On August 28, 2022, powerlifter Julia Mills set the All-Time UK Record for Women at 612.5 kilograms (1,350.3 kilos) within the Raw With Wraps division. Mills achieved this record on the 2022 Irish Pro Invitational, where she took home the general win for the ladies. The competition took place on the Southside Barbell Gym in Limerick, Ireland. 

On the time of this writing, Mills’ competitive body weight was unclear. Based on her weight from her most up-to-date contest on the British Powerlifting Union (BPU) British Powerlifting Championships in early July, Mills can have competed within the 82.5-kilogram weight class. 

Here’s a rundown of Mills’ top stats from the Irish Pro Invitational:

Julia Mills | 2022 Irish Pro Invitational

• Squat — 240 kilograms (529.1 kilos)
• Bench Press — 145 kilograms (319.7 kilos)
• Deadlift — 227.5 kilograms (501.5 kilos)
• Total — 612.5 kilograms (1,350.3 kilos) — All-Time UK Women’s Record

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Within the caption of Mills’ Instagram post, where she shares her performance, Mills expressed gratitude toward Shane Brodie — the organizer of the Irish Pro Invitational — employees who helped throughout the event, her other peers, and noted a special point about equality between the lads’s and ladies’s athletes. 

“Good atmosphere huge because of [Shane Brodie] for running such a superb event,” Mills wrote. “An enormous step forward for girls’s strength sports that the ladies’s prize money equaled the male prize. Just amazing to see.”

Note: On the time of this text’s publication, it’s unclear what the prize money was for the 2022 Irish Pro Invitational. 

Mills at a Glance

Mills has been powerlifting competitively since her November 2018 debut throughout the BPU North East Qualifiers. In keeping with Open Powerlifting, the athlete has never lost a powerlifting competition and has now won 10 straight contests. 

Here’s an summary of Mills’ entire powerlifting profession up to now:

Julia Mills | Complete Powerlifting Profession Results

• 2018 BPU North East Qualifiers (Wraps) — First place
• 2019 BPU British Championship at BodyPower (Wraps) — First place
• 2019 BPU NorthEast Qualifier (Wraps) — First place
• 2019 World Powerlifter Congress (WPC) World Championships (Wraps) — First place
• 2020 Global Powerlifting Committee (GPC) Great Britain Tattooed and Strong (Raw) — First place
• 2020 GPC European Championships (Wraps) — First place
• 2021 BPU British Championships (Wraps) — First place
• 2022 GPC-Great Britain Tattooed and Strong (Raw) — First place
• 2022 BPU British Powerlifting Championships (Multi) — First place
• 2022 Irish Pro Invitational (Raw w/wraps) — First place

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What’s Next

Per her social media, the subsequent item on Mills’ competitive agenda is the 2022 Official Strongman Games. She received her invitation after successfully making it through the net qualifiers. That contest will occur on November 11-13 in Daytona Beach, FL. It would be Mills’ third strongwoman appearance after participating within the 2021 UK’s Strongest Woman and the 2019 Master’s World’s Strongest Woman, in line with Strongman Archives. 

From an Axle Press to a Circus Dumbbell, Mills can expect a difficult set of events in Daytona Beach. Nonetheless, if she will begin to transfer a few of her powerlifter success to strongwoman, Mills might soon turn out to be certainly one of the more versatile and completed women’s strength sports athletes. 

Featured image: @juliamillsstrengthcoach on Instagram