{"id":3291,"date":"2022-05-03T17:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2022-05-03T17:43:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:43:38","slug":"strongman-and-powerlifter-lukas-pepr-captures-193-4-kilogram-426-4-pound-strict-log-lift-for-new-czech-national-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/strongman-and-powerlifter-lukas-pepr-captures-193-4-kilogram-426-4-pound-strict-log-lift-for-new-czech-national-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Strongman and Powerlifter Luk\u00e1\u0161 Pep\u0159 Captures 193.4-Kilogram (426.4-Pound) Strict Log Lift for New Czech National Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 2, 2022, Czech <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-giants-live-strongman-classic-events\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104080\">strongman<\/a> Luk\u00e1\u0161 Pep\u0159 shared a video of himself c<strong>apturing a 193.4-kilogram (426.4-pound) <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-jean-stephen-coraboeuf-log-press-341-pounds-3-reps\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104081\">log press<\/a><\/strong> during the 2022 LogLift Cup in Kladno, Czech Republic. <strong>The log lift is a new Czech National <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/powerlifter-hunter-henderson-672-pound-squat-all-time-world-record\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104082\">Record<\/a><\/strong>, surpassing Jirko Vytiska&#8217;s previous figure of 180-kilograms (396.8 pounds) by over 13 kilograms.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Strongman Czech Republic Facebook page, Pep\u0159 actually broke the Czech log lift record on his first attempt of 183.5 kilograms (404.6 pounds). His eventual final lift of 193.4 kilograms (426.4 pounds) merely extended the distance between him and the next best athlete. The record log press helped give Pep\u0159 the overall win in the event and etched his name in the illustrious record books.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Pep\u0159&#8217;s record feat, courtesy of his Instagram profile:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CdEQpWTqI_h\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CdEQpWTqI_h\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"104092\">A post shared by Luk\u00e1\u0161 Pep\u0159 (@lukaspepr)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><strong><em>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/weighlifter-eishiro-murakami-sets-3-japanese-records-2022\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104083\">Weightlifter Eishiro Murakami (+109KG) Sets 3 National Records During 2022 All-Japan Championships<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technically, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Sikora broke Vytiska\u2019s record first by locking out a 181.4-kilogram (399.9-pound) log lift earlier in the competition. That means that Pep\u0159 techincally broke Sikora&#8217;s record.<\/p>\n<p>For the record-breaking log lift, Pep\u0159 donned a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/5-mistakes-you-might-be-making-with-your-weightlifting-belt\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104084\">lifting belt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/choose-lift-straps-and-wrist-wraps-based-on-function\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104085\">wrist wraps<\/a>, and knee sleeves. It might have been more significant considering that Pep\u0159 appeared to be dealing with some <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-nick-best-deadlifts-755-pounds\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104086\">recent ailments<\/a> and needed a significant win, per a translated caption of his Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;This was something I really needed, and how everyone judges according to the video was even more,&#8221; Pep\u0159 wrote. &#8220;Log and pressures, in general, I did not train for three weeks due to extreme tendon pain and tightness in the hands. Hopefully, these days have run out.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">If breaking records in his home country is how <span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Pep\u0159 comes back from an injury, more greatness might be in store soon enough.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">A full video of the 2022 LogLift Cup can be watched below \u2014 including <span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Pep\u0159&#8217;s Czech log lift National Record \u2014<\/span> via the YouTube channel of BeStrong:<\/p>\n<div class=\"videos\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nov\u00fd n\u00e1rodn\u00ed rekord na Loglift! Kolik dal Vytiska? | LogLift Cup 2022\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvMUwro7NbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>[Related: What You Must Know to <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/how-to-build-strength\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104103\">Build Strength<\/a>]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lukas-pepr-at-a-glance\">Luk\u00e1\u0161 Pep\u0159 at a Glance<\/h2>\n<p>Pep\u0159 is only 22-years-old, yet he&#8217;s building up quite a solid profile to this stage. The Czech athlete started in professional strength sports as a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/powerlifter-jesus-olivares-920-pound-squat\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104088\">powerlifter<\/a> while competing in the superheavyweight division (+120-kilograms). He made his powerlifting debut during the 2016 Slovensk\u00e1 Asoci\u00e1sa Silov\u00e9ho Trojboja (SAST) Majstrovstv\u00e1 \u010ceskej a Slovenskej Republiky v silovom trojboji, where he came in first, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openpowerlifting.org\/u\/lukaspepr\" data-lasso-id=\"104089\">Open Powerlifting<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As a powerlifter, Pep\u0159 qualified for the podium in each of his four career sanctioned competitions, winning two of them outright while finishing as the runner-up twice. Most recently, aside from the 2022 LogLift Cup, he featured during the <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/bench-press\/\" data-lasso-id=\"104090\">bench press<\/a>-only 2020 Federace Ceskeho Silov\u00e9ho Trojboje (FCST) Extrifit Cup in both the Teen &amp; Junior and Open divisions\u00a0 \u2014 where he came in first and second, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the future holds in store for Pep\u0159, he&#8217;s undoubtedly preparing to open more eyes and break more records whenever he steps onto a lifting platform again.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: @lukaspepr on Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-lukas-pepr-czech-log-lift-record-426-pounds\/\">Strongman and Powerlifter Luk\u00e1\u0161 Pep\u0159 Captures 193.4-Kilogram (426.4-Pound) Strict Log Lift for New Czech National Record<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\">Breaking Muscle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 2, 2022, Czech strongman Luk\u00e1\u0161 Pep\u0159 shared a video of himself capturing a 193.4-kilogram (426.4-pound) log press during the 2022 LogLift Cup in Kladno, Czech Republic. The log lift is a new Czech National Record, surpassing Jirko Vytiska\u2019s previous figure of 180-kilograms (396.8 pounds) by over 13 kilograms. 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