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Video Of Ryan Celli's Raw Unity Meet Lifts

Submitted by jon on February 13, 2008 - 9:11am.

Here's video of Ryan Celli, 198, lifting at the unsanctioned Raw Unity Meet held January 26 in Tampa, Florida. Celli won the middleweight division with a 1,758 pound total as well as the bench only competition with a 518 pound press.

601 pound squat:

518 pound bench press:

640 pound deadlift:

683 pound missed deadlift attempt:

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Submitted by big_byrd52 on February 13, 2008 - 9:23am. » quote

great job ryan! u got more in the tank on the bench. hope u heal up quick

This is 10% Luck, 20% Skill, 15% Concentrated Power of Will... 5% Pleasure, 50% Pain, and 100% Reason to Remember the Name!

Submitted by Kristi Devenyi on February 13, 2008 - 9:34am. » quote

Ahh! That's just sick, bro!

Submitted by Anthony Letto on February 13, 2008 - 10:39am. » quote

Good luck at the FitExpo this weekend!

Submitted by Jim Patterson on February 13, 2008 - 10:53am. » quote

And that was at 193 no less. great lifts!

Submitted by JimRay on February 13, 2008 - 10:55am. » quote

518 raw bench at 198 with a, "start" command is AWESOME!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 13, 2008 - 11:04am. » quote

Awesome job, 1758lbs at 198 unequipped is brutally strong.

Submitted by smokinhawk (not verified) on February 13, 2008 - 11:06am. » quote

wow thats tough, he's getting close to a 3x raw bench

Submitted by zane geeting on February 13, 2008 - 11:08am. » quote

freakin monster. that makes me feel so weak, lol... all three of those lifts are almost 100lbs. more than my raw PR's

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 13, 2008 - 1:11pm. » quote

now thats powerlifting

Submitted by BMF Sports on February 13, 2008 - 3:01pm. » quote

Ryan is a great guy and an awesome lifter. It was an honor to hand him $500. ;-)

Stay with it,
Shawn "Bud" Lyte
BMF Sports

Submitted by Chris Ziesat on February 13, 2008 - 4:07pm. » quote

Holy shit, his 518 at 193 is insane. It practically looked like a warm-up rep. He looks stronger then Dennis Cieri and he's lighter and he also squatted and pulled that day. I'm speechless.

Submitted by zane geeting on February 13, 2008 - 4:58pm. » quote

ive always been more impressed with ryan than dennis. this dude does all three lifts strong and benches just as good as cieri

Submitted by Jim Patterson on February 13, 2008 - 5:16pm. » quote

Ryan hit 530 last year at the Pittsburgh Monster meet and got stalled at 550 just shy of lockout.

Not to speak out of turn...He definitely had more gas in the tank, that's easy to see from the vid, in-person he didn't look winded; but I think he was probably saving some for the deads. Had Dennis been there he probably would have pushed hard for the challenge.

Submitted by john mcclaren (not verified) on February 13, 2008 - 5:59pm. » quote

Freakish strength. Thanks for the video posts- keep setting the bar higher Ryan!!!

Submitted by Steve Denison on February 13, 2008 - 6:04pm. » quote

I'm looking forward to seeing Ryan lift in the American Cup this weekend at the LA Fit Expo. He definitely has a shot of winning the money for the light wt men bracket.

Steve Denison
www.powerliftingCA.com

Submitted by E_Ghazoul (not verified) on February 13, 2008 - 6:52pm. » quote

This guy doesn't recieve the credit he truely deserves. 518 on the bench press, which he probably could have done for another rep. Pound for pound, this guy is probably second best behind Jeremy Hoornstra... My opinion.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 13, 2008 - 7:37pm. » quote

Everybody's talking about this guy's bench press. He has an amazing bench press, one of the best but I'll just say this;

Until after seeing these results, I known of of Ryan Celli as a great bench presser. Now, I know of Ryan Celli as a great powerlifter.

- Over three times body weight unequipped squat at 193.

- Over two and a half times body weight unequipped bench press at 193.

- Over three times body weight unequipped deadlift at 193.

Awesome.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 13, 2008 - 11:22pm. » quote

Is this a drug tested meet? Is it safe to assume he's not clean? Not bashing, I'm just curious what I could expect out of my own frame since I'd likely compete in the same weight class. I'll be staying natural.

Jonathan

Submitted by T.Johnson on February 14, 2008 - 12:01am. » quote

I'm sure he takes showers every day mr. anon. Oh you meant the other "S" word. What does it matter, either you can lift more or you can't regardless of drugs. As for what to expect out of your own frame, only you can dictate that. Just workout as hard as you can, because I'm sure that Ryan is, and become as good as you can. I'm sure if you do that you'll do just fine. Have a great day.

Submitted by mastermonster on February 14, 2008 - 12:11am. » quote

No excuses! Just lift it!

That was awesome to see again. Actually a better view than I got being there. He made that bench and 640 DL look way easy!

Submitted by Lucias C on February 14, 2008 - 12:36am. » quote

Awesome lifting. Im definitely digging the semi-sumo.

Submitted by Travis Bell (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 1:04am. » quote

man that was awesome! that bench was sick

Submitted by Mike Ruggiera (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 2:45am. » quote

Very strong Ryan! Good luck to you at the Fit Expo and see ya at the Arnold.

Submitted by John Casciato on February 14, 2008 - 6:33am. » quote

Great job Ryan in all 3 events. I am looking forward to helping at the Fit Expo. You keep benching the way you do and I will need to start doing max effort shrug day just to keep up with the lift offs!

Awesome job Ryan!

Submitted by Rick Perconte (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 8:03am. » quote

Anonymous wrote:

now thats powerlifting

ditto

Submitted by Greg Nuckols (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 9:01am. » quote

it was a tested competition. i don't know if there was an untested division, but i can testify that i had to pee in a cup when it was all said and done.

Submitted by Kristi Devenyi on February 14, 2008 - 9:09am. » quote

No, it would be safe to assume he is clean. He's just a freak with an incredible work ethic!

Submitted by andy Shaffer on February 14, 2008 - 9:25am. » quote

Those were some really nice lifts!

Submitted by zane geeting on February 14, 2008 - 11:18pm. » quote

dont worry about it bro. concentrate on your training not what other people are doing. it doesnt affect you in any way.

Submitted by cebby (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 11:40pm. » quote

thats true power right there. awesome

Submitted by Kristi Devenyi on February 15, 2008 - 8:56am. » quote

Aww...you are the best, Bud! :)

Submitted by natty on February 15, 2008 - 9:33am. » quote

Nice lifts Ryan!

And good luck this weekend!! John, I better hear what's going on ;)

Submitted by greg1971 (not verified) on May 6, 2008 - 3:51pm. » quote

I agree with T.Johnson either you can do the lift or you can't regardless of drugs. Most of these guys like Cieri, Hoornstra, Lewis etc. that are drug free also had the comfort of great mentors and facilities with experienced lifters giving them good advice and pushing them along the way.Some people don't have a decent gym around them nor anybody to mentor or HELL even spot them like i did, so I took shit to level the playing field..I commend these guys for being drug free but don't point the finger at somebody that does drugs..They may not have the support system like others do..powerlifting is results oriented!