🇺🇸 2025
Derek Lunsford
SD 🇬🇧
2024
Samson Dauda
«The Nigerian Lion»
🇺🇸 2023
Derek Lunsford
🇮🇷 2022
Hadi Choopan
«The Persian Wolf»
🇪🇬 2021
Mamdouh Elssbiay
«Big Ramy»
🇪🇬 2020
Mamdouh Elssbiay
«Big Ramy»
🇺🇸 2019
Brandon Curry
🇺🇸 2018
Shawn Rhoden
«Flexatron»
🇺🇸 2017
Phil Heath
«The Gift»
🇺🇸 2016
Phil Heath
«The Gift»
🇺🇸 2015
Phil Heath
«The Gift»
🇺🇸 2014
Phil Heath
«The Gift»
The heaviest lifts on the planet — bench press, squat, deadlift and legendary feats of strength.
Strongman Men
510kg
1,124 lb
Hafthor Bjornsson
2025 · Iceland
Deadlift
Equipped Men
1407.5kg
3,103 lb
Dave Hoff
2014 · United States
Total
Equipped Men
635.4kg
1,401 lb
Jimmy Kolb
2023 · United States
Bench press
Raw Men
525kg
1,157 lb
Vladislav Alhazov
2018 · Israel
Squat
Strongman Men
231kg
509 lb
Cheick Sanou (Iron Biby)
2024 · Burkina Faso
Overhead press
Strongman Women
325kg
717 lb
Lucy Underdown
2024 · United Kingdom
Deadlift
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Muscle
How to Deload: When to Take a Lighter Week and How to Return Stronger
A deload is a planned drop in training stress. Used well, it helps you shed built-up fatigue, keep technique sharp, and start progressing again instead of dragging through workouts.
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