - while it's not fair to compare today's geared
> powerlifters with those from decades ago, they are still plenty strong,

Certainly true! A 900 pound bench. Jesus. That's like ten times mine.
Well, not quite, but probably not that far off!

> and they all compete on the same stage.

I'm wondering if that's true. Are some of them going to find it easier to
get or use steroids depending on where they live? There probably isn't a
lot in it.

> Let's see - the squat suit helps you at the bottom, so let's see you
> just stand with the weight he squatted, let alone squat it. Likewise,
> let's see you take the bench hand off at 900 lbs., just hold it there
> for a few seconds, and hand it back.

And what would that prove? The fact that Mr Thompson is a shitload
stronger than me, or The Dark One, has no bearing on whether it's true
that he juices and uses springs to help his lifts. There's probably a
latin name for that fallacy, although there might not be, because it's so
fucking stupid nobody's bothered giving it one.

tom

--
You knows it!

"Tom Anderson" <twic@urchin.earth.li> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0802061224010.29419@urchin.eart h.li...
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Steve Freides wrote:
>
>> <thedarkonelives@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:867e6110-b0af-4b95-a15b-05d232fb11d5@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>> On Feb 4, 10:12 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com>
>> wrote:
>>> SQ = 1155
>>> BP = 900
>>> DL = 795
>>>
>>> Total = 2850 lbs.
>>
>> A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
>> liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".
>>
>> Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
>> either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
>> a buck off the former.
>>
>> ****************
>>
>> You're a simpleton - while it's not fair to compare today's geared
>> powerlifters with those from decades ago, they are still plenty
>> strong,
>
> Certainly true! A 900 pound bench. Jesus. That's like ten times mine.
> Well, not quite, but probably not that far off!
>
>> and they all compete on the same stage.
>
> I'm wondering if that's true. Are some of them going to find it easier
> to get or use steroids depending on where they live? There probably
> isn't a lot in it.
>
>> Let's see - the squat suit helps you at the bottom, so let's see you
>> just stand with the weight he squatted, let alone squat it.
>> Likewise, let's see you take the bench hand off at 900 lbs., just
>> hold it there for a few seconds, and hand it back.
>
> And what would that prove? The fact that Mr Thompson is a shitload
> stronger than me, or The Dark One, has no bearing on whether it's true
> that he juices and uses springs to help his lifts. There's probably a
> latin name for that fallacy, although there might not be, because it's
> so fucking stupid nobody's bothered giving it one.

Whether or not he juices or uses springs to help his lifts has no
bearing on the fact that Mr. Thompson is a shitload stronger than you -
or any of the rest of us.

Disclaimer: I lift raw, and if were up to me, I'd outlaw gear and I'd
also drug test every lifter, but it's not up to me and I choose not to
cry about it. I show up at the same meets those guys do, and I don't
even use the belt that's allowed in my raw division.

Opinion: We've become a nation of spectators. Everyone who frequents a
weightlifting newsgroup should get off their ass and show up at a meet
from time to time, just like everyone who frequents a running newsgroup
ought to run their local 5k every year. I don't pull any great numbers
nor do I run any world-class times, but I still get out there and do it.
In my book, someone who shows up to compete starts the discussion way
ahead of someone who sits on the sidelines and complains.

Other: After a few years of AAU meets, I've been doing the Tactical
Strength Challenge the last couple of years, and I volunteer my time to
maintain the TSC web site as well. The next one will be April 5, 2008,
at a dozen or more locations across the US, Cananda, and every a few
elsewhere around the world. (The list changes, of course, so check back
from time to time, and if you're interested in hosting a TSC, read the
page on the web site about hosting - it's pretty easy - then contact
me.)

It couldn't be a more simple sport - no weight classes, 3 events:

1. A raw 3-attempt DL,

2. Bodyweight strict pullups (dead hang, no kip, throat touches the bar)
for max reps in a single set,

3. 24 kg kettlebell snatch, max reps in 5 minutes with unlimited hand
switches and putting the bell down allowed.

The only "categories" are a single one for age, which is over/under 50
years old, and an "elite" division where you do pullups weighted with 10
kg on a belt (still for max reps in a single set and still strictly
judged) and you snatch 32 kg instead of 24. And of course there is a
separate division for women, using a 16 kg bell but otherwise the rules
are the same.

Sites hosting the next Tactical Strength Challenge event:

http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge...r_05_2008.html

The TSC home page:

http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com


Hey, Keith, I'd like to see you try a TSC sometime.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com


> tom
>
> --
> You knows it!

In article <60tuiaF1sftnlU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hey, Keith, I'd like to see you try a TSC sometime.
>

Dude - I was just thinking...

:^)

That could be a really fun training program.

--
Keith

"Hobbes" <khobman800@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:khobman800-55E146.09292106022008@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...
> In article <60tuiaF1sftnlU1@mid.individual.net>,
> "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hey, Keith, I'd like to see you try a TSC sometime.
>>
>
> Dude - I was just thinking...
>
> :^)
>
> That could be a really fun training program.
>
> --
> Keith

There are 3 sites in Canada but they're all in Ontario. We've got Keith
Weber in Red Deer (at least he was last time I heard) - maybe we could
get something together there.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Steve Freides wrote:

> "Tom Anderson" <twic@urchin.earth.li> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0802061224010.29419@urchin.eart h.li...
>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Steve Freides wrote:
>>
>>> <thedarkonelives@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:867e6110-b0af-4b95-a15b-05d232fb11d5@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>> On Feb 4, 10:12 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> SQ = 1155
>>>>> BP = 900
>>>>> DL = 795
>>>>>
>>>>> Total = 2850 lbs.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
>>>> either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
>>>> a buck off the former.
>>>
>>> Let's see - the squat suit helps you at the bottom, so let's see you
>>> just stand with the weight he squatted, let alone squat it.
>>> Likewise, let's see you take the bench hand off at 900 lbs., just
>>> hold it there for a few seconds, and hand it back.
>>
>> And what would that prove? The fact that Mr Thompson is a shitload
>> stronger than me, or The Dark One, has no bearing on whether it's true
>> that he juices and uses springs to help his lifts. There's probably a
>> latin name for that fallacy, although there might not be, because it's
>> so fucking stupid nobody's bothered giving it one.
>
> Whether or not he juices or uses springs to help his lifts has no
> bearing on the fact that Mr. Thompson is a shitload stronger than you -
> or any of the rest of us.

That's true. It's also completely irrelevant.

> Opinion: We've become a nation of spectators. Everyone who frequents a
> weightlifting newsgroup should get off their ass and show up at a meet
> from time to time, just like everyone who frequents a running newsgroup
> ought to run their local 5k every year.

Does this mean i'm going to have to give up watching women's beach
volleyball?


tom

--
I really don't know what any of this shit means, but it looks
impressive. -- zerolives, on YVFC

"Tom Anderson" <twic@urchin.earth.li> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0802061842210.3763@urchin.earth .li...
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Steve Freides wrote:
>
>> "Tom Anderson" <twic@urchin.earth.li> wrote in message
>> news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0802061224010.29419@urchin.eart h.li...
>>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Steve Freides wrote:
>>>
>>>> <thedarkonelives@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:867e6110-b0af-4b95-a15b-05d232fb11d5@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 4, 10:12 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> SQ = 1155
>>>>>> BP = 900
>>>>>> DL = 795
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Total = 2850 lbs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
>>>>> either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who
>>>>> makes
>>>>> a buck off the former.
>>>>
>>>> Let's see - the squat suit helps you at the bottom, so let's see
>>>> you
>>>> just stand with the weight he squatted, let alone squat it.
>>>> Likewise, let's see you take the bench hand off at 900 lbs., just
>>>> hold it there for a few seconds, and hand it back.
>>>
>>> And what would that prove? The fact that Mr Thompson is a shitload
>>> stronger than me, or The Dark One, has no bearing on whether it's
>>> true
>>> that he juices and uses springs to help his lifts. There's probably
>>> a
>>> latin name for that fallacy, although there might not be, because
>>> it's
>>> so fucking stupid nobody's bothered giving it one.
>>
>> Whether or not he juices or uses springs to help his lifts has no
>> bearing on the fact that Mr. Thompson is a shitload stronger than
>> you -
>> or any of the rest of us.
>
> That's true. It's also completely irrelevant.

Yes, Tom, that was my point - your comment, and my reversal of it, are
equally irrelevant.

>> Opinion: We've become a nation of spectators. Everyone who frequents
>> a weightlifting newsgroup should get off their ass and show up at a
>> meet from time to time, just like everyone who frequents a running
>> newsgroup ought to run their local 5k every year.
>
> Does this mean i'm going to have to give up watching women's beach
> volleyball?

No, Tom, that's not spectating, that's lechery, although I realize that
term is usually associated with people older than you.



-S-
http://www.kbnj.com


> tom
>
> --
> I really don't know what any of this shit means, but it looks
> impressive. -- zerolives, on YVFC

On Feb 6, 9:31*am, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:


> Whether or not he juices or uses springs to help his lifts has no
> bearing on the fact that Mr. Thompson is a shitload stronger than you -
> or any of the rest of us.


WTF are you talking about? It has everything to do with his so-called
"strength". You have no idea how much anyone on here can lift unless
they've documented their lifts and further, you have no idea how much
weight Thompson can lift without the chemicals and the lifting suit,
whether he'd seem any more impressive than stronger, unjuiced,
unsuited local gym rats at Anywhere, USA or if he'd even be among the
strongest unjuiced, unsuited local gym rats.

You find it "impressive" that people can lift more weight with all the
bullshit helping them than they can without it. You find it impressive
when someone uses a "shirt" that won't even let them hold their arms
at their sides and need help getting their hands on the bar and
require huge weight just to get the bar to their chest.

Okay.

Maybe you should campaign to start a FA (forklift assisted) division
in powerlifting. I bet you'd really start to see some big numbers go
up.

"Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> writes:

> Other: After a few years of AAU meets, I've been doing the Tactical
> Strength Challenge the last couple of years, and I volunteer my time
> to maintain the TSC web site as well. The next one will be April 5,
> 2008, at a dozen or more locations across the US, Cananda, and every a
> few elsewhere around the world. (The list changes, of course, so
> check back from time to time, and if you're interested in hosting a
> TSC, read the page on the web site about hosting - it's pretty easy -
> then contact me.)
>
> It couldn't be a more simple sport - no weight classes, 3 events:
>
> 1. A raw 3-attempt DL,
>
> 2. Bodyweight strict pullups (dead hang, no kip, throat touches the bar)
> for max reps in a single set,
>
> 3. 24 kg kettlebell snatch, max reps in 5 minutes with unlimited hand
> switches and putting the bell down allowed.
>
> The only "categories" are a single one for age, which is over/under 50
> years old, and an "elite" division where you do pullups weighted with
> 10 kg on a belt (still for max reps in a single set and still strictly
> judged) and you snatch 32 kg instead of 24. And of course there is a
> separate division for women, using a 16 kg bell but otherwise the
> rules are the same.
>
> Sites hosting the next Tactical Strength Challenge event:
>
> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge...r_05_2008.html
>
> The TSC home page:
>
> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com
>
>
> Hey, Keith, I'd like to see you try a TSC sometime.

It's too bad that they don't have something like this closer to me. I
am currently shopping around for a strength sport to participate in but
so far they all seem like more bother than they are worth.

Heck, this sport wouldn't even require me to purchase any new
equipment.

Jason

"Jason Earl" <jearl@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:87zludde2k.fsf@xmission.com...
> "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> writes:
>
>> Other: After a few years of AAU meets, I've been doing the Tactical
>> Strength Challenge the last couple of years, and I volunteer my time
>> to maintain the TSC web site as well. The next one will be April 5,
>> 2008, at a dozen or more locations across the US, Cananda, and every
>> a
>> few elsewhere around the world. (The list changes, of course, so
>> check back from time to time, and if you're interested in hosting a
>> TSC, read the page on the web site about hosting - it's pretty easy -
>> then contact me.)
>>
>> It couldn't be a more simple sport - no weight classes, 3 events:
>>
>> 1. A raw 3-attempt DL,
>>
>> 2. Bodyweight strict pullups (dead hang, no kip, throat touches the
>> bar)
>> for max reps in a single set,
>>
>> 3. 24 kg kettlebell snatch, max reps in 5 minutes with unlimited hand
>> switches and putting the bell down allowed.
>>
>> The only "categories" are a single one for age, which is over/under
>> 50
>> years old, and an "elite" division where you do pullups weighted with
>> 10 kg on a belt (still for max reps in a single set and still
>> strictly
>> judged) and you snatch 32 kg instead of 24. And of course there is a
>> separate division for women, using a 16 kg bell but otherwise the
>> rules are the same.
>>
>> Sites hosting the next Tactical Strength Challenge event:
>>
>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge...r_05_2008.html
>>
>> The TSC home page:
>>
>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com
>>
>>
>> Hey, Keith, I'd like to see you try a TSC sometime.
>
> It's too bad that they don't have something like this closer to me. I
> am currently shopping around for a strength sport to participate in
> but
> so far they all seem like more bother than they are worth.
>
> Heck, this sport wouldn't even require me to purchase any new
> equipment.

Jason, there are no "official officials" in the TSC as of yet - you can
host your own, even if you are the only competitor. We have a page
about "how to host" on the web site, and I am happy to provide whatever
assistance necessary. If you want to email me, I can see if there is an
RKC near you who might be interested as well - sometimes all it takes is
one person hearing another person has some interest to get a thing like
this off the ground. Use the email link from the TSC web site if you
can.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

thedarkonelives@hotmail.com <thedarkonelives@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>> <thedarkoneli...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
>>> A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
>>> liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".
>
>> For the record, I compete raw
>
> This clarifies which of my previously mentioned categories you fall
> into.

No, it's the uranium kettlebell core.

Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com

Why is the dude wearing a USSR T-shirt?

Tom Anderson wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Steve Freides wrote:
>
>> and they all compete on the same stage.
>
> I'm wondering if that's true. Are some of them going to find it easier to
> get or use steroids depending on where they live?

Not really. From what I've seen on powerlifting forums, they get their
juice delivered by a postman. There are plenty of very reliable pharmacies
online these days. So much so, that even the most frustrated can't go on
with blaming their lack of international success in powerlifting on it
anymore. ;-)

> There probably isn't a lot in it.

A lot of what? Anyway, I think that by gear Steve meant supportive
equipment, not drugs. Compared to supportive gear (and sloppy judging),
drugs aren't very effective, but they work of course.

--
Andrzej Rosa

"DZ" <30175@1234915692.2691411362.16216.18229.32764> wrote in message
news:28753@1330316996.2768632634.25729.8644.29495. ..
> Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com
>
> Why is the dude wearing a USSR T-shirt?

Why do you think I would know the answer to that question? I inherited
a lot of what's on the TSC site from the previous webmeister - I have no
idea who that is or where the picture was taken.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

DZ wrote:

> Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com
>
> Why is the dude wearing a USSR T-shirt?

And why this one has some goofy look on his face?
http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge...b_snatches.jpg

--
Andrzej Rosa

Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> wrote:
> DZ wrote:
>> Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com
>>
>> Why is the dude wearing a USSR T-shirt?
>
> And why this one has some goofy look on his face?
> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge...b_snatches.jpg

I do seem to recall a similar bra on some dude with gyno.

DZ wrote:

> Andrzej Rosa <bakters@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> DZ wrote:
>>> Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>>>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com
>>>
>>> Why is the dude wearing a USSR T-shirt?
>>
>> And why this one has some goofy look on his face?
>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge...b_snatches.jpg
>
> I do seem to recall a similar bra on some dude with gyno.

Goofy guy is on the left. Kinda hard to spot, I'll admit. ;-)

--
Andrzej Rosa

On Feb 5, 9:40 pm, thedarkoneli...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Feb 5, 9:17 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>
> > <thedarkoneli...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
> > liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".
>
> > Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
> > either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
> > a buck off the former.
>
> > ****************
>
> > Let's see - the squat suit
> > helps you at the bottom, so let's see you just stand with the weight he
> > squatted, let alone squat it. Likewise, let's see you take the bench
> > hand off at 900 lbs., just hold it there for a few seconds, and hand it
> > back.
>
> Uh oh, someone doesn't like it when the truth is spoken.
>
> Okay, "likewise" let's see him do it with no lifting aids and after a
> year of having to pass frequent, strict, comprehensive drug tests. We
> all know how that's going to work out.
>
> I can't do a real 900 bench and neither can he. Of course while
> nothing's guaranteed, betcha I've got a better shot than he does at
> still being alive and working out at 60.
>
> > For the record, I compete raw and don't even wear a belt, but that
> > doesn't mean I don't respect the accomplishments of geared lifters.
>
> This clarifies which of my previously mentioned categories you fall
> into.

I consider the performances of drug-addled competitors mere
entertainment, while I look with religious awe on the accomplishments
of natural drug-free athletes. The former is like a fun fuck with a
stunning slut, the latter like quiet lovemaking with a girl you can
believe in.

On Feb 6, 5:28*pm, DZ <17...@249030744.52701641.20860.4383.27153>
wrote:

> > This clarifies which of my previously mentioned categories you fall
> > into.
>
> No, it's the uranium kettlebell core.


ROFL!


What doesn't make sense - assuming that Freides lifts drug-free as
well as without mechanical aids - i.e. he's genuinely earned every
pound he can lift - how he can possibly "respect" the 'roid & shirt
clowns?

"Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote in message
news:60q2doF1q1v11U1@mid.individual.net...
> SQ = 1155
> BP = 900
> DL = 795
>
> Total = 2850 lbs.
>
> Donnie Thompson, an RKC among his other achievements, has contributed an
> article to Pavel's most recent newsletter about his training.
>
> Donnie is 43 years old. In the newsletter, he goes into a good amount of
> details about how he uses kettlebells in his training, and credits Pavel
> "for single-handedly prolonging my lifting career."
>
> It was humbling to read how some of his "recovery" exercises are strong
> than my lifts. Among the other exercises he lists are the RKC arm bar on
> his recovery days. He also lists double kettlebell military presses, dead
> snatches, and on his lower body max effort day, a wide variety of
> kettlebell swings - single, double, both inside and outside the legs.
>
> The full article can be seen here:
>
> http://www.dragondoor.com/pavelnews_...html?kbid=1022
>
> -S-
> http://www.kbnj.com
>
>


Are you telling me he did this total in one contest? I find that VERY hard
to believe.



--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

http://www.hardbopdrums.com/

<thedarkonelives@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 4, 10:12 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
> SQ = 1155
> BP = 900
> DL = 795
>
> Total = 2850 lbs.


A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".

Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
a buck off the former.



Post your real name you fucking coward. We ALL know that you are a lard ass
who could not bench 225 with 10 shirts on, so quit crying.



--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

http://www.hardbopdrums.com/

<thedarkonelives@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 5, 9:17 pm, "Steve Freides" <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
> <thedarkoneli...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> A triumph of modern chemistry, advances in lifting shirt design and
> liberal interpretation of lifting "rules".
>
> Anyone who gives a shit about modern professional powerlifting is
> either a mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging idiot or someone who makes
> a buck off the former.
>
> ****************
>
> Let's see - the squat suit
> helps you at the bottom, so let's see you just stand with the weight he
> squatted, let alone squat it. Likewise, let's see you take the bench
> hand off at 900 lbs., just hold it there for a few seconds, and hand it
> back.


Uh oh, someone doesn't like it when the truth is spoken.

Okay, "likewise" let's see him do it with no lifting aids and after a
year of having to pass frequent, strict, comprehensive drug tests. We
all know how that's going to work out.

I can't do a real 900 bench and neither can he. Of course while
nothing's guaranteed, betcha I've got a better shot than he does at
still being alive and working out at 60.



Shut the fuck up. You are a jealous little anonymous asshole. You can't
bench 150, so quit crying. BTW, I have a good friend who is 72 years old,
been using steroids since the 60s and he is in FAR better shape than you
ever will be. I'm 46, had a kidney transplant and I gaurantee I would kick
your ass on 99% of every movement in the gym. You don't even have the balls
to post your name, so you can't back up shit.


> For the record, I compete raw and don't even wear a belt, but that
> doesn't mean I don't respect the accomplishments of geared lifters.


This clarifies which of my previously mentioned categories you fall
into.



--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche

http://www.hardbopdrums.com/

Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
> "DZ" wrote:
>> Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com
>>
>> Why is the dude wearing a USSR T-shirt?
>
> Why do you think I would know the answer to that question? I
> inherited a lot of what's on the TSC site from the previous
> webmeister - I have no idea who that is or where the picture was
> taken.

I didn't know you're managing the site. But it would've made more
sense if I did, given your "comrade" greetings etc :-)

"DZ" <11480@24385006.2797427314.13184.18040.31434> wrote in message
news:21170@47314464.970920392.28322.28127.2244...
> Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>> "DZ" wrote:
>>> Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>>>> http://www.tacticalstrengthchallenge.com
>>>
>>> Why is the dude wearing a USSR T-shirt?
>>
>> Why do you think I would know the answer to that question? I
>> inherited a lot of what's on the TSC site from the previous
>> webmeister - I have no idea who that is or where the picture was
>> taken.
>
> I didn't know you're managing the site. But it would've made more
> sense if I did, given your "comrade" greetings etc :-)

It was one of those things - the guy who set up the site, and was
instrumental in getting the TSC idea off the ground, wasn't interested
enough to keep the site current, so I volunteered. He sent me what he
had and I took it from there. I pay for the hosting, too, but it's not
much, something like $100 for 2 years, I think.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

"Rob Schuh" <noone222@hardbopdrums.com> wrote in message
news:awNqj.15$H05.9@newsfe06.phx...
>
>
>
> "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com> wrote in message
> news:60q2doF1q1v11U1@mid.individual.net...
>> SQ = 1155
>> BP = 900
>> DL = 795
>>
>> Total = 2850 lbs.
>>
>> Donnie Thompson, an RKC among his other achievements, has contributed
>> an article to Pavel's most recent newsletter about his training.
>>
>> Donnie is 43 years old. In the newsletter, he goes into a good
>> amount of details about how he uses kettlebells in his training, and
>> credits Pavel "for single-handedly prolonging my lifting career."
>>
>> It was humbling to read how some of his "recovery" exercises are
>> strong than my lifts. Among the other exercises he lists are the RKC
>> arm bar on his recovery days. He also lists double kettlebell
>> military presses, dead snatches, and on his lower body max effort
>> day, a wide variety of kettlebell swings - single, double, both
>> inside and outside the legs.
>>
>> The full article can be seen here:
>>
>> http://www.dragondoor.com/pavelnews_...html?kbid=1022
>>
>> -S-
>> http://www.kbnj.com
>>
>>
>
>
> Are you telling me he did this total in one contest? I find that VERY
> hard to believe.

Yup, a regular, 3-lift PL meet. I confess I don't keep up on all the
PL federations - I just lift AAU and am happy with that. Perhaps Keith
or someone else who knows the lay of the land can tell us if the Fed in
which Donnie did this is drug tested, how strict or not the judging is,
etc. If you read the article, the distinction of having the biggest PL
total has belonged to some pretty big names over the years.

Just looked at the article again - it says this was done at the 2008 IPA
Pro-Am in Columbus, OH. A bit of further Google - it took place on
January 19. A further bit of poking around found the full results page:

http://www.lexenxtreme.com/images/pr...s_20070120.pdf

Donnie weighed in at 375 lbs. - that's more than Keith Hobman and me put
together.

If you look at the totals column, the two guys above him totaled 2620
and 2805 lbs., and the guy after him in the list totaled 2490. That's a
lot of iron, however they managed to move it.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

ABS everybody wants them. Then why don't people do something about
it? i made a blog that i really hope will help and motivate you to
achieve this goal www.superrippedabs.blogspot.com The key to getting
abs is through Patience and Persistence. If you put your mind to it
you can achieve anything (i know its cliche, but it's very true!)

"Rob Schuh" <> Shut the fuck up. You are a jealous little anonymous asshole.
You can't bench 150, so quit crying. >

Post your pictures bitch. I mean what do you look like today, not in 1989.
Fuck You Homo.

"Rob Schuh" <> Are you telling me he did this total in one contest? I find
that VERY hard to believe.
>

They did it over a weekend. Every day they came by the gym and lifted 100
pounds 15X and then the same thing the next day until they got to 2940.

On Feb 7, 7:42*pm, "Rob Schuh" <noone...@hardbopdrums.com> wrote:

>
> Shut the fuck up.


No, but thanks for playing.

> I gaurantee I would kick
> your ass on 99% of every movement in the gym. You don't even have the balls
> to post your name, so you can't back up shit.


.pat you on head

There there now. Someone got 'der widdle nuts in a knot now don't
they.

I see you find it easy to make "guarantees" that you won't ever have
to back up.