WATCH: 84-Year-Old Carrie Reese Shows Strength With 195lb Deadlift
Carrie Reese has been showing her feats of strength for a long time and there is no end in sight.
Carrie Reese is no stranger to the gym and has made some noise as a powerlifter. That continued on Friday when a video was shared of the 84-year-old completing a 195lb deadlift during an early-morning training session.
Reese’s gym, Old Skool Iron, shared the video on its Instagram page after Reese completed the lift during a 5 a.m. workout.
“Here she is again, even talking a little smack at 5am and 84yr Carrie Reece (powerlifting grandma) smoking 195lbs with plenty left in the tank,” old skool iron wrote on instagram.
Here she is again is right. Carrie Reese has been making certain lifts look effortless for nearly a decade. She began powerlifting at the age of 74 with a bodyweight of 198.4 pounds. She has since began competing in the 132-pound category. This list is not Reese’s personal best but the ease that she completed it with and the dedication to pull off the feat at such an early hour shows her toughness.
Reese most recently competed on July 10 at the USPA Surf City Open in the Master’s 80+ division. She competed in the 125.4-pound division and completed an 82.6 pound bench press and a 203.9 pound deadlift.
Carrie Reese currently holds world records in the bench press and deadlift in her weight and age division. These were completed while competing in the World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters. Reese currently holds a personal best of a 91.5-pound raw bench press and 217.1-pound raw deadlift.
Reese began her powerlifting career at 74 but there is no end in sight. She made that clear in a recent interview with the Richmond Pulse.
“I intend to continue competing until I just drop dead. There’s no stop limit for me,” Reese said.
There is no limit for what a person can do with the right mindset and motivation. Carrie Reese clearly has both and that is why she has a chance to continue to take on big lifts at 84 years old. As long as she wants to do this, there will be plenty of viewers watching and gaining more and more admiration.
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