Only days after a record-breaking performance on the 2022 USPA Raw Pro, powerlifter Jamal Browner may need just outdone himself with a latest remarkable feat of strength.
On Sept. 29, 2022, Browner captured a 500-kilogram (1,102-pound) raw traditional deadlift during a training session. He’s the fourth known person to deadlift a minimum of that much weight while on film. The 110-kilogram athlete used a sumo stance and overhand grip and wore a lifting belt and lifting straps to assist with the historic pull.
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The historic nature of Browner’s deadlift naturally drew the eye of greater than a number of figures in strength sports. Browner received notable variations of praise from people like two-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Champion (2019, 2021) Russell Orhii, powerlifters Bobb Matthews and Ernie Lillibridge Jr., 2016 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) Laurence Shahlaei, and strongman Rob Kearney.
Browner’s deadlift also puts him in an exclusive club in strength sports. He joins three athletes who’ve pulled a minimum of 500 kilograms on camera during the last several years.
The 2017 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall was the primary to deadlift a minimum of that much weight when he set the mark because the strongman World Record on the 2016 World Deadlift Championships (WDC) in Leeds, England.
Roughly a 12 months later, 2018 WSM winner Hafthor Björnsson prolonged the record when he deadlifted 501 kilograms (1,104.5 kilos) in the course of the 2020 World’s Ultimate Strongman “Feats of Strength” series. Nevertheless, because Hall achieved his deadlift at a sanctioned neutral competition while Björnsson did his at his personal gym in Reykjavik, Iceland, members of the strongman world still consider Hall holds the official World Record.
A number of years later, in late April 2022, Polish athlete Krzysztof Wierzbicki became the primary powerlifter ever to deadlift a minimum of 500 kilograms when he pulled 502.5 kilograms (1,108 kilos) during a recorded training session. On the time of this writing, Wierzbicki’s deadlift is the heaviest-filmed known pull in history. Unlike Hall and Björnsson, Wierzbicki notched his pull and not using a deadlift suit. Because Wierzbicki used straps, it wouldn’t have counted in a sanctioned contest.
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Browner follows Hall, Björnsson, and Wierzbicki because the fourth person to finish a standard deadlift of a minimum of 500 kilograms from the ground. He joins the Wierzbicki because the second person to do without the help of a suit. Likewise, Browner’s pull wouldn’t count in an official competition due to his use of straps.
Except for breaking the World Record, the following significant deadlift achievement is likely to be to see who can pull 500 kilograms without using straps. Browner, Wierzbicki, and their peer Danny Grigsby — the primary powerlifter to capture a 1,000-plus pound raw deadlift in a full power meet — will undoubtedly all be huge aspects in that race.
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