{"id":6464,"date":"2022-09-13T15:39:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=6464"},"modified":"2022-09-13T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:58:23","slug":"watch-mitchell-hooper-cruise-through-a-315-kilogram-695-pound-squat-for-a-5-rep-pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/watch-mitchell-hooper-cruise-through-a-315-kilogram-695-pound-squat-for-a-5-rep-pr\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Mitchell Hooper Cruise Through a 315-Kilogram (695-Pound) Squat for a 5-Rep PR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 11, 2022, Canadian strongman Mitchell Hooper shared an Instagram clip where he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/back-squat\/\" data-lasso-id=\"139833\">squatted<\/a> 315 kilograms (695 pounds), raw,&nbsp;for five reps<\/strong>. According to the caption of the athlete&#8217;s post, the feat is a new five-rep personal record (PR) for Hooper, who wore a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/5-mistakes-you-might-be-making-with-your-weightlifting-belt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139813\">lifting belt<\/a> and knee sleeves during the set.&nbsp;<\/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\/reel\/CiYCCgHAteY\/?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;\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/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);\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/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);\">&nbsp;<\/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);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/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\/reel\/CiYCCgHAteY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139830\">A post shared by Mitchell Hooper (@mitchellhooper)<\/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\/back-squat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139814\">How to Do the Back Squat for Size and Strength<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hooper&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/best-leg-exercises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139815\">demonstration of leg power<\/a> is a part of ongoing preparation for his debut at the upcoming 2022 Rogue Invitational. That contest is scheduled to take place on Oct. 28-30, 2022, at the Dell Diamond Stadium in Austin, TX.<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation of the competition, Hooper recently started filming a series on his YouTube channel entitled &#8220;Road to the Rogue Invitational.&#8221; The first video \u2014 shared on Sept. 7, 2022 \u2014 features the athlete practicing various traditional events featured in strongman contests. (Note: At the time of this writing, the organizers of the 2022 Rogue Invitational have not announced the events for the contest.)<\/p>\n<p>Hooper ends up lifting <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/rhianon-lovelace-atlas-stone-one-motion-264-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139816\">Atlas Stones,<\/a> working through a respective Farmer&#8217;s and Sandbag Carry, and even throws in a one-kilometer run on a treadmill for good measure. All in all, Hooper calls his diligent training in the first episode &#8220;a good place to start.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"videos\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROAD TO THE ROGUE INVITATIONAL: EPISODE 1\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dxPism37UMw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/triceps-kickback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139817\">How to Do the Triceps Kickback for Arm Size<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the current roster of athletes slated to compete in Austin at the end of October:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"2022-rogue-invitational-roster\">2022 Rogue Invitational Roster&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Martins Licis&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 Reigning Champion<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-mitchell-hooper-log-press-406-pounds-2-reps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139818\"><strong>Mitchell Hooper<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-shaw-classic-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139819\"><strong>Trey Mitchell<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/oleksii-novikov-hummer-tire-deadlift-1210-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139820\"><strong>Oleksii Novikov<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-giants-live-world-open-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139821\"><strong>Pavlo Nakonechnyy<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/rob-kearney-mat-fraser-mal-obrien-overhead-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139822\"><strong>Rob Kearney<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bobby Thompson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kevin Faires<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maxime Boudreault<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Evan Singleton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notably, while defending champion Martin Licis returns to defend his title, two-time reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/tom-stoltman-wins-2022-worlds-strongest-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139823\">World&#8217;s Strongest Man<\/a> (WSM) <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/worlds-strongest-man-tom-stoltman-2022-soccer-aid-charity-18-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139824\">Tom Stoltman<\/a>, 2021 Europe&#8217;s Strongest Man (ESM) <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-giants-live-world-tour-finals-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139825\">Luke Stoltman<\/a>, and four-time WSM champ <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/brian-shaw-2000-pound-car-leg-press-2022-shaw-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139826\">Brian Shaw<\/a> each declined their invitations after competing in last year&#8217;s edition. Tom Stoltman finished second behind Licis in 2021.<\/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\/p\/Ch49Mx5gNqk\/?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;\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/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);\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/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);\">&nbsp;<\/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);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/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;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/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\/Ch49Mx5gNqk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139831\">A post shared by Rogue Invitational (@rogueinvitational)<\/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\/squat-every-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"139827\">Can You Squat Every Day?<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three such noteworthy absences mean the 2022 Rogue Invitational field could be wide open for an up-and-comer like Hooper. After a 2022 WSM Qualifying Round blitz and three consecutive podium finishes in this year&#8217;s Giants Live Strongman Classic, Giants Live World Open, and Shaw Classic \u2014 Hooper may very well be in line to capture his first major international strongman victory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 Rogue Invitational is set to occur on Oct. 28-30 in Austin, TX.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: @mitchellhooper on Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/mitchell-hooper-squat-695-pounds-five-reps\/\">Watch Mitchell Hooper Cruise Through a 315-Kilogram (695-Pound) Squat for a 5-Rep PR<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\">Breaking Muscle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 11, 2022, Canadian strongman Mitchell Hooper shared an Instagram clip where he squatted 315 kilograms (695 pounds), raw,\u00a0for five reps. According to the caption of the athlete\u2019s post, the feat is a new five-rep personal record (PR) for Hooper, who wore a lifting belt and knee sleeves during the set.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230; Read more<br \/>\nThe post Watch Mitchell Hooper Cruise Through a 315-Kilogram (695-Pound) Squat for a 5-Rep PR appeared first on Breaking Muscle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":""},"categories":[20,1,21,22,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6465,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464\/revisions\/6465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}