CAPO Australasian PUSH/PULL FIT-X Melbourne

[nate225]

AWESOME JOHN!!

My vote for POTM. :clap:

[Big john]

Thanks guys and gals, appreciate the comments 8)

Awesome story :clap: :notworthy: nzbb you need a *swoon* emoticon.

What's the next goal?

hehe, nxt goal?... get stronger and try qualify for nats and work towards beating the NZ all time Deadlift record

[Optimass]

Again brother - praise to you well deserved - yet another indication of you rising up and walking tall. Very proud to have been there with you and will happily step up next time to give you the magic slap.

347kg by the end of year ...

[Leeroid]

Great comp Big John! Well done

[Optimass]

Just want to add - half way up it looked from the side that John had paused. (You can make it off the vid). Most guys would give up and by all accounts - you could tell John was weighing it up - and then he sped up again ... it was truly a sight to see. All of the ausy guys had never seen a "round backer" pull a deadlift let alone grind against the physical limitations of his body. Mind over matter in full effect. :clap:

[tomsammce]

What is a round backer?

Someone who lifts almost all with their back as opposed to a good leg drive?

Or what? Excuse my ignorance

[nate225]

What is a round backer?

Someone who lifts almost all with their back as opposed to a good leg drive?

Or what? Excuse my ignorance

Nah it's a name no one outside PLing probably knows (and even then only a fraction would know it) so you're not being ignorant.

It comes from a technique of dropping the shoulders forward n down to shorten ROM in the deadlift, eccentuating the knuckle dragger look. Goes against everything a PT would tell you to do when deadlifting, and is potentially dangerous but can add serious poundage for some (kinda like dive bombing a squat to maximise recruitment via golgi tendon reflex).

John's structure (scoliosis?) makes him a super roundbacker, similar to former world champion Vince Anello below.

[majorflavazz]

Have been given Finals tickets to the Pro Show and Strongman awesome! .... Also Bench comp is straight after figure and bikini pro so will be warming up backstage ..... :grin:

cool hope you do well in the benchpress comp, any more tikets lol they cost quite abit to, i mite watch the finals tho be awesome

bro was that you who took on John Brzenk in the cash comp on sunday?

nah that wasnt me that was my trainin partner Big Maat, that John Brzenk was just to good, what an awesome weekend that was

[majorflavazz]

heres a lil clip i made yesterday its not very clear but sumthing for now of the 3 armwrestlers from N.Z , Maat come 1st and i come 2nd in our classes

[M.T]

heres a lil clip i made yesterday its not very clear but sumthing for now of the 3 armwrestlers from N.Z , Maat come 1st and i come 2nd in our classes

:clap: I likey.

[Big john]

What is a round backer?

Someone who lifts almost all with their back as opposed to a good leg drive?

Or what? Excuse my ignorance

Nah it's a name no one outside PLing probably knows (and even then only a fraction would know it) so you're not being ignorant.

It comes from a technique of dropping the shoulders forward n down to shorten ROM in the deadlift, eccentuating the knuckle dragger look. Goes against everything a PT would tell you to do when deadlifting, and is potentially dangerous but can add serious poundage for some (kinda like dive bombing a squat to maximise recruitment via golgi tendon reflex).

John's structure (scoliosis?) makes him a super roundbacker, similar to former world champion Vince Anello below.

Pretty bang on there nate, cept its Kyphosis (rounding of the spine), years at school leaning forward on seats with bad posture and to much hard core gaming in my youth contributed to that, but switched it around to benefit my dead. looking at the pic of vince...it's basically 100% likeness to my style of pull.