The OcUK Powerlifting Totals

First one from me, about 5 months in now from absolutely nowt, getting there.

kiwi ------- 60 / 90(+B) / 115(B) ------- [82] ----- 265
 
mrthingyx said:
DarkShadow's total of 520kg whilst weighing in at 70kg is more impressive than Cristian's (apologies! :) ) at 92kg from an out-and-out strength perspective, is it not?
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It is indeed.
However, you need to bear in mind that being heavier means for the vast majority of the lifters here simply being taller. More bone mass, more weight. Some of us are just fatter. If we were talking about 2 lifters of same height, similar bodyfats but different weights (one having more muscle) then the epicness is indeed outstanding.

For example - see this guy here with a 4.5bw deadlift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8Ohaq_yrHeA
when you weigh as much as a sparrow's fart it's possible to do so (although exceptionally rare)
Double his bodyweight and see if you can double the deadlift.;) Not even the likes of Andy Bolton etc can touch that ratio

Similar for olympic clean & jerk. World record at 56kg is 168kg, 3times bw. Yet the massive 100kg guys will never ever catch 300kg. Both lifters being at the super elite world champions end of the scale.

Simply put - bodyweight and weight lifted do not increase proportionally. Hence why I for one take things like power to weight ratio with a pinch of salt.

Updated everybody else.
 
Yep, even the great klokov will never get near 300 c&j

he does make 245 look easy though, from a rack:
 
Ilya Ilin is a more impressive lifter for a kg/kg perspective (10kg total below Klokov), but I understand the point.

I - for one - am one of the 'fatter' lifters Cristian refers to, being a fair bit shorter than Cristian at the same weight level. :D
 
mrthingyx said:
Ilya Ilin is a more impressive lifter for a kg/kg perspective (10kg total below Klokov), but I understand the point.

I - for one - am one of the 'fatter' lifters Cristian refers to, being a fair bit shorter than Cristian at the same weight level. :D
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Short and fat, welcome to my world lol
 
It's much worse for benching if you're tall.
If you've got short arms and a big chest then you touch your chest with the bar without even coming close to 90 degrees on your arms, which is a great position of power.
If on the other hand you're 6ft 2 like me even with correct bench positioning and wide grip you have to go past 90 degrees between your forearm and upper arm which makes it much much harder leverage wise and increases your shoulder injury chances exponentially.

LiE - but they're so good man. :(
 
Can we not have a clean up of the list as well? So many people are in on this that either don't post, don't contribute or haven't been around for a LONG time - especially at the higher end of the spectrum............:
JackCarver -------- 155 / 240(B) / 242.5 -------- [87] ---- 637.5
RaohNS -------- 175+ / 182.5 / 250 -------- [105] ---- 607.5
SkScotchegg ------- 140 / 200(B) / 250(S) -------- [112.5] ---- 590
Amakuma ------- 145 / 202 / 225 -------- [98] ---- 572
kylew -------- 125 / 190 / 170 -------- [125] ---- 485
Compound -------- 125(s) / 142.5 / 200 -------- [88] ---- 467.5
Dan Dan -------- 111.1 / 161 / 190.5 -------- [81.9] ---- 462.6
Simmz -------- 122.5 / 160 / 180 -------- [80] ---- 462.5


Got a bit bored of checking members at this point, but you get the gist! Some of them are even still active on the forums, just not in the Sports Arena, and certainly not in the gym ratz threads, so it somewhat irks me that there's so many people taking high positions yet contribute nowt.
 
If they are active on the forums then I'd say leave them, if they aren't that active at all then bin them off. They will be in the archive anyway should they want them re-added they can point them out :)
 
MoNkeE said:
Got a bit bored of checking members at this point, but you get the gist! Some of them are even still active on the forums, just not in the Sports Arena, and certainly not in the gym ratz threads, so it somewhat irks me that there's so many people taking high positions yet contribute nowt.
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ITT you just want a higher rank without lifting weights :D
 
Morba said:
If they are active on the forums then I'd say leave them, if they aren't that active at all then bin them off. They will be in the archive anyway should they want them re-added they can point them out :)
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^^This^^ :)

Although I will have a higher rank i'll still be 4/5 from bottom so its swings and roundabouts! Haha!
 
Morba said:
If they are active on the forums then I'd say leave them, if they aren't that active at all then bin them off. They will be in the archive anyway should they want them re-added they can point them out :)
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ACtive in gym rats discussion, fair enough. Posts every few months in Motors, no so much......!

Fluttershy said:
ITT you just want a higher rank without lifting weights :D
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Shhhhh :mad:
 
Morba said:
If they are active on the forums then I'd say leave them, if they aren't that active at all then bin them off. They will be in the archive anyway should they want them re-added they can point them out :)
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If you really want to sort it out then why not just start from scratch and anyone who wants to be on the scale puts their name and totals down here? That would also have the benefit that they'd then be subscribed to this thread so can update as they go along. Assuming of course that Cristian doesn't mind the work in starting again?
 
semi-pro waster said:
If you really want to sort it out then why not just start from scratch and anyone who wants to be on the scale puts their name and totals down here? That would also have the benefit that they'd then be subscribed to this thread so can update as they go along. Assuming of course that Cristian doesn't mind the work in starting again?
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Quiet. That would be sensible. :D
 
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