Mr Malanchev 2513 total

The_Lone_Wolf said:Raw with wraps?

dr_hazbun said:Why's he switched to conventional pulling?

I think he's one of the best ever.

FAT_SAM said:
Because he realised sumo isn't a deadlift.

SimonD said:What a Phenomenal performance!

A 400kg deadlift could never be considered light, but it is comparatively when you compare it to his other lifts, with a number of other top powelifters being in a similar position. Why is it that there's such a discrepancy...you hear it all the time that the best assistance exercise for the deadlift is a squat, or if not the absolute best it's right up there. So here we have a man / squatting machine that hits depth with 485kg on his back wearing only wraps and then pops back up with it like it was half that, somehow I doubt the wraps give him 60-85kg so is there now less emphasis on having a big deadlift in powerlifting...again I find this a little hard to believe, say Eric or someone was to really hammer they're deadlift and come in at 450 that's gonna give him a massive advantage in a competitive sport so why aren't we seeing bigger lifts on the platform when we are seeing such ridiculously high raw squat numbers?
Is it maybe that in chasing a 500kg squat these guys are building themselves up to such an extent that they can't get down into an optimal pulling position anymore? Is it just purely a genetics / leverage thing or has he got some kind of back injury that effects his pulling? Or is it just now the focus in powerlifting for quite a few of the top guys is or seems to be that magic 500 mark on a squat that deadlifting just takes a backseat in their training these days? Has say the world deadlifting championship taken some of that drive away to get a 430/40/50 deadlift away from powerlifting where uninformed people will kind of turn round and say yeah whatever you only pulled how much where Ed pulled 500 not getting the destination between the two sets of rules?

Benvie said:
While I'm no expert having never squatted anything like that weight I'd imagine that squatting near 500 kg would take it out of you somewhat and leave you a bit drained for the deadlifts at the end of the meet. I think that it is massively impressive to squat and deadlift 400kg in the same competition.
I get what you are saying about there being so many big deadlifters in strongman now but I suspect all but the very best pullers would drop back below the 400kg mark if they had to do a max squat first and do the lift to Pl standard.
I reckon grip will be a bit of a limiting factor at Pl comps too once you get up near 400 kg.