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27 years old, 6'3", shot 12.93m, discus 44.90m, hammer 43.75m

Cleans (hang and full) - 110kg
Snatch - 80kg
Jerk - 90kg / Behind neck jerk - 110kg
Deadlift - 205kg
Front squat - 125kg
Back squat - 185kg (to parallel), 150kg (deep)
Bench press - 120kg

I very rarely manage to do any over head lifts, since the ceilings in my gym are so low!

Spent a lot of this winter trying to get fitter, leaner and meaner, so lots of running hills, jumps etc. As you can see from my lifts, I'm not really strong enough to carry much excess weight!

INTERVIEW WITH 2004 OLYMPIC SHOT PUT GOLD MEDALIST ADAM NELSON

Quote from Adam Nelson in Juggernaut

Q: WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR MOST IMPRESSIVE LIFTING/JUMPING FEATS DURING YOUR CAREER?
I don’t want to misrepresent myself, but I didn’t really perform max lifts. It wasn’t really a focus in my training. I liked to work for heavy 2s or 3s or 5s. Those rep ranges usually allowed me target the correct energy system at a slightly lower risk of injury. I, also, had an unreal ability to do reps at relatively high intensity levels. For example as a 17 year old before my senior year high school during football testing I benched 225 for 42 reps, max benched at 435 and squatted 225 for 85 reps. I have no idea why we chose those exercises to test.

In the summer before my senior year in college my typical warm up in the bench went like: 135 x 20, 225 x 20, 315 x 10, 405 x 10, then I’d start my working sets. I remember doing 385 for 18 reps after working up to a 465 x 5 then finishing the workout with 225 for 47 reps. It may have been my dumbest and best bench workout ever. Another time after the Sea Ray Relays I worked up to 545 x 5 in the bounce pad bench press. We used two towels folded across our chest.

My best squat workout came in the spring of 1997 as well. The goal was to work to heavy 5. The previous 3 heavy squat days started at 585 x 5, 595 x 5 and 605 x 5 respectively. I think the last workout I went to 655 and then did some overweight supports with 735 or so. My goal was 665 x 5. My college coach, Carl Wallin, was spotting me that day. I was tightly belted with knee wraps. We had Guns N’ Roses blaring on the radio and my coach got the whole field events crew to come in to cheer me on. I crushed the first 5 reps. Carl yelled at me to do 2 more, I steadied the weight and hit another 2. Then, he said “10!” The place was going nuts. I felt the blood vessels in my face exploding when I hit 3 more. Carl yelled “2 more” at which point I told him “f*ck you” and collapsed forward into the safety rack.

My best jumps:

Vertical in 2000 taken at the Sydney Olympics – 39.5 inches

Broad Jump – I was reliably over 10’7 on a real good day over 11′. I used to do range jumps with a 10′ minimum line. I once got into a standing jump contest with Dwight Phillips at a training camp before the 2004 Olympics. Dwight’s probably the most successful long jumper in history. He couldn’t believe that a 260lb guy could possibly out jump him. We finished pretty much dead even.

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Quote from Ben Hur

Hi guys! How many of You use PL knee straps when squatting?

What is that? Do you have any pictures?

Our guys use them when they are at 90 or 95 % but that's mainly to get more weight.

Division 1 Thrower - NCAA
Bench | 375lbs
Clean | 290lbs
Squat | 625lbs
Dead Lift | 450lbs
Snatch | 185lbs....don't do extensively

Hmm, let's see, comp PR of 20.93m

flat bb bench = 565lb
raw asstothegrass squat and deadlift = 500lb each(not max effort)

standing push press= 2x315 (I believe this is my most pertinent lift to my throws, personal preference)

Quote from Bill Pendleton

Our guys use them when they are at 90 or 95 % but that's mainly to get more weight.

I've asked if these (posted here) squat records are with them or without. Best regards!

With or without what, Ben?

oh, no....I posted 'raw, ass-to-the-grass squats' and those deads are raw, as well. Normally, if someone is posting they do ass-to-the-grass, you can bet 99% of them are raw lifters...people who do them are the animals of the weight room, bar none. Christ, over 500/550lb, whiting doesn't even go parallel...don't say it, I know he has the world best this year

oh and FYI, yes, Bloomer had some HUGE legs, I wouldn't doubt a parallel in excess of 700lb raw(not sure of 400kg), he was a beast, fellow NY'er, met him a few times, but, once again, personality differences...they say if you get too many alphas in a room together things can take a downturn in no time flat and from my experience it's better to just keep the lip zipped

Thorkildsen in the groove to throw 90m again
12 April 2014
"But [Thorkildsen] revealed he has reached new highs in his training with a personal record in the weights room as he hit 200kg for the bench press."

snatch 75kg
clean 80kg
squat 140kg (i can do more bt haven't tried)
bench press 95kg
push press behind neck 110kg

Mi event is the shot put, im 6,1 tall (1.84 m.) My PB is 17,09 (glide). im 23

-Bench 180k.
-Deathlift 200k.
-Back squat 230k.
-Front squat 200k.
-Clean 160k.
-Snatch 110k.

How far should i be throwing with spin? (only a estimate)

I haven't thrown for 2 years since I competed in Junior College, but when I was there my numbers:

425 lb - Bench Press
585 lb - Squat
285 lb - Clean

Didn't do any dead lifts so I don't have numbers for that.

Also I wanted to try 600 lb for squat on our max day, but my coach didn't let me since I had already did my 3 max attempts even though I didn't miss any. I think I could have gotten at least 600 that day though.

All you guys are beasts! I am looking thinking about getting back into shot since it is just so much fun, even if it just for the hell of it.

Well, Mati, my own transition from the glide began several years ago before I stopped throwing for 10yrs(at that time my rotation was only about 17.5m, having practiced for a month, but I had been throwing for 10yrs). But having picked it back up less than a year ago, I quickly exceeded my gliding PR of 19m by about 1.5m. I regularly exceed 20m practicing, currently working with different shot weight combinations. At 6'1", I'd say it would definitely get you through the ring faster. Personally, I couldn't imagine someone with shorter levers NOT rotating. Europe needs to start rotating if they want 22m+ throws.

Just start up, shoulder-width stance/shift left/open wide left leg/start slow...if you can feel the rotation and learn to channel that central axis of rotation of the ball through the middle of the circle, you're cooking with gas. You may be able to gain 1-2m relatively quickly(within 6 months). Gotta watch it, though, you can generate uncontrollable speed when you're really going for it and let's just say I've fallen over my share of toe boards in the last 8/9 months.

Quote from Odysseus

Well, Mati, my own transition from the glide began several years ago before I stopped throwing for 10yrs(at that time my rotation was only about 17.5m, having practiced for a month, but I had been throwing for 10yrs). But having picked it back up less than a year ago, I quickly exceeded my gliding PR of 19m by about 1.5m. I regularly exceed 20m practicing, currently working with different shot weight combinations. At 6'1", I'd say it would definitely get you through the ring faster. Personally, I couldn't imagine someone with shorter levers NOT rotating. Europe needs to start rotating if they want 22m+ throws.

Just start up, shoulder-width stance/shift left/open wide left leg/start slow...if you can feel the rotation and learn to channel that central axis of rotation of the ball through the middle of the circle, you're cooking with gas. You may be able to gain 1-2m relatively quickly(within 6 months). Gotta watch it, though, you can generate uncontrollable speed when you're really going for it and let's just say I've fallen over my share of toe boards in the last 8/9 months.

Thanks for your comment Odysseus, im going to give it a try to spin and see how it goes in a few months. Cheers!

Age:25, Events: Shot and discus. Records 18,48 & 51,19. Height/weight 196cm/142kg

Snatch 125kg
C&J 170kg (Raw clean)
Bench 230kg (legs on the floor)
Bench 200kg (''military bench'' legs up, back on the bench)
Back squat 230kg
Front squat 180kg
Standing military press 130kg

Division 3 thrower
Bench 275
Squat 515
Clean 275
Deadlift 505
Not where I want to be yet but getting stronger this off season

Quote from Shawn Deese

Division 3 thrower
Bench 275
Squat 515
Clean 275
Deadlift 505
Not where I want to be yet but getting stronger this off season

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That's lb I assume, right?

How old are you? Doesnt look to bad.

Yes! And I am 19