Kirk Karwoski Training
Discovered this today whilst browsing the intrawebs
The thing that strikes me the most is that Kirk was allegedly training once per week - how many people can do that ?
I think if you're someone at the upper limits of size and strength then maybe less is more - for the rest of us, actually putting some muscle on our bones helps the lifts move - and some frequency and volume can help that
I remember seeing Kirk in PLUSA many years after his single ply ("I wanna hold it" ) 1000 x 2 squat - certainly he was one of the better squatters of all time - 800+ raw after "retirement" is no joke
Here's the article and clips:
This is never before training footage of Kirk Karwoski training for his Raw AAU Meet in 2004. I also have the footage of the meet. I will put that up in a few days.
A little background here: Kirk trained and lifted in this meet "raw" , which he defines as "wearing just a belt". Kirk weighed 252 in this footage.
He squats 545, 675 and 745.
His last heavy squat workout was 2 weeks earlier, where he did 815x1. He was jumping 20lbs every other week in the squat.
Between those weeks, he would take 80% of the planned 20 lb jump and just perform a single. He felt like this kept himself "feeling" the weight without taxing him too much. For example, if he did 700x5, and 2 weeks later planned for 720x5, he would just single 575 the week after 700x5.
For the bench press, he goes, 225, 405, 445 and 485. He had a "very inflamed rotator cuff which was a nightmare". He benched 505 a month earlier.
On the deadlift, he does 495, 585, 675. The week before, pulled 785.
The thing that strikes me the most is that Kirk was allegedly training once per week - how many people can do that ?
I think if you're someone at the upper limits of size and strength then maybe less is more - for the rest of us, actually putting some muscle on our bones helps the lifts move - and some frequency and volume can help that
I remember seeing Kirk in PLUSA many years after his single ply ("I wanna hold it" ) 1000 x 2 squat - certainly he was one of the better squatters of all time - 800+ raw after "retirement" is no joke
Here's the article and clips:
This is never before training footage of Kirk Karwoski training for his Raw AAU Meet in 2004. I also have the footage of the meet. I will put that up in a few days.
A little background here: Kirk trained and lifted in this meet "raw" , which he defines as "wearing just a belt". Kirk weighed 252 in this footage.
He squats 545, 675 and 745.
His last heavy squat workout was 2 weeks earlier, where he did 815x1. He was jumping 20lbs every other week in the squat.
Between those weeks, he would take 80% of the planned 20 lb jump and just perform a single. He felt like this kept himself "feeling" the weight without taxing him too much. For example, if he did 700x5, and 2 weeks later planned for 720x5, he would just single 575 the week after 700x5.
For the bench press, he goes, 225, 405, 445 and 485. He had a "very inflamed rotator cuff which was a nightmare". He benched 505 a month earlier.
On the deadlift, he does 495, 585, 675. The week before, pulled 785.
streak02/12/11 @ 20:09
Animal!!
Paul_D said:Holy s**t, awesome vids. The dead lift speed is insane.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting.
x2. Had to watch it without sound though, hate the yank accent.
rick89 said: tekkers
He may been Capt Kirk. But lets not use Star Trek nomclamature in regard to this great lifter
Jabba04/12/11 @ 08:25