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Glen Ross set new deadlift record at 977

	2005/05/28, 11:55 PM Hyst wondering what you all think of it? He did 977 deadlift at Arnold Classic, lifting bar with 8 tires....at a weight of 404lb...
sbroyhill Posts: 442 Joined: 2005/04/06	2005/05/29, 12:31 PM only 977 deadlift? I do that in my sleep..... But I always seem to wake up and back into reality :) -------------- :Which came first.... The egg? Or the pesky chicken? I want to know!:
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/05/29, 02:38 PM aren't tired usually bigger than the 45lb plates or 100's? making it higher up....making the range of motion shorter? Pretty impresive though......although he's 404 lbs. Theres a guyin my "muscle" magizine with an articel on him......he's 5'2" 114lbs and can dead over 500...thats impressive -------------- " The only true eye, is your minds eye"- plato
	2005/05/29, 03:14 PM yea I saw that article Andrew....very impressive indeed You are right tires used were from Hummers....so yea...I guess it was higher up...but it was a record at the Strongman event...what was even more impressive tho is that he used both overhand grip...instead of the alternated....
dvelswk Posts: 192 Joined: 2005/05/07	2005/05/29, 05:13 PM I don't get how someone could grip 977lbs that way (the both overhand grip). That's quite amazing though I must say.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/05/29, 05:53 PM well that is impressive both overhand.........I can barlly do 315 ovrhand lol -------------- " The only true eye, is your minds eye"- plato
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2005/05/29, 08:55 PM Was it on an axle (like an apollon bar or a bull bar) or on an olympic bar? Either way, double overhand is impressive. -------------- The best feeling in the world is the feeling you get after a tough set of squats after you step back from the power rack and throw up all over the floor.
	2005/05/30, 01:46 AM standard olympic bar i think
	2005/05/31, 07:07 AM there's a picture of it in the new flex issue...
JohnS. Posts: 11 Joined: 2005/06/06	2005/06/07, 05:56 PM Its a 14 foot special bar they design for strongman deadlifts. its not the same as a powerlifters deadlift b/c you dont have to pull as far up. or as somone said the ROM isnt as great. 977 is still the biggest pull to date wich is increadble. but that is strongman style. I personally believe that if he did a powerlifting kind of training it wouldnt have worked.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/06/07, 06:29 PM WELL the point of strong man compotitions.....is to test real world/ functional strength.......than just normal powerlifting. By using everyday or different objects thats not in the weight room. Bar may have been longer.......but think about it , he prolly had to balance that 14ft rod.......which if I was to guess......was wider than a normal bar......if not, the tensal strength wouldn't had been much and the bar would have bent with all that weight.......So it was atleast 1in wider than normal. Iipressive grip strength. -------------- gravity is not a law, only a obstacle
JohnS. Posts: 11 Joined: 2005/06/06	2005/06/07, 08:53 PM I never said he was weak thats the reason why thats the world record lol. but what im saying its different then a powerlifting deadlift.