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Re: Jon Cole
Posted By: Terry McCormick (mail.essc.org)
In Response To: Re: Jon Cole (Marv Allen)
Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2007, @ 5:05 p.m.
The first time I saw Jon compete was in Denver somewhere around 1972. He was an explosive lifter but the impressive part to me was his balanced lifting. Jon didn't have the largest legs I have ever seen but sure knew his own leverages. When he squated he had a technique of making the bar "whip" at the bottom so he changed direction quicker than I have ever witnessed by anyone else. Really amazing since this was before supersuits. I tried that technique a few times (with light weights) but quickly gave it up when I about killed myself and three training partners. That style needed to stay "unique" to Jon.
I can't imagine doing the marathon training that Jon did but I also don't remember ever seeing him gassed at the end of a meet like the rest of us.
I was fortunate to compete against Jon a couple of times in 1978. Once in Hawaii where he "whupped" me on all three individual lifts and of course the total. At the nationals the same year, he had a hamstring injury and missed all three deadlifts.
I can't recall ever talking to anyone who trained with Jon, was trained by Jon, or ever saw Jon lift that weren't impressed by his strength and strength endurance. Pretty amazing!
I saw the great Marvin Allen's previous posts and I expect he can tell many stories of Jon's athletic prowess.
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