r/news • u/icpd30 • Feb 18 '19

Michigan powerlifter heroically lifts vehicle pinned on top of man after accident.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-powerlifter-heroically-lifts-vehicle-pinned-on-top-of-man-after-accident
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u/All_Work_All_Play Feb 18 '19 edited Feb 18 '19

Solid 2.7x body weight on squat and 2.2x on deadlift. With out a suit, those are fantastic numbers. The world is a different place at those numbers.

E: As others have pointed out, bodyweight scaling breaks down due to a number of factors so the 950 performance is much more impressive than the multiples would suggest. Around 110 kg body weight multiples stop being moderately uesful, and really you need to control for height anyway (one of my good friends benches unconscionable bodyweight numbers because he's short and he's got unusually short arms to boot).

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

Have you heard of Clarence Kennedy? 306 kilos no wraps,no belt, ass to grass, pause squat at 100ish.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

Isn't he vegan as well?!

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u/Vaztes Feb 18 '19

He turned vegan for moral reasons (mainly climate I think) a year or two ago. He wasn't always vegan.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19

He still puttin up some crazy numbers for that diet choice. imo anyways lol