bigokie

[brianmincher]

hey there

Are you an Okie from Muskogee?

Seriously, are you in Oklahoma somewhere? If so where? I am in Tulsa, myself.

If you are close, maybe we could train together, if not, then maybe I will see you at a meet. I will be at the WABDL Oklahoma bench championships in Mcalester, March 16th. Maybe I will see you there.

B

 

[bigokie]

How's it going

I myself am from Enid but I go to college at Stillwater. I'm back to powerlifting after about 16 months off. When is the bench press competition?? I won't be ready to compete yet but I'd like to go to see where I stand compared to others in my weight class. Good to know there's other powerlifters in OK. Later

 

[brianmincher]

Hey there,

Yes a few powerlifters in Oklahoma, though not enough to suit me. Screwball is in Oklahoma as well, I think he is going to be meeting me at the McAlester meet in March. The meet will be at the fairgrounds convention center on highway 270 in McAlester on March 16th probably starting around 10 in the morning. If you are going through Tulsa to get to McAlester, you will want to take Highway 75 south to the Indian Nation's turnpike. The turnpike ends at highway 270 and the fairgrounds is on the south side of 270 1/2 mile east of the turnpike. Can't miss it.

What are you weighing and lifting right now, and at what weight? I can probably tell you where you stand right now. I am a mere 220 guy, although I will be in the 242's at this meet. Screwball is a big guy though.

Should be a great meet, there will be one or maybe two guys going over 600 in the bench, and a few going over 500. Lots of good deadlifters as well. Hope to see you there.

B

 

[bigokie]

Sounds good

I have never actually been to a powerlifting contest. I'm weighing about 260 at 16-18% bf, down from almost 285 at 10%. When I herniated a disk in my lower back I pretty much couldn't touch a weight for a year. Now I'm back and it's coming back slowly. I'm gonna try to hit 300 lbs by next year to compete at. I'm about 6'6" so I need all the weight I can pile on. My email is [email protected] and [email protected]. I am gonna try to go to that competition to watch and learn. It sounds like a good time, much to learn before I start to compete. Thanks

 

[brianmincher]

I think I am the smallest guy on this board.

 

[Screwball]

Brian...

A bit smaller in size but putting up huge numbers. Pound for pound you are as strong or stronger than anyone on this board. Hell, I outweigh you by 50-60 lbs. and you're stronger than me. Damn, I felt a twinge of pain when I typed that. I gotta go to the gym. See ya!

- Screwball

 

[brianmincher]

Thanks, Screwball,

Are you going to be in McAlester on March 16th? Maybe we can have a little Elite get together with Bigokie if he decides to come on down. If not, we can go to one of the incredible Italian places over in Krebs and slam some grub. Or my grandma might be smoking a brisket, either way, would love to have you there, you too, Bigokie.

B.

 

[Screwball]

Sounds good!

Brian,

Unless something unexpected comes up I'll be there. I'm glad you mentioned eating. Eating is always a big incentive for me, ya know. Between you, Big Okie and me I bet we can do some serious damage. Hey, if we can manage to drum-up a few more guys we may be able to rival the "Florida Crew".

I have a local bench meet this weekend. It's kind of a last minute deal to be held in conjunction with an aerobics demonstration at the local mall. It's sponsored by the Gold's that I train at. Probably only a handful of lifters and real "laid back". If I see a 400 lb. bench (raw meet with pause) I'll be surprised. With only a week and a half to prepare and interrupting my training mid-cycle I certainly don't expect anything outstanding. I'll be happy if I hit 400 lbs. with good technique. Attempts will probably be 365 - 385 - 405. Talk to ya soon!

- Screwball

 

[brianmincher]

Let me know how it goes. If you weren't so far away, and it wasn't such short notice, I would come down and try and put up a few lbs myself.

Like most of the other 200+ lbers on this board eating is always a high priority to me as well. I agree we could shut down a buffet, my brother will be there handing off to me, and he is 6 foot 2 and about 230, and can put the grub away as well. It is funny, we weigh the same but he is 7 inches taller. Growing up I always thought I got the shallow end of the gene pool. But when we go to the gym, being short ain't a bad deal at all.

I would love to get to the point that we could rival the Florida crew. There are some strong sumbitches in Oklahoma, we just need to get some more meets going around here and get some better exposure. I would like to see some high school football coaches get excited about powerlifting, that would give us a bigger selection of potential powerlifters.

If you get that 400 raw that will be a pretty damn good lift. Because of a questionable shoulder, I never go real heavy on the flat bench without a shirt, so I don't know what I could do at a raw meet, but from what I read of them in powerlifting USA, 400+ is pretty darn rare.

good luck and let me know how you do.

B

 

[Screwball]

If only...

If only I could rep 500+ raw like PLJay. Then, not only would I have a big belly but I would have a big head as well. It just isn't fair......
(ha, ha!)

 

[brianmincher]

yeah, I saw that post as well. I am a day or two away from repping 500 myself. But you have to bear in mind that Jay is one of the 5 or 10 best benchers walking the planet right now. Kind of the equivalent of a all-pro NFL football player, or a medalist in some olympic event.

I love Jay, he is great, but I also hate him because he can do things I cannot. . . yet. And I would like to say that I will catch up to Jay when I am his age, but we are only a few months apart, so there goes that excuse. Maybe I can say that I will be doing that too when I get some hair on my chest.

B

 

[powerlifterjay]

He guys powerlifting is like taking a 20,000mile trip. If i leave 4 weeks before you ,or my motor is a little faster , i might get ahead, but you will pass along the same roads i did. If your hungry the trip will be completed, and we will all be there.

But anyway you guys are to kind, your blowing my head up! My ego is big enough! But ya know you guys banding together and finding other Okies to lift with and encourage could really bring out your state and give you guys a tight lifting bond. Believe me Florida lifters aint all that tight. There are some bros from the board that are cool as hell, grimmer trained with me last week, the mann, there are some i havent met yet, but there are some i fuckin cant stand but you wouldnt knwo it by reading the board. But believe me it aint all peachy here! Lots of gossip and power invey!

 

[bigokie]

FOOD

I'm always ready to eat!! I'm planning on making the trip to McAlister to see the contest. It'll be good to know there are people around who care about more than how their arms look. It gets real old training around BB all the time. Nothing against them it's just that I'd rather be strong than pretty.

Well I'm looking forward to meeting all ya soon.

 

[brianmincher]

Jay you are a legend whether you are prepared to admit it or not. Glad to hear it is not all wine and roses down in FLA, because we were all turning green in Oklahoma. You guys got the good weather, ocean, tons of powerlifting meets, and scantily clad hotties. But I guess the grass is always greener.

And bigokie, don't kid yourself, I have glute striations. Just fucking with you. I wouldn't know a striation if it bit me. I know exactly what you are talking about. Strength athletes are in a whole other world besides bodybuilders. I am into function over form. And every bodybuilder in my gym stops what they are doing when I am benching or squatting, and stares. I makes me feel like a million bucks, even without glute striations.

Looking forward to seeing you too. When you guys get to the meet, just keep asking short white guys if they know Brian Mincher. Eventually you will bump into me, but since I went to high school in McAlester, and my parents still live and teach school there, somebody will point me out pretty quick. I am hoping that I am not setting myself up for a fall by looking forward to this meet so much, but I think that there will be some exciting competition. Should be a great event.

Jay, thanks as always for the encouragement, and keep looking in your rearview mirror.

B