As an elite powerlifter, Tamara Walcott is one among strength sport’s biggest superstars. With a recent jaw-dropping feat while training, she may soon add to her ledger of official accomplishments.

On July 23, 2022, Walcott (+90KG) shared a clip on her Instagram where she captured a 299.4-kilogram (660-pound) raw deadlift during a training session. The pull is a recent personal record (PR) for Walcott. It’s also 10.8 kilograms (24 kilos) heavier than her all-time deadlift World Record of 288.5 kilograms (636 kilos) from the World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) The Bucked Up Showdown.

Walcott used a traditional stance and a mixed grip while wearing a lifting belt and lifting straps to log her recent PR.

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Walcott smashing her own World Record while training is perhaps a harbinger of vibrant achievements to return. The athlete will compete on the upcoming 2022 WRPF American Pro within the +90-kilogram weight class. That contest will happen at The Salisbury Center in Manassas, VA, from July 29-30, 2022.

Should Walcott transfer over this training PR to the American Pro, she is going to extend her all-time World Record. Moreover, if the athlete adds just 0.6 kilograms (1.32 kilos) to her deadlift, she would change into the first women’s powerlifter to tug not less than 300 kilograms raw.

Notably, Walcott’s top total of 718.5 kilograms (1,584 kilos) from the 2021 WRPF The Bucked Up Showdown is the second heaviest raw total in women’s powerlifting. Only April Mathis (+90KG) has a better raw total of 730.3 kilograms (1,610 kilos) from the 2019 USA-UA Boss of Bosses 6. By adding to her deadlift record while notching a noteworthy all-around performance on the 2022 WRPF American Pro, Walcott may soon possess that figure, too.

Listed below are Walcott’s all-time raw competition bests as a powerlifter:

Tamara Walcott | All-Time Raw Competition Bests

• Squat — 267.5 kilograms (589.7 kilos)
• Bench Press — 165 kilograms (363.7 kilos)
• Deadlift — 288.5 kilograms (636 kilos) | All-Time World Record
• Total — 718.5 kilograms (1,584 kilos) | All-Time Second-Heaviest Raw Total

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Inspiring Energy

Within the caption of her Instagram post, the athlete credits her family, particularly her son, who happens to be watching on the side. Walcott states she desired to keep a promise by successfully pulling the fresh PR.

“At the top, I told my son I won’t ever fail when he’s watching,” Walcott writes. “And I mean it because whenever you give something your all, you’re at all times winning!”

This type of inspiration is nothing for brand new Walcott, a single mom with two kids, a nine-to-five job, her own business, and a powerful powerlifting profession. In media appearances and on her social media, the athlete often discusses how necessary her family is to her and the way she desires to dominate on sanctioned lifting platforms to set an example for others. Her family members are undoubtedly a component of that formula.

Walcott will try to interrupt recent ground as a record-breaking inspiration on the 2022 WRPF American Pro on July 29-30 in Manassas, VA.

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