{"id":6969,"date":"2022-10-12T19:20:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T19:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=6969"},"modified":"2022-10-12T19:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T19:34:54","slug":"watch-mitchell-hooper-crush-a-488-6-kilogram-1075-pound-19-inch-deadlift-pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/watch-mitchell-hooper-crush-a-488-6-kilogram-1075-pound-19-inch-deadlift-pr\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Mitchell Hooper Crush a 488.6-Kilogram (1,075-Pound) 19-Inch Deadlift PR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell Hooper stormed the professional strongman scene with an <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-worlds-strongest-man-recap-day-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147475\">outstanding debut<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/tom-stoltman-wins-2022-worlds-strongest-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147476\">2022 World&#8217;s Strongest Man<\/a> (WSM). Just months later, the star is already in a place where he may keep stacking achievements on top of achievements.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 11, 2022, Hooper shared an Instagram clip of himself completing a raw 488.6-kilogram (1,075-pound) 19-inch <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/deadlift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147477\">deadlift<\/a>. According to the caption of the Canadian athlete&#8217;s post, it&#8217;s a new personal record (PR). Hooper wore a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/5-mistakes-you-might-be-making-with-your-weightlifting-belt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147478\">lifting belt<\/a> and lifting straps and completed the pull in his socks.<\/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\/Cja4-eajZof\/?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\/p\/Cja4-eajZof\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147493\">A post shared by Silverback Gym Wear (@silverbackgymwear)<\/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\/workouts-with-single-dumbbell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147494\">4 Workouts With a Single Dumbbell for Muscle, Fat Loss, and More<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hooper wrote that he completed his deadlift from a 19-inch position for &#8220;strongman reasons.&#8221; What he&#8217;s alluding to is the 2022 Rogue Invitational, which will take place on Oct. 28-30, 2022, in Austin, TX. At the time of this writing, the contest&#8217;s events have not been announced. It appears Hooper is preparing his strength for a related deadlift as a contingency.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian strongman has shown off plenty of eye-opening training displays of strength in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>In late June 2022, Hooper completed a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/check-out-strongman-mitchell-hooper-deadlift-937-pounds-for-two-singles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147479\">425-kilogram (937-pound) raw traditional deadlift<\/a> for two singles. Roughly a couple of weeks later, in mid-July 2022, the athlete logged a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/strongman-mitchell-hooper-log-press-406-pounds-2-reps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147480\">184-kilogram (406-pound) log press double PR<\/a>. Then, in mid-September 2022, before a recent spate of competitive success, Hooper completed a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/mitchell-hooper-squat-695-pounds-five-reps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147481\">315-kilogram (695-pound) squat for a five-rep PR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"videos\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taking 400kg for a walk #strongman #strong #deadlift #yoke\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vabnn77QmJo?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\/hack-squat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147436\">How to Do the Hack Squat \u2014 Benefits, Variations, and More<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Should Hooper transfer his power to Austin and win, <strong>it will mark his third consecutive victory in a strongman competition<\/strong>. The athlete previously won his first pro contest at the <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-arnold-strongman-classic-uk-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147482\">2022 Arnold Strongman Classic UK<\/a> in late September. Then, in early October 2022, he followed that performance with his first career victory on the Giants Live circuit at the <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-giants-live-world-tour-finals-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147483\">2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals<\/a>. Perhaps even more impressively, if Hooper finishes in the top three again, <strong>it will be his sixth straight appearance on a strongman podium<\/strong> dating back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-strongman-classic-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147484\">2022 Giants Live Strongman Classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the current roster of athletes Hooper will try to topple at the 2022 Rogue Invitational:<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"2022-rogue-invitational-roster\">2022 Rogue Invitational Roster<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Martins Licis\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Reigning Champion<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mitchell Hooper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-giants-live-world-open-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147485\"><strong>Pavlo Nakonechnyy<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-canadas-strongest-man-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147486\"><strong>Maxime Boudreault<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bobby Thompson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eyth\u00f3r Ing\u00f3lfsson Melsted<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kevin Faires<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/oleksii-novikov-hummer-tire-deadlift-1210-pounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147487\"><strong>Oleksii Novikov<\/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=\"147488\"><strong>Rob Kearney<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/2022-shaw-classic-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147489\"><strong>Trey Mitchell<\/strong><\/a><\/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%; 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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\/reel\/CjlxXptpd68\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147495\">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\/inverted-row\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"147437\">How to Do the Inverted Row \u2014 Benefits, Variations, and More<\/a>]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hooper has enjoyed a meteoric rise in his early strongman career, and it doesn&#8217;t seem like he plans to slow down any time soon. At his rapid pace, this 26-year-old phenom could very well cement himself as a prominent fixture in the sport for years to come.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: @mitchellhooper on Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/mitchell-hooper-deadlift-1075-pounds-19-inch\/\">Watch Mitchell Hooper Crush a 488.6-Kilogram (1,075-Pound) 19-Inch Deadlift PR<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\">Breaking Muscle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell Hooper stormed the professional strongman scene with an outstanding debut at the 2022 World\u2019s Strongest Man (WSM). Just months later, the star is already in a place where he may keep stacking achievements on top of achievements. On Oct. 11, 2022, Hooper shared an Instagram clip of himself completing a raw 488.6-kilogram (1,075-pound) 19-inch &#8230; Read more<br \/>\nThe post Watch Mitchell Hooper Crush a 488.6-Kilogram (1,075-Pound) 19-Inch Deadlift 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\/6969"}],"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=6969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6970,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions\/6970"}],"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=6969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}