WPA World Championship Highlights

Submitted by jon on May 13, 2008 - 9:17am.

Highlights from the WPA World Championships held Saturday and Sunday in Fair Haven, Vermont included Mike Lackie, shw, hitting the biggest bench press of the meet with his 705 pound effort.

Michael Berby, 198, totalled 1,500 pounds raw to rank him eighth on the Powerlifting Watch Lifter Rankings. Berby squatted 505 pounds, benched 425, and deadlifted 570 pounds. Here's video of Berby's lifts:

Squat:

Bench press:

Deadlift:

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on May 13, 2008 - 10:20am. » quote

I like Michael Berby lol.

Submitted by Iaink (not verified) on May 13, 2008 - 10:23am. » quote

Good stuff! I wish I had a bench press Sad !

Submitted by BIG AL (not verified) on May 13, 2008 - 6:18pm. » quote

Mike is a great guy and real strong. It did say RAW and it looked like he had knee wraps on and the angle on the deadlift looked like his back was hunched over. Can someone put better video up. Strong lifts Mike when are you doing a strongman comp?

Submitted by chancey (not verified) on May 13, 2008 - 8:04pm. » quote

Looked good to me with no wraps. Berby's is one of those guys that's fun to watch. Congrats on a great RAW total.

Congrats to Mike Lackie for a big press! 800s next big guy!

Submitted by Troy Nash on May 13, 2008 - 9:13pm. » quote

In the APA/WPA RAW is:

Squat: belt,knee wraps, wrist wraps, elbow sleaves
Bench: belt, wrist wraps
Deadlift: belt,wrist wraps,knee wraps, elbow sleaves

Submitted by berby (not verified) on May 14, 2008 - 9:38am. » quote

thank you for all the kind words. i had a grate time. i have 3 strongman comps comming up. nashua nh. june 15th harpoon BBQ two weekend after i thing. making it down to 197.6 was the hardest part of this meet for me lol