Mike Martin is Strong
In other news, Water is Wet.
Bruce Feldman over at ESPN has an article about "College Footballs Strongest Men"
Hulk Smash ranks as his #2:
2. Mike Martin, NT, Michigan Wolverines
The Wolverines defense may have been flimsy, but don't blame Martin. The 298-pounder, a guy who won a high school state wrestling title in his first season competing in the sport, is a freak. He's squatted over 700 pounds, power cleaned 430, hang cleaned 475 and bench pressed over 500. Oh, and he's also run in the 4.9s in the 40.
More positive press for our wolverines on the WWL today. And those are FREAK numbers.
http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/blog?name=feldman_bruce&id=6396414
HT: Ghost of Bo
What's funny is that if you put the Hulk's head on mike martin's body, it would look the exact same.
Stan Lee is suing Mike Martin for copyright infringement.
The best damned t-shirt in the world has just been created.
Except it was already created and prompted a cease and desist.
It could be made with an image very similar to the one towards the top, the green one. You'd have to change his face, or make it undetailed. No maize and blue, no M reference and nobody could sue.
April 20th, 2011 at 11:11 PM ^
The Hulk, right?
Would be John Simon from Michigan's Mexico. Glad to see Mike is well represented, he is going to shoot up draft boards come next february.....
1. Josh Chapman, DT, Alabama Crimson Tide
He doesn't have the heft of Mount Cody, his former Tide teammate, but in the weight room Chapman isn't taking a back seat to anyone. I remember hearing talk about what a powerhouse this guy was back in his recruiting days. Now up to 305 pounds, Chapman benches a jaw-dropping 580 pounds and squats 630, according to the Crimson Tide strength staff.
I figured Simon would be number one, dude certainly shows some impressive feats of strength.
Here's how all three stacked up coming out of high school-
http://rivals.yahoo.com/michigan/football/recruiting/player-Mike-Martin…
http://rivals.yahoo.com/michigan/football/recruiting/player-Josh-Chapma…
http://rivals.yahoo.com/michigan/football/recruiting/player-John-Simon-…
Wasn't trying to be a dick. The article is behind a paywall.
Jesus, that would rip my arms out of their sockets.
The Drug Olympic skit comes to mind when he ripped both arms off.
I heard he put weight on a bar and couldn't do it... so he took a 45lb plate and threw it through the window. Martin Difference. GO BLUE!!!
They'll end up in a squat competition and rupture three vertebrae.
Or even worse... poop their pants.
/s of course
I'd say there's a non-zero risk of popping a hemi there, too.
Anatomy's chasing me onto Mgoboard! I got my A already, what more do you want from me!?
April 20th, 2011 at 11:22 PM ^
YOUR SOUL!
Pssshh...that kind of lifting is nothing. I once benched 150. Beat that!
Oh, I am correct in assuming that power lifting is like golf in that the lower the better, right?
I can bench 600 pounds*
*4 reps at 150 pounds.
.....butI can bench a whopping 10,000 pounds, 10 reps at a time of 100 pounds over the course of ten days (which I will spread out over a month because I don't want to overexert).
April 21st, 2011 at 10:19 AM ^
easily (I'm under the assumption the bar alone is well over 200 lbs right?)
That means I can finally bench 200 lbs.
a 600lb bench.
How nice is that nice wood? Tell us more about it...
April 20th, 2011 at 10:31 PM ^
It's Norwegian.......
I pounded 600 benches, and could use some replacements.
April 20th, 2011 at 11:09 PM ^
my 600 lbs offensive line when I bench them for the starters?
April 20th, 2011 at 10:54 PM ^
We must polish the Polish furniture.
Based on the stats here, I'd have ranked Martin ahead of Chapman. Bench is nice, but it's not AS relevant to football beyond a certain point. (And they both have freakishly strong benches.) Squat is much more relevant, and Martin wins that. Further, Martin's clean numbers - maybe more relevant still - are ridiculous. (That said, I didn't see a clean number for Chapman.)
But the ranking is probably less important than the fact that the Hulk wears a winged helmet.
Anyone know?
Joe had to be on there.
notice when you click on Mike Martin, the player profile comes up for Mike Martin the QB for the Wagner Seahawks?
He wants a Caveman background. Is there anyone who can make him look like a Caveman and smashing stuff?
*Not for me. Mike is asking for one on his Tweets and my Mackbook is screwing up. SMH#
Never celebrate Festivus with Mike Martin - it will never end, because you won't be able to best him in the feats of strength.
Not the feats of stregnth...
...even 500 lbs is almost unvelievable to me. Hurts to even think about what these players can do.
All of those stats are crazy, but the clean numbers jumped out to me. Powercleaning 400+ is crazy. That lift has so many moving parts, so to manage to put up that much weight is very impressive.
Based on the numbers there, he should be #1. I'll take a 700+ squat and 500+ bench on my line over a 630 squat and 580 bench all day long.
April 20th, 2011 at 10:01 PM ^
I wonder if they mixed up a couple of those numbers. Unless there's something severely off with technique, there's no reason that someone's hang clean should be more than their power clean, especially by that much.
April 21st, 2011 at 10:39 AM ^
A power clean starts with the weights being a few inches off the ground, whereas a hang clean starts with the barbell a few inches below the waste. So it is expected that someone hang cleans more, less movement required.
I know what a power clean and hang clean are, but your statement is not even close to being correct. ROM arguments do not apply to olympic lifts. By starting from the ground, you have an easier time creating velocity and achieving triple extension, which usually allows for more weight to be used. If technique is poor and you're just muscling it up with upper body strength, then it's possible the hang clean could be done at greater load, but I highly doubt that anyone cleaning 400+ has poor technique.
April 20th, 2011 at 10:05 PM ^
....to negate his strengths.
Hopefully the new D will give him opportunities to shine again.
Couldn't find a video clip, and I'm kinda pissed about it, but:
MIKE MARTIN IS STRONG LIKE BULL!
Remember when Mike Martin became a UFR demi-god? Yeah, that would have been cool if his teammates weren't clueless/poorly-positioned/not-ready/not-good.