The Maryland Powerlifting Report 3/3/08
Local News:
Roster- 2008 USAPL Virginia Open; March 8, Stanardsville, VA.
Results:
February 9; IBP Regional Push-Pull Championships, Mocksville, NC- click here. (Pictures)
February 23; USAPL Navy Open, Annapolis, MD- click here. ( Pictures)
From the Arnold Sports Festival:
February 29; Unequipped- click here.
March 1; Quest Invitational- click here.
March 1; Deadlift- click here.
From Critical Bench; Interview With Herculean Bench Presser Frank Caminita
Interviewed By Ben Tatar of CriticalBench.com
Frank Caminita recently bench pressed an astounding 705 pounds weighing 198lbs! Let's step into Frank's mind and take an in depth look at how he became so powerful.
1) Critical Bench: Frank, please tell us a little bit about yourself!
Well to start, I am 37 years old and I am a newly wed. I married a Finnish Woman (Liisa) this past December. I met her in Finland while competing in the WPO. I am a Respiratory Therapist but I don't practice in a hospital anymore. I now work for Draeger Medial. Draeger Medical makes Anesthesia Machines, Adult and Neonatal Ventilators. I travel around the country during the week training Doctors and other Respiratory Therapist how to use the latest technology. I have been lifting weights since I was 13 years old.
2) Critical Bench: Most people can't fathom benching 300lbs, 400lbs, 500lbs, or 600lbs at any weight. Tell us, what was it like bench pressing 705lbs at 198lbs?
I get asked this question quite often and I always tell the same thing. It was heavy! If you watched the video you can see it was a grinder.
3) Critical Bench: The video is posted at the bottom of the interview for all to admire. Give us the run down about your lifting career and powerlifting career up until this point.
Well to begin, I started lifting weights when I reached my 13th birthday. My uncle Ronnie liked lifting weights and he gave me my first set of cast iron weights with a bench press on my 13th birthday. The set came with a curl bar and a tricep bar. I can remember always trying to max just about every workout. I can remember the feeling of getting stronger because I always tested myself. By the time I was 15 (a freshman) I was hitting 230 Raw while weighing 145. A schoolmate James Leblanc who did powerlifting noticed my talent and introduced me to the sport. I can remember my first meet in high school. At 148 I did a 365 Squat, 250 Bench and a 350 Dead all Raw as a sophomore. By the time I was a senior my best lifts were a 510 Squat, 325 Bench and a 440 Dead at 148. My Squat was good and my dead was just ok but my bench was freakish for a 148er at that time.
4) Critical Bench: How did you go from a 315 bench to a 405 bench? Tell us about your training between those two bench press barriers!
After my first powerlifting meet my dad made contact with a college buddy who he knew was a powerlifter. His name was Roger Gorumba. Mr. Gorumba had a serious bench press himself. He did a 405 at 148 Raw in like the 70's. I started training with him. He taught me how to benchpress old school. It consisted primarily of Raw benching and dumbbells, dumbbells, dumbbells and dumbbells. Which I still do to this day. After high school I started to gain weight so my bench went to over 400 immediately.
To read more, click here.
Roster- 2008 USAPL Virginia Open; March 8, Stanardsville, VA.
Results:
February 9; IBP Regional Push-Pull Championships, Mocksville, NC- click here. (Pictures)
February 23; USAPL Navy Open, Annapolis, MD- click here. ( Pictures)
From the Arnold Sports Festival:
February 29; Unequipped- click here.
March 1; Quest Invitational- click here.
March 1; Deadlift- click here.
From Critical Bench; Interview With Herculean Bench Presser Frank Caminita
Interviewed By Ben Tatar of CriticalBench.com
Frank Caminita recently bench pressed an astounding 705 pounds weighing 198lbs! Let's step into Frank's mind and take an in depth look at how he became so powerful.
1) Critical Bench: Frank, please tell us a little bit about yourself!
Well to start, I am 37 years old and I am a newly wed. I married a Finnish Woman (Liisa) this past December. I met her in Finland while competing in the WPO. I am a Respiratory Therapist but I don't practice in a hospital anymore. I now work for Draeger Medial. Draeger Medical makes Anesthesia Machines, Adult and Neonatal Ventilators. I travel around the country during the week training Doctors and other Respiratory Therapist how to use the latest technology. I have been lifting weights since I was 13 years old.
2) Critical Bench: Most people can't fathom benching 300lbs, 400lbs, 500lbs, or 600lbs at any weight. Tell us, what was it like bench pressing 705lbs at 198lbs?
I get asked this question quite often and I always tell the same thing. It was heavy! If you watched the video you can see it was a grinder.
3) Critical Bench: The video is posted at the bottom of the interview for all to admire. Give us the run down about your lifting career and powerlifting career up until this point.
Well to begin, I started lifting weights when I reached my 13th birthday. My uncle Ronnie liked lifting weights and he gave me my first set of cast iron weights with a bench press on my 13th birthday. The set came with a curl bar and a tricep bar. I can remember always trying to max just about every workout. I can remember the feeling of getting stronger because I always tested myself. By the time I was 15 (a freshman) I was hitting 230 Raw while weighing 145. A schoolmate James Leblanc who did powerlifting noticed my talent and introduced me to the sport. I can remember my first meet in high school. At 148 I did a 365 Squat, 250 Bench and a 350 Dead all Raw as a sophomore. By the time I was a senior my best lifts were a 510 Squat, 325 Bench and a 440 Dead at 148. My Squat was good and my dead was just ok but my bench was freakish for a 148er at that time.
4) Critical Bench: How did you go from a 315 bench to a 405 bench? Tell us about your training between those two bench press barriers!
After my first powerlifting meet my dad made contact with a college buddy who he knew was a powerlifter. His name was Roger Gorumba. Mr. Gorumba had a serious bench press himself. He did a 405 at 148 Raw in like the 70's. I started training with him. He taught me how to benchpress old school. It consisted primarily of Raw benching and dumbbells, dumbbells, dumbbells and dumbbells. Which I still do to this day. After high school I started to gain weight so my bench went to over 400 immediately.
To read more, click here.
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