Zydrunas Savickas Deadlift Footage

how much do those plates weigh?

They would have to be 25 kg plates for it to be 947. I'm just a strap hater myself. To me, if you put those straps on you didn't "dead lift" the weight. A dead lift to me is a competition legal pull. Don't get me wrong though. It is still incredible.

ok, he's wearing straps because he is not a powerlifter. he's a strongman and training for the arnold strongman comp in 3 weeks. they're allowed to wear straps in the deadlift there. so it makes sense to use them in training if you're going to compete with them.

the plates are 7 25kg's and 1 20kg on the outside. thats 410kg and then the next set he adds a 10kg each side to make 430kg.

It was far from his max.

Starting position was very low,much lower then with olimpic plates.

Imagine deadlifter pro suit on and mentioned plates on the bar.

450kg would be done easily.

I am a strongman and a powerlifter so I feel I can say this.

It is funny to me that powerlifters will wear double ply briefs and double ply suits to squat and deadlift in (yes I am one of them), yet if someone ever considers the thought of wearing straps on a deadlift it is like the end of the world.

Believe me, I use straps all the time in training when getting ready for a strongman contest. When I am getting ready for a power meet, I ditch them.

Let's see, do straps help you LIFT the weight...no. Big Z was wearing NO SUIT, straps only. Mighty impressive.

Easily one of the strongest men on the planet by any measure.

I would love to see Zydrunas come back to powerlifting and do a raw meet somewhere... just to see what he would be capable of. Phenomal strength athlete. I love to watch him compete. His training footage is fairly rare and mostly done off camera. Getting to have a sneak peek into what he is doing is quite a treat. I got the chacne to meet him once before. The size of this man is mind boggling.....

Hell of a DL! power gut and all!!! I love it.

Straps don't help very much... That dude is "hella" strong...

That's some great strength. Regarding straps, yes as powerlifters we hate them. However, like stated above they are used in strongman. For a guy like big Z I'm sure grip is not a huge issue. The straps will definitely keep his biceps safe. I bet he could go over 900 without straps. Now for a guy like me with smaller hands, straps make a huge difference. I have always had a weak grip, if I put straps on, I easily add over a hundred pounds to my pull.

Let's see, the last two times I deadlifted I tore one bicep completely off. After surgery and a few years later I tried it again and partially tore the other. I probably should have worn straps myself. I guess I'll stick with benching.

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Collars flying off, plates falling off!

Straps or no straps, awesome strength.

Very inspirational.

Respect from Holland.

Agreed, it depends on your grip potential wheather straps help a lot. Similar to Vinnie, I've pulled 700 off the floor with straps and my best raw is 600 without them (grip usually is where I fail). That's still awesomely strong.

that is impressive as hell

Kind of bewildered by much of this dialogue.....So, if he were wearing double ply briefs and a thick deadlift suit like the King DLer, it would be more legit because he's not using straps? Also, I see more and more DLs not locked out and/or hitched, but clean DLs without a lot of gear are "bad" because he used straps?! This is kind of unbelievable to me! 903 for 2 and 947 for 1, with or without straps, makes him one of the strongest men who ever lived! Consider the back, hip, and leg strength he exhibits in these lifts, which are not particularly hard for him, either. Bear in mind, he's not a DL specialist, either. His log presses have always impressed me the most as he's set so many all-time records on a pretty regular basis.

Just my two cents....

Very impressive pulling.

Yeah those plates suck. There are some like that at a local health club and they are about the same height as a regular 35lb plate. I wonder how much more he could do with legit plates on the bar.

I pulled 500 once, then I put on straps and pulled 867.12 lbs.

So I guess what Steve Winburn said is spot on.

Thats what us strong folks do mind you...

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Zavickas did 407.5kg in powerliftingcompetion 6 years ago and he is stronger now.....

Have Jeff Everson Pay The Dude $10,000 and he probably would be more than willing to put on A Metal Deadlift Suit and Pull 460 Kilograms in a WPC Meet! He could use The $10,000 to buy Himself an Eleiko Competition Powerlifting Set? Does Anyone really doubt That He is stronger than almost Any Federations Powerlifters? He can log press almost 500 Pounds? Strongman Kicks Ass! Mike(The Half Squat Player Hater!)

The big Z is awesome, he has won the Arnold like 5 or 6 times in a row, and in several of those contests he destroyed Marius. Now he has come back to WSM and again beat Marius. He is what Bill Kazmeier said he is- "The Strongest Man in the world".

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love the way the camara shakes when he puts it down.

Truly, the strongest man to ever walk the planet.

you guys were all so focused on straps or not that you missed the more critical piece of this video footage...the dude in the black in the background doing toe presses on the machine...you want a deadlift..add some of those to your next workout....LOL..and wrap your knees while doing them for added support

im pretty sure powerlifters like us hate straps when they are used for 225 deadlifts by some jersey shore wannabe at the local fitness club, not 900+ deadlifts.

amazing lift

and supersetting by checking his texts afterwards

can someone tell me what type of straps those are, single ply or double. do they have the reinforced padding. i wonder if hes wearing under armour briefs. the mother fuckers huge, most of their deadlifting events are usually without straps. dont be that guy that mocks people lifting heavy ass weight cause hes using straps, breifs, bench shirts. if you could dl that heavy with straps it would be known and posted

Amazing feat of strength even with straps but it will help out. I've seen Steve Goggins do 900lbs for 3 reps with straps but never pull over 881lbs in a meet.

He is not a powerlifter but his strength is amazing and I would love to see what he could do in a meet. I think he would be impressive!

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I just realized I'm saying something completely different from Aleksandar and Anonymous. I'm saying the bar started *higher* off the floor than regulation; they're saying lower to the floor.
With all due respect to Aleksandar and Anonymous, it would appear they're eyeballing the difference, whereas I actually measured the kind of plates used (assuming they're the same kind of plates, which they appear to be).

Time to get a bigger Bar Z! Congrats on winning the World's Strongest Man and Please do one powerlifting meet a year just so you can own that too and please the masses.

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Big Z. Is a monster. Does anyone have a doubt that he has the grip strength to do that without straps? He is just training.

I believe that's his gym, too. Strongest in the world, rich and fat. What else could be better?

He's like the Batman of strength.

Since he's deadlifted 897 in competition, I'm sure he can't grip 940+. Also, strongman competitions hardly ever have anything that tests your grip strength, so he probably has severely under-developed hand strength.

Also, for you guys who pull 100 lbs more with straps, for pete's sake, work on your woman grip.

there is no doubt about his grip strength as he can run with the 865lb frame uphill at the Arnold - straps are not allowed for that.

That was a 950 pound deadlift done easy with no suit, in what looks to be a faggy fitness gym! No music or a gang of extras from a bad biker film around firing him up either. Who cares that he used straps? There may be only a couple of people on the planet right now able to dupilicate this feat.

actually Goggins did pull 881 pounds in a meet

"6. 881.8 (400.0) *3.32X Steve Goggins (US/63) 3/1/03 (400.0 kg. @ 120.45 kg.) (Columbus, Ohio) (WPO)"

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/275-men

actually thats not true. Since gaining weight he has lost his grip and is not nearly as good on the frame as he was in 2003-2004. As a result he can no longer do the 865 pound frame all the way without dropping it

you gotta be kidding that straps added that much.

and

Can you give me the exact location and date of that 407.5 (898) pound deadlift because I think that was a training lift. Big Z has deadlifted 400KG(882 pounds) 6 years ago(Jan of 2004) in the same powerlifting comp he totaled 1090KG however.

He also seems to be using a wide grip, which I gotta think would cut down on his leverage. I know he is pretty big around so he couldn't go real narrow, but man, that almost looks like a snatch-grip deadlift. I wish he'd do a powerlifting meet because he's ridiculous.

Big Z started out as a powerlifter then switched to stongman to make some cash.

Gillingham beat him with his last deadlift at the 2000 IPF Worlds
125.0+ Kg
1. Gillingham/Brad/63 144.2 US.America 370.0 272.5 380.0 .NB 1022.5 ... 568.91
2. Savickas/Zydrunas/75 153.7 Lithuania 410.0 250.0 .NB 360.0 1020.0 .NB 562.42
3. Gurianov/Maxim/75 135.4 Russia 375.0 260.0 365.0 1000.0 ... 561.7

He placed 5th in 99 IPF Worlds
125.0+ Kg
1. Gurianov/Maxim/75 135.5 Russia 395.0 267.5 372.5 1035.0 .NR 581.25
2. Gillingham/Brad/63 145.7 US.America 375.0 267.5 377.5 1020.0 .NB 566.71
3. Naleikin/Viktor/53 132.3 Ukraina 400.0 240.0 360.0 1000.0 ... 563.9
4. Meszaros/Tibor/67 151.9 Hungary 390.0 225.0 370.0 985.0 ... 544.01
5. Savickas/Zzdrunas/75 151.9 Lithuania 400.0 .NR 240.0 340.0 980.0 ... 541.25

He placed 6th in 1998 IPF Worlds
6. Savickas/Zydrunia/75 144.3 Lithuania 367.5 .NB 225.0 342.5 .NB 935.0 .NB 520.14

He won WSM last year beating Maruiz. Big Z is the man!!!!

I'll bet big money if you give him time to train he'll break Andy Bolton's record. This has got to be the firs ttime I have ever seen training footage of him on this web page. I've seen Kevin Knee, mark Felix and derek Poundstone but neve rbefore Big Z.

Thanx for the video.

this is the greatest ive seen in a while also thanks for this great upload , please continue

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but almost every event tests grip strength. Farmer's walks with 350 in each hand (no straps allowed), arm over arm pull with a rope, 2" thick axle clean and press, etc.

Z is training for the Arnold Strongman Competition in a few weeks, which doesn't have any grip-testing events in it this year. The Hummer Tire DL and Frame Carry both allow straps.

I would love to see big Z, K.Konstantinov and S. Efferding go head to head to head in a raw 3 lift comp. I'd pay a few $$ to see that.

I wish this video was out about three months ago when all the haters said he wouldn't be able to compete against the top powerlifters because he was beat a few years back by Gillingham. Straps or no straps this guy is good for it because I guarantee his grip strength isn't lacking. The guy just pulled close to 950 after doing a double with 900+. He should train with some gear and go for the powerlifting total.

Haters are jealous. Redemption is so sweet. Oh, I forgot Donnie Thompson is stronger, he has a bigger total.

I would say Big Z is stronger than any powerlifter out there, but I wonder about some of those Olympic lifters. Read this article from powerliftingwatch. One poster makes a good argument for Olympic lifters. Title "Can Anyone Squat 1,000 Pounds Raw?" from back in 2006.

lifters.http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/1107

For a raw comp(No monolift, No suit, no knee wraps, no belt, no bench shirt) I would like to see Big Z, Bolton, Konstantinov, S. Efferding and of course Brian Siders go head to head.

He did 400kg+ squat like yunior,olso...It is first time that any yunior did it.

It seams that over Atlantic memories are failin'..

In training he is allready done 500 pounds in standing military press.

Class of his own.

Big z is an awesome athlete but all these ifs and buts fact is 3 men have pulled 430 plus without straps and far as saying he is stronger than any Powerlifter out there how can we know this unless he competes in powerlifting maybe he would maybe he would not let's keep to facts.

I am pretty sure the straps arent helping him pick that weight up with PERFECT form. Maybe thats why he can pull 947lbs. Nah, it's the straps.

Shane Hamman did 447.5kg as a Junior a long time ago

This guy makes 947 look like a warmup. KK seemed to be straining when he did the same weight in competition... of course, KK didn't use straps...probably would have done 1,200 with straps.

(Kidding.)

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/1762

shane was probably a better squatter than Savickas and a better OLer but any other feat of strength would go to Savickas with ease. Anyone who has seen Savickas compete at the Arnold Strongman in person knows that he is the strongest man in the world. Others can match him on a couple of events, but he can not be beaten overall.

Ok straps are just wrong but a deadlift suit is perfectly alright.the man just pull 900+ competition legal or in the gym he still frigging did it...the only difference between a meet and the gym is a friggin entry fee and a membership card fee....

What do you suppose Big Z could total in a raw meet, lets say just wraps and a belt? i would say if he where to train specfically for a event like that he could go something like 800, 600, 900 thats adds up to a 2300 raw total!

In a belt and wraps Big Z would go 900-950, 600+, 950+, he is THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD!

Who is Steve Winburn anyway? Probably some dude that DL's 315, but he does it...RAWWWWWWWWW.

Exactly, Steve Winburn DL'd 565, but he did it RAWWWWW. RAW DAWGS 4 LIFE!!! Steve, you're a riot. Get your weight up before you post that mess on here.

I would agree with the 600lbs paused bench, might get a little more on the deadlift (925) if he trained his grip accordinaly which he is more then capable of doing im sure and could probably squat 850-875 with wraps one would think if given time to do so..all in all i say he would be good for somewhere in the neighbor hood of a 2400+ raw total that is if he trained soley for it

According to his wikapedia profile it has his best bench listed at 285.5kgs or 628lbs, im sure he is much stronger now and with his out of this world overhead press strengh im sure he could put up at the least a solid 625-650 paused raw bench if he trained for it and with his mass and insane strengh a 900lbs squat with a good pair of wraps isnt out of the question

Imagine if he where to go 900, 650, 925..2475 raw total, would really shake things up

I'm pretty sure Savickas claimed to have tripled 880 in training with wraps in the squat... In fact he lists it at 425kg on his wsm page.

http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/zydrunas_savickas.php

I beleive he could go into Don Reinhoudt/Bill kaz territory if he committed to it

None is stronger when it comes to static strength then the Mighty Big Z, would send the SHWs running home to there mommys if they where all to compete raw under strict circumstances

wikipedia profile bench 628 lbs from back in the day.

947 deadlift with straps after a 900+ double.

935 squat on wsm page.

= 2510 no suit except maybe wraps and belt.

lets say he competed and cleanly benched 600 squatted 900 and deadlifted 900. that's still 2400. Being conservative considering he's much bigger and stronger today. What is the record raw total. If he added that to his legacy there would be no argument that he is the strongest strongman and powerlifter to ever live. Considering he could probably total 2500 if he specifically trained for the three lifts. I think he is, but there's always the critics.

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He is incredibly strong. Maybe he will do some powerlifting in the future.

Look at the end plates on the larger YouTube version. You have to get on YouTube. There are thinner 20kg plates on the outside closest to the collars. All the rest are 25kg and have a red mark on the face of the plate signifying 25kgs. It's pretty obvious if you're skeptical.

I think he could go 900/700/1000 RAW! This conjecture is mental masturbation. Big Z is freaky strong. He is no doubt one of the strongest men on the planet, but playing the numbers game is a waste of time.

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EliteFTS

These lifts are amazing feats of strength. Of that there is no doubt!

However, lifting with straps does make a difference. Between Andy Bolton's 1003 and 1008 he missed lifts of over 1000lbs in competition. This reason was his grip every time! And he has big, huge, strong hands. (I know as I train with him).

Perhaps Savikas needs straps to pull these kinds of weights. If not, then he really should enter a powerlifting competition and claim the all time world record. However, I don't see it happening.

You can be a great deadlifter, with strong hamstrings, glutes, lower back, lats and upper back. BUT, if you have small hands and/or weak hands you may never be able to show your true potential.

All these people saying Savikas could pull 450 easily should really re-evaluate what they are thinking. I've watched what it took a man to go from 1003 to 1008 and it was not easy.

One of the foundations for strongman is grip strength. After winning IFSA's championship, The Arnold and WSM, he has to be considered the best that ever lived. I wish he would do another raw or geared meet and blow all you guys hating on him away.

why this bs about him wearing straps? it's a training lift thus he can do whatever he wants. it's not like he is claiming he is a better deadlifter than bolton. zydrunas is training for a strongman competition and does what he feels he needs to be doing.

don't compare strongman training lifts vs powerlifting competition lifts.

gilbert michaud well he is a bit fat to my taste but he is probably the strongest man in the world now.