There are impressive lifts which might be significant signs of progress, and there are noteworthy lifts that double as exceptional milestones. With a recent personal boundary-breaking accomplishment while training within the gym, young powerlifter Jesus Olivares can count himself amongst the special latter group.
On September 13, 2022, Olivares shared an Instagram video of himself completing a 455-kilogram (1,003-pound) raw back squat during a training session. In accordance with Olivares’ post’s caption, it’s also a private record (PR) as he breaks the hallowed 453.6-kilogram (1,000-pound) squat barrier for the primary time.
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For context in comparison with his individual profession, Olivares’ PR squat unofficially surpasses his raw all-time competition best by five kilograms (11 kilos). The reigning International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Champion within the +120-kilogram weight class notched a 450-kilogram (992-pound) squat on the 2022 AMP Classic Open Nationals. That mark helped Olivares to a first-place performance in the competition.
For context in comparison with his peers, Olivares becomes the newest athlete to hitch the notable 1,000-pound squat club. There’s a plethora of powerlifters and strongmen who’ve added the huge squat figure to their resumes. Nevertheless, there was a time when a 1,000-pound squat was rarer within the strongman sphere. With a 456-kilogram (1,005-pound) squat through the 2016 USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Raw Nationals, Ray Williams became the primary IPF/USAPL powerlifter ever to succeed in the milestone. For Olivares to get this accomplishment now might speak to how far he’s come as an elite lifter.
The 23-year-old seemingly had nothing but gratitude within the caption of his squat Instagram post.
“There is just one certainty in life,” Olivares wrote. “A robust man stands above and conquers all. God gets all of the glory for this one.”
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Olivares is accustomed to creating waves together with his strength as a powerlifter. Amidst his work on the recent 2022 AMP Nationals, the athlete captured an unofficial world record deadlift of 402.5 kilograms (887.3 kilos). The feat would’ve been a World Record for the +120-kilogram weight class if achieved at a world competition. Williams still holds the official mark with a 398.5-kilogram (878.5-pound) pull from the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships.
At the identical time, Olivares’ final total of 1,110 kilograms (2,447.1 kilos) from that contest would’ve been the second-heaviest raw total in IPF powerlifting history. Daniel Bell still owns the highest spot with a 1,182.5-kilogram (2,607-pound) total that he achieved on the 2021 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) Hybrid Showdown III.
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On the time of this text’s publication, Olivares is not going to be competing in upcoming contests. At this rate, every time he steps onto a platform, he may write one other great chapter in his blossoming profession.
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