Are there any other competitive lifters in here?

What events are in the strongman comp you are doing?

295's Fat Grip Farmers Walk with 1 turn + 450lb Hand over hand sled pull

500lb Axle Deadlift for reps no straps

45lb Sledge hammer crucifix holds for time

295's farmers handle holds for time

Lots of grip and torture events. What about your's?

Promoter doesn't want to bring a variety of gear?

Anyways, mine will be


1. People Deadlift (This event will be performed with a car deadlift apparatus retrofitted to hold people. Most likely will be a rising bar format. Weight TBA)
2. Sandbag carry for distance (200lbs)
3. Stone over a bar for reps (300lb stone)
4. Heavy Yoke Carry (between 600-700lbs) 40ft with a drop turn at 20ft
5. Circus Dumbbell for reps (125lb dumbbell) This is the final event and will take place on the main stage.

Y'all are derailing his thread for no good reason. Let him find his real powerlifting soul buddies in peace. god.

How kind of you to come down off your cross to police the Inter-toobz.

Oh. Almost forgot.

:flowerforyou:

Lol. You are a ridiculous person. I mean that in the nicest of ways.

But please don't respond to this, I see that you are busy discussing your powerlifting accomplishments (of which you should be quite proud - I assume, I have no idea what you're talking about as I'm just a Crossfitter) on the thread of someone who expressly stated that he does not want to talk to you on this particular thread.

I'm just gonna say welcome back and leave it at that. Wondered where you'd gotten to.

Also, what the hell happened here, I go for a nap and I come back and everything has gone of the rails. The op, wanted to deal with people who have competed. It is a different feeling. In training, if have an off day, no problem. During a competition, you hundreds of people watching you and it can get to your nerves pretty good. It really isn't like a training day, no matter how much I try to tell myself that.

I would never in a million years disagree with that. However, what you have stated is a far, far cry from the conversational misstep made by the OP.

Y'all are derailing his thread for no good reason. Let him find his real powerlifting soul buddies in peace. god.

How kind of you to come down off your cross to police the Inter-toobz.

Oh. Almost forgot.

:flowerforyou:

Lol. You are a ridiculous person. I mean that in the nicest of ways.

But please don't respond to this, I see that you are busy discussing your powerlifting accomplishments (of which you should be quite proud - I assume, I have no idea what you're talking about as I'm just a Crossfitter) on the thread of someone who expressly stated that he does not want to talk to you on this particular thread.

I kinda had a feeling you were using sarcasm above, I tried to leave the door open for it. And while we're on the subject of verbal irony and your comment about my further discussion of non-competitive powerlifting...

I'm a competitive powerlifter. I've also done some highland games competitions and am training for my first strongman show. Are there any other competitive strength athletes here?

*If you don't compete, you're not a powerlifter/oly lifter/strongman, you're just someone who likes to lift.
*Not crossfit. I'm talking real strength athletes.

Your dead lift would be higher if you didn't go above 15%.

Ok Bye.

Incorrect. Mass moves mass. As long as your starting position isn't compromised, gaining weight will increase your deadlift.

Oh yeah?

3x State Cross fit Champion 220 lb weight class.

It's time to cut, bro.

You were on here months back but deactivated didn't you?

I was, now I see why I left. People here can be pretty ridiculous.

They sure can.

And some of them take themselves way too seriously.

Am I taking myself too seriously? I don't think so at all. If you posted a thread for competitive runners I wouldn't go in there and hassle you about it.

"Well, I run but I don't compete. Does that mean I can't be in your club? You're just being judgemental" Sounds pretty stupid doesn't it?

Yes. Yes, it does. Runners don't generally exclude people who run but don't race because they've never raced.

he's not judgeing, he's just looking for people to identify with...you butthurt? No need to throw your opinions around, we all have our own.

Yeah but I know a lot of people who both compete in olympic lifting AND do CrossFit . Super judgmental.

I'm pretty sure doing crossfit cancels out anything else.

ahem. I am a lifter that happens to crossfit. See profile. Also feel free to google Aja Barto, Lauren Fisher, Lindsey Valenzuela... etc etc

Also, what the hell happened here, I go for a nap and I come back and everything has gone of the rails. The op, wanted to deal with people who have competed. It is a different feeling. In training, if have an off day, no problem. During a competition, you hundreds of people watching you and it can get to your nerves pretty good. It really isn't like a training day, no matter how much I try to tell myself that.

I would never in a million years disagree with that. However, what you have stated is a far, far cry from the conversational misstep made by the OP.

No really, you just found something to harp on and apparently have no life.

I have legitimately asked you questions to try to help connect you with some peeps you might want to interact with. The only consideration I asked in return is that you not dictate to others whether they can and can't be a certain kind of athlete if they do not join in competitions since you are not the sole arbiter of that.

Why are you being an *kitten* to someone whom you will probably encounter IRL, break bread with and want to share tacky with at some point? It just makes no sense.

I genuinely wish you well.

I don't compete in highland games anymore so I doubt we will meet in person which I consider to be a good thing. If we did meet in person I probably wouldn't like you face to face either because you have a big mouth and a bad attitude. Not once did you even pretend to attempt to be nice and hook me up with some like minded people so don't act like you did. You actually did the opposite of that by turning a normal thread into a crapshoot.

You actually have no idea whether I have a big mouth or a bad attitude, but I think for myself and speak my mind, so it's possible you're conflating those things.

And srsly? When I asked if you wanted to interact with HGers or only PL/Strongmen and whether oly lifters were good enough?! I was going to point out some of my friends. If you had once deigned to acknowledge that your blanket statement in your initial post was unfair and to answer my questions, I would have offered further help. I wouldn't want to inflict you on them now, however, so I'm glad you didn't and I didn't.

Can I get in here? I lift...a tennis racqquet. And, I compete, tournaments, USTA teams, etc. Lemme tell you, when that audience is looking at you (both of them), and not completely stifling their chuckles, that racquet gets pretty heavy.
Take that non-competitors!
Nah-nah, nah-nah-nah!
(Why not? All these Crossfitters are coming in.)

I know I know. I shouldn't but my weight is up lately and I really want to lose a few before.

My thoughts exactly

I know I know. I shouldn't but my weight is up lately and I really want to lose a few before.

My thoughts exactly

I did the same.

Sigh. Antonio is so hot.

Isn't there a competitive powerlifting group on here?

Thanks for pointing that option out. I had to go train, but I was also going to suggest to the OP that if it really bothered him that the other kids on the playground refused to agree to his rules, he could take his ball and go home (to a private group rather than a public forum).