We've had a conversation or two over time here centering on what could be possible alternatives to the three current powerlifts, according to our own views.
Well here's a chance, via the comments, to state your opinion.
Let me be frank before you become earnest . . .
the lack of outside audience interest in powerlifting is understandable. Hey, it's not much to watch really, not as a sport compared to the ones that actually have action involved other than three movements. There's only one person involved at a time, there's no body contact with opponents, there's no countering the other contestants moves because there aren't any moves. Fucking yawn. Put simply . . .
Powerlifting is less than checkers,
Boxing is chess with stitches.
Anyhow . . .
I'll go first with a pressing movement.
And I'll make an ass of myself so it's easier for you to express your views.
You can yank chain, maybe be the "serious" individual, do what the fuck you like down there.
In my view, once the "organizers" and the memory-obsessed with a data collection fetish enter in to any endeavor . . . it's fucked. The whole thing of lifting may have been ruined repeatedly by idiots who take it seriously. Fortunately, in my view again, there's ways out of it. Unfortunately they entail killing everyone and starting anew. Aw shucks!
Okay, here we have a floor press of sorts (aren't they all equally absurd) being performed by a guy named Ivan who billed himself as the strongest man in the world. Yes, yet another.
There may be issues with judging owing to the weight of the assistants, some may not be natty and dance rather rapidly with heavier steps than their truly natural counterparts.
In effect what we have here is an 11-person contested event that shows strength of the man pressing combined with the technical finesse of the upper entrants out to set records, set the world right and make everyone happy they're breathing the repetitive air of Earth.
Yip!
I give you the one-board floor press
while five couples
dance a mid-tempo two-step
on top.
Way, WAY more exciting than any bench press comp.
Feel free to comment and add your own ideas for possible ways to
improve on the three currently popular and contested power-lifts.
Is that a vintage leopard-skin bench shirt Ivan has on?
Two-ply, single strap.
Use CODE: SABU
and save on one.
You do realize there's lifting comps in the animal kingdom, right?
