ProRaw 7

[maccaz]

 

ProRaw 7 thread.

 

Who is competing from here? I know beastbuilder, soundsgood, tomleegolf, anyone else? 

 

Lineup is crazy, international names, Chad Wesley Smith, Brandon Lilly

 

I'm real excited, gonna be highlight event of this year. was gonna go to watch the ufc (also in Melbourne on same weekend) on the Sunday but no way im missing out on 125s and 125+, f*ck ufc.

 

 

13th-15th November

Friday - Women 60kg, 75kg and 75kg+
Saturday - Men 80kg, 95kg and 110kg
Sunday - Men 125kg and 125kg+

[maccaz]

oops I think optimass is in too ? 

[Skeletor]

This would be epic to watch . 

[tyreguy]

Streaming live bros?

[maccaz]

This would be epic to watch . 

 

Streaming live bros?

 

good question, haven't heard, i'll see if theres any details for a stream, maybe closer the time

[BeastBuilder]

In.

I'm fizzing at the butthole for this no homo.

Just under eight weeks away.

I believe there will be a livestream for sure.

The organisers are quite friendly with Dan and Sparkle Green so I would assume they would ask them about how they organised their stream for BOBs 2 as it was legit through Youtube. Even had lifters names, attempts etc superimposed on the screen so you knew what was going on. Plus no lag at all.

[maccaz]

In.

I'm fizzing at the butthole for this no homo.

Just under eight weeks away.

I believe there will be a livestream for sure.

The organisers are quite friendly with Dan and Sparkle Green so I would assume they would ask them about how they organised their stream for BOBs 2 as it was legit through Youtube. Even had lifters names, attempts etc superimposed on the screen so you knew what was going on. Plus no lag at all.

 

yeah the graphics on the screen was a big deal, made it actually worth watching because sometimes cant hear clearly and bit hard to do plate maths.

id pay to watch a stream of this if i wasnt going

[BeastBuilder]

$24k in prize money.

$2k to winner of each class and $1k to 2nd each class.

Potential for increases too. And potential prize money for third too.

[Optimass]

Yeah bro - I am registered ... not sure if I will be ready in time though.

 

I may just park it and focus on doing the GPC New Zealand Push Pull later on. 

 

Training is going good though but the should hasn't been 100% since the Arnolds - its probably the only thing that will prevent me from making it to PR. 

[BeastBuilder]

So this has come around pretty dam quick !

Runs this Friday to Sunday.

Lifting starts at 10am each day, about 12pm NZ time if my maths etc is right lol.

Ladies are on Friday, U80-U110 Men on Saturday and U125s & SHW on Sunday.

Each weight class gets it's own flight so will be easy as to see who is lifting against who rather than having crossovers between flights.

So say Saturday will go U80 Squats, U95 Squats, U110 Squats then back to U80 for Bench and so on.

I believe just me and Elmo are left competing in the Guys from NZ, there are a couple of Ladies still going too I believe, I think Ruth Jackson and one other.

Live streams for each day have been organised. I can't get the links to paste in on my phone but will try post them up later on if someone else doesn't first.

[maccaz]

2 hours ago, BeastBuilder said:

So this has come around pretty dam quick !

Runs this Friday to Sunday.

Lifting starts at 10am each day, about 12pm NZ time if my maths etc is right lol.

Ladies are on Friday, U80-U110 Men on Saturday and U125s & SHW on Sunday.

Each weight class gets it's own flight so will be easy as to see who is lifting against who rather than having crossovers between flights.

So say Saturday will go U80 Squats, U95 Squats, U110 Squats then back to U80 for Bench and so on.

I believe just me and Elmo are left competing in the Guys from NZ, there are a couple of Ladies still going too I believe, I think Ruth Jackson and one other.

Live streams for each day have been organised. I can't get the links to paste in on my phone but will try post them up later on if someone else doesn't first.

 

 

EXCITED!

after the random weather here last couple weeks im glad we dont have any hot days coming up, a 35 degree day in there would definitely affect lifters.

follow lots of the lifters on instagram and the kind of numbers that will be lifted over all of the weight classes are epic, but i reckon 110s especially is going to be awesome, like a pool of death in rugby world cup lol
 

 

[BeastBuilder]

11 minutes ago, maccaz said:

 

 

EXCITED!

after the random weather here last couple weeks im glad we dont have any hot days coming up, a 35 degree day in there would definitely affect lifters.

follow lots of the lifters on instagram and the kind of numbers that will be lifted over all of the weight classes are epic, but i reckon 110s especially is going to be awesome, like a pool of death in rugby world cup lol
 

 

Lolol I'm hoping to hold my own in there but there is definitely a couple of freaks who are basically guaranteed 1st and 2nd barring injuries of course.

I think the 95s will be the most competitive class depth wise with quite a few lifters all juggling numbers for the top spots.

CWS vs Odell in the 125+class is going to be sick to watch. I would put money on it that we will likely see an 1100kg total from one if not both of them.

I'm going to enjoy watching them while I stuff my face and don't have to worry about what I weigh lol.

[maccaz]

edit posted later on

[soundsgood]

CWS now that is an enormous Human Being!  Make sure you get photos with all of them for a size comparison.

I have my money on Odell though, he has been coming into comp for the first time without any injuries for the first time in ages and is very mentally tough so will pull whatever he needs to to win.

[Pseudonym]

22 minutes ago, maccaz said:

before i post more, peso is there a trick to embedding videos?

Paste link. Hit Enter.

(I don't know whether this works on a phone though... maybe someone can test it for us?)

[maccaz]

edit, testing linking IG videos

 

[BeastBuilder]

3 hours ago, soundsgood said:

CWS now that is an enormous Human Being!  Make sure you get photos with all of them for a size comparison.

I have my money on Odell though, he has been coming into comp for the first time without any injuries for the first time in ages and is very mentally tough so will pull whatever he needs to to win.

I'm guna have to practice my angles so I don't look like a child haha.

I don't think it's guna go well though !

[maccaz]

Awesome weekend

 

Some highlights:

 

Friday 

Chleo Van Wyk getting the biggest ever australian womens total. weighed in at 87.6 (lean) and went 220/132.5/232.5. she attempted 247.5 for 600 total and it may as well have been a speed rep, but lost grip, was gutted. she is straight up stronger than me lol

 

was cool to see some girls like 130kg+ bodyweight being strong as, i mean you could just be lazy and weak when you are heavy or whatever but they use it to their advantage and it pays off with heaps of squats over 200

 

Missed saturday, was busy, gutted to miss beastbuilder and elmo but saw some extreme numbers and videos 

most intense was Jackson Murrie, 22 yo, weighed in 93.9kg, went 342.5/177.5/310 for 830 u95 thats fucked, will let the guys that competed write about their results on here

 

Sunday: 

Battle between Chad Wesley Smith and Odell Manuel, they are both giant humans. 

 

CWS weighed in at 167.6 and went 440/245/370 = 1055 (lost balance on a surprisingly not that hard looking 450 squat)

Odell weighed in at 150.9 and went 320/245/400 (dropped 410 twice so close!)

 

 

had a mean as time, got photos with some heroes, gave beastbuilder and few others a ride to the city, had some yarns, my POS corolla had never been put under so much strain lol bottoming out on every bump 

 

 

[Wookie]

Chad should have won that, the squat miss threw him off. Jumped from 245 to 260 and missed twice on bench, and tweaked his hammy on his 370 dead. Still, excellent performance by Odell. 

[maccaz]

4 minutes ago, Wookie said:

Chad should have won that, the squat miss threw him off. Jumped from 245 to 260 and missed twice on bench, and tweaked his hammy on his 370 dead. Still, excellent performance by Odell. 

agree. that squat and bench were unlucky and would have given a different result.  the squat was straight up bad luck, and he looked pretty suprised the 260 bench didnt go up, looked like he expected it would be sweet

 

[Wookie]

450-255-375 and he'd have had it.

[maccaz]

some highlight videos (tagged the time in the video so you dont have to scan through whole thing to find them.

 

 

Chleo Van Wyk

220 squat

 

132.5  bench

 

232.5 deadlift

 

 

 

 

 

 

Odell 430/CWS 440 squats

 

CWS 245 bench

 

Odell 247.5 bench followed by CWS 260 fail

 

CWS 370 deadlift

 

odell 400 deadlift

https://youtu.be/x5XkdjeqBEs?t=12383

 

 

 

[Pseudonym]

2 hours ago, maccaz said:

will let the guys that competed write about their results on here

Damn, last week was just a blur of website updating for me, and I forgot to wish them luck... How'd everyone go?

[eLm0]

I went 7/9 and got a 617.5kg total - pretty happy with that. Weighed in at 76.6 (heavy for me lol)  so I was second lightest there.

 

Squat: 210 good 220 good 230 fail

Bench: 140 good 147.5 good 152.5 fail

Deadlift: 220 good 240 good 250 good

 

Will post up some vids when I get a chance

 

Patrick Morrison won the 80kg class with a 800kg total! Dude is a beast. Quite a few beasts there though

[BeastBuilder]

Elmo did really well, some impressive lifting and kept up with majority of the pack except for of course Patrick who beat 2nd place by like 150kg or so. Fucking impressive little guy !

Well done on the PBs Elmo, was mint to watch bro.

 

I had a much less successful day, went 6/9, reds for depth on third squat, and missed third bench and pull, my first red lights and missed comp lifts all year. Ended up with 285/192.5/312.5. All below my current PBs, was still theoretically comp PBs so I guess that's a positive. Won't clog this thread with my rant bs but have done a write up in my journal if anyone interested.

 

Was a very well run comp, best I have ever been to. Ran really well time wise even without having a clock on for the lifters etc. Spotting and loading was top notch. Reffing was spot on basically, very few questionable calls and when you were given red they let you know exactly why. Warm up area was legit as f*ck, heaps of room and equipment. Microwaves etc available to be used all day. Everything was basically focused on allowing the lifters to perform to their best. Was a pleasure to be involved and if that is the way power lifting is heading I think we're all in for a treat !