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T3hPwnisher
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Ghost16 wrote:
I can't believe he deadlifted 850. That was amazing. He's already an elite lifter but still looks like he'll be able to progress even further in the sport. Does anyone know how much he weighed at this competition?
He was a guest lifter, so I don't know if he weighed in.
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Ghost16
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T3hPwnisher wrote:
Ghost16 wrote:
I can't believe he deadlifted 850. That was amazing. He's already an elite lifter but still looks like he'll be able to progress even further in the sport. Does anyone know how much he weighed at this competition?
He was a guest lifter, so I don't know if he weighed in.
Damn I really wanted to know. He doesn't look like he's anything more than 240.
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detazathoth
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Ghost16 wrote:
T3hPwnisher wrote:
Ghost16 wrote:
I can't believe he deadlifted 850. That was amazing. He's already an elite lifter but still looks like he'll be able to progress even further in the sport. Does anyone know how much he weighed at this competition?
He was a guest lifter, so I don't know if he weighed in.
Damn I really wanted to know. He doesn't look like he's anything more than 240.
He's a 275er
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Ghost16
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In that case he must be pretty tall. I would love to see him get his bench into the mid-500's. That would be fucking brutal.
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animus
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I saw Mike at Nationals this past summer. He doesn't look that big in pictures, but he's just really well proportioned.
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Rudy2401
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I hear ya about programming for buddies and stuff. I have a few training partners that rely on me for programming as well. While this is not ideal because I would rather people forge their own path, I would probably program myself into a hole and out of the gym with this type of stuff.
On a side note, this dudes training videos on youtube are ridiculous. One of the strongest lifters out there today!
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DixiesFinest
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T3hPwnisher wrote:
For some reason, my edit didn't go through, but basically, we're guests in their house. We also keep control of the eccentric on the deadlift since we're on the second floor. Gary Glock, the meet director, puts on a great show with the resources available to him, but it's a small town. We get like 18 people to compete.
Mike was a great enough guy to come to the meet and put on a great show. Rather than worry about music, I just appreciated what he did for us.
Alright, I gotcha. I didnt know about the venue yall were in.
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AquaCruzer
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detazathoth wrote:
Rudy2401 wrote:
I think this dude is ridiculously strong...
I also think his approach to training is sick! But if I ever had to calculate that many numbers and RPE and be so scientific I think I would get bored as hell.
For us nerds, it's incredibly exciting to calculate all these numbers and figure out periodization models and the like :D
I write out training programs to my team mates as practice for my own approach to training for fun... because I have no life
I get a nerdgasm everytime I read his manual.
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Phillip Wylie
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I saw him compete at USAPL Raw Nationals last summer and it was awesome to see him compete. He is like a machine. I have been following Mike's career over the past several years and what's even more impressive to me, is the weight he handles training alone. He is also just 26 years old.
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chazdaman
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Phillip Wylie wrote:
I saw him compete at USAPL Raw Nationals last summer and it was awesome to see him compete. He is like a machine. I have been following Mike's career over the past several years and what's even more impressive to me, is the weight he handles training alone. He is also just 26 years old.
Yea his training is ridiculous. No music, loud training partners, or ammonia. I don't know how he handles some much weight so often either. I guess TRAC is really that good.
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0908995s
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Before squatting he has a strange breathing pattern, or at least it's different to anything I've seen before.
Does anyone what the reason is for this or if he has explained it anywhere?
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Adam-F
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that is some crazy band tension there - 3 or 4 medium bands haha
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Karl Hungus
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Rudy2401 wrote:
I think this dude is ridiculously strong...
I also think his approach to training is sick! But if I ever had to calculate that many numbers and RPE and be so scientific I think I would get bored as hell.
RTS is pretty simple really, judging RPEs becomes natural pretty quickly and there's not really any number crunching involved. You can add on extra layers of complexity at the advanced level but RTS is pretty basic at its heart, just a method for training by feel.
Mike doesn't really set a cycle out in generic template for people just starting out. I think he expects people to work out what protocols they need to use for themselves, which has led to the impression that it's really complicated when it's not.
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kgildner
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Awesome! Such methodical lifting.
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frankjl
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Hilarious story. I met Mike T at an O'Charleys about 20 miles west of Lexington, KY. Both of us were travelling and just happened to be there at the same time. At first I didn't know if it was him, but then I realized his triceps were ginormous. We shot the breeze for a few minutes. I wanted to talk training with him, but as both of us were with our families I didn't feel it was appropriate.
If you're wondering what his secret to strength is, I can confirm that he had a side of sweet potato fries.
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Spock81
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frankjl wrote:
If you're wondering what his secret to strength is, I can confirm that he had a side of sweet potato fries.
DAMMIT!! I've always been goin' for the rice!
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MightyMouse17
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I mix white rice with sweet potatoes so I should total 2000 in no time...at 132...
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Rschwitalski
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I've had a chance to read the RTS manual and watch hours of seminar. RTS helped me break through some plateau's that I had. It wore me down pretty quick though. I was finding I needed a full deload nearly every 3 weeks or so. RTS can get complicated when you play with fatigue percents, stress loading, and playing with different frequecy templates. It's probably second nature to him, but required some thinking on my part. He's king when it comes to solo training! I think his youtube channel is power275. Good stuff.
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