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On June 29, 2022, strongman Mitchell Hooper completed a 425-kilogram (937-pound) deadlift for two reps during a training session. According to Hooper — despite apparent recovery and sleep roadblocks on the day of — the deadlift figure is just 10 kilograms (22 pounds) off of his all-time personal best .   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Mitchell Hooper (@mitchellhooper) [Related: The Best Leg Workouts With Bodyweight, With Dumbbells, For Size, And More ] Hooper’s deadlift training is part of his ongoing preparation for the 2022 Giants Live Strongman Classic . The Giants Live organization announced the 26-year-old athlete as the Wild Card addition to the contest in early June 2022. That competition will take place on July 9, 2022, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. With the events for this year’s edition official , Hooper’s deadlift progress could come into play on the Axle Deadlift. Hooper possesses a 465-ki...

On June 29, 2022, weightlifter Olivia Reeves clean and jerked 138 kilograms (304.2 pounds) during the 2022 USA Weightlifting National Championships in Las Vegas, NV. This lift is a new Senior American weightlifting record for the 71-kilogram division . Reeves surpasses Kate Vibert’s (formerly Kate Nye) 137-kilogram (302-pound) clean & jerk from the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by USA Weightlifting (@usa_weightlifting) [Related: How To Build Muscle: The Training And Diet Guide For Beginners And Advanced Lifters ] Vibert has technically since surpassed that strength feat, with a 138-kilogram clean & jerk but that was while competing as a 76-kilogram weightlifter. However, with a body weight of 70.7 kilograms at the time of her 2019 lift, she remains the lightest American women’s athlete to clean & jerk at least 300 pounds, acco...

Over his near-decade-long powerlifting career, Phillip Herndon has built much of his reputation around an increasingly powerful back squat . On June 25, 2022, Herndon completed a sleeved squat of 395 kilograms (870 pounds) while training. That figure unofficially exceeds the raw squat World Record for a 110-kilogram powerlifter. It is five kilograms more than Kevin Oak’s official top mark from the 2020 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) Hybrid Showdown II.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Phill Herndon (@phillip_herndon) [Related: The Best Leg Workouts With Bodyweight, With Dumbbells, For Size, And More ] While Herndon is a balanced, strong powerlifter who attends to each of his main squat , bench press , and deadlift movements accordingly, the squat is where the 26-year-old athlete excels most. For example, Herndon is the current owner of the squat with wraps World Record for the 110-kilogram division. He ...

Throw any obstacle in strongwoman Rhianon Lovelace’s path, and it only seems to make her grow stronger. Even with troubles like a recent bout of pneumonia , the former World’s Strongest Woman Champion (2018) apparently doesn’t let many setbacks deter her from her goals. On June 27, 2022, Lovelace showed her unflappability again when she completed an axle press of 100 kilograms (220 pounds) during a training session. The training lift is an unofficial World Record for a lightweight strongwoman competitor, exceeding Lovelace’s own record by 7.5 kilograms (16.5 pounds).   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Rhianon Lovelace (@rhianon.lovelace.kaosstrength) [Related: The Best Shoulder Workouts For More Muscle, For Strength, For Beginners, And More ] According to Lovelace’s Instagram caption, this axle press is the culmination of her battle back from a shoulder injury that she suffered sometime in 2021. With patience and dilige...

On June 27, 2022, Olympic weightlifter Kate Vibert (formerly Katherine Nye) recorded a 162-kilogram (356-pound) front squat during a training session. According to the Team USA athlete — who most recently competed at 76 kilograms — the front squat rep is a new personal record (PR) by two kilograms (4.4 pounds) . Vibert wore a lifting belt and knee wraps while capturing this strength feat.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Kate Vibert (@katevibert) [Related: How To Build Muscle: The Training And Diet Guide For Beginners And Advanced Lifters ] Vibert’s display of her front squat prowess comes on the heels of another staggering squat, albeit of a different variation. In late April 2022, the American weightlifter scored a 186-kilogram (410-pound) back squat for another PR . As a weightlifter, Vibert doesn’t have to specifically focus on the front squat (which generally isn’t a part of formal strength sports competition...

Some lifters believe the more they work out, the better their results will be. That might mean training every day of the week or grinding out monstrous three-hour sessions in the gym. However, to paraphrase a warning from the philosopher B.I.G. — mo’ training, mo’ problems. Credit: tsyhun / Shutterstock Excessive training is a good way to burnout and pile up injuries. But here’s an important point: excessive isn’t always the same as more. You can walk the line between “a lot” and “too much” if you follow a few key principles. You can even train twice a day if you know what you’re doing. Lucky for you, when you’re done reading this, you will know what you’re doing. Two-A-Day Workouts Explained Benefits of Two-A-Day Workouts Drawbacks of Two-A-Day Workouts Who Should Do Two-A-Day Workouts Programming Two-A-Day Workouts Recovering From Two-A-Day Workouts Sample Two-A-Day Workout Two-A-Day Workouts Explained The phrase “two-a-days” might give some high school or college athl...

On June 26, 2022, strongman Jacob Finerty completed a block press of 175.5 kilograms (386.6 pounds) during the 2022 Wrath of the Strongest contest in Sacramento, CA. With this strength mark, Finerty now possesses the World Record block press as an Open competitor. He surpasses 2020 America’s Strongest Man (ASM) Champion Marcus Crowder, who captured a 172.3-kilogram (380-pound) block press at the 2022 Strongman Showdown in Fairmont, WV. Finerty did not disclose his specific body weight for the record block press, but he did don a lifting belt , knee wraps, and elbow wraps for the successful lift. Check out the feat below, courtesy of strongwoman Nadia Stowers ‘ Instagram profile:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Nadia STORM Stowers (@nadiastowers_bigstorm) [Related: How To Build Muscle: The Training And Diet Guide For Beginners And Advanced Lifters ] To some athletes, the block press is a notoriously difficult chal...