Mat Fraser Simply Pulled a Deadlift PR

CrossFit GOAT Mat Fraser is not dwelling a lifetime of repose in his retirement. Whereas the five-time World’s Fittest Man is now not competing in his sport, that does not imply that he is stopped coaching. He is simply approaching his exercises in a different way.

Meaning he is been capable of concentrate on completely different, extra particular targets that he would have earlier than throughout his profession as probably the most dominant athlete in purposeful health. If Fraser needs to go all-out and max out in a single self-discipline, he can. In order that’s precisely what he not too long ago did.

Fraser posted an replace to his Instagram web page celebrating a latest milestone: a brand new deadlift PR. He pulled an all-time better of 540 kilos. As a former Olympic lifter (the place the occasions are clear and jerk and snatch) and CrossFitter, Fraser was possible by no means capable of totally embrace his interior powerlifter to focus solely on producing his heaviest attainable pull.

“Deadlifting wasn’t a excessive precedence after I was coaching to compete and I wished to have one thing to work in direction of that was new,” he wrote within the publish’s caption. “I wrote out a pair months of coaching and set to work.”