The strength star made this rep PR appear to be a breeze.
Some bodybuilders make it a degree mainly to showcase their ripped, stacked physiques. They typically show their remarkable training progress through pictures and posing videos. Versatile bodybuilder and powerlifter Joe Mackey still generally adheres to those unofficial principles, but he’s a bit more unique within the strength presentation regard.
On Apr. 15, 2023, Mackey shared an Instagram video of himself capturing a 362.8-kilogram (800-pound) deadlift for 4 repetitions during a recent training session. In response to the caption of the athlete’s post, the set is a four-rep personal record (PR). Mackey donned a lifting belt and utilized lifting straps to assist him with the monstrous strength feat. He used a traditional stance with a standard grip.
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Scoring titanic deadlifts that literally bend a loaded barbell is nothing out of the extraordinary for Mackey. He usually makes it a degree to showcase his deadlift-focused power, especially over his Instagram profile. The approximate past 12 months alone has meant tremendous progress for the athlete in a number of extraordinary cases.
In late April 2022, Mackey officially joined the 408.2-kilogram (900-pound) raw deadlift club with a large single PR. Later, on the Iron Wars VI in May 2022, Mackey recorded a 385.5-kilogram (850-pound) raw pull. Then, in January 2023, Mackey officially topped his previous single PR with a raw deadlift of 412.8 kilograms (910 kilos) on the Iron Wars VII.
In a display of pure leg prowess, Mackey has shown off other facets of his strength recently, too. A 449-kilogram (990-pound) hack squat for five reps from March 2023 is an ideal example. Because an athlete must primarily depend on their quads to complete hack squat repetitions by the character of the machine, it’s clear Mackey hasn’t neglected other facets of his lower body.
Outside of a powerlifting and strength context, Mackey fared relatively well in a few of his most up-to-date bodybuilding forays. Mackey finished in fourth place within the Men’s Open division on the 2022 Tampa Pro and followed that up with a ninth-place performance on the 2022 Texas Pro. While unconfirmed on the time of this text’s publication, Mackey will presumably work on qualifying for his first-ever Mr. Olympia in November after falling in need of reaching the game’s pinnacle competition in 2022. To attain that theoretical mission, he can have to win an International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Pro League contest on the 2023 calendar.
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With a solid portion of 2023 remaining, it seems Mackey is in a position to make this 12 months his oyster in various respects as an athlete. Whatever his upcoming plans are, if there’s a fitness box to envision, it’s apparent Mackey will make every effort to fill it up along with his metaphorical graphite pencil.
Featured image: @jmackey33_ifbbpro on Instagram