Sean recently alluded to the fact that some of my lifters were going to move up in weight classes. He is correct.
Firstly, this information is not for those that want beach bodies, 6 packs showing, veins popping etc. This is purely powerlifting orientated, 100%.
Its not even for gym lifters that have no intention of ever competing, its about maximizing your potential in the sport of powerlifting. Its not for women either. A "husky" guy is excepted in society, an overweight girl is not. This is wrong, but I cant fix societies problems, thats Kyles job.
As you guys know, I had Adam Coe come over from Perth last weekend. We had an interesting conversation. He said that the late Lenny Wilson had told Adam to get out of the 90kg class and into the 110-125kg class. Adam eventually went up to 100kg and has set the best ever total in Australian Powerlifting History. Adam was strong enough to win Nats at 90kg, but he was unbeatable at 100kg. He would have been frightening in the 110's.
Now Adam was only 5'10", so not a giant, but still way too tall for the 90's. Steve Pritchard is 5'10" and lifts in the 125kg class.
Anyway, Adam told me that Daryl would be unbeatable at 82.5kg or even 90kg. Daryl lifts at 67.5kg, and after our little talk, is already 71kg. He totaled 460kg at 67.5kg, as a teenager he will go well over 500kg at 75, and if he gets to 82.5kg by the next Nats, could do anything.
The same applies for Max, Adam said anything lighter than 90-100kg for Max at 173cm will be a waste.
Now while these boys are eating their way out of weight classes, their Glossbrenner score will suffer and they wont win comps. Big picture. Max could easily have lifted at 75kg on the weekend and totaled 500kg, neither he nor Daryl made any effort to reduce weight for the comp. They both have a single minded approach to get heavier and keep increasing their totals.
I know Michael weighed 72.5kg on Wednesday and lifted at 67.5kg. Max and Daryl could both have done the same, dropping 5kg each would of had their Glossbrenner score soaring. Big picture.
Fat Dave struggles with keeping his weight down. Three months ago at the Vics he got down to 98kg, and he totaled 485kg. That was less than Max. This time around, I had him eat as much as he likes, he came in at 106kg and totaled 520kg. A 35kg increase for an 8kg bw increase. Thats a fair trade off for me. In 2 years he has shown he obviously doesnt care about his appearance. He may even lift at 115kg next year, and total well over 550kg.
I spoke to Mitch at the Nats. He lost a lot of weight and strength to compete at 88kg at the Nats. He is very tall and looked too skinny. He is a 110kg class lifter at the very least, the same goes for Scott. Michael would be awesome at 82.5kg.
Increasing bw is not for everyone. Some are happy to stay at their current weight. I totaly understand that, just be aware that there is a correct bw for a lifter at every height. If you want to maximize your potential in the sport, increase your weight to match your height.
Larry Pacifico - 5'6" @ 90kg - 56 WR
Bill Kazmaier - 6'3" @ 150-160kg
Ed Coan - 5'6" @ 110kg
You guys get the idea
Firstly, this information is not for those that want beach bodies, 6 packs showing, veins popping etc. This is purely powerlifting orientated, 100%.
Its not even for gym lifters that have no intention of ever competing, its about maximizing your potential in the sport of powerlifting. Its not for women either. A "husky" guy is excepted in society, an overweight girl is not. This is wrong, but I cant fix societies problems, thats Kyles job.
As you guys know, I had Adam Coe come over from Perth last weekend. We had an interesting conversation. He said that the late Lenny Wilson had told Adam to get out of the 90kg class and into the 110-125kg class. Adam eventually went up to 100kg and has set the best ever total in Australian Powerlifting History. Adam was strong enough to win Nats at 90kg, but he was unbeatable at 100kg. He would have been frightening in the 110's.
Now Adam was only 5'10", so not a giant, but still way too tall for the 90's. Steve Pritchard is 5'10" and lifts in the 125kg class.
Anyway, Adam told me that Daryl would be unbeatable at 82.5kg or even 90kg. Daryl lifts at 67.5kg, and after our little talk, is already 71kg. He totaled 460kg at 67.5kg, as a teenager he will go well over 500kg at 75, and if he gets to 82.5kg by the next Nats, could do anything.
The same applies for Max, Adam said anything lighter than 90-100kg for Max at 173cm will be a waste.
Now while these boys are eating their way out of weight classes, their Glossbrenner score will suffer and they wont win comps. Big picture. Max could easily have lifted at 75kg on the weekend and totaled 500kg, neither he nor Daryl made any effort to reduce weight for the comp. They both have a single minded approach to get heavier and keep increasing their totals.
I know Michael weighed 72.5kg on Wednesday and lifted at 67.5kg. Max and Daryl could both have done the same, dropping 5kg each would of had their Glossbrenner score soaring. Big picture.
Fat Dave struggles with keeping his weight down. Three months ago at the Vics he got down to 98kg, and he totaled 485kg. That was less than Max. This time around, I had him eat as much as he likes, he came in at 106kg and totaled 520kg. A 35kg increase for an 8kg bw increase. Thats a fair trade off for me. In 2 years he has shown he obviously doesnt care about his appearance. He may even lift at 115kg next year, and total well over 550kg.
I spoke to Mitch at the Nats. He lost a lot of weight and strength to compete at 88kg at the Nats. He is very tall and looked too skinny. He is a 110kg class lifter at the very least, the same goes for Scott. Michael would be awesome at 82.5kg.
Increasing bw is not for everyone. Some are happy to stay at their current weight. I totaly understand that, just be aware that there is a correct bw for a lifter at every height. If you want to maximize your potential in the sport, increase your weight to match your height.
Larry Pacifico - 5'6" @ 90kg - 56 WR
Bill Kazmaier - 6'3" @ 150-160kg
Ed Coan - 5'6" @ 110kg
You guys get the idea
