In 1974, Don Reinhoudt totaled 2,298 pounds, becoming one of the greatest raw powerlifters of all time. This record total stood for almost 40 years. And then records started falling. Andrey Malanichev totaled 2,502 in 2015. Then Eric Lilliebridge totaled 2,430, Zahir Khudayarov totaled 2,452, and suddenly Reinhoudt's seemingly insurmountable 2,298 record had been beaten by three different men — all in the time span of three months.
This isn't only true for powerlifting totals, but also for individual lift records. For all-time records in the 11 competitive weight classes (123, 132, 148, 165, 181, 198, 220, 242, 275, 308, and SHW), the last three years have brought a lot of change.
Since 2014:
- 10 of 11 all-time squat world records have been broken
- 6 of 11 all-time bench world records have been broken
- 4 of 11 all-time deadlift world records have been broken
So what's happening? Why are records being shattered at such an unprecedented rate? This is the topic for today's Table Talk. Dave discusses world records in raw powerlifting and explains why he believes they're being broken so frequently.
All records via www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/raw/world
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