More Mendes

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I’ll announce the winners of the face contest tomorrow. This video is more important. This is a video of 20 year-old Olympic weightlifter Pat Mendes squatting 363kg/800 lbs. Completely raw. He weighs 130kg/286 lbs.



As previous discussed, Pat has dual citizenship in USA and Brazil, so he’ll probably be lifting for one of these countries in the 2012 Olympics. His goal is to win gold medals and set world records — very exciting regardless of which country he lifts for.

Pat is coached by John Broz in Las Vegas. Check out the BROZKNOWS YouTube Channel for more videos of his lifters. Here is the website to Average Broz’s Gymnasium.

This is one of the most impressive lifting feats I’ve seen. This could be because posting training videos on the internet didn’t happen until recently, so we don’t have tape on guys like Pisarenko, Krastev, Dimas, or Kurlovich. In your opinion, what is the most impressive strength feat you’ve seen?

Follow the jump for another impressive vid.
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Quick COW

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Comment of the Week was from the James Henderson post.

MKingW Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 3:20 pm e

He’s got arms like legs, and legs like people.

Score:
1 – Jacob
1 – StonewallWells
1 – tonypop
1 – High Voltage
1 – MKingW

For all you noobs, this is the 70's Big Face, modeled by Chris.

PR Friday, August Challenge Results, Etc.

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It’s PR Friday! Post PRs in weight lifted, emos beaten, ice cream eaten, doves shot, and Yankees headbutted.

August Challenge Results have been compiled. This month’s challenge was my personal favorite because it had a lot of pitfalls. I warned against them several times, yet I fell into every one of them. I might post about my mishaps at some point. Thanks to all who sacked up to do this.

WP Strength kicked everyone’s asses in both bodyweight and totals. They took the first six spots in the men’s division and seven of the top ten (where were you bastards in the press/pullup contest?). Josh B and Ike H both lifted a literal ton of weight. In the women’s division, Angela K, Angela D, and Jenny L all topped a grand. Solid lifting, folks.

Women absolute

Women by weight class

Men absolute

Men by weight class

Gym division

This month is the Tactical Strength Challenge. We’ve done it before, and I’ll put it up in a sticky later. Unless you are a professional athlete, a sponsored athlete, or someone with an event looming, there is no reason to skip out on a challenge, regardless of how silly they are.

PS Keep voting for the face contest.

PPS Don’t sit there and stare at dudes. Just glance, vote, and go eat.

PPPS Yes, I know the formatting is wide. I wanted to get as much meaningful data in as possible.

The 70’s Big Face Picture Challenge – Vote Off

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The extended 70’s Big Face Picture Challenge is reaching it’s climax. Fans, readers, lifters…YOU will decide the winner. The Killustrator has the prize, a bundle of posters, ready to be sent in the mail. Let the voting begin.

Voting starts at the bottom of the page.

You can click on a picture to see the full image, if applicable.

#1 - Adam

#2 - Aidan (from Scotland)

#3 - Big_Mike

#4 - Christian (wore this to his wedding)

#5 - Ed. Intense.

#6 - Gabe w/ eye ball blood vessel

#7 - Harrison (big grocery list guy)

#8 - Jake, the dark horse

#9 - James

#10 - Jeremy

#11 - Jesse, cool dude, builds a bunch of stuff, coached him in Tallahassee

#12 - Jimmy

#13 - John

#14 - Matt...eyebrows=mustache

#15 - Rob, another cool dude, post-grad at GA Tech

#16 - Robin, from the Netherlands

#17 - USMC.Scot

#18 - No name. We'll call him Beardman McGee

#19 - Wilmar, he titled this picture "70's Drunk"

#20 - WannaBBurly

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“C’mon, let’s get serious.”

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Before this site was active, I would repeat a quote to my friends in creepily deep voice; “You gotta make sacrifices if you wanna be…70’s Big…”

It’s true. Everyone isn’t a genetic freak so you have to work hard for your strength and muscle gains. You have to put in the time, do the work, and eat right. Sometimes “eating right” means “eating lots”. Can you dig it?

Here is the shopping list that Harrison (5’9″, 185, up from 160) and his roommate used when they shopped at Costco recently. He said it’ll last them about a week.

32 chicken breasts
5 ribeye steaks
4 pounds of ground beef
4 packs of bacon
Pork spare ribs
126 eggs
Wheat Bread
Huge bag of frozen vegetables
Almond Butter
Fish Oil
Glucosamine
Alieve
Whey
Fresh Spinach
Huge bag of carrots
Huge bag of walnuts
Fresh asparagus
Many gallons of whole milk
Many fruits (apples, oranges, bannanas, strawberries, peaches, pineapple)
Teeth Whitening Strips (gotta stay pretty)
Case of beer because we ran out of home brew ale (gotta stay happy)

Here is the accompanying picture:



In related news, Michael e-mailed me about someone throwing down a challenge at work. Since he was the only “Man” in the department (only guy above 200 lbs.), he kindly obliged to attack The Whopper Challenge.

The Whopper Challenge consists of a Triple Whopper, Double Whopper, Single Whopper, and Whopper Jr. in one sitting. There is an hour time limit, but Michael shrugged that off (Brent told him to) and finished in a smug 17 minutes. The meal netted Michael around 3100 calories. Anybody want to challenge his time?



It’s time to get serious. What sacrifices have you made?