Powerlifter Ray Williams Wins His seventh Uncooked Nationwide Title After Gritty Efficiency

Williams wore a lifting belt, knee sleeves, and wrist wraps for his high back squat, only a lifting belt for his high deadlift, and solely wrist wraps for his high bench press. What would possibly make the athlete’s efficiency extra spectacular is that he completed the victory regardless of an obvious damage with restricted particulars on the character and severity.

On the time of this writing, it isn’t clear what Williams’ actual statistics on every of his finest lifts had been. In accordance with the Instagram publish detailing his output, all that’s clear is the competitor recorded a 1,000-kilogram (2,204.6-pound) complete.

Williams’ seventh uncooked nationwide title follows in a protracted line of achievements.

He’s a five-time Worldwide Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Champion (2014-2018) within the 120-kilogram weight class. In accordance with Open Powerlifting, he additionally holds the all-time uncooked squat World File with a elevate of 490 kilograms (1,080.2 kilos) on the 2019 USAPL Arnold SBD Professional American.

As well as, Williams’ identify is written all over the IPF record books. These accomplishments are as follows:

Ray Williams (+120KG) | IPF Uncooked World Data

• Squat: 477.5 kilograms (1,052.7 kilos)
• Deadlift: 398.5 kilograms (878.5 kilos)
• Complete: 1,105 kilograms (2,436.1 kilos)

Williams’ IPF uncooked squat World File has stood for roughly six years now. Although, it seems some youthful phenom powerlifters could be hot on his tail soon enough.