Nice lifts man!
Do you have any idea what your standing vertical is? It would be pretty badass to see a big guy like you dunk and shed off that "powerlifters" aren't athletic trend.
Thanks man.
I haven't gotten an accurate measurement on my vertical in about 4 years, at that time I was around 32" off a standstill and 36" off a run and go (unilateral take-off). At 6'1" and 230lbs I was able to dunk pretty decently, I actually have a pretty decent success story to share with you all. In a nutshell 16 months ago I had ballooned up to 348lbs and was becoming unhealthy. That was mainly due to old eating habits coming back and doing zero cardio with my training, I knew I was committing to Beast Of The Bluegrass so I set two major goals, one being losing enough weight to compete in the 275's and the second total over 1,400 in my first meet. Very happy so say I nailed both of those goals as I weighed in at 266.4lbs and totaled 1,402lbs. Best part of the story is I'm much stronger at a sub 275lb BW than I was at 348lbs (in my mock meets that took place in my home gym I was only totaling 1,200ish at a SHW BW).
Even though I train as a power lifter, I think outside the fat guy in a multi-ply lifting suit lol! I try to follow the example set by Stan Efferding, Dan Green, along with a few other guys that it is possible to be lean and nail some major totals. Raw powerlifting is making a huge comeback now thankfully! And I'm a big believer in strength being purely functional for many other things outside just being good at 3 lifts. I love doing crossfit or some type of HIIT training post lifting to get myself into better shape and to date it hasn't effected my stats in the gym one bit, it actually makes my recovery time in between sets much quicker and is functional for other things too.
I plan on keeping a log over here, and hopefully I can get a measurement on my vertical within the next few days. As of now I can grab rim off a standstill (3-4" over) and running I can get my wrist at the rim from time to time.
