Ryan Kennelly Breaks 308 class All-Time Record

holy shit

Dropped down? Did he diet down to 308 or did he just cut? I remember when he hit 1,074 he was something like 335 so a big cut is concieveable.

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Great job Ryan, 1000@308 is next big guy!!

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Way to go Ryan

Okay Tiny - your turn

Jamey

Can't WAIT to see the video for this one! I actually think that a 308 battle with Kennelly and Mendelson could prove pretty good. I think at heavy weight Kennelly is way to far ahead of Mendy though. Can't wait to see what Mendy puts up at 308 and if he can come close. Kennelly should be able to take 1000 at 308 easily with another couple of months of training I assume. Man, 2007/2008 has been the year of Kennelly!

How the hell did that monster drop down to 308? His freaking arms and shoulders alone used to weigh more than that, didn't they?

Nice job, Ryan. Now get that record over 1000!

are records set in pride powerlifting actually recognized? that's not meant as a shot at all, i'm sure the lift was fine because it's clearly a lift he's more than capable of doing cleanly, i'm just honestly wondering.

Ryan just drop down to 220, and eat your way back through the record books.

He dieted down. He dropped all carbs. He did a practice run the week before and was at 309....He weighed in at 306. The video should be out soon.

It should also be mentioned that another Kennelly Power Team Member, Joel Reyes, benched 700 at 211 bodyweight.

James

Imagine a half ton @ 308 ...lolI can see him doing it with no probs. That shit is scary though !

Before anyone says it, noone gives a shit what he "might" do raw. This wasn't a raw contest, so take the conjecture and "what-ifs"....never mind, I forgot what I was gonna say(I had a bald moment at 44), my bad.

Peace

Congrates Ryan. The record was actually 948, but that really doesn't matter now. I don't think it will stand very long, but I am still calling you out for the FIT EXPO. Congrates again Ryan, you are the best. And before anyone starts talking trash, just to let you know Ryan is my friend and I enjoy very much lifting against him. It truely brings the best out of me. Ryan is a awesome lifter and you better be ready when you lift against him, because if not he is going to make you look like a fool. Ryan is number 1, but there are many other great 308's going for the record: Mendy, Glenn, Wong, myself, and possible Rob L. I don't think the record will stand very long with that kind of competion going for it, but for now Ryan is the King of 308 and of all for that matter. Great job again.

I want to see Tiny, Scot, and Ryan go toe-to-toe. I imagine the record would change hands a couple of times.

I know that after the UPA meet, Kennelly got himself on the treadmill every day plus he ate really clean so making the cut to 306 was pretty ez for him.

It's unlikely you'll be seeing him at the FitExpo because I think he's going into training with breaking the 715lb raw record in mind.

Anyone who knows the shirt game knows that the records get broken as soon as the next level of artificial support gets paid to be approved by the feds.

But benching 716+ pounds in a t-shirt will last for a long time and be top 10 for probably decades despite advances in chemistry, nutrition and training.

You are a class act Mr. Meeker...Very good to see people at the Top still showing CLASS.

Very nice!!!!

James

What do you think he could do raw?

damn brother...kickass job!
TB
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So, Kennely is interested in money for his work, I don't blame him. But these events must have a hard time getting the smaller sponsors to build up that competition payout cash.

If all the big boys and then the little guys (no offense, but the small guys press and lift huge compared to body weight) go head to head in a big meet, would any sports channels or networks be interested televising? This could be an anual event and would infuse money, interest and true ref scrutiny into the sport. Winners could be making big bucks for their life long sporting effort (steroids and shirts or not).

Am I way off base? Or am I just overly pissed cause I missed the olympic wieght lifting coverage agian this olympics? I would love to see the UPA take over the airwaves in a UFC like storm even if it is wishful thinking. It could be a backlash of all those hardbody ideas in the media, and would really hit home for the couch potato watching kennely bench 700 raw. Of course the events would really have to be prepped for vidiot cosumption with lights and less people around the lifter so we can see the weight move without the helpers touching it.

Ok nuf said, im dreaming again,
Stanton.

gratz ryan! Wow id love to see him take the raw bench record!

If he does take it, i know that scot would want it back, and than u got hoornstra and winters as well. Maybe get glenn chabot and james henderson outta retirement!
Heck if he really does this raw record, this could become pretty big!
Heard garry frank is also a huge raw bencher, heard he can do or was able to do at one point over 700 no problem!
And andy fiedler too, guys is a freaky raw benchere!

There you go again talking trash about gear, but still your main man kennelly is still lifting in them and still wearing the same shirts of the person who for many years made him the best shirts in the sport.

You write: Anyone who knows the shirt game knows that the records get broken as soon as the next level of artificial support gets paid to be approved by the feds.

Funny you would write this, I guess that is the only reason Kennelly was able to beat Meeker. Meeker wore a double Rage X and Kennelly wears a triple-ply Super Phenom.

You write: But benching 716+ pounds in a t-shirt will last for a long time and be top 10 for probably decades despite advances in chemistry, nutrition and training.

If Kennelly is stupid enough to go after the raw record to make you happy, I don't see it lasting very long. Mendelson is still the baddest raw bencher in the world.

Gear or no gear it's powerlifting. Get over it.

Stanton,

You can still watch the Olympic weight lifting online.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=1005449&forcereload=true

(You may have to register with NBCOlympics.com first, but they the video uploads are free and the signing up to watch them is free via NBC as well.)

the super phenom is not triple ply it is double

It's true, the "super" phenom is a double. Kennelly (and basically anyone who wears a phenom and means it) wears a "super-duper" phenom which is a triple-ply shirt.

Oh yea, and congrats Ryan. Go get that raw record already, will ya?

The super is double or triple or even more, but Kennelly wears a triple-ply.

Im certain that the super duper phenom, dumbest name ever, is only a double ply. I remembering lattimer saying that the triple ply wasnt really any good. Too much shirt for not enough reward. Maybe kennelly wears a triple but Im certain that would be custom.

So let me get this straight. Ryan is still wearing Inzer products after his smash mouth campaign against Inzer. Just goes to show you as pissed off as Ryan is he knows there is nothing better in the game then Inzer's products!

Sean, the shirts have not changed that dramatically over the last few years. Many of the shirts out there now and have been around for a little while, and I think you're dramatically oversimplifying the sport. The RageX that Rob Luyando uses, for example, has been around for a while, and no one has approached his level of performance, whether it's 948 for a single or 850 for a double in competition. Tiny Meeker did things in the RageX years ago that have only recently been exceeded. Likewise, Gene Rychlak was using the Phenom back in 2003/2004 when he was pretty regularly busting records. Athletes have learned to use the shirts more effectively/efficiently, and they have learned how to better train and prepare for shirted benching, so it's not that the shirts are, in and of themselves, driving the records. How the lifters use and adapt to the shirt is a factor, but the shirt itself doesn't make the record.

Looks like Inzer doesn't suck at all. Let's see Ryan do this bench in a different shirt. It wouldn't happen.

Sponsored lifters can get the Super Duper Phenom in a double or triple. The collar is 10 layers rolled over. The layer of the shirt doesn't matter, it is the collar.

Sean, where did you hear that he's going to break Mendy's record? He didn't seem to psyched about that in that interview he did a month or two ago. He said he thought he COULD break 715 with 6-8 weeks training if he wasn't required to pause the weight since Mendy got an early press call. I dunno, maybe you know something we don't, but it didn't sound like he had made plans to break it. What did you hear?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDV_IkfsM8

looks to me like he's wearing that new Kennelly "Stealth" bench shirt?

"Anyone who knows the shirt game knows that the records get broken as soon as the next level of artificial support gets paid to be approved by the feds."

I guess this is why Ryan continues to improve. He must be using better shirts these days right Sean. I am sure his training has nothing to do with it. And by the way Sean, in the APF the rule states the shirt must be of a one piece construction. This means it can be any number of layers. I don't see Ryan or anybody else saying I don't want to use a better shirt so why are you. Why don't you just lay off the shirt users and go back to promoting Raw lifting. You problem is, you are just like the mud slinging politicians. You don't have anything to say unless you are sarcastically bashing the competition.