Anyone know Pol Mac Giolla Rua?

BrianD3

I hope I've got his name right. He's from Belfast, posts on the dragondoor forum and seems to be something of a beast

-ran the Belfast marathon
-competes in powerlifting single lifts with some success
-is a fighter
-does one arm chinups and weighted chins with +100% BW
-overhead press with well above bodyweight

Probably other stuff too

tlev

Found this video of him on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWMs0IEN3V8

Pretty damn impressive!

I think this is his website http://paulmcilroy.com/personaltrainer/index.php/Qualifications-Experience.html

kevpants

Not personally but I know of him from powerlifting circles. Runs Centaur gym in Belfast if I'm not mistaken. There's a few strong guys in his stable too. I've never seen him lift TBH.

jayoo

I think hes a personal trainer from belfast, I think he posts on menshealth. I think he trains some dude called burn2live? who is a beast, and i think there is an article somewhere of burn2lives transformation under guidance of the original guy, i think, so i dont actually know anything, i just think it :pac:

Hanley

jayoo wrote: »

I think hes a personal trainer from belfast, I think he posts on menshealth. I think he trains some dude called burn2live? who is a beast, and i think there is an article somewhere of burn2lives transformation under guidance of the original guy, i think, so i dont actually know anything, i just think it :pac:

Guy's name is Ben Loughrey (spelling). Not a bad lifter at all.

As for Paul Mac... never met him, but seen him lift a few times, wasn't overly blown away, but I don't remember what was on the bar!!! Things like a bodyweight+ press and chin is just ridiculously sick tho so he's obviously pretty damn strong!

itsallaboutheL

Hanley wrote: »

Guy's name is Ben Loughrey (spelling). Not a bad lifter at all.

Didn't he deadlift something crazy like 260 under a year after starting to lift???
Or something like that!!

Hanley

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Didn't he deadlift something crazy like 260 under a year after starting to lift???
Or something like that!!

Claimed it was a year after he first start lifting yeah. Always skeptical of stuff like that tho to be honest.

itsallaboutheL

just looked it up there... 280 is what it was, i remember a vid with himself and that nut kijak from t-nation a good while ago

Hanley

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

just looked it up there... 280 is what it was, i remember a vid with himself and that nut kijak from t-nation a good while ago

There's some serious Porky's being told on his testimonial page tbh - http://paulmcilroy.com/personaltrainer/index.php/Testimonial-Ben-Loughrey.html

celestial

Is he doing 5/3/1 and all?!?

The Shape Of My Current Training

I'm now back training like a powerlifter, for me this mean squat, bench press, deadlift, weighted chins, military press and little if anything else. I also firmly believe in 'cycling' your training loads if strength is your goal. This basically means (presuming you know what your 1RM is or the most weight you can lift once in any particular exercise) starting a training routine using about 70% of your 1RM and working your way up over the course of 4 to 12 weeks to the point where your then lifting slightly more than your previous best. The reps stay low as do the sets, say 2 sets of 5 reps or 2x5 as it's known. Now 2x5 with a 70% weight will be easy, but that's the point, this allow your body to get good at the movement, leaning efficiency in it like it would any other skill like kicking a ball.

This easy start allows the body time to build 'momentum' like the long jumper taking a run-up before jumping, he'll go a lot further that way than if he were to just stand at the board and jump. The same thing applies to strength building, don't just keep lifting maximal weights, all you'll do is burn out your nervous system and injure yourself. Instead, start light, don't train to muscular failure, and add weight to the bar in small but frequent jumps. It is common for me to train all 5 exercises 5-7 days per week!

Did someone cry OVER TRAINING? Before you do consider this, powerlifting/weightlifting is not bodybuilding (I trained the same muscle group less frequently whilst preparing for the Men's Health comp), I'm doing low sets and low reps and for the vast majority of the cycle I'm training nowhere near muscular failure, thus experiencing no DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness).

Your reps should drop further towards the end of the cycle culminating in at least a 5% gain over your previous 1RM if you structure the cycle right.

itsallaboutheL

'splain!

Hanley

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

'splain!

"Ben is a 20 year old professional Power lifter."

"He was also the best 100kg lifter in the country at age 19." - I can think of A LOT of 100kg lads who'd dispute that.

And Celestial, that's nothing at all like 5/3/1. It's just the good oul reliable western periodisation model that everyone's way too cool for now-a-days!

BossArky

Without knowing too much about these guys let's not run them into the ground. Good luck to them.

BrianD3, I hope this thread answers your question. If you want it reopened let me know.