| Full Name Andrew Bolton Role Strongman Nationality British Height 1.83 m | Weight 350 lb (160 kg) Residence Leeds, United Kingdom Name Andy Bolton | |
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| Born 22 January 1970 (age 53) (1970-01-22) Dewsbury, Yorkshire Occupation Powerlifting, Strongman Known for First man to ever deadlift 1,000 lbs. Similar People Benedikt Magnusson, Ed Coan, Konstantins Konstantinovs, Eddie Hall, Pavel Tsatsouline | ||
Andy bolton reviews the world deadlift championships 2015
Andrew "Andy" Bolton (born 22 January 1970) is an English powerlifter and strongman who was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Contents
- Andy bolton reviews the world deadlift championships 2015
- 5 secrets of deadlift by andy bolton 1000lbs deadlifter
- Career
- Deadlift
- References
5 secrets of deadlift by andy bolton 1000lbs deadlifter
Career
Bolton won his first powerlifting competition in 1991 when he was twenty-one years of age, at a local powerlifting event called the BAWLA Yorkshire Junior Championships. Bolton has since competed in the WPO/WPC. He is the current World Powerlifting Organization "world record holder" in the total (1273 kg/2806 lb). Bolton also holds the current WPO world records in the squat (550.5 kg/1213 lb) and was the previous holder of the deadlift (457.5 kg/1008.6 lb), and was the first to demonstrate a deadlift of over a thousand pounds.
Bolton has also competed in strongman contests. His strongman accomplishments include placing fifth in the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic.
Powerlifting official competition records:
equipped
raw
Deadlift
Bolton is best known for being the first man to lift a 1,000 lb. deadlift (equipped) in a powerlifting competition. Bolton appeared in October 2010 at Elizabethtown High School at "The Night of the Living Dead" deadlift competition where he deadlifted 964.5 lbs raw in only a pair of pants and a striking pair of socks.
In 2012, Bolton published a deadlift training book Deadlift Dynamite in collaboration with Pavel Tsatsouline.