Squatting always included walking out from power racks. All the greats had to do it. The difference with the bench is that the bar is behind you, hence the hand-off.
@keshav0312 What we do has no bearing on the issue. The greatest lifters had to walk the bar out of squat racks, and I bet a lot of these lifters claiming 1000lb+ squats couldn't walk that much weight out of racks.
@vouvray59 I think you right. Many years ago I see on USSR televison show about Vasliy Alekseyev squat what was said to be 450kg like this. He walk out the weight, sit down on his calves and come back up. He die the other day at Heart Hospital in Germany. Alekseyev and David Rigert were my favorite lifters from the old USSR days.
@keshav0312 That sentence makes no sense. Nobody has to walk the bar out when the monolift is used, and don't use that stupid and irrelevant nonsense about what we can do. The best lifters didn't have the monolift and used equipment that didn't give as much support. If today's lifters want to be acknowledged as great, then let them use squat racks, single ply suits, and squat to an appropriate depth.
Let me tell you something. This is an extremely impressive lift. That being said, there are many multi ply lifters who could squat below parallel with this weight and crush it in the same gear. Squatting 1150+ is much different even if it is not taken as deep.
the bottom line is this is another sumo parallel good morning and a squat. Period. Shane Hammon or any oly weighlifter know how to squat. This is 50% of squat movement. Let's call it lockouts.
@m5p944 powerlifting squats are supposed to be parallel ,no lower,if it was a good morning thered be very little knee bend and clearly,theres lots.OL go down the full way because you dont have to pull as high if you get lower,thats the only reason their squat is lower.
I don't think Mike could do this. He could probably do 900, but keep in mind that the World Record in single ply is 1036. Only a handful of men in history have done weights like these.
@skata123456789456123 the sport has progressed. you may not like the suits or the stances, but every sport advances. today's strongest men are simply bigger and stronger than the strongest guys 10 or 20 years ago. the raw max today is 975 pounds. kirk karwoski needed a suit to squat that much. don't give me wrong, kirk and ed will be remembered for being two of the best of all time and they should be. but guys really are stronger today.
@bretchet23 I respectfully disagree, theres alot of all time world records that were set in the 70's 80's and 90's, that still stand because they were done raw. The gear is whats changed. The highest UNEQUIPPED total ever was done by Doug Reihouldt, 2391, in 1975. It took 35 years for anyone to come close to it. Check out the all times lists at powerliftingwatch. Ed Coan deadlift 791 at 181, 859 at 198, 901 at 220, 887 at 242, not one of...The best ever..period
@Grumpy434 regardless, a few records being unbroken doesn't tell the whole story. in 1995 the deadlift record was 936. the suits back in hatfields day could add over 150 pounds to your squat when he got 1000 pounds. the unsuited record now is 993. the fact that the unsuited record is only 15 pounds less than the suited record in the 80s says everything.
@bretchet23 You werent alive in Hatfields day, how do you know how much he was getting out of a suit? Louie Simmons said when the suits first came out, in the 80's, you might get 25lbs out of them, he compared them to Calvin Klein underwear. I doubt u get 150 out of a SINGLE PLY suit now. Think about your fist cell phone or computer compared to what you have now, you really think powerlifting gear was that great in the early 80's? Thats why my point was to look at the RAW records.
@bretchet23 point is that pound to pound i dont think any1 ever broke ED's coan total, eventho some lift more than him , ofc his records wouldnt last forever but I wonder if theres gonne be anthor averegly sized guy not some HUGE mofo who weights like a tank whos gonna have such a high total
@rafalweb it means that the straps on his squat suit were not pulled up over his shoulders. When you pull up the straps, it tightens the suit in the hip area. This gives the hips more support.
The Monolift is one of the many things that's wrong with powerlifting today. There are too many crappy federations, started only to bolster the egos of lifters. You know something's wrong when a lifter benches more than he deadlifts.
Coan, Kazmaier, Young, Gant, Alexander, Hooper, and many other lifters from the early days of powerlifting are far superior in strength than most of the lifters currently boasting massive totals. The IPF, USPF, and the USAPL are the best.
@amarone1956 i agree look at Bill Kazmaier the strongest man ever 661 bench raw and a long pause shit and that wasnt even his best lift it was the squat i think and deadlift 2nd lower body specialist do you know the raw lifts for the squat and dead he did i for got
I don't see whats wrong with a monolift, the exercise is called a "squat", not a "walk out and squat" I don't understand the constant debates with monolifts vs walking it out. Yes I agree walking it out is more impressive then a monolift, but the same thing could be said about taking a hand off when you bench press vs not taking a hand off, people don't seem to debate hand offs on the bench, so why debate a monolift when you don't exactly bring the bar above your chest on your own in the bench.
i dont like when people get hndoffs on bench, and while i agree that walking squats out is more impressiove, it doesnt bother me so much when someoone uses a monolift as least they unrack it by themselves even if ther spotter is helping withthe racks.
yeah good point, its almost like a standing military press too, you can either start with it on your shoulders or clean it up to your shoulders, if you started it at the top of your shoulders it might help conserve some energy, the goal of the exercise is to work the shoulders not the muscles a clean works. Or kind of like heavy shrugs the goal is to work traps usually, so they use straps so they don't have to focus on grip to hit a better full potential using there traps.
exactly.....i wish i had a monolift, walking it out sucks dick, especially when you use bands since you cant really unrack it the proper way, well depending on the bands
@WeightLifterNerd true but seriously, walking the squat out is not to much to ask of a powerlifter, and besides its the only "walking out" we have to do at a meet. once again not to much to ask.
Walking out a squat can be dangerous as a matter of fact quite a bit of injuries is from trying to walk it you, so actually it can be quite a bit to ask, uneven placement or someone may trip can lead to something disastrous, a monolift I think is another safety thing just like getting liftoffs for the bench press. Just my opinion though, but hey I don't make the rules powerlifters sometimes have to walk them out sometimes they don't either way monolift or no monolift solid lift by Ed coan.
I for one am terrible at walkouts especially since I squat wide, I even practice heavy walkouts with more weight then I can squat but walkouts are still hard for me even with light weights for me, I never actually tried a monolift but I have always wanted to try one out because again I am terrible at walkouts.
Legend.
Pihasanddunes1 2 months ago
That looked to easy he went up pretty quick, but of course i have never been under the weight of 975lbs. Very impressed!
ESxQuickShot 3 months ago
majorly impressive!
craigletham 3 months ago
Squatting always included walking out from power racks. All the greats had to do it. The difference with the bench is that the bar is behind you, hence the hand-off.
Finally, it's 'than', not 'then."
vouvray59 4 months ago
@vouvray59 Agree with you comrade. In years past all the big squats were walked out of the rack. Today lifters are sort of joke.
redfetizov 3 months ago
@WeightLifterNerd agreed. I'd like to see these you tube trolls try to walk out 1200lbs without a monolift
keshav0312 4 months ago
@keshav0312 What we do has no bearing on the issue. The greatest lifters had to walk the bar out of squat racks, and I bet a lot of these lifters claiming 1000lb+ squats couldn't walk that much weight out of racks.
vouvray59 4 months ago
@vouvray59 I think you right. Many years ago I see on USSR televison show about Vasliy Alekseyev squat what was said to be 450kg like this. He walk out the weight, sit down on his calves and come back up. He die the other day at Heart Hospital in Germany. Alekseyev and David Rigert were my favorite lifters from the old USSR days.
redfetizov 3 months ago
@keshav0312 That sentence makes no sense. Nobody has to walk the bar out when the monolift is used, and don't use that stupid and irrelevant nonsense about what we can do. The best lifters didn't have the monolift and used equipment that didn't give as much support. If today's lifters want to be acknowledged as great, then let them use squat racks, single ply suits, and squat to an appropriate depth.
vouvray59 2 months ago
easiest 975 ever
lozzballer13 4 months ago
That man is a beast! Alwaya loved to see him left! Bravo
fks1964 5 months ago
Let me tell you something. This is an extremely impressive lift. That being said, there are many multi ply lifters who could squat below parallel with this weight and crush it in the same gear. Squatting 1150+ is much different even if it is not taken as deep.
ak632621 5 months ago
@ak632621 Nonsense!
vouvray59 4 months ago
the bottom line is this is another sumo parallel good morning and a squat. Period. Shane Hammon or any oly weighlifter know how to squat. This is 50% of squat movement. Let's call it lockouts.
m5p944 7 months ago
@m5p944 You're a fucking retard.
MEELATEHGRIL 7 months ago
@m5p944 powerlifting squats are supposed to be parallel ,no lower,if it was a good morning thered be very little knee bend and clearly,theres lots.OL go down the full way because you dont have to pull as high if you get lower,thats the only reason their squat is lower.
scarred10 6 months ago
@m5p944 No, it is not. You obviously know nothing.
vouvray59 4 months ago
with ease.
6reevesy9 11 months ago
I love the music at the end, it adds to the drama
ItalianWarrior777 11 months ago
Jesus.
IrishMarc1 1 year ago
is that kevin nash spotting him?
ripsaw111 1 year ago
miller could do this. don't get me wrong, ed's the greatest, but mike could do it.
bretchet23 1 year ago
I don't think Mike could do this. He could probably do 900, but keep in mind that the World Record in single ply is 1036. Only a handful of men in history have done weights like these.
cyberkai99 1 year ago
@bretchet23 lets see him do it then.single ply, closed stance, straps down,ipf legal depth. i owuld love to see that happening...
skata123456789456123 1 year ago
@skata123456789456123 the sport has progressed. you may not like the suits or the stances, but every sport advances. today's strongest men are simply bigger and stronger than the strongest guys 10 or 20 years ago. the raw max today is 975 pounds. kirk karwoski needed a suit to squat that much. don't give me wrong, kirk and ed will be remembered for being two of the best of all time and they should be. but guys really are stronger today.
bretchet23 1 year ago
@bretchet23 I respectfully disagree, theres alot of all time world records that were set in the 70's 80's and 90's, that still stand because they were done raw. The gear is whats changed. The highest UNEQUIPPED total ever was done by Doug Reihouldt, 2391, in 1975. It took 35 years for anyone to come close to it. Check out the all times lists at powerliftingwatch. Ed Coan deadlift 791 at 181, 859 at 198, 901 at 220, 887 at 242, not one of...The best ever..period
Grumpy434 1 year ago
@Grumpy434 regardless, a few records being unbroken doesn't tell the whole story. in 1995 the deadlift record was 936. the suits back in hatfields day could add over 150 pounds to your squat when he got 1000 pounds. the unsuited record now is 993. the fact that the unsuited record is only 15 pounds less than the suited record in the 80s says everything.
bretchet23 1 year ago
@bretchet23 You werent alive in Hatfields day, how do you know how much he was getting out of a suit? Louie Simmons said when the suits first came out, in the 80's, you might get 25lbs out of them, he compared them to Calvin Klein underwear. I doubt u get 150 out of a SINGLE PLY suit now. Think about your fist cell phone or computer compared to what you have now, you really think powerlifting gear was that great in the early 80's? Thats why my point was to look at the RAW records.
Grumpy434 1 year ago
@bretchet23 stronger at BW of 300 not 200-220
muzimuzi 11 months ago
@muzimuzi and your point is?
bretchet23 11 months ago
@bretchet23 point is that pound to pound i dont think any1 ever broke ED's coan total, eventho some lift more than him , ofc his records wouldnt last forever but I wonder if theres gonne be anthor averegly sized guy not some HUGE mofo who weights like a tank whos gonna have such a high total
muzimuzi 11 months ago
not enough weight in the world for this man
bretchet23 1 year ago
Let's see. Single-ply only, straps down, walked out, and full parallel.
Epic.
xjusticex2013x 1 year ago
G.O.A.T!
LVSWTZ 1 year ago
the spotters could never hold the weight, if ed drops it...
Techtoniq1 1 year ago
How much does Ed Coan weigh in this video?
shortfatandcrass 1 year ago
I read somewhere that Ed weighed like 221 in this video. I can't recall where, but he was as light in the 242 class as you're allowed to be.
cyberkai99 1 year ago
2nd best lifter ever... next to pirros
NickMaidenACDC 1 year ago
@NickMaidenACDC best powerlifter of all time.
herc410 1 year ago
Awesome!!!
welshexile1963 1 year ago
Someone pls educate me.....what does "straps down mean"? Thanks!
Impressive lifter, BTW.
rafalweb 2 years ago
@rafalweb it means that the straps on his squat suit were not pulled up over his shoulders. When you pull up the straps, it tightens the suit in the hip area. This gives the hips more support.
squat625 1 year ago
@rafalweb squat suit has straps that go over your shoulders...they are down, its not as tight as when the straps are on
ChosenOne43 1 year ago
holy fuck what the hell this guy isnt human
strongsick280 2 years ago 2
Fast!
amarone1956 2 years ago
@amarone1956 yea and a walk out the walk out is more impressive to me than a guy under the mono lift or what ever
strongsick280 2 years ago
The Monolift is one of the many things that's wrong with powerlifting today. There are too many crappy federations, started only to bolster the egos of lifters. You know something's wrong when a lifter benches more than he deadlifts.
Coan, Kazmaier, Young, Gant, Alexander, Hooper, and many other lifters from the early days of powerlifting are far superior in strength than most of the lifters currently boasting massive totals. The IPF, USPF, and the USAPL are the best.
amarone1956 2 years ago
@amarone1956 i agree look at Bill Kazmaier the strongest man ever 661 bench raw and a long pause shit and that wasnt even his best lift it was the squat i think and deadlift 2nd lower body specialist do you know the raw lifts for the squat and dead he did i for got
strongsick280 2 years ago
@strongsick280 bill kazmaier had very strong legs, but for his time he actually had the highest raw bench press. i think it was 650 or so.
TheBuck15 1 year ago
@TheBuck15 661 lbs. (300kg)
squat625 1 year ago
I don't see whats wrong with a monolift, the exercise is called a "squat", not a "walk out and squat" I don't understand the constant debates with monolifts vs walking it out. Yes I agree walking it out is more impressive then a monolift, but the same thing could be said about taking a hand off when you bench press vs not taking a hand off, people don't seem to debate hand offs on the bench, so why debate a monolift when you don't exactly bring the bar above your chest on your own in the bench.
WeightLifterNerd 2 years ago 18
i dont like when people get hndoffs on bench, and while i agree that walking squats out is more impressiove, it doesnt bother me so much when someoone uses a monolift as least they unrack it by themselves even if ther spotter is helping withthe racks.
but
rctriplefresh5 2 years ago
yeah good point, its almost like a standing military press too, you can either start with it on your shoulders or clean it up to your shoulders, if you started it at the top of your shoulders it might help conserve some energy, the goal of the exercise is to work the shoulders not the muscles a clean works. Or kind of like heavy shrugs the goal is to work traps usually, so they use straps so they don't have to focus on grip to hit a better full potential using there traps.
WeightLifterNerd 2 years ago
@WeightLifterNerd
exactly.....i wish i had a monolift, walking it out sucks dick, especially when you use bands since you cant really unrack it the proper way, well depending on the bands
ChosenOne43 1 year ago
@WeightLifterNerd true but seriously, walking the squat out is not to much to ask of a powerlifter, and besides its the only "walking out" we have to do at a meet. once again not to much to ask.
Kingkrptonite 1 year ago
Walking out a squat can be dangerous as a matter of fact quite a bit of injuries is from trying to walk it you, so actually it can be quite a bit to ask, uneven placement or someone may trip can lead to something disastrous, a monolift I think is another safety thing just like getting liftoffs for the bench press. Just my opinion though, but hey I don't make the rules powerlifters sometimes have to walk them out sometimes they don't either way monolift or no monolift solid lift by Ed coan.
WeightLifterNerd 1 year ago
I for one am terrible at walkouts especially since I squat wide, I even practice heavy walkouts with more weight then I can squat but walkouts are still hard for me even with light weights for me, I never actually tried a monolift but I have always wanted to try one out because again I am terrible at walkouts.
WeightLifterNerd 1 year ago
@WeightLifterNerd And let the church say Amen.
shottabrazy 10 months ago
975- straps down= probably one of the most impressive lifts i have ever seen
UFpower220 2 years ago 33
@UFpower220 What does straps up and straps down means?
PandizMusic 1 year ago
@PandizMusic its referring to the straps of the squat suit, putting the straps up will give some extra support and pop out of hole
UFpower220 1 year ago