The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
Throughout all my years in the gym there has always been one saying that would pop up every time someone would be running their mouth about what they were “going to” do or when speaking about something someone else did in the gym. While a very simple statement, it carried a giant meaning.
“Take it to the Meet”
This was basically saying it doesn’t mean shit what you do in the gym, what somebody else says, or what THEY did in the gym. What matters is what you do on the platform, take it to the meet!
The Aim of elitefts.com Inc. is to Live – Learn & Pass On. This has been the vision and driving force behind elitefts.com Inc. since it was founded in 1998.
1. To live life to its fullest and compete to the best of your abilities.
2. To learn from others and yourself.
3. To pass on the value in what you know.
When you pass on you teach, you begin to gain a deeper understanding of your craft; with this understanding comes mastery; with mastery come excellence; with excellence comes responsibility. This heightened responsibility means your purpose to LIVE becomes stronger, exposing the need for more education that once again needs to be passed on to be mastered.
At elitefts.com we spend SO much time and EFFORT on the educating and passing on aspect that we forget to give credit to the lifting stats of many of our sponsors.
Most Recent Stats
Based on past 12 months
Source – Powerlifting Watch
*Those not listed were either missed on the list, were injured, didn’t compete or bombed out
Top Raw Women’s
105 Pound Class
Squat #1 - Jennifer Petrosino (tie)
Bench #12- Jennifer Petrosino
Dead # 13 – Jennifer Petrosino
Total #11 – Jennifer Petrosino
Top Women’s Multi Ply
123 Pound Class
Squat - #2 – Julia Ladewski
Bench - #2 – Julia Ladewski
Deadlift #1 – Julia Ladewski
Total #2 – Julia Ladewski
148 Pound Class
Squat #14 – Hannah Johnson
Bench #3 – Hannah Johnson
Dead # 3 – Hannah Johnson
Total - #7 Hannah Johnson
181 Pound Class
Squat #5 – Molly Edwards
Bench #2 – Molly Edwards
Dead #2 – Molly Edwards
Total #4 – Molly Edwards
Top Raw – Men
275 Pound Class
Squat - #41 – Ronald Yard
Bench - #9 – Vincent Dizenzo
Bench - #42 – Ronald Yard
Dead #41 – Ronald Yard
Total #22 – Ronald Yard
** I was informed by a few people that the numbers I have for Ronald Yard are not correct because there are many definitions of raw. Some federation do not allow wraps of any kind, some allow knee sleeves but not wraps. The Powerlifting Watch rankings do not break this down and group them all into one group. To me this is kinda messed up because I used to train with a guy who got just over 150 pounds out of his knee wraps.
I did discover that Ronald Yard is #2 in the USAPL right now for the 275 pound class and #3 in the 242 pound class.
Top Single Ply – Men
181 Pound Class
Squat - #1 - Al Caslow
Bench - #15 - Al Caslow
Dead - # 6 - Al Caslow
Total - #1 - Al Caslow
Top Multi Ply - Men
165 Pound Class
Squat - #1 – Brian Schwab
Bench - #1 – Brian Schwab
Dead - #4 – Brian Schwab
Total - #1 – Brian Schwab
181 Pound Class
Squat - #1 Al Caslow
Squat - #5 Mick Manley
Bench - #13 Al Caslow
Bench - #29 Mick Manley
Deadlift - #3 – Mick Manley
Deadlift - #3 – Al Caslow (tie)
Total - #1 – Al Caslow
Total - #4 – Mick Manley
198 Pound Class
Squat - #1 – Al Caslow
Squat - #2 – Mick Manley
Squat - #7 – David Kirschen
Squat - #25 – Ted Toalson
Bench - #5 – Dave Kirschen
Bench - #17 – Al Caslow
Bench - #31 – Mick Manley
Bench - #31 – Matt Goodwin (tie)
Dead - #3 – Mick Manley
Dead - #6 – Al Caslow
Dead - #11 – Ted Toalson
Total - #2 – Al Caslow
Total #3 – Mick Manley
Total #5 – Dave Kirschen
Total #16 – Ted Toalson
220 Pound Class
Squat - #4 Adam Driggers
Bench - #16 Adam Driggers
Dead - #6 Adam Driggers
Total - #6 Adam Driggers
242 Pound Class
Squat - #5 – Clint Smith
Bench - #7 – Clint Smith
Dead - #4 – Clint Smith
Total - #1 Clint Smith
275 Pound Class
Squat - #2 Brian Carroll
Squat - #4 Marshal Johnson
Bench - #3 Brian Carroll
Bench - # 8 Steve Diel
Bench - #14 Marshal Johnson
Dead - #4 Marshal Johnson
Dead - #19 Brian Carroll
Total - #2 Brian Carroll
Total - #3 Marshal Johnson
308 Pound Class
Squat - #6 Marshal Johnson
Squat - #35 Joey Smith
Bench - #13 Joey Smith
Bench - #26 Marshal Johnson
Dead - #6 Marshal Johnson
Total - - #6 Marshal Johnson
SHW Pound Class
Squat - #3 Chad Walker
Squat - #18 Steve Gaberialson
Bench - #6 Chad Walker
Bench - #37 Steve Gaberielson
Dead - #1 Chad Walker
Dead - #19 Steve Gabrielson
Total - #1 Chad Walker
Total - #18 Steve Gabrielson
Based on All Time Records and Historical Data
Source – Powerlifting Watch
This was very hard to filter through so I know I missed things. Included here are current and former sponsors (if they were with us when they hit the lifts).
Current All Time World Records
Squat
Caslow @ 165
Carroll @ 275
Total
Schwab @ 148
1100 Pound Squat Hall of Fame
Matt Wenning
Chad Aichs
Mark Bartley
Chad Walker
*Steve Goggins - First man to ever squat 1100 pounds
Brian Carroll
2700 Pound Total
Chad Aichs
Chad Walker
Brian Carroll
Greatest Totals by Formula
#12 Brian Carroll
#14 Matt Kroc
Great Squat by Formula
#7 Brian Schwab
#18 Matt Wenning
4x BW Squat Hall of Fame
*Al Caslow
*Brian Schwab
12x Bodyweight Total
*Al Caslow
*Brian Schwab (in 2 weight classes)
Raw 600 Pound Bench
Matt Wenning
Josh Bryant (2 weight classes)
Vincent Dizenzo (2 weight classes)
All Time Top 20 / Class
148 Pound Class
Brian Schwab (SQ,BP and TL)
165 Pound Class
Al Caslow (SQ and TL)
Brian Schwab (BP and TL)
181 Pound Class
Al Caslow ( SQ and TL)
Brian Schwab (SQ)
198 Pound Class
Adam Driggers ( SQ and TL)
Al Caslow (SQ)
220 Pound Class
Brian Carroll (SQ and TL)
Steve Goggins (DL)
Matt Kroc (SQ,. BP, and TL)
Clint Smith (BP and TL)
242 Pound Class
Brian Carroll (SQ, BP and TL)
Steve Goggins (SQ, DL and TL)
Matt Kroc (SQ, and TL)
Jeremy Frey (TL)
Clint Smith (TL)
275 Pound Class
Brian Carroll (SQ, BP and TL)
Mark Bartley (SQ and TL)
Steve Goggins (SQ, DL and TL)
Marshal Johnson (SQ and TL)
Ronald Yard (SQ, BP and TL)
Jeremy Frey (SQ, TL)
Vincent Dizenzo (BP)
308 Pound Class
Mark Bartley (SQ and TL)
Matt Wenning (SQ and TL)
Paul Childress (SQ and TL)
Vincent Dizenzo (BP)
SHW Pound Class
Chad Aichs (SQ and TL)
Chad Walker (SQ and TL)
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