Shawn Frankl Smashes Rob Luyando's 220 Record

awesome. that was a clean lift.

respect from holland.

Normally I'd call a soft handout, but it looks like the majority of the movement in the bar is the weight "settling".

There's only a very slight change in his arm angle. The rest of the movement looks like it comes from his shoulder's/lat's.

And what a clean bench it was... I was expecting a typical multiply gift but I was VERY pleasantly surprised. Congrats, Shawn!

Shawn is very technical and powerful bencher, he knows the ins and outs of the whole lift. He settles the weight in, he drops it just right...nothing to question.

The man, the man, the man. Nothing around like this guy right now.

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No lift, not locked out!!

I have a question regarding the federation rules, Is touch and go in the rules, is there a press command?

So he didn't lock his left elbow (much like the way it didn't lock in January on his 810 bench) and the bar was half way down his chest when the spotter took his hands off the bar. Frankl is a freak but the judges not playing by the rules ruins the sport even more. Great job judges!

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Shawn's lifts look cleaner than rob's did in every weight class...

Great Job Shawn. You really are the man!!!

That's a load of BS! Not a damned thing wrong with that lift. The "soft handoff" is him settling in with the weight, as has already been explained above.

It didn't look locked out, and is touch and go really in the rules, or do the judges just throw out a press command as soon as the bar touches the chest?

There is no pre determined pause time in the rules. I didn't see the head judge with a stop watch!!!
The bar has to be motionless on the chest. He got the press command from the head judge. What's he supposed to do wait at the bottom? You can't bounce 870 off your chest.
Why is this a big supprise Shawn barely missed this weight 2 weeks ago at 198 at the Pro Am.
He attempted 903 at this meet.

The hand off is the only thing that I see that could be questioned. It doesn't look deliberate it looks like Shawn felt ready to go before his liftoff guy was ready to release. I would give it a white nice lifting, this guy is going to out bench his squat soon, what a freak!!!!

Congratulations Shawn! Showing everyone again you are truely a freak!

Shawn is an amazing lifter, and would be the first to turn down any "gifts" that he felt he might have been given. He is dedicated and focused, and this lift was just like his others, amazing.

Jon, any reason why my post commenting on Shawn's outstanding lift was deleted? It was nothing but positive and you deleted it while negative posts are left alone here.

Not sure what you're talking about but if it happened, it wasn't purposeful. Post it again.

He is strong as hell no doubt but his benches have never look fully locked out to me. It looks like all the movement up comes from his lats shoulders and his arms only extend slightly but not fully at the top. They don't actually lock out with authority like most lifters do. You can never tell from where his arms start because he always goes down, settles, whatever you wanna call it before the handoff guy lets go of the bar. To me the APF needs a down command to eliminate this as its seems like a lot of guys take advantage of this.

Wow, that's a fantastic bench.
It would be great to see Shawn bench at an IPF meet where the conditions are much stricter. I'm convinced he can still do around 750 at 220 at the IPF for a new world record.

The IPF is also drug free

What the heck are some of you thinking? That was an incredible bench, the greatest bench ever at 220! Nice job Shawn, man that is impressive.

For the rest of you hacks find something else to do with your time.

George

drug tested

take a nap brad

That was funny as hell tho...

As far as it not being locked out... I'm not seeing it. Do you want the guy to snap his elbows dead straight with damn near 900lb over his face?? A bit of common sense here guys.

Congrates Freako! I wanted to come down and watch, but could not get off work. Maybe the next one.

Later
Tim

Great Job Shawn! 903 is next

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For whoever above wondered what shawn could do in IPF conditions, he had a 540 squat, 400 bench, and 556 deadlift @ 179 lbs. back in 2002 at the USAPL Men's Nationals. He's come a long way. I for one would love to see Shawn give USPF a go.

Which by the way was good enough for 3rd. In the same meet Matt Kroczaleski totalled 1890 @ 240 lbs., good enough for 3rd. Wow that was a long time ago! haha

Nothing like a balloon full of urine up the pee hole.

Yes, thats called locking out a bench press.

but if u were on steroids, why would u even enter a drug free organization and than cheat the drug test???? To me someone who does that has such an ego problem, that its borderline sad....If you juice, compete in a federation that allows it, if you dont than compete in a federation that is drug free, plain and simple.

Anyway, id say if it wasnt locked out it was VERY CLOSE, and i say incredible lifting, frankl is a beast, the fact that he can handle these weights at such a low bodyweight is just ridiculous. I remember when matt lamarque came out and benched 801 @ 220 and that was unreal! I still have the plusa with him on the cover doing the lift and it was absolutely effortless! Id love to see him come out of wherever he is and get back in it, im sure hed give frankl a run for his money on the bench (no offense shawn)

Drug tested - don't confuse the two

oops looks like im too late somebody already caught that one - maybe i should read before posting :)

Welcome to powerlifting. Half of the people involved in this sport have severe self-esteem issues.

Great bench. Was this in a gym? I love to see what he can do when he starts right, gets a pause and locks sit out.

I was right there for all of his attempts all of them were locked out except the 903 which he didn't finish. Great job Shawn.

you know you can do better Shawn. They held the bar half way to your chest and you never locked it out. Close but NO LIFT

Well there is no "start" command in the APF so you'll never see a red light for soft handoff unless the lift-off guy is actually aiding in lowering the bar... and by aiding I mean literally holding and lifting up on the bar and making it obvious. Shawn's hand-off guy is making an effort to get it off and get out of there. With 870 on a 220lb man, you're trying to be careful as possible, especially with a three man lift off. He starts descending immediately as the guy is taking his hands off the bar. What was it maybe 2 inches at best. Saying it was half way down his chest must be people just trying to be funny. It wasn't actually half way down his chest.

I could go either way with this rule enforcement. In the last 20 years I have never seen a red light thrown for a soft hand-off. It's just not an acceptable practice for an infraction. The only way to truly enforce it is to adopt an IPF/USPAL "start" command and I doubt that will ever happen. So people who argue the handoff must all be from non-multi-ply federations because getting a red light for a soft hand-off is something I've never seen in my entire life. It's damn near 100% acceptable and it would have to be so obvious to get a judgement call on it.... I mean literally not letting go of the bar until it was 2 inches from his chest. It is what it is........

I don't think that rule has any meat to it, but lifters would accept its interpretation exactly how it is written without a fuss, I assume, provided it was actually followed.

Technically the rest of the lift looked good to me. It was not a touch and go so there had to be a pause in there somewhere no matter how slight.
I think referees nowadays anticipate the bar touching and give quick press calls, but as long as the bar comes to a motionless position on the chest I accpet that.

looked locked out to me.... I've seen more pronounced lockouts in other bench attempts, but each lifter's style of lockout could vary. His arms are so meaty, they could possibley not look locked out in the first place when in fact they are.

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bottom line is he is the best multi ply bench presser in the world...however soft hand off...lift deserves 3 red lights. This is still an ongoing problem that the APF pres. said he would fix...this is why the APF lifts are not as well respected anymore..

Nothing away from Shawn he is the best. Not the hand off guys fault either, he knows the APF judging has been allowing this i'm sure...judges fault...get your stuff together or move over for someone who will do it right.

Shawn sorry it took me so long to give you praise on the computer but I have been out of town as you know. Congrats on a very ipressive lift. I don't care what the haters say that was a clean lift. Couldn't be more happy for you bud! Now come up to 242 and give me a reason to train and diet.

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Clearly No Lift, guy is a Monster... But, but, but, lift of guy help´s him to reach right groowe...
Othervise lift seem´s to be pretty clean.

Congratulations Shawn! Ridiculously strong!

Congrats to the Freakshow!

Andrew- did you know that thats as far as frankls left elbow moves?Did you know that his left arm was mauled by a tiger when he was overseas defending our country?? maybe you should lift in a big meet and warmup or watch freakl warmup and see thats where all of his benches stop, even 135..

Congrats sean!! awesome lift

ps i loove you sean

Congrats Shawn on the monster bench!! You destroyed it and I'm sure you'll do more before long.

And to all of the anonymous pussies out there that feel they must find fault with every big lift......at least have the balls to do it with your real name. There is nothing wrong with voicing your honest opinion but if you stand behind what you say why are you guys always so afraid to admit that you're the one that said it? You're probably hundreds of miles away hiding behind your computer and still do not have enough courage to even stand behind your own words.

Could it be that many of these comments come from guys with their own agendas and motivations that have reasons to try to bring the top guys down? In my opinion it should be mandatory to verify someone's real name with a post before a negative comment can be posted.

Matt Kroc

I agree with matt.. I doubt any of those negative comments were posted by top lifters.. I could be wrong though.

Freakin amazing Shawn! Great lift! I agree, with Matt Kroc & carrolls. Jealous weenies; let alone wannabe lifters, you know completely jealous & insecure.

andrew is just mad cus shawn can almost bench as much as he totals and hes also mad cus his hair sucks so bad.

Of course they were! Lifters that think they are the shit! and just got stomped on! and making it all worth wild! Tested not NON-TESTED! Eat your heart out non-tested guys!

Jon you should really keep records in NON-TESTED and TESTED! Then you can realy see where people stand!