Solely days after a record-breaking performance on the 2022 USPA Raw Pro, powerlifter Jamal Browner might need simply outdone himself with a brand new exceptional feat of strength.
On Sept. 29, 2022, Browner captured a 500-kilogram (1,102-pound) uncooked conventional deadlift throughout a training session. He’s the fourth recognized individual to deadlift no less than that a lot weight whereas on movie. The 110-kilogram athlete used a sumo stance and overhand grip and wore a lifting belt and lifting straps to assist with the historic pull.
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The historic nature of Browner’s deadlift naturally drew the eye of quite a lot of figures in energy sports activities. Browner obtained notable variations of reward from individuals like two-time Worldwide Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Champion (2019, 2021) Russell Orhii, powerlifters Bobb Matthews and Ernie Lillibridge Jr., 2016 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) Laurence Shahlaei, and strongman Rob Kearney.
Browner’s deadlift additionally places him in an unique membership in energy sports activities. He joins three athletes who’ve pulled no less than 500 kilograms on digicam over the past a number of years.
The 2017 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall was the primary to deadlift no less than that a lot weight when he set the mark because the strongman World Report on the 2016 World Deadlift Championships (WDC) in Leeds, England.
Roughly a 12 months later, 2018 WSM winner Hafthor Björnsson prolonged the document when he deadlifted 501 kilograms (1,104.5 kilos) throughout the 2020 World’s Final Strongman “Feats of Energy” sequence. Nonetheless, as a result of Corridor completed his deadlift at a sanctioned impartial competitors whereas Björnsson did his at his private health club in Reykjavik, Iceland, members of the strongman world nonetheless imagine Corridor holds the official World Report.
A couple of years later, in late April 2022, Polish athlete Krzysztof Wierzbicki grew to become the primary powerlifter ever to deadlift no less than 500 kilograms when he pulled 502.5 kilograms (1,108 kilos) during a recorded training session. On the time of this writing, Wierzbicki’s deadlift is the heaviest-filmed recognized pull in historical past. In contrast to Corridor and Björnsson, Wierzbicki notched his pull with out a deadlift swimsuit. As a result of Wierzbicki used straps, it wouldn’t have counted in a sanctioned contest.
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Browner follows Corridor, Björnsson, and Wierzbicki because the fourth individual to finish a standard deadlift of no less than 500 kilograms from the ground. He joins the Wierzbicki because the second individual to do with out the help of a swimsuit. Likewise, Browner’s pull wouldn’t depend in an official competitors due to his use of straps.
Apart from breaking the World Report, the subsequent important deadlift achievement could be to see who can pull 500 kilograms with out the usage of straps. Browner, Wierzbicki, and their peer Danny Grigsby — the primary powerlifter to capture a 1,000-plus pound raw deadlift in a full power meet — will undoubtedly all be enormous elements in that race.
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