Category Archives: Guinness World record
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Canada’s Got Talent, the “REAL” auditions you didn’t see
It seems every one is tuning in to Canada’s Got Talent to see the “auditions” rounds of the TV show. In every talent show on TV it is the “auditions” episodes that get the most ratings because the viewers never know what to expect. They might see a future star in the making take stage with a historic act, or a comically bad performance that ends up just as historic.
The “auditions” you see on TV however are not really the auditions of these shows at all. The real auditions take place months before. It would be unmanagable for the tv producers to tape all 20,000 competitors for Canada’s Got Talent live on stage in front of the 3 celebrity judges, then edit all that footage for the TV shows. As a competitor of the show Canada’s Got Talent, here is a look at how the real auditions took place…
Rachel Brown of Insight productions, the company that produces Canada’s Got Talent, contacted Ontariostrongman.ca site administrator, Grant Buhr, who put a posting on the Ontario Strongman forum asking any strongman interested to contact her about auditioning for the show. That is when I seen the following message Grant passed on to the strongmen…
“I’m a producer on the new series \”Canada\’s Got Talent\” and I\’d like to encourage some strongmen to apply – there have been some great acts done on the American version of the show, and I know Canada has the talent to top it! Please email me for further information, or go on the website gottalent.ca”
This was in August of 2011.
Certain acts that needed a lot of space to perform, or needed large props, were allowed to film thier act and bring the video to the audtion. The film could only be 2 minutes in length, and had to be completely unedited. An act like Lucas Wilson, the escape artist, or the group Project Dunk who jumps on a trampoline to dunk basketballs would likely bring in a video of themselves performing their acts.
I towed an airplane.
It was September of 2011, with my video in hand I arrived at the Roger’s Centre with my friend Louis Szpeflicki. The line up was incredibly long, and filled with all types of characters. Once inside the building we all sat in the bleachers and waited for our competitor numbers to be called. 10 competitors at a time would be taken away and asked to wait outside of a VIP box overlooking the baseball field.
Louis Szpeflicki's mobile photo of 6 Pack Lapadat at the Canada's Got Talent auditions held at the Rogers Centre in Toronto
There were several VIP boxes going at the same time with a TV producer in each. In groups of 10 we entered the room and took turns performing in front of the TV producer. In my group I was the only act that was not a signer. Out of the 9 singers in the room, 6 or 7 were good enough for radio.
6 Pack Lapadat hamming it up for the cameras at the Rogers Centre
After our auditions, the group was leaving the VIP box when I was asked to stick around to do an interview to be filmed by a TV crew. The TV crew filmed me lifting and pressing over my head a large steel crowd divider with my shirt off. They also filmed me posing for the camera, and showing off my muscles. Portions of this was shown on TV.
6 Pack Lapadat posing for the video cameras at the "real" auditions for Canada's Got Talent, held at the Rogers Centre
I was then told I would be notified via email if I made it to the next round, billed then as the Toronto “showcase” round. I was told this round would be in front of 3 celebrity judges, and filmed for television. While me being asked to hang back for a filmed interview and segment was a good indication I was advancing, it was far from certain. As it turned out, a number of competitors who were asked to do the same never made it to the showcase rounds.
It was in early November I was informed by an email that I had made it to the top 500 (from the original 20,000). My performance for the showcase round of Toronto would be filmed on December 5th of 2011. I had 3 weeks to put together a strongman act that could be performed on stage and still WOW thousands in a packed Toronto Convention Center, over a million viewers at home, and hopefully the 3 judges.
But that my friends, is another story for another article…
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“The Shark” and “6 Pack” to team up?
Ultramarathon Icon Jim “The Shark” Dreyer is a legend south of the border. He earned his nick name for his fierce and dogged determination of accomplishing unbelievable feats in swimming. How unbelievable are his feats?
How does a marathon run of 26 miles, followed up by a 130 mile bike ride, and to top it off with a 35 hour swim crossing Lake Ontario in a day sound? While some athletes are happy to have completed a marathon, for “The Shark” that is a nice morning jog to warm up for the rest of his day.
It is the type of feats that have no less than President Bill Clinton remarking
“Your extraordinary quests and your indomitable spirit serve as an inspiring example to all. I applaud you for your determination and endurance, and I commend you for using this undertaking to give hope and help to the children.”
Like 6 Pack, The Shark uses his talents to raise money for kids (his focus is the big brothers/big sisters organization) and to show people that any goals are attainable, and any dream is possible.
Both World record holders in their fields, the two are currently in talks to potentially work together in the future. Could there be a historic event to come from this?…
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Recovery
It has been a half year since I broke two Guinness World records in Weightlifting in a single day, and I am still recovering physically. It seems as though a nerve in my right arm has been damaged.
My right arm was dislocated at the elbow in a submission fighting match a few years ago in a tournament, and has ever since been an on going problem. There was also a great while after the records that my one lift strength was badly sapped. For two weeks I was incredibly soar. When the pain left, I found my crossfit style of weightlifting for the records (lighter weight for hundreds of reps that would increase overall weightage lifted) came at a cost of my single lift strength that my powerlifting training gave me.
A few months of changing my lifting back to single lift strength has got me back on track. By mid february I will commence an 18 week powerlifting training program that should end up with me at my strongest I have ever been.
X rays and MRIs of my right arm are currently being examined, and I am seeing a specialist for help. I also have one of the best in dealing with sports injuries in my corner, Dr. Aras Kvedaras, helping me out. Originally I could not even straighten my right arm out. I had constant pain. Now I can straighten it (not all the way, but painlessly) and only have pain in certain movements.
The X rays and MRIs will reveal what needs to be done to fix the problem. I am confident the injury will be taken care of. In the mean time I am able to resume heavy benching and lifting in general. I am bench pressing 315 pounds for a multiple reps in a working set again. This was not possible just a couple months ago. I am squatting and deadlifting at full power again as well.
My overhead pressing has been comprimized due to my injury (my right shoulder has gotten tender because it is compensating) but this is a minor problem.
You can’t make an omellet without breaking a few eggs. You don’t break World records without taking a toll on your body. Sports injuries go hand in hand with sports. Its a small price to pay.
Me and my team are already in talks for more World records this summer. We are already looking towards the future. As always, they will be to raise money for sick kids. Look for an announcement soon on the up coming events. Expect the new World records to be much bigger than last years!
6 up!
– 6 Pack Lapadat
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2 Guinness World Records in 1 Day!!!
July 16th was a day the record books were re-written. It was my best day, and my worst day. It is a day I’ll never forget.
I started out my day at 8am in the morning doing a radio show interview. It was the typical questions you’d expect, asking about the records I was going for, and the cause I was raising money for. I casually told them I was roughly a half hour away from attempting the one hour squat record which stood at 122,000 pounds. Later that day I would go for the one hour deadlift record which was 90,000 pounds.
After a brief discussion about my powerlifting background and previous feats of strength for charity they wished me luck on my efforts and I was off to Goodlife fitness in Guelph.
The first one hour squat record started a little after 9am. Never before in the gym had I ever lasted the full one hour while attempting to break this record. We had figured out the pace I would need to break the 122,000 pound record. Yet, I had never been able to keep up the pace over the course of the hour.
The first half hour of the record attempt was grueling enough. By the half way mark I was tightening up in my legs, and had pain shooting up from my lower back. I gave the signal to my seconds to take off 30 pounds total from the bar I was lifting to lighten the load. This meant I would have to increase the amount of reps to reach my goal of totalling over 122,000 pounds squated over an hour.
Initially it was a gutsy move, but it proved to be beneficial as I managed to hang onto the right pace up until the last-minute of the record attempt. Then with 30 seconds left, and still slightly behind of the record I blasted out 21 reps and sealed my place in history. I fell forward with the bar crashing onto the rack, and me colliding with the floor.
There I layed as the ground spun underneath me over and over. I was too dizzy to get up, and could hardly catch my breath. I had lost 5 pounds of sweat, and was greatly depleted. The media snapped shots of me as I covered my face. After a few moments I got my breath back and my wits about me. I was helped up by my seconds and put onto a chair where I did an interview with the press.
After fielding a variety of questions I was helped back to the dressing room where I took a minute to collect myself. It’s hard to put into words how it feels to be pushed to the brink so close to breaking. The strain you put on your body is a lot, but the battle quickly becomes mental. If you can imagine doing the squatting movement with no weight on your back for an hour straight you can picture how the burn in your legs would feel. Imagine doing it with enough weight on your back to total 122,000 pounds after hundreds of reps of squats are completed in that hour. Your body is close to shutting down, and your mind is fighting against it to keep going.
The officials tally the results to find I broke the record!
Back in the locker room I am unable to even take my own shoes off.
I went back home to rest and eat what I could before my second record attempt in Hamilton at Ivor Wynne Stadium in front of 21,ooo screaming fans. What I ended up being able to eat was only a couple smoothies and some fruit and vegetables. It was not much, but with all the nervousness in my system I could not force much down. I had just taken a World record that some one else worked hard for. They likely took time off after the record attempt and left all the energy they had into that record. It likely sapped all their strength. They must have felt exactly as I felt. But my day was only half over…
The crowd at Ivor Wynne Stadium was over 21,000 strong
I showed up at Ivor Wynne Stadium feeling like I had very little in my tank. I did an interview in front of the crowd in mid-field and told them I had taken a World record earlier that day and that I was sure I was about to take another one for them. They cheered my bravado. I was convinced I was just trying to talk myself into doing this again. I knew I was heading into hell one more time.
My chief second, Aras Kvedaras, taped my feet as I got ready for my second World record attempt of the day. I was positioned on the side of the field under a tent so I was blocked from the mid-summer sun. Despite the tent, I lost more fluids through several more pounds of sweat.
Minute after minute ticked by, and hundreds more reps were belted out as I broke another record. This time I deadlifted more than 95,000 pounds with the end of the record concluding during the football game’s half time. The crowd cheering my name as I belted off the final reps. Once again I had to seal the victory with a final salvo at the final 30 second mark. I belted off so many more reps that I destroyed the old record by 5,000 pounds in that final half-minute. A lot can happen in less than a minute.
With the half time on and my record complete I did an interview for the fans and asked them to please donate to the McMaster children’s hospital of Hamilton on my website. They cheered the cause and gave me a round of applause. Then they took to the field and I gave autographs and took pictures with them. My team tossed 6 Pack t-shirts into the stands for the kids (and some adults!)
WORLD RECORD DAY- July 16th 2010
6 Pack Lapadat performing Upright Row, Barbell.
This July 16th, 2010 Ryan “6 Pack” Lapadat will be attempting to break 2 Guinness World Records. He will attempt; Most weight squat lifted in one hourand Most weight deadlifted in one hour. He will be attempting these records through out the entire day of July 16th. With one of the records being performed in front of 20 000 Ti-cats fans during a half time event.
This is being promoted as “Record Day” at Ivor Wynne Stadium. 6 Pack will not be the only one attempting to break records on July 16th. Although he is the main event this coming Friday July 16th, 2010. Also noted, we are the ones who approached the Hamilton Tiger Cats about breaking several world records and they decided to make a full event out of it. This whole “Record Day” came into effect mainly due to the work of 6 Pack and I (Louis Szpeflicki).
We are extremely excited and slightly nervous to see this day come. 6 Pack has been training vigorously and tireless to ensure he takes these Guinness World Records. As well as I have been working diligently to make sure everything is in order and goes off without a hitch. This is a very important day for 6 Pack and I. It is all worth it though, to know that we are in some way (either through fund raising or inspiring people and children) that we are making a difference with sick children.
So on July 16th, 2010 watch, listen or read about it in your local newspaper how Ryan “6 Pack” Lapadat took down 2 Guinness World Records in ONE DAY. Lets cheer on 6 Pack.
Also see:
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/659115
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