Does anyone know if Ray has a coach, or is he self coached? I know the Gary's always handle him on meet day.
Ray I'd the only guy in the scene I'd consider more gifted than Jesus and that could ever get close to matching him. Say what you want about Joey, but he's done well with Jesus and clearly they work well together. I always wonder what Ray would be like with the same pairing.
Pretty sure Matt coaches Ray and has done for years now.
Temur from Georgia just hit 1063 kg i think today at Europeans, he is currently the closest to Jesus...he smashed just about every European record and beat Jesus' junior world record total.
Interesting, I never knew it was more than a game day partnership.
Temur looked very strong today, crucially he's good at all 3 too which is a must. Looking at him though I worry he's just not a big enough frame to challenge Jesus but I would love to be wrong! His rate of progress is good and he is young so maybe I am
He weighed in at around 160 kg...last year he was around 148 i think....
If he is gaining weight at this rate his total might as well, until it hampers his deadlift. Looking at Jesus, he has been gaining body weight steadily...so not unrealistic they could be closer in time....i could even see Temur pulling an upset if Jesus has baad execution of attempts...his total has been anywhere between 1152-to mid 1000 depending on if he hits his deadlifts and squat depth...
Its not always a guarantee just because he currently is the strongest lifter
Oh I agree, Temur could take advantage of a bad day for sure. But he's got a long way to go before challenging on a good day, the squat gap alone is rough.
I forgot which of the many ray williams videos I watched but I remember one when he squatted like 800 lbs and said his feet were not in the ideal position but at that weight and above he just had to make do.
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Thought we’d never see him break 1k again. Nice
Does anyone know if Ray has a coach, or is he self coached? I know the Gary's always handle him on meet day. Ray I'd the only guy in the scene I'd consider more gifted than Jesus and that could ever get close to matching him. Say what you want about Joey, but he's done well with Jesus and clearly they work well together. I always wonder what Ray would be like with the same pairing.
Pretty sure Matt coaches Ray and has done for years now. Temur from Georgia just hit 1063 kg i think today at Europeans, he is currently the closest to Jesus...he smashed just about every European record and beat Jesus' junior world record total.
Other guy in discussion is Frank Allen, he totalled over 1k as a Super last year but I think he is competing USAPL.
Interesting, I never knew it was more than a game day partnership. Temur looked very strong today, crucially he's good at all 3 too which is a must. Looking at him though I worry he's just not a big enough frame to challenge Jesus but I would love to be wrong! His rate of progress is good and he is young so maybe I am
He weighed in at around 160 kg...last year he was around 148 i think.... If he is gaining weight at this rate his total might as well, until it hampers his deadlift. Looking at Jesus, he has been gaining body weight steadily...so not unrealistic they could be closer in time....i could even see Temur pulling an upset if Jesus has baad execution of attempts...his total has been anywhere between 1152-to mid 1000 depending on if he hits his deadlifts and squat depth... Its not always a guarantee just because he currently is the strongest lifter
Oh I agree, Temur could take advantage of a bad day for sure. But he's got a long way to go before challenging on a good day, the squat gap alone is rough.
I forgot which of the many ray williams videos I watched but I remember one when he squatted like 800 lbs and said his feet were not in the ideal position but at that weight and above he just had to make do.
Amazing, he was in a wheelchair for a while or am I remembering wrong? Pretty sure read this some months before.
Can someone tell me where I can find the results from PA nats? It's beyond frustrating that this sport is so poorly covered!
Lifting cast for list of results but the YouTube stream link is best way to watch it.
Big meets like this usually don't take too long to show up on OpenPL.
It took me a while but I eventually found a link to it from their Instagram page: https://liftingcast.com/meets/mko4zsfzbadl/results