GymTraining
🇺🇸 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
Calculators
Calorie calculator Calorie deficit calculator Macronutrient calculator (macros) Protein intake calculator Water intake calculator Calories burned calculator BMR calculator (basal metabolic rate) BMI calculator (body mass index) Waist-to-height ratio calculator Body fat percentage calculator (U.S. Navy method) Lean body mass calculator Ideal weight calculator One-rep max calculator (1RM) Heart rate zones calculator
Nutrition
Why Did Your Weight Go Up Overnight? (It's Probably Not Body Fat)
The scale jumped a kilo or two overnight even though your training and diet haven’t changed? Here’s what water, glycogen, sodium and your cycle have to do with it — and when a gain actually means fat.
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