Wheels began 2023 with a bang.
Larry “Wheels” Williams has never been one to draw back from sharing his ambitious goals. Of late, the powerlifter/strongman/influencer extraordinaire has been on a fresh training journey while using Testosterone Substitute Therapy (TRT). As he neared a “mock” powerlifting meet of one-rep maxes for competitive lifts just like the bench press and squat, Wheels shared the newest update on his ongoing strength progress.
On Jan 2. 2023, Wheels posted a video to his Instagram of himself completing a 360-kilogram (793.6-pound) raw deadlift while barefoot and wearing a lifting belt. Per the caption of Wheels’ post, it’s his heaviest pull while using TRT and can also be one in all his final steps before the mock meet, of which the precise date is undisclosed. Wheels noted that he had a body weight of 255 kilos for the pull. (Note: Wheels writes that the deadlift is 795 kilos, but that will have been an errant typo).
More from Breaking Muscle:
Wheels’ fitness and strength journey since late summer 2022 has been primarily marked by noticeable progress along with his lifts while on TRT.
Before notching his heaviest-ever pull while using TRT, Wheels previously squatted 224.5 kilograms (495 kilos) raw for 15 reps in a September 2022 AMRAP attempt. Then, in late November 2022, Wheels was capable of squat 305 kilograms (672.4 kilos) raw for six reps. As for his bench progress, Wheels posted late December 2022 videos where the athlete accomplished a raw 230-kilogram (507-pound) bench press and a (252.6-kilogram) 557-pound bench press with wraps.
One other additional effect of Wheels’ status on TRT is that he has lost a major amount of weight. The athlete has yet to clarify how much he’s cut his body weight down. For some context, in accordance with Open Powerlifting, Wheels competed within the 140-kilogram weight class during his last powerlifting contest within the 2020 Extreme Powerlifting Coalition (XPC) Arnold and weighed in for that contest at 283.6 kilos. He has since lost roughly 10% of his previous body weight.
More from Breaking Muscle:
After the vacation season and in the brand new 12 months, many athletes might only be beginning to determine their long-term goals for a whole, clean-slate calendar of events. That doesn’t seem like the case for Wheels, who has hit the 12 months 2023 on the bottom running. Each time he does finish his mock powerlifting meet, it seems clear Wheels will proceed to charge full steam ahead with whatever’s next on his to-lift list.
Featured image: @larrywheels on Instagram