Thom Van Vleck

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  • in reply to: Straight Weight JWC lifting night #25453
    Thom Van Vleck
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      I’ll take that beer!!!

      I was just grasping at straws when I hear Big John…..I should have employed on of my ironclad contracts.

      As for training, you right about one of my team members. Josh hasn’t worked out in a year and he still managed some freaky lifts…..if I could get that guy to train!!!!

      Thom Van Vleck
      Jackson Weightlifting Club
      Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

      in reply to: TECHNIQUE #25450
      Thom Van Vleck
      Participant

        Al’s the one you got to keep an eye on…haha.

        Thom Van Vleck
        Jackson Weightlifting Club
        Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

        in reply to: Straight Weight JWC lifting night #25456
        Thom Van Vleck
        Participant

          JOHN CONNER!!!! You brought in a RINGER!!! I used actual gym members for my contest….HAHAHA. Geez, I actually thought we had a chance…..

          Thom Van Vleck
          Jackson Weightlifting Club
          Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

          in reply to: Video of Thom and the Brick #25468
          Thom Van Vleck
          Participant

            I will see about getting one uploaded to youtube. Thom

            Thom Van Vleck
            Jackson Weightlifting Club
            Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

            in reply to: USAWA Website Speed #25462
            Thom Van Vleck
            Participant

              Al…OL Buddy…I was just havin’ some fun, like Ringo in “Tombstone”. Let’s not be too hasty!!! Remember that awesome HOF speech I gave you at Mac last year!!!

              Thom Van Vleck
              Jackson Weightlifting Club
              Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

              in reply to: USAWA Website Speed #25464
              Thom Van Vleck
              Participant

                Don’t worry, Al….there was never any threat of us thinking you were the mastermind of anything….except Gin and Tonics HAHA

                Thanks, Brian, for making this possible!! Lord knows that as little as Al knows about the internet….I know even less and I’m the second smartest guy on here!

                Thom Van Vleck
                Jackson Weightlifting Club
                Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                in reply to: Video of Thom and the Brick #25471
                Thom Van Vleck
                Participant

                  Was there some reason you wanted it to be Al? I’ve done that “feat” a couple hundred times, including a rapid fire version where one guy rapidly loads cement blocks while another guy breaks the, like 10 in ten seconds.

                  I will be back at McPherson again this year and me and John will be doing our strongman show again and that will be part of it. Thom

                  Thom Van Vleck
                  Jackson Weightlifting Club
                  Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                  in reply to: Best piece of equipment #25518
                  Thom Van Vleck
                  Participant

                    Boy, this thread took a wrong turn as some point…but what the heck, let’s dogpile on CHAD, he’s an easy target!!!!

                    All Chad needs is a couple of giant bands and Al to hogtie him!

                    Thom Van Vleck
                    Jackson Weightlifting Club
                    Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                    in reply to: Best piece of equipment #25522
                    Thom Van Vleck
                    Participant

                      You guys can lift more than me, throw farther than me, run faster than me…..but NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY out bullsh!ts me! Don’t make me whip out of my famous “contracts”.

                      ….and Dave, I’m glad you brought up the WOB at World’s….did I tell you guys I won! The WOB is and awesome event…It really measures….

                      Thom Van Vleck
                      Jackson Weightlifting Club
                      Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                      in reply to: Old Time All Round Strongman Competition #25489
                      Thom Van Vleck
                      Participant

                        …..I would suggest the cheat curl or Continental…HAHAHA

                        Hey, I’m OK with it and I’ll make it if I can!!!

                        Thom Van Vleck
                        Jackson Weightlifting Club
                        Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                        in reply to: Old Time All Round Strongman Competition #25490
                        Thom Van Vleck
                        Participant

                          …..I would suggest the cheat curl or Continental…HAHAHA

                          Hey, I’m OK with it and I’ll make it if I can!!!

                          Thom Van Vleck
                          Jackson Weightlifting Club
                          Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                          in reply to: Prowse and the Dinnie Stones #25502
                          Thom Van Vleck
                          Participant

                            If you got to Google maps and got to the location of the Dinnie Stones and the Inver Stone and go to street level…..you can actually see them!

                            Here’s a story on how events can be exaggerated over time. When I was a boy, about 11, I was in an accident and broke both legs, both arms, my hip, severe concussion, eye injury, and numerous broken ribs. I spent 3.5 months in a hospital and as a result, we moved to the next county over to be near my grandparents as I rehabbed the next 5 years to a complete recovery. Over the years, being a very small county (about 3500 people), an event like that is not forgotten. I heard many stories that I had both legs amputated, I was blind, I was permenantly in a wheel chair…..but he one that topped them all: I was doing a strongman show and I share that as personal testimony. A guy came up, seriously pale and as if he’d seen a ghost, and he said, “I thought you were DEAD”. So, stories get told, things get exaggerated, that happens.

                            Thom Van Vleck
                            Jackson Weightlifting Club
                            Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                            in reply to: Old Time All Round Strongman Competition #25495
                            Thom Van Vleck
                            Participant

                              ……can you tell me what a Saxon Snatch is……I’m prepared for the jokes about Thom not knowing what a Snatch is.

                              Thom Van Vleck
                              Jackson Weightlifting Club
                              Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                              in reply to: Whose the best USAWA lifter of all time? #25516
                              Thom Van Vleck
                              Participant

                                I vote for Al Myers….and not because I’m trying to get you make me an anchor….HAHA

                                My serious vote, I think it would be Steve Schmidt.

                                Thom Van Vleck
                                Jackson Weightlifting Club
                                Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

                                in reply to: Best piece of equipment #25531
                                Thom Van Vleck
                                Participant

                                  I don’t have a mirror….they are gay…..and you can stick to your story about your mirror only being there to check squat depth….depth is not a problem if your ass cheeks hit your ankles! So that mirror must be there for “something”. HAHAHA

                                  Thom Van Vleck
                                  Jackson Weightlifting Club
                                  Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder

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