Jonathan Cayco is one in every of powerlifting’s more completed and decorated energetic competitors. After falling just in need of defending his International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World title in June 2022, he’s beginning to seem like a strength sport athlete on a mission.
On Sept. 19, 2022, Cayco shared an Instagram video of himself completing a 260-kilogram (574-pound) raw back squat for eight reps during a training session. Per the caption of Cayco’s post, it’s a latest personal record (PR) for the athlete. Cayco wore a lifting belt, wrist wraps, and knee sleeves to assist him notch the milestone.
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On the time of this writing, Cayco’s PR doesn’t look like connected to any sanctioned competition on the horizon. Nevertheless, it appears to be the newest in a line of noteworthy training feats and progress that he often makes some extent to share on social media.
While it isn’t a PR per se, the person called “Mr. Bench” in his Instagram bio did complete a high-level bench press of 205 kilograms (452 kilos) for 4 reps just two days before this latest squat PR. It was undoubtedly a routine befitting of a competitor with the present IPF World Record within the 93-kilogram division (238.5 kilograms/525.8 kilos). Cayco set that record on the 2022 IPF Worlds in an overall third-place finish.
Just per week prior to this latest leg power performance marker, Cayco matched his former 250-kilogram (551-pound) eight-rep squat PR with ease. Then, in early September 2022, the athlete finished a deadlift of 295.3 kilograms (651 kilos) for a six-rep PR.
Here’s a rundown of Cayco’s all-time raw competition bests:
Jonathan Cayco | All-Time Raw Competition Bests
- Squat — 305 kilograms (672.4 kilos)
- Bench Press —242.5 kilograms (534.6 kilos)
- Deadlift — 347.5 kilograms (766.1 kilos)
- Total — 892.5 kilograms (1,967.6 kilos)
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Cayco’s recent training blitz could be partly motivated by his third-place results on the 2022 IPF Worlds. While he did take home the brand new bench press IPF World Record, Cayco didn’t successfully defend his 93KG World title. In a record-breaking appearance in Sun City, South Africa, Likelihood Mitchell vaulted ahead of his peer for first place as an alternative.
Cayco reflected on what’s next in a candid Instagram post after the very fact.
“It’s a weird pill to swallow for a way it went down, but at the tip of the day, it’s my job to lift what’s loaded on the bar,” Cayco wrote in a June 13 Instagram post. “I don’t blame anyone but myself for my lack of performance. I’m ashamed but in addition transparent. But we roll with the punches!”
Those “punches” could be what the 29-year-old Cayco needed to push forward through the subsequent phase of his continued, hopefully fruitful, profession. Judging by his early output following the defeat, it seems he’s making good on his commitment to coming back higher and stronger than ever when he does compete next.
“It’s type of refreshing to lose,” Cayco wrote. ” … It really reignited something in me which will have settled as I got older alongside winning for the past 4 years.”
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