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According to this setup, a male athlete weighing 320 pounds and lifting a total of 1400 pounds would have a normalised lift weight of 353.0, and a lifter weighing 200 pounds and lifting a total of 1000 pounds (the sum of their highest successful attempts at the squat, bench, and deadlift) would have a normalised lift weight of 288.4. Thus the ...
Note: Despite historical claims about Hermann Görner, Bob Peoples and Benoit Cote having lifted heavier numbers, it is Terry Todd and Wilbur Miller who are generally considered the first two individuals to break the 317.5 kg (700 lb) barrier in a documented and official setting with irrefutable evidence, hence initiating the inaugural official world record deadlift in 1964.
Bill Kazmaier first presses 290 kg (639 lb) [21] and then 300 kg (661 lb) [17] at the USPF West Georgia Open Powerlifting Championships, held in Columbus, Georgia on January 31, 1981 to become the first human to officially bench press 300 kg (661 lb) (raw) in an IPF-sanctioned meet (and without elbow wraps). [22] [23] raw: 302.5 kg (667 lb) 1984
Powerlifting is a competitive strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effort of a barbell loaded with weight plates. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as "odd ...
In 2019, Atwood would secure a second win at the 2019 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships, where he extended his total world record to 790.5 kilograms, and squatted 283 kilograms for a world record, and would score the highest IPF score of the entire men's competition.
He is the current World Powerlifting Organization "world record holder" in the total (1273 kg/2806 lb). [2] Bolton also holds the current WPO world records in the squat (550.5 kg/1213 lb) and was the previous holder of the deadlift (457.5 kg/1008.6 lb), [ 2 ] and was the first to demonstrate a deadlift of over a thousand pounds.
May 13, 1987 (age 37)[1] Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. Height. 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) Weight. 430–470 lb (195–213 kg) Website. www.irregularstrength.com. Julius Maddox (born 13 May 1987) is an American powerlifter who is the world record holder in the bench press.
Hafþór broke his own former world record of 4 revolutions around the plinth performed during 2009 Westfjord's Viking, which was his first ever strongman competition. Shield carry – 190 kg (419 lb) for 80 metres (262 ft 6 in) (2012 Europe's Strongest Man (World Record) [65] Mooring-bitt carry – 225 kg (496 lb) for 40 metres (131 ft 3 in ...