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Chuck Vogelpohl in for Andy Bolton DL Challenge

Submitted by Staff on March 11, 2010 - 8:00am.

Chuck Vogelpohl (275) has signed on to compete in the 2011 Andy Bolton Deadlift Challenge. Vogelpohl joins Andy Bolton, Zydrunas Savickas, Benedict Magnusson, Mark Felix, Derek Poundstone, Chuck Fought and Terry Hollands on the confirmed list. Outstanding invites include Konstantin Konstantinovs, Brad Gillingham, Ano Turtiainen, Mikhail Koklyaev, Andrey Malanichev and Brian Siders.

Currently, Vogelpohl has the topped ranked deadlift (820 pounds) on the 242 class Lifter Rankings.

The Andy Bolton Deadlift Challenge is scheduled for Cleveland, Ohio in May or June of 2011.

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Submitted by bostick on March 11, 2010 - 9:35am.   » login or register to post comments

this meet is going to be insane. making me wait a whole year to see this is torture though

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 10:54am.   » login or register to post comments

Ed Coan (the greatest ever)....if you are reading this, come out of retirement for this one. We all know at 242 and being closer to 50 than 40 you still pull and squat over 800 RAW just farting around at Quads. Focus on just this pull-meet, pull a nice 850, and let the kids that have never seen you compete watch a living legend do his thing. Nobody expects you to crank out another 901 at 220 (greatest deadlift ever), that is already in the books, they just want to see you on the platform. You can dooooo eeeeet! Think about it Ed....the platform is calling!

Submitted by Bill Carpenter on March 11, 2010 - 11:07am.   » login or register to post comments

Anonymous wrote:
Ed Coan (the greatest ever)....if you are reading this, come out of retirement for this one. We all know at 242 and being closer to 50 than 40 you still pull and squat over 800 RAW just farting around at Quads. Focus on just this pull-meet, pull a nice 850, and let the kids that have never seen you compete watch a living legend do his thing. Nobody expects you to crank out another 901 at 220 (greatest deadlift ever), that is already in the books, they just want to see you on the platform. You can dooooo eeeeet! Think about it Ed....the platform is calling!

I agree it would be good for the sport. Are they using a formula to see who wins? Has this meet been sanctioned yet?

Submitted by Woody on March 11, 2010 - 11:10am.   » login or register to post comments

The list of competitors is amazing. I am definitely looking forward to watching this meet. If most of these guys show up, this will be the greatest concentration of 800+ lb deadlifts in the history of the sport.

Most of these guys have competed in strongman events before. I think it would be great to see a competition on the side where they start by deadlifting maybe a volkswagon and work their way up to something like a dump truck.

Submitted by Woody on March 11, 2010 - 11:18am.   » login or register to post comments

Quote:

I agree it would be good for the sport. Are they using a formula to see who wins? Has this meet been sanctioned yet?

You can read more about the organization of the meet here: http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/14570

Submitted by Mark Freeman (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 11:44am.   » login or register to post comments

This is going to be amazing! I can't wait for next year

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 11:45am.   » login or register to post comments

Holy crap this thing just gets better and better!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 12:58pm.   » login or register to post comments

Mark Freeman wrote:
This is going to be amazing! I can't wait for next year

You will have to wait.

I'm looking forward to seeing Chuck V lift. And if Eddie enters could you imagine the showdown between those two?
So awesome.
Eddie vs Chuck. Let's make it real!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 1:59pm.   » login or register to post comments

man! chuck could deff pull something amazing out of the bag.850plus. the 820 he did was after heavy ass squats and an injury... and hes done an easy 835 sumo..

guys like kurt kroczaleski should be invited to compete aswell. the guy is a freak and is on his way to a 900 pound pull!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 2:20pm.   » login or register to post comments

Anonymous wrote:

guys like kurt kroczaleski should be invited to compete aswell. the guy is a freak and is on his way to a 900 pound pull!

Is he Matt Kroskalezkis brother? Would be cool if they invited Matt too. He has a badass deadlift as well.

Submitted by ifwade on March 11, 2010 - 2:34pm.   » login or register to post comments

What about Kevin Nee? He did 925 (albeit hitched) in training recently.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 3:36pm.   » login or register to post comments

Kevin Nee won't pull without straps because he teared his biceps twice while training without straps.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 4:22pm.   » login or register to post comments

Awesome this is going to be what the Sport needs for Powerlifting to be brought out in the main stream! The Deadlift is the hardest to get a lot of carry over with gear so its still the truest test when it comes to gear lifting

Submitted by Austin S WABDL (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 4:58pm.   » login or register to post comments

I'm sold. Can't wait to go see it with this great of a line up.

Submitted by Vinnie (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 6:46pm.   » login or register to post comments

While I'll admit the competition is insane, does anyone outside of maybe three guys really have a shot to win? If I remember, the biggest weight wins, not biggest by formula.

Submitted by Jeff Adkins on March 11, 2010 - 6:51pm.   » login or register to post comments

Vinnie wrote:
While I'll admit the competition is insane, does anyone outside of maybe three guys really have a shot to win? If I remember, the biggest weight wins, not biggest by formula.

true, but having all of these huge lifters share the same platform is going to be a great show regardless of who wins or does not win.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2010 - 7:34pm.   » login or register to post comments

Luke Edwards should be invited. Dude just did 840 at 275.

Submitted by chris mason on March 11, 2010 - 10:11pm.   » login or register to post comments

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Good to see Chuck in. I really, really look forward to this.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2010 - 1:55am.   » login or register to post comments

i talked to mark felix at the arnold and he didnt know of this event and made for a great awkward moment

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2010 - 2:46am.   » login or register to post comments

chris mason wrote:
WWW.ATLARGENUTRITION.COM

Good to see Chuck in. I really, really look forward to this.


You should sponsor. We all should. Try to get the prize up even more. So the athletes will get a decent pay.

Submitted by hacketjj1 on March 12, 2010 - 3:18am.   » login or register to post comments

I love chuck but is he even close to 900?
Martin Wildauer and Mikhail Koklyaev should be invited.

Jeff Hackett.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2010 - 4:37am.   » login or register to post comments

It doesn't matter if they beat Andy Bolton or not because they're all GREAT DEADLIFTERS competing on one platform.

You can still spar with the king and be a king yourself.

This will be one of the most historic events ever.

Submitted by Kevin P on March 12, 2010 - 10:44am.   » login or register to post comments

hacketjj1 wrote:
I love chuck but is he even close to 900?
Martin Wildauer and Mikhail Koklyaev should be invited.

Jeff Hackett.

ULTIMATE SIZE, STRENGTH, AND STAMINA
www.fitstep.com
www.extremeselfprotection.com

I second the Martin Wildauer invite. He's very impressive.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 15, 2010 - 1:15pm.   » login or register to post comments

I think entrance into the competition should not be by invitation only! They could be setting them self up for failure. Some one said it well earlier, if you send out 10 or 15 invites maybe only half will show (i.e. economic hardship, injury, etc). They should make entrance into the comp based on lifter resume and or a documentable deadlift. Lets invite anybody who is anybody!!! If they have a fathomable shot and want to establish them self as the greatest deadlifter alive, let them. So in the case of individuals like Hossein Rezazadeh, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Kevin Nee, Mark Henry,Alexander Klyushev, Andrey Malanichev, Martin Wildauer and others let them enter. If we want to get real particular just sponsor air fair for the most favored title contenders from over seas.

-Sean Meyer