That's a choice some guys make. At Donnie's level it isn't about health or mobility or aesthetics; it's about doing whatever it takes to be the best. Same thing with all sports. If you throw the shot 80m but get out of breath tying your shoes... You're not in the best health, but you're still the record holder. Laser beam focus on one goal and sacrificing everything else has made Donnie one of the strongest lifters ever. Not condemning or condoning anything, just explaining the mindset.
A jumbo jet landing on my head would also break me in half. What's your point? Not one of these was even REMOTELY close to being in. Pathetic. Stay mad ✌
best power squater beside ray williams they should go head to head in competition that would be remembered forever and blaine sumner as well these are not normal powerlifters. they have spiritual strength deep inside blessed .
I am supposed to look at his breath? What exactly am I looking for? I had no idea that you can see someone’s breath. This just might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of.
This Donnie Thompson character gives a whole new pathetic meaning to the idea that you don’t have to go down very low in the squat for it to count in competition. This guy gets three white lights on lifts where otherwise he should’ve been banned from the sport for being so ridiculous. I’ve never witnessed this man squat below parallel ever even with 135 lbs as a warm-up. What a complete disgrace. It just gives powerlifting a bad look and a bad name. Completely disrespectful to the legends who came before him that did it the right way.
I like to watch some good old equipped lifting every now and then, there's just so much sovl to these team sessions
That's a choice some guys make. At Donnie's level it isn't about health or mobility or aesthetics; it's about doing whatever it takes to be the best. Same thing with all sports. If you throw the shot 80m but get out of breath tying your shoes... You're not in the best health, but you're still the record holder. Laser beam focus on one goal and sacrificing everything else has made Donnie one of the strongest lifters ever. Not condemning or condoning anything, just explaining the mindset.
These commentary videos are very good.
He's cutting down to 275 right now. I can understand why just listening to that power breath on the audio in this video.
"with the real heavy weights you cant stand up straight" stands up straight with 1155
Dat depth doe
Training half squats*
+Zharoon Zharoon yeah but who the fuck cares? that's like doing a 4 inch ROM pin press with 600 and calling it a bench
A jumbo jet landing on my head would also break me in half. What's your point? Not one of these was even REMOTELY close to being in. Pathetic. Stay mad ✌
best power squater beside ray williams they should go head to head in competition that would be remembered forever and blaine sumner as well these are not normal powerlifters. they have spiritual strength deep inside blessed .
None of those were even close to parallel
Those are not legs, they're logs
just here waiting to see ONE squat.
David Rodriguez it NEVER happened
look up donnie thompson and kelly starett, he's certainly no oly lifter but he's not as immobile as you'd think
The depth is just sad.
Your mass is just sad.
You just dont understand equipped training artard. They're training sticking points most likely so they're not gonna go full depth
I miss The Fat Faced Mark 😢
donnie thompson was too heavy at this point look at his breath
I am supposed to look at his breath? What exactly am I looking for? I had no idea that you can see someone’s breath. This just might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of.
How much u SQT bro?
While I do give geared lifters more leeway on squat depth, this is just too high.
This is so true. Thank you for saying so. Too many people just give it a pass. If you do not get the proper depth you should never be given the lift.
"Started looking Asian." Original. But we squat below parallel and, except for sumo wrestlers, aren't 40% body fat.
dear god that guy has the joint mobility of a steel beam. seriously not healthy
god, gear or no gear, 1000lbs feels shitty i bet
partial reps, lol
This Donnie Thompson character gives a whole new pathetic meaning to the idea that you don’t have to go down very low in the squat for it to count in competition. This guy gets three white lights on lifts where otherwise he should’ve been banned from the sport for being so ridiculous. I’ve never witnessed this man squat below parallel ever even with 135 lbs as a warm-up. What a complete disgrace. It just gives powerlifting a bad look and a bad name. Completely disrespectful to the legends who came before him that did it the right way.
Powerlifting seems to be past this at this point. Especially with the growth of raw lifting .
lol, 'start looking asian'