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September 6, 2012 by 6 Pack Lapadat

10 tips to improve your Squat immediately!

September 5, 2012 by 6 Pack Lapadat

The Squat is perhaps the most important exercise an individual can perform during training to improve muscularity and strength. When done properly, the Squat is a full body work out that incorporates a large number of muscles to complete. When ever you hear some one refer to the squat as a “leg” routine, or see you Squatting and comments “Oh, you are doing legs”, that is a sign they do not know how to Squat properly.

Here are 10 quick and easy tips on how to squat correctly. Pay attention, and practise for perfection. This is the biggest key any one can give you to unlocking a stronger, more muscular body, and athletic body. For girls, don’t believe the myth Squatting with weights (and weight lifting in general) will magically turn your body more masculine. It won’t. It will make you look like this…

Reducing fat intake and cardio will not increase muscle mass. It can actually turn you into a “skinny fat” if you are not careful.

For the Fellas who need motivations…

Arnie is the King of weight lifting, and strong advocate of the Squat. He structured his weight training around the Squat to gain the muscle mass needed to shape with additional exercises.

Convinced? Good! Now let’s get to work!

1) Feet placement for balance can be critical!

Once a lifter is accustom to the Squat, the lifter will adjust foot placement to their specific liking. Often Powerlifters and bodybuilders who have been squatting for years will develop their own squatting style (whether sumo stance, shoulder width, or narrow for bounce at the bottom). For beginners, I would suggest feet shoulder width apart, with the toes pointing out on a 45 degree angle. This will help the lifter balance during the Squat. The feet point out on a 45 degree angle will also force the knees to flare outwards, instead of bow inwards, during the lift. Knees pushing out helps turn on the muscles up the posterior chain (the hamstrings and glutes).

2) Take a full breath of air and hold it!

I know your gym teacher taught you to blow out when you lift weights. Your gym teacher was wrong. Picture a large balloon. We are going to put a small rock on this large balloon. If the ballon is not fully inflated, the weight of the rock will push this balloon forward or backward, and change the form of the ballon. This is what happens when your body is not tight and full of air during the Squat.

When you Squat, it is important to take a full breath of air to inflate that balloon. Now the small rock will sit on the balloon, and not cause the balloon to pitch forward or backward, or loose it’s form.

3) Wrap the bar around your body!

I know, physically speaking, it is impossible to take the barbell, and wrap it around your body. However, when you place the barbell on the bottom of your traps and prepare to squat, I want you to try your hardest to do just that! Clinching the barbell and pulling inward as if attempting to bend the bar around your upper body will tighten your back and shoulders. Again, picture the large balloon. You need the balloon to keep it’s form and stay inflated to balance the small rock on top of it. If you are loose up top, you will pitch forward in your squat and loose form. This will put stress on the lower back.

Taking a full breath of air and clinching the barbell as if to wrap it around you will tighten your upper body up, and engage all the muscles in your core and back. This will greatly improve your balance, and also help strengthen your upper body and core, during the lift.

4) Point your elbows toward the ground!

After you have placed your feet, taken a breath of air, and tightened your upper body, a lifter should point their elbows toward the ground. The elbows should remain pointing towards the ground at all times. Picture your elbows as the steering wheel, and your upper body as the wheels. If your elbows point to the ground, your upper body is being directed to stay upright. If your elbows begin to point backwards on a 45 degree angle (which is the most common placement for those who Squat improperly), then the upper body will be directed to pitch forward. This will in turn put a lot of pressure on the lower back. The pressure on the lower back will then work it’s way down the chain and cause the body to adjust and put more pressure on your knees.

It is important to keep your chest out and facing forward. Have a friend look to see if your elbows are pointing to the ground or backwards on a 45 degree angle when you squat. Often lifters are unaware of the placement of their elbows. Or they begin with the elbows pointing down, but shift them on an angle as they Squat closer to parallel.

Keep your elbows pointing down, and your knuckles pointing toward the heavens. Also keep tension on the bar by trying to wrap the barbell around your body. This will keep your upper body tight at all times, and improve your balance!

5) Look up on a 45 degree angle!

When you keep your eye sight upward, and you sit back (with your knees not drifting past your toes, and you keep an arched back…you can sit in the bottom of a squat perfectly balanced

I see people looking at themselves in the mirror all the time when they squat. The best way to keep balance is to remain upright and tight. The body will naturally want to pitch forward with the weight of the barbell on your back as you Squat. Keeping your head tilted on a 45 degree angle upwards, with your eye sight the same, will help keep your upper body up right. Like a person who is beginning to drive, if they look one direction they automatically start steering toward that direction ever so slightly. This is the same with the Squat. Help direct your body in the right direction by controlling your head placement (wrestlers and other athletes already understand the need to keep your head up when lifting).

6) Break at the hips, not the knees!

You can see here that the person is starting to sit back by pushing their hips back, and not sitting straight down by pushing their knees forward.

The person then keeps sitting backward with the knees never pushing forward, or passing their toes. The person must arch their back to sit backwards.

Once you have completed steps 1-5, you are ready to start lowering into the squat (I know, you never thought there was so much to do with the upper body when Squatting, but now you see why I cringe when people think Squatting is for the legs only). Perhaps lowering into the Squat is not the right wording, as you are not so much lowering as you are sitting backwards.

Attempt to keep your knees in the same place while you break at the hips and push your butt backwards as if you are trying to touch an imaginary wall behind you with it. You keep sitting backward, not sitting straight down, reaching for that wall. The wall is not there, so you end up lowering downwards the further back you reach. This movement, when keeping your upper body tight, will cause you to feel as though your are coiling a spring. A tight upper body is critical to keeping balance. As is flaring your knees outward and not forward or inward.

7) Do not let your knees go past your toes!

A good indication you are not sitting backward, and are in fact sitting straight down too much, is if your knees are drifting past your toes. If that is the case, you are no longer loading up your hamstrings and glutes properly, your upper body is pitching forward too much, and your are putting extra pressure and strain on your lower back and knees.

Just like the elbows, ask a friend to watch you squat and to pay attention if your knees drift over your toes. If they are, a red flag should be set off that your are doing something wrong. Likely you need to tighten your upper body and sit further back in your Squat.

A good way to practise sitting back with the Squat is to grab a bench and to place it directly in the middle of the Squat rack. Your feet will be placed straddling the bench, and you will sit backward onto the bench. You do not sit down onto the bench! You never even touch the bench with our butt. You actually are aiming to touch the bench with your inner thighs. This will make you push your butt out and activate your glutes and hamstrings (which powerlifters call “the seat of power”). You merely touch the bench with your inner thighs as a marker for sitting backward, and rise back up as soon as they do touch.

Sitting back on a bench and touching the bench with your inner thighs, not your butt, will help you master sitting back during the Squat and keeping your knees back from drifting over your toes, and activating the glutes and hamstrings

Some times spreading the knees at the bottom of the Squat helps the lifter to achieve the proper depth while not letting their knees drift over their toes. It is at the bottom of the Squat that most lifters have problems keeping their knees back.

8) A flat back is not enough, a proper Squat is an arched back!

Most males Squat with a flat back when they first start. I have noticed it is not natural for them to arch their back when sitting backward into the Squat. This will limit the activation of the posterior chain (“The seat of Power”), and ultimately limit the strength and gains the lifter will get out of the lift. It will also put stress on the lower back. Arching the lower back will help the glutes and hamstrings turn on, and also keep the upper body tight and flexed. A flat back limits all of the above by taking the brunt of the lift. If mastering the arch in the lower back is a problem, I would suggest the lifter practise squatting onto a bench as mentioned in step 7. The lifter will be able to tell if they are squatting with the arch in the lower back or not by what hits the bench they are squatting over. If they touch the bench with their butt, they need to arch their lower back more. If they are touching the bench with their thighs, they are on point (again, you are not sitting onto the bench, you are just touching it and then coming back up).

Looking at this picture one more time, you can see that if the back was not arched than the person would be sitting on the box behind them with their butt. However, with the proper arch shown, they are touching the box with the insides of their thighs.
An arched back is important to squatting properly!

9) Drive upward when in “the hole”!

“The hole” is what powerlifters and bodybuilders call the bottom of the squat. It is important to understand that “the hole” is not a quarter of the way down, or halfway down. “The Hole” is just below parallel. That means you need to squat so the upper part of your leg is parallel to the ground, then the dip just a bit lower so the crook of your hip breaks parallel. That is a full Squat. No less. Any less than that, and you are training partials. Partials are also useful (even lock outs), but should never be mixed up with calling them Squats.

Here is a look at the dept a lifter must achieve for a proper Squat. The top of the leg runs parallel to the ground, and the hip actually break parallel. Video tape your Squat, or ask a friend to make sure you are getting low enough on your Squats!

Once a lifter is in the hole, they are at the most vulnerable part of the lift. They are also at the part of the lift that makes them work the most and in turn gives them the most gains and benefits. That is why it is important to always Squat into the hole, and break parallel with the crook of the hip. Like mentioned before, get a friend to see if you are Squatting low enough (along with if you are keeping your elbows pointing toward the ground, your knees back from your toes, and your head up, chest out).

Once you hit the hole, fire with everything you got to drive upward. Do not pitch forward. Concentrate your force to drive upward. Keeping your chest out, your elbows down, and your head pointing upward will all help with the direction of your drive. If you are looking forward, and your elbows are pointing backward on an angle, than your body is going to be pitched forward slightly. This makes it a lot harder to drive upward for your body. It makes the lift inefficient, and stresses the wrong parts of the lifter.

10) Wash, rinse, and repeat!

Once you have completed the lift, you go through steps 1-10 all over again for every single rep of every single set. That is the rule. That is the unspoken law. The one rep you get lazy can be the one time you injure yourself (especially when you start to move up in weight). Getting lazy with your set up will result in diminished results. Properly Squatting will increase muscularity and strength for your whole body, not just your legs! Your arms are flexed pulling on the bar. Your back and shoulder blades are tight and flexed from the pull on the bar. Your chest is out and head up, activating your core and midsection. Your sitting back on the Squat activates the full lower part of your body correctly and efficiently.

When you have mastered the Squat, these 10 steps will not take long to do. In fact, a lifter can set up a squat with all 10 points in a second between every rep once they have them down. However, it is important for a lifter to rehearse these steps with light weight until they have them to memory. To do so, have a friend watch your Squat from the side and to look for the following…

-Is your head up?

-Is your elbows pointing down?

-Did you take a big breath?

-Is your knees drifting over your toes? Are your knees flaring outward like they should in the hole?

-Are you breaking parallel with the crook of your hip?

Thats it for now. Now go Squat and you can thank me later when you see the results!!!

****The author, 6 Pack Lapadat, is a National Powerlifting Champion and Guinness World Record holder in the Squats. See bio section for more info on him!****

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July 10, 2012 by 6 Pack Lapadat

Mariusz Pudzianowski

April 7, 2012 by 6 Pack Lapadat

Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski (born on February 7, 1977 in Biała Rawska) is a Polish former strongman and current mixed martial artist. His nickname in Poland is “Pudzian”.

During his career as a strongman, Pudzianowski has won five World’s Strongest Man titles—more than any other athlete—as well as two runner-up titles (including his most recent performance in the 32nd edition). In 2009, Pudzianowski debuted as a mixed martial artist. He is considered as the best strongman that has ever competed in the history of the sport.

1 Early years

- 1.1 Imprisonment
2 Strongman career
3 Achievements as a strongman
4 Mixed martial arts
- 4.1 Mixed martial arts record
5 Outside professional sports
- 5.1 Education
- 5.2 Business
- 5.3 Musical career
- 5.4 Celebrity status
- 5.5 Rugby
- 5.6 Strongman diet
6 Commercials
7 See also
8 Footnotes
9 External links

Early years

Mariusz Pudzianowski was born in Biała Rawska, Poland. His father, Wojciech, was a weightlifter.^[1] Pudzianowski quickly became interested in sports. Since the age of 11, he has been training the Kyokushin style of karate.^[2] His current grade is 4th kyu green belt.^[2] He began strength training at the age of thirteen.^[2] When he was fifteen, Pudzianowski also started training boxing, quitting after seven years.^[2]^[1]

Pudzianowski debuted in professional sports at the age of sixteen, taking part in Polish Weightlifting Championship, in the bench press event.^[2]

Imprisonment

In 2000 and 2001, Pudzianowski spent 19 months in prison for assault.^[2]^[1]^[3] In an interview, he said he wanted to stop a “local mafia boss”,^[1]^[3] from physically abusing a young man.^[1]^[3] The man later accused Pudzianowski of assault and theft of a gold chain.^[3]

Pudzianowski was incarcerated in prison in Łowicz.^[2]^[1] Several years later he arranged a resocialization meeting for the prisoners at the same penal institution.^[3]

Strongman career

Pudzianowski during a strongman competition in 2009.

On May 1, 1999 Pudzianowski entered his first Strongman competition, held in Płock, Poland.^[2] He achieved his first major success at the international level in 2000 when he finished fourth in his first World’s Strongest Man (WSM) competition.

Pudzianowski could not participate in some of 2000 and all of 2001 events because of his imprisonment (see above).

He returned to win the WSM contest in 2002, and retained his title in 2003 by the largest margin ever achieved in the competition. In March 2004, he also became the Strongman Super Series World Champion.

He initially finished third in the 2004 WSM contest but was later disqualified for breaching the governing body’s Strongman Health Policy.^[4] He was forced to return his prize money, stripped of the International Federation of Strength Athletes points from the event, and received a one-year ban from competition. Pudzianowski did not dispute his banned substance violation and waived his right to have his stool sample verified.^{[citation needed]} He then returned to win the title for a third time in 2005.

In the 2006 World’s Strongest Man contest, he came second to Phil Pfister.

Pudzianowski regained his title in 2007, winning with one event to spare (which he had also done in 2003 and 2005). At that time he was one of the three four-time winners (the other two being Jón Páll Sigmarsson and Magnús Ver Magnússon).

In the WSM 2007 competition, Pudzianowski said that his target was to become the only person to win the event five times, which he did by winning the 2008 WSM competition in the very last event, ahead of Derek Poundstone. He succeeded despite a serious calf injury, which he suffered in the Polish Strongman Championship Cup of 2008 and further exacerbated during the WSM qualifying rounds, seriously threatening his chance of even reaching the final.

He competed in the 2009 World’s Strongest Man competition, which took place in Malta, placing second after Žydrūnas Savickas. In an interview, Pudzianowski said he will not continue participating in strongman events, because of his career in Mixed Martial Arts, which requires a totally different training to strongman.^[5]

Achievements as a strongman

Mariusz Pudzianowski

Professional Competitive Record – [1st (42), 2nd (7), 3rd (4) – Out of Total(59)]
Performance Metric – .964 [Polish – .995 International – .953]

Professional	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	10th	Total
Polish	15	1						16
International	27	6	4	2	2	1	1	43
Combined	42	7	4	2	2	1	1	59

Completed contests
Competition	Location	Outcome	Date
World’s Strongest Man	Valetta, Malta	2nd place	2009-03-10
World’s Strongest Man	Charleston, West Virginia, USA	Winner	9/6-14/2008
World Strongman Federation Grand Prix	Silichy, Belarus	Winner	2008-03-08
Poland Cup	Poland	Winner	2008-02-08
World Strongman Federation Grand Prix (Globe’s Strongest Man)	Russia	Winner	2008
Poland vs. The World	Poland	Winner	2008
Mohegan Sun Super Series Grand Prix	Uncasville, Connecticut, USA	2nd place	2008-01-19
World’s Strongest Man	Anaheim, California, USA	Winner	2007
Svend Karlsens Viking Power Super Series Grand Prix	Norway	Winner	2007
Venice Beach Super Series Grand Prix	Venice Beach, California, USA	2nd place	2007
Mohegan Sun Super Series Grand Prix	Uncasville, Connecticut, USA	Winner	2007
European Championship	Poland	Winner	2007
World Strongman Cup Grand Prix	England	Winner	2007
World Strongman Cup Grand Prix	Latvia	Winner	2007
World’s Strongest Man	Sanya, China	2nd place	2006
Poland Super Series Grand Prix	Poland	Winner	2006
Moscow Super Series Grand Prix	Moscow, Russia	Winner	2006
Mohegan Sun Super Series Grand Prix	Uncasville, Connecticut, USA	Winner	2006
World Strongman Cup Grand Prix	Russia	Winner	2006
World Strongman Cup Grand Prix	Poland	Winner	2006
World Strongman Cup Grand Prix	Latvia	Winner	2006
World Strongman Cup Grand Prix	Belarus	Winner	2006
Arnold’s Strongest Man	Columbus, Ohio, USA	6th place	2005
World’s Strongest Man	Chengdu, China	Winner	2005
Poland vs. The World	Poland	Winner	2005
Mohegan Sun Super Series Grand Prix	Uncasville, Connecticut, USA	Winner	2005
Sweden Super Series Grand Prix	Sweden	Winner	2005
Poland Super Series Grand Prix	Poland	Winner	2005
Venice Beach Super Series Grand Prix	Venice Beach, California, USA	Winner	2005
World Strongman Cup Grand Prix	Austria	Winner	2005
Arnold’s Strongest Man	Columbus, Ohio, USA	4th place	2004
World’s Strongest Man	Nassau, Paradise Island, The Bahamas	Disqualified (originally 3rd place)	2004
European Championship	Jelenia Gora, Poland	Winner	2004
World Team Championship	Plock, Poland	Winner	2004
Moscow Super Series Grand Prix	Moscow, Russia	Winner	2004
Polish Cup	Poland	Winner	2004
World’s Strongest Man	Victoria Falls, Zambia	Winner	2003
European Championship	Sandomierz, Poland	Winner	2003
World Team Championship	Hungary	Winner	2003
Ylitornio Challenge	Finland	Winner	2003
World Record Breakers	Gdynia, Poland	Winner	2003
Polish Cup	Poland	Winner	2003
Arnold’s Strongest Man	Columbus, Ohio, USA	5th place	2003
Finland Super Series Grand Prix	Finland	2nd place	2003
Canada Super Series Grand Prix	Canada	2nd place	2003
Holland Super Series Grand Prix	Holland	Winner	2003
Hawaii Super Series Grand Prix	Hawaii, USA	Winner	2003
World’s Strongest Man	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Winner	2002
Hawaii Super Series Grand Prix	Hawaii, USA	3rd place	2002
Sweden Super Series Grand Prix	Sweden	5th place	2002
European Championship	Gdynia, Poland	Winner	2002
Polish Cup	Poland	2nd place	2002
World Team Championship	Hungary	3rd place	2002
World’s Giants	Ireland	Winner	2002
World’s Strongest Man	Sun City, South Africa	4th place	2000
Helsinki Grand Prix	Finland	10th place	2000
World Team Championship	Hungary	2nd place	2000
World Cup Grand Prix	Poland	Winner	2000
World Team Championship	China	3rd place	1999
Polish Cup	Poland	Winner	1999

Mixed martial arts

The debut of Pudzianowski and Najman was advertised as “MMA Fight of the Year” in Poland.

In 2009, Pudzianowski signed a contract with Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki – a Polish mixed martial arts organization – to take part in four fights.^[6] lllll

He debuted as a mixed martial arts fighter on December 11, 2009, during the KSW 12 event in Warsaw, Poland, winning against Marcin Najman, a professional boxer (who, at that time, was also a MMA newcomer).^[6]^[7] Pudzianowski started throwing low kicks soon after the fight began. After several hits, Najman fell to the mat and Pudzianowski started delivering punches (a tactic known as ground-and-pound).^[7] Najman was forced to tap the mat, indicating he wanted to end the fight, which lasted for only 43 seconds.^[6]^[7] Before the fight Mariusz said: “Lewa ręka niesie za sobą śmierć, a prawej sam się boję.” (English: “The left hand brings death, but the right one even I am afraid of.”) ^[8]^[9] Pudzianowski collected 200,000 złoty (70,000 USD) for the fight.^[6]

On May 7, 2010, during the KSW 13 event, Pudzianowski won his second fight, against Yusuke Kawaguchi.^[10]^[11] The fight lasted full two rounds, with Pudzianowski winning by judges’ decision. The fight was described as a “sloppy brawl”.^[11] It was noted Pudzianowski had control over most of the fight, but was “neutralized” by Kawaguchi, and that, by the second round, he was looking “to be out of energy and breathing heavily”.^[10]

On May 21, 2010, Pudzianowski went on to participate in the Moosin: God of Martial Arts event, where he fought former two time UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia. Pudzianowski fractured his metatarsus during the first round and then went on to deplete his stamina during the rest of the fight, which ultimately led to Sylvia defeating him via submission (punches) at 1:43 of round 2.^[12]^[13]

Following his loss to Sylvia in May, Pudzianowski signed to face former heavyweight boxer and kickboxer Eric Esch, better known as ‘Butterbean’, at KSW 14 on September 18. After several brief standup exchanges, Pudzianowski secured a takedown early in the fight and was then able to dominate Esch with ground and pound. Esch, unable to get back to his feet during the attack, tapped out to the strikes, making Pudzianowski the winner by submission at 1:15 of the first round. He came into the fight notably slimmer, having lost around 20 lbs from his previous fight. Many believe his large muscle mass to have caused his stamina problems in his earlier fights.^[14]

On May 21, 2011 Pudzianowski fought James Thompson at KSW XVI, losing by arm triangle.

In September 2011 Mariusz Pudzianowski started professional training in the well known martial arts club in the USA – American Top Team.

Pudzianowski fought on the KSW XVII event, which was held on November 26, 2011. He faced James Thompson in a rematch.^[15] He won the fight via majority decision. This decision caused some controversy and two days later it was overturned to a No Contest by the promoter. During a conference held on November 28th, the ruling was deemed to be a “judge’s error” and the fight result was changed.

Mariusz’s next opponent is Bob Sapp. The fight will take place in Lodz, Poland on KSW 19.^[15]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown		[show]
6 matches	3 wins	2 losses
By knockout	0	0
By submission	2	2
By decision	1	0
No contests	1

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
		Bob Sapp		KSW XIX	02012-05-12 May 12, 2012			Łódź, Poland
NC	3–2 (1)	James Thompson	No Contest	KSW XVII	02011-11-26 November 26, 2011	2	5:00	Łódź, Poland	Originally a decision win for Pudzianowski. This was overturned due to a “judging error”.
Loss	3–2	James Thompson	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	KSW XVI	02010-09-25 September 25, 2010	2	1:06	Gdańsk, Poland
Win	3–1	Eric Esch	Submission (punches)	KSW 14	02010-09-18 September 18, 2010	1	1:15	Łódź, Poland
Loss	2–1	Tim Sylvia	Submission (punches)	Moosin: God of Martial Arts	02010-05-21 May 21, 2010	2	1:43	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Win	2–0	Yusuke Kawaguchi	Decision (unanimous)	KSW 13	02010-05-07 May 7, 2010	2	5:00	Katowice, Poland
Win	1–0	Marcin Najman	Submission (punches)	KSW 12	02009-12-11 December 11, 2009	1	0:43	Warsaw, Poland

Education

On May 27, 2008 Pudzianowski graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international relations. His thesis was: “Organizational culture in sports marketing in the world”.^[16]

Business

In an interview in 2009 Mariusz said that he treats sport as a hobby. He is not doing it for money as the money is relatively low in Strongman and MMA (he said that winner of World Strong Man can get 60000 USD, and winner of Grand Prix in USA from 10000 to 15000 USD). He owns a very successful company (a school for bodyguards) and various real estates, and those are his main sources of money.^[17]

Musical career

Pudzianowski often appears as a guest singer in the musical group Pudzian Band, formed by his brother Krystian. Their first single “Zdobyć świat”, was released in 2006. In 2009, the group released an album, Dawaj na ring (Go, hit the ring).^[18]

Celebrity status

In 2008, Pudzianowski took part in the 7th season of Dancing with the Stars in his native Poland.^[19] He advanced to the final episode, but ultimately finished second, losing to actress Magdalena Walach.^[20] Pudzianowski is currently a contestant in the 1st season of the singing reality show Just the Two of Us in Poland.^[21] He is coupled with former Ich Troje singer Anna Wiśniewska.

Rugby

Pudzianowski is also a keen amateur rugby union player,^[22]^[23] and plays with Blachy Pruszyński Budowlani Łódź.^[24]

Strongman diet

Unlike many bodybuilders, Pudzianowski is surprisingly liberal with his diet and is often seen tucking into chocolate, ice cream or burgers.^[25]^[26] On one of the World Stongman events shown on TV, as well as in an interview for MTV, Mariusz when asked about diet said: “I eat everything. I do not follow any particular diet. I eat anything I want, anytime I want”.^[27]

My energy comes from my diet. Breakfast is 10 eggs and two to three pounds of bacon. Between meals, I eat lots of candy. In the morning, it will be several 3 Musketeers and/or Snickers bars; I need them for energy. Lunch, at 1 or 2 PM, is a double meal of a Polish pork chop, sauerkraut and potatoes. An hour later, I work out, then take lots of supplements: magnesium, creatine, amino acids, all that stuff, and more chocolate. Dinner is whatever meat I can grab—steaks, pork chops, bacon—plus more sauerkraut and potatoes. At 9 or 10 PM, I work out again. Afterward, I have a protein shake and more chocolate. At 3 or 4 AM, I wake up and have more chocolate, then go back to sleep until morning.^[28]

He said for MTV that he prefers Polish cuisine. When he has some time he often cooks himself, as he does not particularly fancy meals from restaurants. He often eats bigos, Polish soups, Polish sausages and typical Polish dinners with cooked potatoes, 200–300 g of meat and some salads (usually cucumber salad).^[27]

In an interview at the beginning of his world strongman career he said that his supplements, training, massages, etc. costs him approximately 6000 złoty (ca. 2000 USD) per month.^[29]

Commercials

“Dominator” – an energy drink using Pudzianowski’s profile is being distributed in Poland.
Mariusz appeared in a Met-rx commercial which aired during the U.S. broadcast of the 2007 World’s Strongest Man contest.

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f “Pudzian. Historia prawdziwa”. Wirtualna Polska. http://sport.wp.pl/kat,60960,title,Pudzian-Historia-prawdziwa,wid,11353817,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=1a245. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h “Mariusz Pudzianowski biography”. Pudzianowski official website. http://pudzian.pl/mariusz.php. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e “Pudzianowski siedział w więzieniu!”. Nocoty.pl. http://nocoty.pl/title,Pudzian-siedzial-w-wiezieniu,wid,9821874,wiadomosc.html?_ticrsn=3&ticaid=67424. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
^ Sylvia-Pudzianowski Moosin Event Nearing Final Hurdles Before Sanctioning. Mmafighting.com (2010-04-30). Retrieved on 2011-08-02.
^ “Mariusz Pudzianowski talks Moosin fight with Tim Sylvia”. youtube.com. 2010-04-07. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAyQSBm7n64.
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External links

Professional MMA record for Mariusz Pudzianowski from Sherdog

Hugo Girard

April 7, 2012 by 6 Pack Lapadat

Hugo Girard (born December 20, 1971 in Sainte-Anne-de-Portneuf, Quebec) is a Canadian strongman. Girard is a Strongman Super Series world Champion, a four-time World Muscle Power champion and a six-time Canada’s Strongest Man.

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1 Strength career
2 Profile
3 References
4 External links

Strength career

Prior to his career as a strongman competitor, Girard worked as a bouncer in a popular Quebec City nightclub on weekends while attending community college. In the early 1990s, he went to Los Angeles in order to either pursue a career as a professional bodybuilder or as an actor. After a few months, Girard came back to the province of Quebec where he was later hired as a police officer for the city of Gatineau.

Girard focused on Strongman competition, and became a 6-time consecutive finalist in the World’s Strongest Man competition from 1998-2004. Hugo’s highest placing was 4th place at the 1999 World’s Strongest Man contest.^[1]

In 2002 Girard reached the high point of his career to date, winning the 2002 Strongman Super Series overall title. Hugo has also won the World Muscle Power Championships 4 times, in 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2004.

Girard dominated strongman competition in Canada for several years. He was the Canada’s Strongest Man champion from 1999 to 2004. He was also the North America’s Strongest Man champion in 2001 and 2002.

Beginning in 2004, injuries began to plague his career including back to back injuries to his achilles tendon in 2005, the first of which took place at the 2005 Arnold Strongman Classic forcing him to retire from the contest.^[2] These injuries required a long period of rehabilitation, and nearly a year and a half to fully recover. At one point Hugo was in a cast up to his waist.^[3] Hugo’s comeback took place at the 2006 Mohegan Sun Super Series event. After winning the first event, he tore his patellar tendon in the second event, the Conan’s Wheel and was forced to retire from the contest.^[4] He attempted to compete in the North America’s Strongest Man Competition in 2007, but withdrew due to injury. Hugo was able to bounce back in 2008, winning Quebec’s Strongest Man.^[5] This win qualified Hugo for the 2008 Canada’s Strongest Man contest. Hugo was leading the contest after the first day, but suffered yet another injury on the second day of competition and tearfully announced his retirement from strongman competition.^[6]

Girard broke several records during his career, some of which are still standing today. He has held records in events such as the log press, apollon’s axle press, crucifix hold, farmer’s walk Atlas stones, bench press, truck pull and squat. He has also pulled an 80-ton Boeing 737 for a short distance.

Due to his strength, Girard is often compared to fellow Quebec native Louis Cyr, a dominant nineteenth-century strongman who was considered the strongest man in history at the turn of the century. Girard has trained several other strongmen in the Ottawa and Gatineau regions, including Travis Lyndon and Jessen Paulin, who has participated in the World’s Strongest Man competition and succeeded Girard as Canadia’s Strongest Man in 2005 and 2006.

Girard is currently a member of the organization of the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival that takes place every Labour Day weekend. He is also the current president of the Canadian Federation of Strength Athletes. In addition to his career as a strongman, Girard served as a police officer for 12 years.

Hugo was the subject of a documentary film called “Strongman: Hugo Girard” in 2002. The film shows Hugo’s training for the 2002 North America’s Strongest Man competition, which he eventually won. The film also features his training partners Jessen Paulin and Travis Lyndon. The film was directed by Alan Black and released by Top of the World Films.^[7]

Profile

Biceps: 55 cm (22 inches)
Neck : 53 cm (21 inches)
Calves: 55 cm (22 inches)
Chest: 158 cm (62 inches)
Quadriceps: 85 cm (33 inches)
Height: 189 cm (6 feet 2 inches)
Weight: 150 kg (330 pounds)

References

External links

Hugo Girard’s website
United Athletes Magazine Interview with Hugo about the importance of determination in sports.
Official website for STRONGMAN a documentary about Hugo Girard

Strongman pulls WW2 Bomber airplane (6 Pack on Canada’s Got Talent)

April 7, 2012 by 6 Pack Lapadat

Derek Pounstone

April 6, 2012 by 6 Pack Lapadat

Derek Poundstone (born on September 28, 1981, 6’1″ (1,85m), 341 lb^[1] is an American professional strongman athlete from Waterbury, Connecticut. Derek Poundstone is also a police officer for the Naugatuck, Connecticut Police Department and is the owner and landlord of an apartment complex. Derek spent the first ten years of his life in Italy and Spain.

Derek began by competing in powerlifting and progressed to become the Connecticut State Champion. He started competing in strongman after finding an advertisement for a contest on the back of a powerlifting flyer. After earning his Professional Strongman card from the ASC (American Strongman Corporation), Derek took two years off competing to enter the Police Academy and become a police officer. He returned to compete in strongman, and placed fifth in the 2006 St. Patrick’s Strongman National Qualifier.^[2] Derek then went on to place 2nd to the current IFSA World Champion Žydrūnas Savickas in the 2006 World Strongman Challenge contest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.^[3] Next, Derek placed 5th in the 2006 America’s Strongest Man contest.^[4] This earned him an invite to the 2006 IFSA World Championships. On October 26, 2006, two weeks before the IFSA World Championships, Derek severely injured his lumbar spine during training while attempting a maximum effort deadlift of 366 kg (805 lb).^[5] Derek had a lumbar disc herniation (L4/5) and a massive spinal cord hemorrhage. Doctors told him that he would never lift again due to the severity of the injury.^[6]

Derek’s return to the strongman competition circuit was the 2007 St. Patrick’s Strongman contest in Columbia, South Carolina. Derek won by 13.5 points ^[7] and overcame his deadlifting injury fear by completing a 364 kg (800 lb) deadlift during the competition. This victory qualified Derek to compete in the 2007 America’s Strongest Man contest, which Derek won by a record 30 points.^[8] Derek also qualified to compete in the 2007 IFSA World Championships in Geumsan, South Korea.^[9] Additionally, Derek received an invite from Dr. Terry Todd to compete at the 2008 Arnold Strongman Classic, in Columbus, Ohio.

Derek also competed in two Team Strongman contests and a Highland Games/Strongman hybrid contest. First was the USA vs. World team contest put on by Al Thompson ^[10] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Derek and his team (Travis Ortmayer, Van Hatfield, Nick Best, Walt Gogola) pulled out an unprecedented victory against three of the top five European strongmen in the World, (Zydrunas Savickas, Vasyl Virastyuk, and Andrus Murumets). Team USA won the first three events and Team World won the next three events. Team USA won with a victory in the final event, the Atlas Stones.^[11] Derek’s next contest was in Callander, Scotland at the World Highland Games contest.^[12] This contest was a Highland Games / Strongman hybrid. Derek won the event and set two world records. With Douglas Edmunds present, Derek broke Igor Pedan’s 9 rep 125 kg (275 lb) Log Clean and Press World Record ^[13] by powering through 13 reps, with 130 kg (286 lb). Derek also broke the current World Champion’s, Zydrunas Savickas, 140 kg (308 lb) Block Press World Record by pressing out a 145 kg (319 lb) block.^[13] Derek’s training partner Tom McClure also competed in Callander and placed 2nd. Derek’s next contest was a team contest, the World’s Strongest Nation held in Ukraine. This time Team USA consisted of Derek along with Travis Ortmayer, Tom McClure, and Brian Shaw. Team USA placed 2nd overall ^[14] behind Team Ukraine led by Vasyl Virastyuk.^[15]

Derek competed in the 2007 IFSA World Championship held in Geumsan, South Korea. Derek was in 2nd position throughout the entire competition until the last event. During the final event, Derek ripped open his hands during the Farmer’s Walk event, which caused him to drop the implements. Derek placed 4th overall in his first appearance at the World Championship, 2 points behind Mikhail Koklyaev and 1 point behind the 2006 World Champ Zydrunas Savickas. Vasyl Virastyuk won the competition, becoming the first athlete to win both the World’s Strongest Man Title and the IFSA World Championships. Derek’s performance was the best ever recorded by an American at the IFSA World Championships.^[16]

Derek decided to compete on the WSM/SS circuit after sufficient political differences with IFSA. Derek was called up by Odd Haugen and asked to enter as a replacement athlete into the Mohegan Sun Super Series due to Kevin Nee pulling out with a torn biceps. Derek accepted and competed for the first time against Mariusz Pudzianowski. Derek defeated the four-time WSM champion and secured a qualification spot for the 2008 World’s Strongest Man contest.

Derek competed in the 2008 Arnold Strongman Classic contest, his first appearance at the Arnold. Derek would take second place behind Zydrunas Savickas.^[17]

On June 29, 2008 during the 2 day Fortissimus contest, Derek became the first American to defeat Zydrunas Savickas. Derek and Zydrunas were approximately 40 points ahead of all the other competitors. Derek was the only athlete who managed to lift the 517 lb Louis Cyr Stone and secured his victory and title at the “Mightiest Man on the Planet.”

Derek became the 2008 Strongman Super Series champion after accumulating the most points throughout the Grand Prix. 1st at the Mohegan Sun, 2nd at Madison Square Garden, and 4th at Sweden earned Derek enough to take the overall title.

Derek competed in the 2008 World’s Strongest Man competition where he and Mariusz Pudzianowski, Poland’s then four-time champion would go head-to-head in the final event, the atlas stones, with Derek leading in points. In the atlas stones, Derek gained the lead, but as he lifted the final stone, the stone slipped, falling to the ground and giving Mariusz Pudzianowski his record 5th World’s Strongest Man title.^[18]

Derek’s next challenge was the 2009 Arnold Strongman Classic. With Zydrunas Savickas opting to take a year off, the crown was vacant. Derek set a new world record with 15 reps in the circus dumb bell event. Derek took first place overall, and became only the third man behind Mark Henry and Zydrunas Savickas to win the Arnold Strongman Classic title since its inception in 2002.^[17]

In May 2009, Derek was scheduled to defend his title at the Mohegan Sun Strongman Championship hosted by Giants Live. Derek won five of six events, taking second on one event, and took the overall title. Derek also set a new world record on the max apollon’s axle clean and press with 415 lbs.^[19]

Derek competed in the 2009 World’s Strongest Man competition, which took place in Malta, being in fourth place after Brian Shaw, Mariusz Pudzianowski and Zydrunas Savickas.^[20]

Derek successfully defended his title at the 2010 Arnold Strongman Classic. Leading up to the last event, the timber carry, Derek had a 3 point lead over 6 time champion Zydrunas Savickas. Derek won the last event and the overall title for a second consecutive time, only the second man to accomplish this feat at the Arnold Strongman Classic. Zydrunas Savickas came in second and Travis Ortmayer came in third place. During the awards ceremony, Derek proposed to girlfriend on stage and she happily accepted.^[17]

Derek defended his title at the 2010 Mohegan Sun Strongman Championships hosted by Giants Live, winning 3 out of 6 events including the shield carry. This was Derek’s third consecutive victory at this contest. Brian Shaw came in second and Stojan Todorchev came in third place.^[21]

Shortly before the 2010 World’s Strongest Man contest, Derek severely tore his quad muscle and was unsure if he would be able compete, but he decided to heal and focus on upper body training. Derek was able to qualify for the finals and finished in 9th place overall.^[22]

Less than 24 hours after the 2010 WSM contest, Derek won his 3rd America’s Strongest Man title.^[23]

Derek is the host of a radio show titled “Poundstone Power Radio” which airs every Wednesday from 6-8pm Eastern time, on SIRIUS channel 94, XM channel 208, and on Sirius_XM_Radio internet radio channel 860. The first episode aired on November 3, 2010.^[24]

Personal life

Derek married fiancee Kristin Nelson on Saturday June 25, 2011 in Branford, Connecticut’s Trinity Episcopal Church.^[25] Derek’s training partner Louis-Philippe Jean was a groomsmen at the wedding, and fellow strongman competitors Travis Ortmayer and Nick Best attended the wedding.^[25]

Personal records – strongman

Atlas Stone

252 kg {555 lb to 42″} Unofficial World Record Connecticut}
239 kg {525 lb to 48″} {Arnold’s Strongest Man, Columbus, Ohio}

Louis Cyr Stone

241 kg {530 lb to 36″} World Record {Fortissimus – World Strength Challenge, Notre-Dame-Du-Rosaire, Quebec, Canada}

Log Press

130 kg * 13 {286 lb – 75 sec time limit, Clean and Press each rep} World Record Callander Games, Scotland}

Overhead Block Lift

145 kg {319 lb} World Record {Callander Games, Scotland}

Circus Dumbbell

{227 lb * 11 – 90 sec time limit, Clean and Press each rep} World Record {Arnold’s Strongest Man, Columbus, Ohio}

Car Squat

360 kg * 12 reps {792 lb} {World’s Strongest Nation 2007, Ukraine}

Tire Deadlift

363 kg {800 lb} {USA National Championship Qualifier, South Carolina, U.S.}

Hummer Tire Deadlift

{1015 lb} {Arnold’s Strongest Man, Columbus, Ohio}

Timber Frame Carry

{1000 lb – 11.59 sec on 36′ incline ramp} American Record {Arnold’s Strongest Man, Columbus, Ohio}

Super Yoke

500 kg {1100 lb – 9.59 sec for 32′} {Arnold’s Strongest Man, Columbus, Ohio}

Personal records – powerlifting (ADAU)

Squat

Bench Press

196 kg {430 lb} – 20-23 yr old 319 lb class American Record – November, 2003

Deadlift

289 kg {635 lb} – 20-23 yr old 275 lb class American Record – June, 2003
311 kg {685 lb} – 20-23 yr old 319 lb class American Record – November, 2003
389 kg {855 lb} – recent gym lift personal record – October, 2007
395 kg {870 lb} – Madison Square Garden Super Series – New York, New York – June 21, 2008
413 kg {910 lb} – most recent gym lift personal record – 2011′
415 kg {914 lb} – world strongest man personal record – 2011′

Total’

750 kg {1650 lb} – 20-23 yr old 319 lb class American Record – November, 2003 [14]

Achievements

Professional Competitive Record – [1st (6), 2nd (6), 3rd (3) – Out of Total(19)]
Performance Metric – .923 [American – .931 International – .915]

Professional	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
American	4	3	1		2	10
International	2	3	2	2		9
Combined	6	6	3	2	2	19

Arnold Strongman Classic – Columbus, Ohio – 1st Place (March 6–8, 2010
America’s Strongest Man (USA National Championship) Morgantown, W. Va. – Winner – (7/24-7/26/09)
Fortissimus – Louis Cyr Strength Challenge Montmagny, Quebec, Canada – 2nd place (6/24-6/25/09)
Giants Live (World’s Strongest Man Qualifier) – Uncasville, Connecticut, USA – 1st Place(5/17/2009)
Arnold Strongman Classic – Columbus, Ohio – 1st Place (March 6–8, 2009)
World’s Strongest Man – Charleston, West Virginia, USA – 2nd Place (September 2008)
Sweden Super Series (World’s Strongest Man Qualifier) – Sweden – 4th place (8/16/2008)
Fortissimus – Louis Cyr World Strength Challenge – Notre-Dame-Du-Rosaire, Quebec, Canada – winner (6/28-29/2008)
Madison Square Garden Super Series (World’s Strongest Man Qualifier) – New York, New York, USA – 2nd place (6/21/2008)
Arnold’s Strongest Man – Columbus, Ohio, USA – 2nd
Mohegan Sun Super Series (World’s Strongest Man Qualifier) – Uncasville, Connecticut, USA – winner (1/19/2008) [15]
World vs. Lithuania Team Competition – Vilinius, Lithuania – 2nd (10/27/2007)
IFSA 2-Man Team World Championship – Vilinius, Lithuania – 3rd (10/7/2007)
IFSA World Championship – Geumsan, South Korea – 4th (2007) [16]
World’s Strongest Nation Team Competition – Ukraine – 2nd (2007) [17]
World Highland Games – Callander, Scotland – winner (7/29/2007)
USA vs. World Team Competition – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – winner (2007) [18]
America’s Strongest Man (USA National Championship) – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA – winner (2007) [19]
St. Patrick’s Strongman (USA National Championship Qualifier) – Columbia, South Carolina – winner (2007)[20]
USA vs. Lithuania Team Competition – Lithuania – 2nd (2006) [21]
World’s Strongest Nation Team Competition – Kiev, Ukraine – 3rd (2006) [22]
America’s Strongest Man (USA National Championship) – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA – 5th (2006) [23]
World Strongman Challenge (USA Grand Prix) – Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA – 2nd (5/19/2006) [24]
St. Patrick’s Strongman (USA National Championship Qualifier) – Columbia, South Carolina, USA – 5th (3/17/2006) [25]
Florida Pro – Am – Florida, USA – 3rd (2005) [26]
Northeast Regional Strongman Showdown – Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA – winner (2004) earned ASC Professional Strongman card
Connecticut State Powerlifting Champion