Without exaggerating, his lockout of 220kg from his knees up looks like 80kg for most lifters. I've never seen a lifter with a stronger lockout, ever.
He does lots of 200kg shrugs, 300kg rack pulls and 120kg cleans. His traps are huge.
The 220kg dead and 320kg rack pull are not maxed out. He is very disciplined and sticks to his program.
His goal is to medal at the Worlds, thats what he's peaking for, not the Nats in 12 days.He should total 500kg at least at the Nats, he's going for a 110kg paused bench on Wednesday, and I think a 170kg squat on Friday. That'll give him 500kg this week, and they may end up being openers.
He's not alone with his improvements though, I'm confident every PTC lifter will improve over their results at the Vics 12 weeks ago.
Fat Dave has totaled 520kg this week 190/110/220. He managed 485kg at the Vics.
Spiros had close to a year off and dropped 20kg, he has totaled 195/140/235 for 570kg this week at 110kg and 45yo. He's got more in him. He started training again 10 weeks ago, after the Vics.