Fulwood is the brand new king of his division on the subject of squat strength.
On May 1, 2023, powerlifter Reece Fullwood shared an Instagram video of himself capturing a 412.5-kilogram (909.4-pound) raw with sleeves back squat throughout the 2023 Global Powerlifting Committee-Great Britain (GPC-GB) Welsh Championships. The strength feat is an all-time raw World Record within the 125-kilogram division.
Fullwood wore a lifting belt, knee sleeves, and wrist wraps to assist him earn the milestone. Within the caption of his Instagram post, Fullwood wrote that his body weight on the time of the lift was 125 kilograms (275.5 kilos) exactly. The 2023 GPC-GB Welsh Championships took place on Apr. 30, 2023, in Swansea, Wales.
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In accordance with the all-time leaderboard on Open Powerlifting, Fullwood’s raw record accomplishment officially surpasses a notable peer within the 125-kilogram class by 1.4 kilograms (3.3 kilos)
The second-heaviest squat, 411 kilograms (906.1 kilos), belongs to Phillip Herndon, whose previous World Record mark stood for under about six weeks. On the time of this text’s publication, Herndon still possesses the raw World Record squat of 395 kilograms (870.8 kilos) within the 110-kilogram division.
Along with eclipsing Herndon’s squat World Record within the 125-kilogram weight class, here’s an summary of Fullwood’s all-time raw competition bests:
Reece Fullwood | All-Time Raw Competition Bests
- Squat — 412.5 kilograms (909.4 kilos) | All-Time 125KG Raw World Record
- Bench Press — 212.4 kilograms (468.4 kilos)
- Deadlift — 362.4 kilograms (799.1 kilos)
- Total — 948.9 kilograms (2,171.5 kilos)
Per his personal page on Open Powerlifting, Fullwood has a comparatively limited sanctioned competitive history. Including two appearances within the GPC-GB Welsh Championships (2019, 2023), Fullwood has participated in only three official powerlifting competitions to this point. He has never lost a contest and once competed within the 139.7-kilogram division during a first-place performance on the 2022 GPC-GB Tattooed and Strong.
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In one other post on his Instagram, Fullwood looked as if it would take heart in his latest GPC-GB performance. While nursing an apparent elbow injury with nerve damage, the athlete got here in with modest goals and surpassed his wildest individual expectations.
“Goal for the competition [the 2023 GPC-GB Welsh Championships] was to not get injured, break or tear anything, don’t be [expletive], and take a legitimate shot at an all time World Record Squat, to nearly as good of a regular as I could execute!” Fullwood wrote. “I’m satisfied with the outcomes given the condition I went into this competition knowing I wouldn’t give you the chance to place together a competitive bench press. My elbow didn’t break, pec didn’t tear off. Got here away with just a few small strains and a giant smile on my face!”
Featured image: @reecefullwood on Instagram