shit just got serious & USAPL

[David_G]

Was watching the raw squats a few minutes ago in the SHW via streaming.

Williams steps to a 910(?*) on his 2nd attepmt for USAPL SHW SQ record, made it look easy and got a good lift. Blaine sumner's record was broken, new king in town.

Then Williams goes for a third attempts to break an all time, 38 year (no wraps) world record in every federation in the world(according to plwatch: SHW 934 Don Reinhoudt USA 1975 AAU) with a 940.

He walks out, the whole competition goes SILENT, atmosphere in the place is amazing, could hear him breathing from my home, he goes down -i'm screaming "up up up up" like crazy in my room and my brother comes to check on me- , he comes out of the hole fails and throws the bar over his head(crazy, I stood up when I saw this, but he was ok)

This is the most fun i've had since the meet I attended myself 4 months ago, guess official videos would be released soon enough from USAPL.



*I am sure that he made USAPL record on the 2nd and went for an all time record at the third, due to the shitty streaming and lack of info I might be messing up the weights a little bit, but the facts of the two records are 100% real.

[Mark Rippetoe]

940 with no wraps. Balls.

[Kazzin]

Here's a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5YXf-SKL_Y

[hreed]

Think this is #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QMPEJfiP7k

[Mark Rippetoe]

Looks like he's been squatting our way. Beautiful drive.

[hugenscrawny]

Looks like he's been squatting our way.

That was the first thing I thought after "wow I can't believe how smooth that was"

Looked absolutely perfect; hip/back didn't seem to change even a degree on the way up

[Jonathon Sullivan]

Looks like he's been squatting our way. Beautiful drive.

Yeah, gorgeous. Made it look easy.

Third attempt wasn't a failure to grind it out. Something Happened. Wonder what.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Looks like he felt something about to go, since there was no real stall before the drop.

[veryhrm]

Also shows how useful it is to try to spot a squat when things go off the rails.

[Desp]

That bar hit the ground pretty quick... exactly what are the spotters there for?