Interview With Bench Star Richie Briggs of Big Iron Gym

Submitted by Westy0404 on February 14, 2008 - 9:22am.

Critical Bench interviews young bench star Richie Briggs, 242, of Big Iron Gym. Asked what the reasons are for all of the big benches as of late, like Kennelly's 1,036 and Luyando's 914, he answers:

Yes strength training has evolved, but for Rob he has really worked his ass off meet after meet and week after week. He lives for it and I think when I beat him at 2006 APF Seniors that was his turning point. He looked at what he was doing wrong and fixed it, and does that from meet to meet. He competes all the time which is why he is the best and not the best guy running a few boards giving advice and has not competed for a year and half. Ryan said screw this floating around 308 and went big and now no one will ever catch him. With both of these guys they listen to what people say, don't have an ego and take constructive advice, I know Rick talks to them both and they listen.

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Submitted by zane geeting on February 14, 2008 - 12:00pm. » quote

great read, its nice to get an idea of what theyre doing there at BIG

Submitted by JimRay on February 14, 2008 - 12:20pm. » quote

Richie Briggs wrote:

He competes all the time which is why he is the best and not the best guy running a few boards giving advice and has not competed for a year and half.

Holy cow! To whom is Richie referring?

Submitted by Putt Houston on February 14, 2008 - 3:37pm. » quote

Richie is not sponsored? That's a travesty of powerlifting justice.

Putt Houston.... now with more Bom Chicka Wahwahhhhhh

Submitted by silverback (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 4:49pm. » quote

Putt I think he is sponsered by Inzer now, if not then he should be.

Submitted by Westy0404 on February 14, 2008 - 7:20pm. » quote

JimRay wrote:

Richie Briggs wrote:

He competes all the time which is why he is the best and not the best guy running a few boards giving advice and has not competed for a year and half.

Holy cow! To whom is Richie referring?

Why do you always try to start crap? Your stupid trolling comment has nothing to do with this lifter's interview.

Submitted by john mcclaren (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 8:01pm. » quote

To answer the question, at present Richie is not sponsored by Inzer. He's going to be one of the big dogs for a long time, so I hope they decide to take him on.

Submitted by john mcclaren (not verified) on February 14, 2008 - 8:06pm. » quote

by the way, I didn't mention how much I love the high school picture Richie... keep them coming!!!

Submitted by Yeshua1964 on February 14, 2008 - 9:35pm. » quote

I wonder how long the USAPL will allow Jim Ray to do what he does on every powerlifting board there is. He is supposed to be representing them at a world meet, yet he is an embarrassment daily to himself, the sport, and the USAPL. Might be time for someone to muzzle that guy.

Submitted by zane geeting on February 14, 2008 - 10:15pm. » quote

blah blah blah

Submitted by JimRay on February 14, 2008 - 11:51pm. » quote

Westy0404 wrote:

JimRay wrote:

Richie Briggs wrote:

He competes all the time which is why he is the best and not the best guy running a few boards giving advice and has not competed for a year and half.

Holy cow! To whom is Richie referring?

Why do you always try to start crap? Your stupid trolling comment has nothing to do with this lifter's interview.

A troll calling me a troll? My comment has everything to do with this lifter's comment. If you don't think RB is calling someone out here, what do you think he means?

Yeshua1964 wrote:

"...do what he does...." You mean like tell the truth and put my name beside it? The internet would be a much better place if everyone had to put their name beside their opinions because cowards like you would have to leave. And where do you people come up with these STUPID troll names?

A muzzle? THAT's the American way....

Submitted by Yeshua1964 on February 15, 2008 - 12:14am. » quote

Jim, it's always the same with you. I'm sure in person you are a nice guy. You seem to be a talented bencher. It's just that your name is all over the internet, and not in a positive way. I guess if the USAPL does not care, why should I? More power to you. At least it's not boring when you are posting. Posting with a real name, that's a personal choice. Freedom of speech does not just cover stupid comments, it covers posting under different names. Look it up, I'm sure you have the time.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 15, 2008 - 3:22am. » quote

the lifter he is talking about is Gene

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on February 15, 2008 - 11:46am. » quote

i love how everyone bashes gene for not competing recently. wasnt he just in the hospital for like a couple weeks? and maybe other things are more important in the guys lifte who knows. doesnt take away from his accomplishments.

Submitted by JimRay on February 15, 2008 - 12:58pm. » quote

Anonymous wrote:

the lifter he is talking about is Gene

That was my guess. I agree with the poster before me - sometimes (most of the time?) we don't know the whole story.