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Tamara Walcott
Off The Platform
English - December 20, 2021 01:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBSports powerlifting lifting weightlifting strength competition new zealand sports gym fitness lifestyle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The boys are back this week with a huge breakthrough star of 2021, Tamara Walcott.
Tamara became the all time world record holder for the heaviest raw Deadlift ever pulled by a female, 288.5kg/636lbs !!
With competition PBs of 265kg/584lbs Squat and 165kg/364lbs Bench to go with her enormous Deadlift Tamara is one of the few women in the world to have broken the 700kg Total barrier.
Initially joining the gym to lose weight and beat a food addiction, she found her place in strength training rather quickly. Tamara has dropped a phenomenal amount of bodyfat, gained muscle size and obviously a lot of strength and confidence in the process. Bringing the idea to the forefront again that strength training is a valid vehicle for weight loss goals and entire lifestyle changes for and healthier life.
This busy single mum has become a sensation and motivation to the masses with appearances on Ellen, NBC, ESPN, articles in Sports Illustrated, and many more platforms, which may just be one of the biggest exposures Powerlifting has had to the general public in forever.
We did warn her in coming on that our reach wasn't quite as big as Ellen's, but nearly....