Most Impressive Arnold Moment

881 is a huge pull for sure, but is it even top 30 all-time? I'd expect the "most impressive moment" for a big event like this to be something ranking a little higher. This isn't even the most impressive pull of the year so far. Again, not a knock on Gillingham or this accomplishment.

none of the above,Ribic was the most impressive moment to me. pound for pound to my way of thinking she was the best in the deadlift. thats who i would have voted for.Wish you would have put her name up there,Why not?

What about Derek Poundstone's pressing the Circus DB for 15 Reps?

Excuse me, but its hard for me to get excited about lifts that are ( in some cases) hundreds of pounds lighter than when the WPO guys and gals lifted at the Arnold. Say what you want to about Kidder,steroids, the WPO lifters, etc but Gillingham's 881 pull is peanuts compared to Bolton's 971 done in a three lift complex and Mastreans 2154 total, while impressive, doesnt hold a candle to Panoras 2600+ total. As far as the Bench Press is concerned, Midotes 749 would have placed him dead last in the Supers with guys like Kennelly, Meeker, etc.

Ribic was on the list but when it was reordered alphabetically her name was accidentally deleted. She's back!

Completely different rules of performance. You are not comparing like with like.

Ok, Ill go with that one, and Certainly on the Squat, BP and issues on weigh ins ...But not on the superheavyweight deadlift. Ill say it again, Gillinghams 881 doesnt hold a candle to Boltons 971.
And as far as rules of performance, we powerlifters are aware of this, but the average joe attending the Arnold and having seen the WPO a couple of years ago and now this, would be a bit confused...

never mind that bolton never locked out

I think Boltons pull is great no doubt but Brads 881 400 kg is a monster of a pull and it was easy he had 900 in him. Why compare the two of them they are both great pullers in thier own feds. Ken Ufford

DA CHICK I SAW BENCH 192 AT 132 BLEW ME AWAY AND SHE WAS CLEAN. I ADMIT I USE AND COULDNT LIFT THE WAY I DO WITHOUT PERIOD..... SO KUDOOS TO THE USAPL AND CLEAN LIFTERS.

i know it was in the cage, but why isn't bobby fields' 800x2 bench up there, i mean for god sakes the man weighs 220 right now

The best performance of the weekend was the 165# Brit kid absolutely punking the guys in the Animal cage on the 405# DL for reps. They pulled out there big gun at the end to beat him and it fell miles short...Awesome. Best part was the ultra frail ego of the announcer taking pop shots at him even after he destroyed everyone. Frickin' classic.

Jenn Thompson raw bench of 285 @ 130lbs. bodyweight and her total as well should be the highlight of the entire Arnold show.

Somebody please object to a female (no offense to Jenn) benching 285 raw, clean, and at 130lbs.????
Hands down best performance of the Arnold!!!

881 is a monster lift.

I was there and have been for many years. I was there through the WPO and the USAPL. Anyone who has something to say about the lifts at the Arnold this past weekend are fools. Both the WPO and the USAPL have awesome lifters who put on great shows. There are such distinct differences in the federations that to compare them and try to put down a 400kg deadlift is ridiculous. I think the lifting was awesome all around, might not be the same production as the WPO but the lifting was great. Anyone want to say anything to me have at it, I handled Sean Culnan at the Arnold and have handled and lifted off to Bill Crawford many times at the Arnold.
The emotional experience of the Arnold is unreal, I have trained and been at meets with Sean Culnan for the last 14+ years and this experience ranks right up there at the top. Great Job Sean!

(782# @ 290, 41 years old...I know, that sucks too right?...dicks!)

E.C. Stumpf

I competed in the Titan Bench Show where Jenn benched that insane weight Raw. If I hadn't witnessed it with my own two eyes I'd have a hard time believing it myself. This was the most impressive performance, I felt, at this years Arnold. There isn't a woman out there (and not many men either) who can come close to that and lets not forget the two hour weigh in and drug test. Glad she's coaching the USA World Bench Team this year!

Always amazing to see a girl bench more than the average gym rat!

Seriously... that is absolutely insane!!! ... and really hard to argue against "Most Impressive Moment"

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I'd like to hear more about this one, Scott. What happened?

What about the Army guy Robert Herring who won the Arnold Classic International Pro Deadlift by pulling 733 lbs at 181 lbs? This guy is getting totally over looked.

I second that, sounds like a great story. How many reps were made?

Lets get some details!

Is there any site that has a write up on the curl for reps, bench for reps, dead for reps events? They can be fun to read about. YOu get all types of guys in them. Some dramatic finishes too.

there is no need to bring me into this thread for me brads pull is awsome and he is a great deadlifter all the best brad
your friend andy bolton

OK, here it goes. I want to first say that all the guys that lifted did a great job, it's the announcer that really got my goat. Not sure who he was but he was a BB and a pretty average sized one at that. The first lifter pulled 405x12 not bad certainly nothing special. Second guy did 405x16 and they were pretty solid. 2 guys in the crowd said they could beat it and the motor mouth announcer started immediately taking shots at them. One guy was a 25 year old in jeans and t-shirt and he had spiky hair. The announcer is ripping on him calling him pretty boy although his hair looks exactly the same...other guy is a 5'5" 165# guy that looks about 18. He is British and very humble. They both pull 315 for some quick warmup and the British kid goes first. Now you need to understand that he looks awfully small compared to all the cage animals, some of those guys were very big. He started pulling and at about 14 the crowd started to get into it big time. He proceeded to do 18 and the beating was on. Heres where I had the issue, the announcer instead of saying great job he feels its his job to try to humiliate this guy, he's calling him a cocky Brit and on and on. The other guy went and did good but not like the British kid. So the announcer calls out the big gun who is a great deadlifter(750+) but I have a a feeling he pulled all weekend long and was out of gas. He came out and pulled 10 in sumo and not one of them was locked out. He then switched to conv. and hit 7 more and although the lift quality was better he hit the wall bad...so major backfire! You were expecting him to do at least 25 or more for it to be impressive..not even close. The beauty of it was finally the announcer was pretty speechless and I loved it. Thats it. It was definitely better to behold than read this...

By watching a lot of the videos posted here. I don't think you can pick just one moment out of all. To be the best moment of the Arnold.

you well know the conditions are completly different

That's the way they do it in the Carolinas!!!

dude you are an idiot. first all the guys you mentioned if they had to pass a drug test and use single ply gear with out a monolift would not even come close to the numbers you mentioned. even just take away the monolift and leave the blatant juice use and unlimited gear adn all those 1100 pound squats fall to maybe a 1000. second like every one else said the standards and conditions are totally different. like the lifters dont get to ask for more time warming up like the wpo you have to be ready and no lifts get passed just cause the bar is bending otherwise guys like tuscher would have a 2400-2500 pound total.