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Re: Press out rule

Posted By: Geoff Fleming (c-68-45-41-254.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 6:54 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Press out rule (wolfgang hasenmaier)

Wolf:

Whenever I see the older films of past lifting champions, I wonder what these lifters could have done now, with the better equipment we have and rules that allow thigh brush, etc.

So many of the champions from the past were so brutally strong...doing high power cleans and snatches with record weights and really using all arms to pull these weights...simply amazing.

Of course the pressing power was unmatched...Hepburn, Anderson, Bradford, etc. just cleaned the barbell and stood erect and pushed it overhead. A recent clip on Art Chidlovski's 'Lift-Up' site shows Stan Stanzyck making effortless presses at the 1950 Worlds. How many lifters today, at the same weight could match that raw power?

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• Press out rule
  wolf hasenmaier (p5B15D87F.dip.t-dialin.net) -- Friday, May 9, 2008, @ 4:50 p.m.
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    Michael George (webcacheb03a.cache.pol.co.uk) -- Friday, May 9, 2008, @ 11:06 p.m.
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    VIC DAVY (c-76-100-242-105.hsd1.md.comcast.net) -- Saturday, May 10, 2008, @ 6:11 a.m.
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    James Campbell (cache-dtc-ah10.proxy.aol.com) -- Saturday, May 10, 2008, @ 7:08 p.m.
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      Geoff Fleming (12.1.48.108) -- Monday, May 12, 2008, @ 5:47 a.m.
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        James Campbell (cache-mtc-ah03.proxy.aol.com) -- Monday, May 12, 2008, @ 7:10 a.m.
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          Geoff Fleming (c-68-45-41-254.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) -- Monday, May 12, 2008, @ 5:09 p.m.
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            wolfgang hasenmaier (p5b15fbf2.dip.t-dialin.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 3:30 p.m.
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              Geoff Fleming (c-68-45-41-254.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 6:54 p.m.
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                steve zeigman (adsl-074-237-099-191.sip.bct.bellsouth.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 9:21 p.m.
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                  Geoff Fleming (12.1.48.108) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 5:30 a.m.
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                    steve zeigman (adsl-074-237-099-191.sip.bct.bellsouth.net) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 11:37 a.m.
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                      Geoff Fleming (12.1.48.108) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 11:52 a.m.
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                        steve zeigman (adsl-074-237-099-191.sip.bct.bellsouth.net) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 1:34 p.m.
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                          Geoff Fleming (c-68-45-41-254.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 7:10 p.m.
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        Michael George (webcacheb01a.cache.pol.co.uk) -- Thursday, May 15, 2008, @ 9:44 p.m.
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          James Campbell (h-68-165-147-46.dllatx37.covad.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 11:09 a.m.
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    Dresdin Archibald (s010600112fe26e33.ed.shawcable.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 11:00 a.m.
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      Walt Lampert (24-113-31-182.wavecable.com) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 11:17 a.m.