He’s in the house stretch of prep for his first strongman contest.
Powerlifter Jamal Browner is about to make his debut on the earth of strongman on the 2023 World Deadlift Championships, which is a component of the 2023 Giants Live Strongman World Open on Sept. 2, 2023 in Cardiff, Wales.
Browner has been a sumo deadlifter in his regular sport, but he’s needed to transition into using a traditional stance for strongman, which doesn’t allow lifters to make use of the wide stance. Based on the looks of his training, he’s adapting pretty much. On Aug. 3, 2023, Browner posted an Instagram Reel of a brief, intense set where he pulls 435 kilograms (959 kilos) for a double.
More from Breaking Muscle:
Browner used lifting straps and was wearing a weightlifting belt for this set, each of that are allowed in strongman. He pulled the primary rep as much as a lockout with no trouble. He then returned the barbell to the ground to start rep number two. Even though it was somewhat slower than the primary, there was little doubt whether or not he could lock it out. He made an attempt at a 3rd rep, but he was unable to bring the bar to knee-height.
Browner referred to this as a private record, but he’s been showing regular improvement on the standard version of the deadlift for months. This lift got here lower than six weeks after he had pulled 410 kilograms (903 kilos) for 4 reps. Prior to that, he had celebrated pulling the 435 kilograms for a single in April 2023 — now adding an extra rep to that PR.
More from Breaking Muscle:
Besides the usage of his figure-eight straps and belt, Browner will even be allowed to wear a deadlift suit, but it surely is unknown whether or not he’ll. Regardless that that is his first time in strongman, he’s already considered one in every of the world’s renowned deadlifters. He’s one in every of five men to have deadlifted 500 kilograms (1,102 kilos), which he did in September 2022. The others are former World’s Strongest Man winners Eddie Hall and Hafthor Bjornsson, and powerlifters Danny Grigsby and Krzysztof Wierzbicki — Wierzbicki actually pulled 502.5 kilograms (1,107 kilos) to capture the heaviest deadlift of all-time, albeit in training not on a contest platform.
Browner has been very successful on the platform as well. In September 2022, he set the world record for the raw total within the 110-kilogram category with a combined total of 1,052.5 kilograms (2,320 kilos), which included a 455-kilogram (1,003-pound) deadlift. As of August 2023, that record still stands.
Featured Image: @jamal_b15 on Instagram