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Unread postby fong520 » Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:00 pm

hah ya... i feel... really small... i guess i am though being a distance runner and all too.. i need to start lifting again and get big and stronger.. i have to be doing something rihgt though since im on a pole 20 more lbs than i am.. wekk now 15.. i moved up to a 14' pole but im still holding at same spot
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Unread postby ashcraftpv » Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:11 pm

These are what I did in school and what I could probably do now(not that i've tried) ;)

Then
Age:23
175
Squat:405
Bench:265
Clean:290
40time-4.4
Beers: 12-15

Now (i don't really workout much anymore, but i'm starting up again on Mar 1st)
Age:28
185
Squat: 320ish
Bench: 225
Clean: 240? maybe? probably 225
40: 4.6-7
Beers: 6-8
PoleVaultPlanet is coming.....

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Unread postby opalkak » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:05 pm

lets see
bench 5 rep 210
squat 5 rep 405
Power clean 3 rep 185
pullups 31
dips 40
standing long 2.81m
30m 3.50
overhead shot 17.75m
vault 5.45m
hj 1.98m :)

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Unread postby vaultinggoat16 » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:12 pm

None of these posting seem "superhuman" to me. I have a friend that wieghs 129lbs and benched (at a meet) 240lbs squated 350 and deadlifted 375+ he is STRONG.We have alot of fellows who meet most of these marks (other then college)

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Unread postby PimpVaulter11 » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:42 pm

Age: 19

Weigh: 175

Squat: 400

Bench: 315

Power Clean: 285

40: 4.6

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Unread postby vaultin chris » Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:38 am

40 dash: 4.32
nuff said
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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:38 am

When I was vaulting my highest
178lbs 6'2"

260 bench
350 squat
Those are rough est.
4.39 40 (in spikes, on track, hand timed)

In Post-Graduate school:
225lbs Still 6'2"

405 bench
I don't do squats per say since I broke me back pv, but I hip sleded (45 degree angle) 1100 lbs
I had a lot of pent up agression I couldn't take out vaulting anymore :devil:

Currently:
197 I think I may have shrunk a 1/4" :confused:

295 bench
Hammer stength sqaut machine 900lbs (kills my glutes more than my quads) I guess that's why I've got the big dirier in my avitar.

not sure about my 40 time but I'm on the Kelly Smith relay's record breaking coaches 4x100 team :)

since I started traing for the seattle to portland bike ride (200mi in one day) Ive been putting in 26mi rides three times a week at 20mi/hr ave speeds. which isn't helping that 40 time :P
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Unread postby zack » Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:00 am

what exactly is the hip sled Robert?

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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:00 pm

I don't know if that is the proper name for it. It's what my HS football coach called it. Just about every wieght room has one. You lay on your back and push they wieght on a rack up a 45 degree incline. I mentioned 45 degree angle there b/c there was one gym I lifted at that had a "hip sled" and you laid on you back under the wieght and pushed it straight up above you.
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Unread postby fong520 » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:11 pm

so its like a leg press?
i run, therefore im buff.

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Unread postby saraf » Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:49 pm

gese i was reading all of this "stuff" it is so confusing. I don't lift, at all. I use to wrestle and I lifted then but once I started pole vault it just all stoped for some reason. Is that realy bad? I have been improving rapidly and not doing any weight lifting? i don't know, all of these numbers are just, numbers to me

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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:44 pm

fong520 wrote:so its like a leg press?
sure, It depends on what you call a leg press I guess
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