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The Army, in a major overhaul several years ago, expanded its fitness test to six events, including a dead lift, run, planks, push-ups, standing power throw and a combination sprint/drag/carry.
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Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Hex-bar dead lifts, jump rope, land mines, crunches, band curls.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
Hall, who set a world record dead lift in 2016, lifting 500 kg (1,100 lb), is a retired strongman and 2017 winner of the World’s Strongest Man competition.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023
Competing this summer at 181, Anderson benched 330 on the way to finishing second in the USA Powerlifting Nationals, a competition that also includes squats and dead lifts.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
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Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Hex-bar dead lifts, jump rope, land mines, crunches, band curls.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
Hall, who set a world record dead lift in 2016, lifting 500 kg (1,100 lb), is a retired strongman and 2017 winner of the World’s Strongest Man competition.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023
Competing this summer at 181, Anderson benched 330 on the way to finishing second in the USA Powerlifting Nationals, a competition that also includes squats and dead lifts.
—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
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“Dead lift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20lift. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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