523.5 POUNDS @ 173 BODY WEIGHT. done at a 3 lift meet.."The barbell is loaded. Your body tightens, chalked hands wrapped around the bent bar. Sweat pours from your brow and the blood flows as you rip it up REP after REP. THIS is DEADLIFT." Can you DEAL? "THERE IS NO POINT IN BEING ALIVE IF YOU CANNOT DO THE DEADLIFT." Jon Pall Sigmarsson.