{"id":4826,"date":"2022-06-17T18:29:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2022-06-17T18:41:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:41:13","slug":"strongman-rauno-heinla-deadlifts-420-kilograms-926-pounds-for-4-reps-in-preparation-for-2022-world-deadlift-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/strongman-rauno-heinla-deadlifts-420-kilograms-926-pounds-for-4-reps-in-preparation-for-2022-world-deadlift-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Strongman Rauno Heinla Deadlifts 420 Kilograms (926 Pounds) for 4 Reps in Preparation for 2022 World Deadlift Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Rauno Heinla is one of strongman&#8217;s biggest names, he built much of his career profile on the back of his tremendous <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/deadlift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113133\">deadlift<\/a> prowess. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-giants-live-world-open-world-deadlift-championships-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113134\">2022 World Deadlift Championships<\/a> (WDC) on the horizon later this summer, the Estonian athlete recently once again showed why he&#8217;s known as one of the globe&#8217;s top deadlifters.<\/p>\n<p>On June 16, 2022, Heinla deadlifted 420 kilograms (926 pounds) for four reps during a training session. It appears to be part of his preparation for the WDC on August 6, 2022, in Cardiff, Wales. The strongman completed the lift in his socks while wearing a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/5-mistakes-you-might-be-making-with-your-weightlifting-belt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113135\">lifting belt<\/a> and lifting straps.<\/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\/Ce37wVgIhQQ\/?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\/Ce37wVgIhQQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113148\">A post shared by Rauno Heinla (@rauno_heinla)<\/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\/how-to-build-muscle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113136\">How To Build Muscle: The Training And Diet Guide For Beginners And Advanced Lifters<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that Heinla makes this deadlift routine look relatively easy. The athlete has a history of astounding <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/how-to-build-strength\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113137\">strength<\/a> feats as a puller.<\/p>\n<p>Heinla is one of the few people to have ever deadlifted at least 453.6 kilograms (1,000 pounds). Other notable names with that achievement include former World&#8217;s Strongest Man (WSM) Champions <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/eddie-hall-swimming-50-meter-freestyle-27-seconds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113138\">Eddie Hall<\/a> (2017) and <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-legend-hafthor-bjornsson-loses-13-more-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113139\">Hafthor Bj\u00f6rnsson<\/a> (2018), as well as powerlifter <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/powerlifter-krzysztof-wierzbicki-490-kilogram-deadlift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113140\">Krzysztof Wierzbicki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Heinla possesses two noteworthy deadlift\/deadlift-related World Records. He set the all-time 400-kilogram (881.8-pound) deadlift for reps World Record with six at the 2020 World\u2019s Ultimate Strongman Feats of Strength series. In early June 2022, he broke the <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-rauno-heinla-silver-dollar-deadlift-world-record-1278-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113141\">Silver Dollar deadlift World Record<\/a> with a pull of 579.7 kilograms (1,278 pounds). Heinla accomplished this after withdrawing from the 2022 WSM in late April following an injury connected to a Silver Dollar deadlift pull.<\/p>\n<p>After a tied-for-eighth-place finish at the 2021 WDC, it seems fair to assume Heinla would like a far better, more impressive result at this year&#8217;s upcoming prestigious contest.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-lofty-proposition\">A Lofty Proposition<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to Heinla, here&#8217;s the complete roster for the 2022 WDC, which is a segment of the annual Giants Live Open World Open:<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"2022-world-deadlift-championships-roster\">2022 World Deadlift Championships Roster<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ivan Makarov<\/strong>\u00a0(Russia) \u2014\u00a0<strong>2021 WDC Champion<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Evan Singleton\u00a0<\/strong>(United States)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Bishop\u00a0<\/strong>(United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-oleksii-novikov-wins-europes-strongest-man-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113142\"><strong>Oleksii Novikov\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(Ukraine)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mitchell Hooper<\/strong>\u00a0(Canada)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gabriel Pe\u00f1a\u00a0<\/strong>(Mexico)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rauno Heinla\u00a0<\/strong>(Estonia)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gavin Bilton\u00a0<\/strong>(United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asko Karu\u00a0<\/strong>(Estonia)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pavlo Nakonechnyy\u00a0<\/strong>(Ukraine)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peiman Maheripourehir\u00a0<\/strong>(Iran)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wild card\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Announced at a later date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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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\/p\/CWZEnySIm9H\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113149\">A post shared by Rauno Heinla (@rauno_heinla)<\/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\/grease-the-groove-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113143\">Why You Should Be Greasing The Groove During Your Workouts<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Giants Live organization has issued a noteworthy ante on a challenge to the participating athletes at the 2022 WDC. Should any of the competitors lift 505 kilograms (1,113 pounds) during the contest, Giants Live will reward them with a $55,000 cash prize.<\/p>\n<p>Bj\u00f6rnsson possesses the World Record deadlift with a pull of 501 kilograms (1,104.5 pounds) from the 2020 World\u2019s Ultimate Strongman \u201cFeats of Strength\u201d series. Meanwhile, Wierzbicki owns the heaviest filmed deadlift in history when he pulled <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/powerlifter-krzysztof-wierzbicki-1107-pound-deadlift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"113144\">502.5 kilograms (1,107 pounds) during an April 2022 training session<\/a>. Though that lift would not have counted in a sanctioned strongman competition because Wierzbicki used a sumo stance, and it wouldn&#8217;t count in powerlifting because he used straps.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/strongmanarchives.com\/viewAthlete.php?id=265\" data-lasso-id=\"113145\"><em>Strongman Archives<\/em><\/a>, Heinla&#8217;s heaviest-ever traditional deadlift was a pull of 455 kilograms (1,003 pounds) from the 2019 Giants Live Wembley. In a competition like the WDC that seems to bring out the best in the strongmen involved, it isn&#8217;t out of the realm of possibility that Heinla soon breaks a record and finds himself $55,000 richer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: @rauno_heinla on Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-rauno-heinla-deadlift-926-pounds-4-reps\/\">Strongman Rauno Heinla Deadlifts 420 Kilograms (926 Pounds) for 4 Reps in Preparation for 2022 World Deadlift Championships<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\">Breaking Muscle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Rauno Heinla is one of strongman\u2019s biggest names, he built much of his career profile on the back of his tremendous deadlift prowess. With the 2022 World Deadlift Championships (WDC) on the horizon later this summer, the Estonian athlete recently once again showed why he\u2019s known as one of the globe\u2019s top deadlifters. 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