Here are some pic's for you guys and gals that like powerlifting. Even if you dont compete in powerlifting I hope they inspire you to train hard. If you have any heavy training pics please feel free to add them to this thread for others to see.
Some squat pic's...
The first is from Ghent Belgium, I didnt get this squat. It was 360kgs and was red lighted on a 2 to 1 judging system. I squated the weight very easy with plenty of depth. At the start of the squat you have a ref in front of you (head ref) with his/her hand in the air. You must wait for the command to squat, the judge wait's until you are totaly motionless with the weight on your back. 800 pound is a lot of weight to be hanging around with so I just went for it.... Its hit and miss really depending on what kind of ref you get, you can sometimes have them keeping you hanging around for ever (lol).
The second pic is from the Uk open championships held in Tysley gym Birmingham. The weight is 355kgs, my bodyweight was around 86kgs. I did make an attempt to drop to the 82.5kgs class to break the records, but I found the drop very hard. I got this attempt very easy but just missed 375kgs after this lift on my third..
Here is a link to a pic of my British record squat of 372.5kgs and world record attempt 398.5kgs at 90kgs bodyweight.
http://www.photoboxgallery.com/f8images/3282092
I hit a 900kgs total at the 2006 British, I put 32.5kgs on my lifting total in 6 months without changing my lifting gear and at the same bodyweight. I owe a lot to the Help of Extreme Nutrition for that total.
The last pic is me squating in the world championships in Atlanta, Giorgia 2004. I took silver in the open class. It was my first senior competition, I avenged my loss to the Canadian champion Corey Evans in Belgium last november. Corey has hit 260kgs on the bench press at 90kgs bodyweight and is also a big squater.
The Canadian guy's are great fun, they stayed about 4 door's down from my hotel room. Sombody took it upon themselve's to super glue Corey Evans hotel door shut the night before he lifted and hit the room with calls all night.
On the day of the lifting to my amazement Corey turned up fresh and early ready to lift. Im sure sombody was pointing the finger in my direction regarding the previous nights events... The chalk box was loaded with baby powder that makes your grip really weak and slippery. I was warned of this before my lifts. Sombody had Canadianarised the chalk box!!! (lol).
here is a link to the pic from the Canadian web site. as you can see Im not used to losing ha ha. Third place went to Bernard Delaney of Northern Ireland, Bernard is a very good lifter with a 225kgs bench press.
http://www.independentpowerlifting.c...s04_corey1.JPG