Odell Manuel - 1020Kg, Biggest Total In Australian History

[markos]

Odell came down from Rockhampton and set the biggest ever total in Australian Powerlifting History.

Previous to this the record was 935kg.

The biggest equipped total ever in Australia is 1010kg

Odell beat that raw, here are the vids, he squatted 390kg, benched 230kg and deadlifted 400kg.

Odell is a former NRL winger.

[markos]

[markos]

[Trozzle]

f**k me....

[R31Nismoid]

Yep, f**k... Big boy is BIG!

[L33SH]

wow!

[Owgasm]

Nice, have linked this to several people.

Impressive.

[NickR33]

was truly epic to witness

[-FIGJAM-]

hey markos,

whats the rules with the squat? how low do you actually have to go cause from the video it looks like he barely goes beyond the parallel?

still a massive lift, but curious.

[markos]

You should share some of your drugs around lol

[markos]

The crease of the hip needs to be lower than the top of the knee, about 3-4" higher than this lol

[markos]

Someone else said to me he didnt think Dan Greens squats looked deep.

It must be the untrained eye not knowing where to look

[-FIGJAM-]

ahhk, in the video it* didnt look that low.

thanks for the clarification.

Edited July 18, 2013 by -FIGJAM-

[markos]

And remember that I cant be sure this was the lowest point when the pic was taken.

Both boys are terrific squatters

[Trozzle]

I find from certain angles I seem to judge the depth based on the angle of the top of the thigh - which is parallel in Dan Green's pic, however this is only because of the sizeable quads haha

[markos]

Correct, but check how low the crease in the hip is

Guys with huge quads, and he has huge quads, can sometimes look like they squat high

Check out his left leg, he is around 4" under parallel

Its also why judges sit side on, the front judge will only rule on depth if its stupid high

[Birds]

If he got three white lights, that's all that matters. The judges have the best view and what they say goes.

Dude in my gym's deadlift comp was bouncing the shit off the floor and didn't lock out half his reps...I feel the sporting thing to do is leave it in the hands of the judges.

Do competitors ever challenge judges, Markos? On their own lifts and on others?

[bozodos]

dem Islander genetics! I was especially impressed by the 400kg deadlift, what a tank!

[Owgasm]

Saw some guy today doing 10 x 200kg.
I was already impressed, had to rewatch this for 400.

[markos]

200kg x 10 is very good. Poor Zoran yesterday had to do 212.5kg x 8 x 3 sets. He was f**ked.

A lifter cant challenge a judge birds.

A coach can approach the head judge if something out of the ordinary happened. At Worlds last year I had to do so on 3 occasions.

Spotters took Dan's squat before they were instructed too, he got a retake

Jack hit the straps at the bottom of his squat, threw him off balance, they said he squats too low, true story. He is 6'6"

The centre judge was unaware that Nina grinds her benches, had them take the bar too soon. I appealed to no avail.

Check out this vid from Nats, same judge same lifter from Worlds, arm is ready to tell spotters to take the bar, luckily he didnt this time. I dont like the way he does that, anyway.....