Mary Duffy has tried her hand at competitive powerlifting for over seven years. A recent strength accomplishment shows that the 73-year-old powerlifter might only be convalescing as time goes on. 

On July 27, 2022, Duffy posted a clip to her Instagram profile where she deadlifted 113.4 kilograms (250 kilos) raw with a trap bar that had 22.7 kilograms (50 kilos) in chains attached. Per Open Powerlifting, Duffy has only competed within the 56-kilogram weight class because the start of her profession in April 2015. With that in mind, her deadlift training feat — where she wore a lifting belt and lifting straps — is 2.4 times her usual recent competition body weight. 

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Duffy at a Glance 

Notably, Duffy’s recent trap bar deadlift shouldn’t be the primary instance where the powerlifter deadlifted around that weight. Roughly a month before this mark, in early July 2022, Duffy accomplished a raw deadlift of 111.1 kilograms (245 kilos) off weight plates while using a standard barbell and sumo stance. 

Duffy made her competitive powerlifting debut on the 2015 International Powerlifting Association (IPA) Connecticut Ironman Push/Pull Showdown. She got here in first place during that contest. On the time of this writing, she has 11 sanctioned meets to her name and has only didn’t finish in first place once in a single age category. That result got here throughout the 2016 IPA Connecticut State Championships, where she captured second place within the Amateur Open Division. (Note: Duffy has often competed in multiple age categories at each of her contests.)

In response to Open Powerlifting, Duffy has competed within the Masters 70-74 raw age category since November 2019. Within the 56-kilogram division, a few of her notable achievements include the Raw bench press World Record of 57.5 kilograms (126.8 kilos), and the third heaviest totals within the Raw and Raw With Wraps categories (235 and 249.5 kilograms, respectively).

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Duffy’s Future 

Per Duffy’s Instagram, she recently battled a case of COVID-19 in early June 2022.

Since then, Duffy has been capturing various noteworthy training figures. Shortly after her recovery, the powerlifter finished a 113.4-kilogram (250-pound) deadlift off weight plates. Then, in late June 2022, Duffy successfully notched a 102-kilogram (225-pound) raw back squat (with 15 extra kilos in band weight). A general glance of her social media would show that Duffy makes it some extent to share similar training marks with regularity. 

On the time of this writing, Duffy has not confirmed any plans for her next sanctioned powerlifting competition. Nevertheless, at any time when Duffy does compete next, it seems she’ll be able to finish one other stellar performance. 

Featured image: @mduff2404 on Instagram