Blake Lehew Breaks 317.5-Kilogram (700-Pound) Uncooked Squat Barrier In Competitors

Blake Lehew has lengthy since established himself as one of many 82-kilogram division’s prime titans in powerlifting. Nevertheless, lots of the athlete’s achievements have come whereas competing uncooked with wraps. That features, per Open Powerlifting, a World Document whole of 930 kilograms (2,050.3 kilos) notched in a first-place end result on the 2022 WRPF American Pro. As this 319.9-kilogram (705.4-pound) squat demonstrates, Lehew has formally taken his 82-kilogram catalog of accomplishments to the following stage.

Along with his all-time uncooked competitors greatest squat, Lehew secured a private document (PR) uncooked DOTS rating of 620 — the ratio of an athlete’s physique weight to the burden they’re lifting. Lehew additionally matched his all-time uncooked competitors greatest whole of 915 kilograms (2,017.2 kilos), which he initially recorded throughout a first-place efficiency on the 2022 WRPF PPC Finals.

Right here’s an outline of Lehew’s prime stats from the 2023 USA-UA Pioneer on the Seashore:

Blake Lehew (82KG) | 2023 USA-UA Pioneer on the Seashore High Stats

• Squat — 319.9 kilograms (705.4 kilos) | All-Time Uncooked Competitors Greatest
• Bench Press — 220 kilograms (485 kilos)
• Deadlift — 374.9 kilograms (826.7 kilos)
• Complete — 915 kilograms (2,017.2 kilos) | Matches All-Time Uncooked Competitors Greatest

Notably, Lehew had teased his pursuit of surpassing a 385-kilogram (848-pound) uncooked deadlift by performing it beltless throughout a late February 2023 training session. The athlete in the end fell in need of repeating the in-gym efficiency through the Pioneer on the Seashore contest, as he summed up parts of the remainder of his efficiency as “subpar” in an Instagram submit. That objective must wait for one more competitors to come back true.