Some Heavy Lift Footage

[61pwcc]

Some Heavy Lift Footage

[KCSTRONGMAN]

Nice lifting!
ET

I'm the lyrical Jesse James

[61pwcc]

Thanks KC! I hope you got to see the right video. Somehow the other one lost a bunch of info so here’s the new versionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN68ZK0r12Y&feature=player_detailpage

[Tom Ryan]

James,

You are doing some very nice lifting, especially your clean and press of a 45-pound plate by the hub. Very impressive.

I do have a few comments about your hand-and-thigh lift technique. The lift is essentially a modified hip lift but in order for it to be that, the bar that you are gripping must be high on your thighs. If not, you will be doing something that is almost like a partial deadlift.

You are starting with the bar a bit too low. Compare your position with the position used by the grand master of that lift, Joe Garcia, as can be seen here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhduna0Srak

Tom

[61pwcc]

Thanks Tom, I was at that meet in the video(2011 USAWA Heavy Lift Nats in York,Pa) Joe showed me that technique and this time I tried one recommended to me by Frank Ciavattone. I am still getting the hang of this and will most likely go back to the higher position. I want to lift some Hand & Thigh poundages that’ll give Joe some sleepless nights.

[KCSTRONGMAN]

I thought that same thing 11 years ago. Unfortunately, Joe is still sleeping like a baby
ET

I'm the lyrical Jesse James

[61pwcc]

KC, when I’m done, he’ll sleep like a baby alright….he’ll be crying all night!! Just so everybody knows, this is in good fun. I, without a shred of doubt, respect Joe Garcia’s accomplishments.

[Tom Ryan]

LOL, ET. It is good to have ambition, James, but I would listen to ET, as nobody in the USAWA or IAWA has ever come close to Joe’s 1,910, which in addition to being the all-time record, is 12.25 pounds more than Louis Cyr did. Of course Cyr was generally considered to be the strongest man who ever lived until Anderson came along. A match between Cyr and Joe when they were both in their prime would be something to see! Joe came close to getting 2,000 some time after he did the 1,910 and if Cyr were to do 2,000 in a head-to-head match, that might be the stimulus that Joe would need to do, say, 2010. But, alas, such a match of course cannot be arranged. 🙂

Since Joe turns 60 sometime this year, catching up to what he is doing now might be possible, but I wouldn’t bet on anyone approaching his all-time record.

[61pwcc]

We’ll see

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