Ed put up a raw 578.7 lb. He then shifted his focus to Franco Columbo. Not with the same equipment that Coan used.
Edward Ignatius Coan was born on July 24, 1963. Ed thought, “wait a minute… I can be that big, that strong, and not have to diet and parade around on stage in those skimpy little shorts?” He knew that he had found his sport. forget the belt and wraps. bench press in a full meet at his best, and has said that he was capable of more under the right circumstances. [quote=mike kidd]if everyone lifted raw ( wraps & belt)[/quote] [/quote] He was brutally strong and had quite an impressive physique to boot.
thats cheating too. Ed is frequently traveling to do seminars, podcasts, judge and referee meets, attend expos, and anything else he can do to give back to his fans and to the sport of powerlifting. He finished the meet with a 485 squat, a 295 bench, and a 495 deadlift. Apparently, this took Ed less than a year. screw that, walk like jesus did back in the day. Ed still trains, and he’s probably still stronger than you. The 2,283 total sets a new IPF world record and surpasses the former record held by Ed Coan. Ed is undoubtedly one of the more underrated benchers ever. This caused him to be really unstable and miss his first two attempts, but he managed to pull it together to get the third, saving him from bombing out. [quote=Victor Creed]forget the belt and wraps. We don’t have the time and you probably don’t have the attention span to read all of that (there's a lot.) Without the bench shirt advancement, Freydun doesn't break Coan's record.
Ed can be found all over the place online, including countless podcasts and YouTube videos dropping knowledge bombs for free. He’s also very active on Instagram @eddycoan. Ed, who stands a mere 5'5", says that after meeting the 6'2" tall "Austrian Oak" and only coming up to his chest, he quickly realized that he could ,in fact, not be Arnold. That part is not like many other kids... or adults… anyone really. His big World Record bench of 638 pounds was very much key to earning the World Record total. I don't care because the gear advances still put Coan … The famous 901 deadlift was done at a time when meets had two-hour weigh-ins and no special deadlift bar. Deadlift bars weren't arond yet. Squat – 7 sets x 2-8 reps (90-120 seconds) Ed didn’t get the luxury of using one of these bars when he deadlifted 901, at a true bodyweight of 220. Without the bench shirt advancement, Freydun doesn't break Coan's record. He would squat twice per week, maxing out every session until he reached a 500-pound squat. Ed was competing in the 98lb weight class, and decided he was tired of being tiny and started lifting weights. His best total was done at age 28 back in 1998. barrier in the powerlifting total (a sum of three lifts: the deadlift, bench, and squat). car use? He started in the basement with some old “isokinetic” machines that his dad got for him, and soon graduated to a “universal” machine in his friend’s basement. The 2,283 total sets a new IPF world record and surpasses the former record held by Ed Coan. thats how it should be done. The man who some consider the greatest powerlifter of all time is … Some of those records still stand today. During his career, Ed broke 70+ world records spanning multiple weight classes. He put up massive competitive benches in just a t-shirt at a time when his competitors were starting to experiment with special supportive bench shirts. Deadlift bars are a little longer, a little thinner, and they flex a lot more. Competing in the 242 class, Ed put up a massive 2463 lb total via a 1003 lb squat, 573 lb bench, and 887 lb deadlift for an all-time world record. That was a real raw dawg man. thats what records are for.
I won’t go into detail covering all of Ed’s strength accolades. Ed says he always looked up to Arnold and wanted to be Arnold.
The OpenPowerlifting project aims to create a permanent, accurate, convenient, accessible, open archive of the world's powerlifting data. Rather than competing, his new focus is teaching others to be successful in the sport he loves. During his career, Ed broke 70+ world records spanning multiple weight classes. If you’d like to learn more about Ed’s life story, his ridiculous numbers, his training techniques, philosophies, or just hear some great stories from the past, I highly recommend picking up the book COAN The Man, The Myth, The Method: The Life, Times & Training of The Greatest Powerlifter of All-Time, written by Marty Gallagher, a legend in the strength game himself. Never too proud or busy to spend time talking to fans, shaking hands, answering questions, posing for pictures, etc. It doesn't matter because the record fell, Ivan Freydun of Russia totalled 2,283 pounds or 1,037.5 kilograms in the 220 pound weight class at the IPF Worlds in Miami, Florida. During this meet, Freydun mangaged a 814 deadlift and 831 squat. now thats a RAAAW DAAAAWG! Affectionately known throughout powerlifting as The GOAT, Ed is well known for his incredible strength, but in retirement he’s also become just as well known for the man that he is off the platform. The book is available on Amazon as an e-book. If you were to ask anybody in the strength game “who is the greatest powerlifter of all time?”, unanimously you’ll hear one name: Ed Coan.