 Huntame strength of 70 degrees and beautifully yesterday today. It's rainy and gross It's like a weird humid. I don't really mind the cold. I'd rather train in the heat It's just humid that kind of gets me wrong. You don't know what to wear I got some like fucking thick compression on but then shorts and then a hoodie, but then I'm sweaty I don't want to take the hoodie off because then I'll be cold Frequencies up squatting three times a week Trying to handle the volume I can with my back, but mostly just focusing on the intensity and getting better Diet's going well hit two oh six point five pounds. Follow me. So I'm like two K's doing updates once a week We're on the cut aesthetics first bruz. You feel me Trying to get shredded and then we'll focus back on on the strength Feel all right squats feel right How did you pull the burrito? It's Tuesday My name's Mike. It's my YouTube channel This guy asked what numbers do I have to hit to be able to compete in a powerlifting competition? Come on, man For those that are new Welcome, but for those that are old and done been here a while. We all know it's about progress So I get this question way too common Mike. I'm such and such age I lift such and such I weigh such and such I've been training this long. Is that good? It's only good if we focus on progress and we do progress week to week month a month a year to year if we Stay in the game and we're having fun and taking I said this on tweeters Sometimes I get deep on tweeters follow my two K's follow me but if you're focusing Only on building muscle and strength in the gym You're missing out on 90% of what we should be focusing on and that what I meant by that some people seem confused But it's about the discipline. It's about the consistency. It's about learning about yourself about pushing yourself It's about building community. It's about building friends and it's about progress. So to get to your question There is no standard lift that you need to hit or number you need to hit to compete All you need to be able to do is follow the directions of a meet Read up on them There's plenty of videos on YouTube or go to the Federation you want to compete in and look at their rules and Do the lifts to the standard of that competition? That's all there is So you're gonna have to be able to hit depth on your squat You're gonna have to be able to pause the bench You're gonna be able to have to Deadlift the bar lock it out and control the bar on the way down basically there are commands and that depends on Federation Equipment rules singlet etc, but there's no standard or no elite and don't wait for it If you want to compete go compete everyone says well once I squat 600 then I'll maybe compete just go compete Get your feet wet see if you even like it or not That's all there is to a fam Some guy asked what happened to Eric's photo Eric's photo once King of the bench press I believe he bench press 722 pounds and held the world record for Raw world record for maybe three four or five years or so. I know Eric pretty well. I know one He got a little beat up. I think it was his shoulder or his tricep to I know speaking to him an interview on him in the past that Powerlifting something a little bit like me where he just kind of fell upon it He was benching in a gym and he was strong and he liked to lift weights and people are like hey man Like you're really strong unlike me But you are really close to like some real records like you're legitimate Why don't you go do it and then he chased that down rather than some people which is not right or wrong But some people now get into it to find their competition again because they stop playing college or high school sports or to be competitive or to build Community he just already liked lifting weights and so then he kind of hopped into that competition broke the record I think he's just a little beat up, but I think he still trains I don't know if he has an idea for a comeback or not I haven't spoken to him too recently I saw him at an Olympia maybe two years ago or so said what's up But for a lot of people, you know me myself included I never got into powerlifting to compete to chase world records. Some people just like to lift weights. I like my friends. I like making content. I like Building my knowledge and experience as a coach over the years to improve myself and to prove others That's progressing strength and conditioning for sport or powerlifting, but I never Through my hat ends and I'm gonna be a power lifter It's never something that's resonated with me if it resonates with you power to you I do like it as a sport. It's just not you know what I Dream I do the rest of my life. I will compete off and on for the rest of my life, but it's not I'm not a power lifter at the core. I like lifting weights. I like the three lifts I like strength conditioning and I like coaching people in powerlifting because I see the satisfaction They get from hitting PRs on the platform or or new totals But I think you know without putting words in Spoto's mouth He might come from a similar standpoint that myself where He just likes to lift weights likes to smash him out So I'm sure he's still benching 405 for 30 or whatever the hell he does down in Nevada You have this video series called fix my form. Yeah, and no one Knows how to fixer send it in right? Yeah, no one knows how to send anything. Look folks I'm trying to fix your form We want everybody to be a little bit more efficient in the gym So what we're doing is we need as high quality as you can 1080 plus Filmed landscape. That's this way not no. Yes red X green check That's the only way people learn nowadays landscape straight from the side or straight on preferably both 70% of your one rep max. So take your one rep max Multiply it by point seven and put that number on the barbell and lift it three times Anything else we need e-mail to ask mi kke at gmail.com now All we're doing is taking some of those videos. We have thousands We're taking those videos and we put them in the YouTube video. You're not gonna get a response I'm sorry. I get enough emails to handle every morning by itself So I'm not gonna respond to anybody or everybody, but what we will do If you subscribe here turn on notifications, you won't miss a video And you may be featured in the YouTube video where I voiceover and I coach you Now rewind that 30 seconds and watch it again and again this guy asked What do you believe is the world record for the Natty Deadlift? I don't know what you can look that up You can look that up, bro. No, it's not what I believe it's what is it is what is it is what it is So if you're gonna say the natural best deadlift ever You're gonna have to go by a natural federation and you guys can look back the videos did pretty well about tested versus untested versus Drug-free or not federations powerlifting in sports I Gave most of my opinions on that and most of those stand for what I can remember I said I say a lot of shit So who knows my opinions do change as I think all of us if we're trying to grow our opinions should change We should be open If you go to open powerlifting org, I'm not sponsored. I should be I don't even know what they sponsor me with But I should be they have a pretty up-to-date Ranking system on powerlifting since about 2011-12-13 in that range So modern era they don't go back too far But when you go back too far starts to get complicated because there's different rules and how you lift where a lifter could follow himself The bar weight never went down like weightlifting Also single-ply gear and stuff was used or multiply gear more commonly But if you go I think it's power open powerlifting dot org don't quote me It's something of that nature and you can search Drug-tested what weight class male or female master, etc. And they'll rank everything top to bottom I don't know the number off hand, but my guess would be high 800s I know Brad Gillingham is pulled around 880 Don't quote me multiple times and like a usa peel stiff bar I think the USPA is one of the few federations that now has tested with the deadlift bar So there might be a bigger number there But I'd say high 800s maybe someone's pulled 900 so don't quote me I would guess high 800s But that's just off the top of my head you guys can go look and check it out I Don't know I don't know I mean a 900 pound pool and powerlifting standards is very very rare. I Know guys are pulling a thousand frequently in strongman now, but they have a slightly different barbell They're using straps they can use multiple belts and sometimes a suit So that changes the game a little bit too if you're going powerlifting deadlift versus strongman deadlift They are technically different sports because the setup so different Deadlift bar versus stiff bar is slightly different, but less of a difference than that in my opinion But I'd say high 800s or so would be my guess Even though there's been a thousand pound squat shout out big array smashing weights I think he pulled 820 It's a high eight. It's all I got fam If you want more videos like this be sure to subscribe smash the thumbs up silent Mike. I'm out of here I'm gonna go sleep eat. It's a rainy day here in California Hope you guys have a good one. I'm out