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All-time progression across all strength sports. Listed below is the all-time deadlift world record progression across powerlifting (raw), powerlifting (equipped), and strongman. From 1964 to 2013, powerlifting record was considered the all-time world record and in 2014, strongman record surpassed it and holds it to-date.
The conventional deadlift can be broken down into three parts: the setup, the initial pull or drive, and the lockout. [3]Setup: When performing a deadlift, a lifter sets in a position that eccentrically loads the gluteus maximus, gluteus minimus, biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranosus while the muscles of the lumbar contract isometrically in an effort to stabilize the spine.
The World Deadlift Championships is an annual competition featuring strength athletes from all over the world, competing exclusively in the strongman deadlift.It was created by Giants Live and the championship focuses mainly on the maximum deadlift in pursuit of the deadlift world record, although in the 2017 edition, the event was changed to a 400 kg (882 lb) weight for the most repetitions ...
Konstantīns Konstantinovs (Russian: Константи́н Константи́нов, June 6, 1978 – October 28, 2018) was a Latvian powerlifter of Russian descent. His raw deadlift of 426 kg (939.2 lb), set in 2009, was formerly the heaviest raw deadlift, and was the world record for the 140 kg (308 lb) weight class until 2022.
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 ...
Lamar Gant (born 1957) is an American former powerlifter. [ 1 ] He competed with idiopathic scoliosis. [ 2 ] He was inducted into the International Powerlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1980. [ 3 ] Gant set his first world record in 1974 by deadlifting 524.5 pounds (238 kg) at a bodyweight of 123 pounds (56 kg) at the Flint Olympian Games.
Country. United States. Sport. Powerlifting. Bob Peoples was an American powerlifter and farmer, known for breaking the record for world's heaviest deadlift. [1] He first set the Light-heavyweight deadlift world record in 1946 lifting 651 lbs at a bodyweight of 175 lbs. He later beat his own record in 1947 with a lift of 710 lbs at a body ...
Technique. Hands grip the bar between the legs, toes point outwards at an angle. In conventional deadlift, hands are placed outside the legs. In general, foot placement in sumo deadlift is about twice shoulder width, lining up the shins with the rings on the barbell. Toes are pointed outwards around forty-five degrees, keeping the shin vertical ...