The 1000lb club was originally a weightlifting accomplishment. Sure it’s from the through 1972 3 lift era (press,jerk, and snatch), and sure world records are stronger now than they were back then, but it’s still impressive and strong to be able to do.
Note its also been done in only two lifts (jerk, and snatch) by at least the following:
- Yury Zakharevich 455kg/1001lb at 110kg in 1988.
- Leonid Taranenko 475kg/1045lb @ +110kg in 1988.
- Andrey Chemerkin 462.5kg/1017.5lb @+108kg in 1997.
- Lasha Talakhadze 474kg/1040.6lb @+105kg in 2016.
Also note in Powerlifting:
- Ray Williams has squatted 1052lb raw without wraps, in 2017.
- Benedikt Magnusson has deadlifted it raw hitting 1015lb back in 2011.
So that club has been hit by at least those two men on one lift alone.
(I had this among other lifting videos on my iPod for amp up back in the day.)
Back to weightlifting; What could i total using my lifetime Olympic PRs?
- 205 press
- 275 jerk
- 205 or 215 snatch. I’ll call it 205.
This would only represent a 685lb total. About 2/3 of the way there.
1000 pounds on a powerlifting total is nothing. It’s just a low end goal for starting high schoolers to hit. (And damn using high school PRs I only barely passed it with a 1035lb total using my senior year PRs. )
Besides isn’t 1200lbs, a roughly 300/400/500 total the better one to push for? (Though I’d argue 1215, 3 plate, 4plate, 5 plate is the better metric, and are numbers that I have hit cold for what it’s worth.)
It’s no where near elite by powerlifting standards, but 1200 isn’t a weak male either. He’ll be stronger (sadly) than most everyone on the street he meets.
I want to point out:
- There is more to strength than your total, just because your total is shitty compared to elite powerlifting doesn’t make you weak.
- If you do however care about your total use higher metrics.
That is all. Go train now.
-J