Athletes
What does it take to be a Massenomics athlete? A world record total? Record setting lifts? Millions of followers?
To be honest, we aren’t completely sure what it takes either but you know what they say “when you got it you got it”. The people listed below definitely have “it”, whatever that is. So try being more like them. Give them a follow while you’re at it.
Johnathan Oldham
Big Johnathan is a Firefighter and Paramedic and is a former collegiate rugby player at UAB. Jonathan has been powerlifting competitively since 2014. His favorite hobbies include throwing back beers and family time, sometimes at the same time. You can always catch him hitting big lifts rocking his jorts and a mullet.
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Best meet lifts: 804 squat, 407 bench, 705 deadlift
Mikey O’Brien
Big Mikey is the world leader in functional, conjugate, garage, skateboard fitness. His feats of strength have appeared on Dave Tate’s Table Talk, national new outlets, the Massenomics podcast and countless social media pages.
Hometown: Landsdale, PA
Best lifts: 545 skateboard deficit deadlift, 160 kickflip, neck harness dip belt jump rope treflip, 555 skateboard Jefferson deadlift
Bobby Thompson
James Strickland
Big James started competitive powerlifting in late 2014, has since gone on to bench 661 lbs in the 275 weight class as well as 672 lbs in the 308 weight class, currently holding the #11 biggest raw bench of all time, regardless of weight class. A competitive swimmer since the age of 14, as well as an NFL tryout in 2010, James is a well rounded athlete not just a powerlifter. James' goal is not only to be one of very few men to bench over 700 raw, but to be the lightest body weight to do it.
A U.S. Navy veteran, husband and father of 3, businessman and strength coach, James has learned to balance all of them.
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Best meet lifts: 761 squat, 672 bench, 783 deadlift, 2182.5 full meet total