Duffy seemingly (and literally) pulled out all of the stops.
On May 18, 2023, powerlifter Mary Duffy shared an Instagram video of herself capturing a 140.6-kilogram (310-pound) raw deadlift with chains during a training session. In accordance with the caption of Duffy’s social media clip, the 73-year-old’s loaded barbell got here out to 180 kilos. By affixing chains to every end, Duffy clarified that they added an extra 130 kilos to the strength of her final lift.
Duffy wore a lifting belt to assist her with the large pulling feat and accomplished it from a standard deadlift stance while utilizing a mixed grip. This chain deadlift is sort of three-times Duffy’s most up-to-date competition body weight of 52.2 kilograms (115 kilos).
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Duffy has been competing as a powerlifter since her mid-60s when the athlete made her sanctioned lifting debut on the 2015 International Powerlifting Association (IPA) Connecticut Ironman Push/Pull Showdown. Within the years since, the now Amateur Masters 70-74 athlete has maintained a mostly sterling competitive record, losing only once over the length of her profession.
Nonetheless, Duffy may need true headlines and rose to prominence in 2022 when she crushed a 136-kilogram (300-pound) raw trap bar deadlift with chains. The feat was 2.4 times Duffy’s usual competition body weight, and she or he has now built on it accordingly with a more traditional pulling position and implementation.
After achieving that trap bar deadlift in the summertime, Duffy would go on to are available in first place with wraps within the 57-kilogram weight class as an Amateur Masters 70-74 competitor throughout the 2022 IPA Connecticut State Powerlifting Championships in the autumn. The victory gave Duffy her fifth title with wraps in six appearances in the competition (2015-2017, 2019, 2022). What’s clear is the athlete may need her own powerlifting dynasty available in “The Structure State.”
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Lately, as might often be the case for Duffy, she’s keeping busy along with her strength training, no less than based on the occasional tidbit shared over her Instagram page. On the time of this text’s publication, Duffy hasn’t announced any immediate plans to compete any time soon and it’s unclear when she’ll step on an official platform again. If her commitment to fitness greatness says anything, though, it should only be a matter of time for this older but still powerful athlete.
Featured image: @mduff2404 on Instagram