{"id":18871,"date":"2026-04-24T09:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=18871"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:13:20","slug":"bellmore-fourth-grader-is-a-record-setting-powerlifting-prodigy-and-them-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=18871","title":{"rendered":"Bellmore fourth grader is a record-setting powerlifting prodigy \u2014 and them some"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Fame at age 10 is an easy lift for bodybuilder Lucy Milgrim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne time, a kid picked up my backpack, and they were like, \u2018It\u2019s heavy,\u2019 \u201d the Bellmore fourth grader with close to 200,000 social media followers told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI picked it up, and it felt like less than an ounce,\u201d added Milgrim, who can safely deadlift a youth record 180 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The 4-foot-2, near-60-pound prodigy has been a fitness jack-of-all-trades since swinging from the monkey bars as a tot and, moments later, shocking her family by climbing the structures of another set of playground equipment to its top.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fourth grader Lucy Milgrim, 10, lift weights in the garage of her home. <span class=\"credit\">Heather Khalifa for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe noticed right from there that she had an innate strength,\u201d said her father, Brett, a former W.T. Clarke High School coach in East Meadow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce we started teaching the technique, everything just seemed very light for her, and she progressed very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Milgrim also holds USA Powerlifting records for squatting 131 pounds, and benching 74 pounds, in addition to competing in club wrestling and fighting in MMA. She set the American deadlift milestone at the recent Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love doing the powerlifting tournaments because I can do my makeup, but I can\u2019t when I wrestle,\u201d said the bubbly tween.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love putting on makeup and doing my hair pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Built differently<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>She has a home gym in her garage, a wrestling room in the basement, and follows a weekly training regimen with her dad and her sixth-grade brother, Louis. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLouis lifts with Lucy as well,\u201d said Brett, adding that the two can\u2019t yet spar with each other because of a fiery sibling rivalry. \u201cSunday is the family workout day.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fourth grader Lucy Milgrim, 10, wrestles with her brother in a garage gym at her home. <span class=\"credit\">Heather Khalifa for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Younger siblings Anna and Marcus are doing light exercises, such as push-ups, during that time.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy first fell in love with powerlifting after seeing her dad and mom, Michelle, a dietitian, constantly working out. They got her started on some light exercises, and she was hooked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the weights got heavier, and I started getting more excited about it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy\u2019s focus is \u201con form and posture\u201d as she continues to grow well ahead of the curve for her age, according to her dad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not really trying to have her go heavy every week,\u201d Brett said, adding an extreme emphasis on safety over vanity.<\/p>\n<p>As it is, Lucy hits the weights only once a week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we do is we kind of go to somewhere around 50 percent or 60 percent of her max. We\u2019ll do clean reps and work on the technical aspect of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fourth grader Lucy Milgrim works out in the garage in her family\u2019s home as her dad, Brett, looks on. <span class=\"credit\">Heather Khalifa for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also trains with former bronze Olympic medalist Vougar Oroudjov of Azerbaijan, who, according to the young girl, said she is \u201chis ticket back to the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m not wrestling, five days a week I go to Jiu-Jitsu,\u201d she said. \u201cOr sometimes I do MMA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working on closer-in punches because my arms are shorter, so when I go closer, I have more power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milgrim also commonly practices with older wrestlers in higher weight classes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s heavier, and it\u2019s tough. It\u2019s competitive,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I can still score in them a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Strength in numbers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lucy\u2019s mom began sharing her athletic journey online about a year ago, when the elementary schooler became competitive with fitness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a social media perspective, so many followers are so inspired by her,\u201d said Michelle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fourth grader Lucy Milgrim, 10, takes a break between lifting weights in her garage. <span class=\"credit\">Heather Khalifa for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible to see. I get all the comments and read them. They\u2019re really amazing from adults and kids alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy boasted that kids in Louis\u2019 grade are now motivated to hit the gym \u2014 thanks to her presence both online and in school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever I go to lunch, they\u2019re always going to art class. So they\u2019re always in the halls like, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s Lucy!\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now the Bellmore behemoth is focusing on getting stronger every day as she aspires to beat some of her dad\u2019s lifting records, like a 460-pound squat, 320-pound bench and 515-pound deadlift.<\/p>\n<p>More than that, Lucy wants to represent the stars and stripes on the world\u2019s biggest stages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to be an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling \u2014 and open my own wrestling club.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/23\/sports\/bellmore-fourth-grader-is-a-record-setting-powerlifting-prodigy-and-them-some\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fame at age 10 is an easy lift for bodybuilder Lucy Milgrim. \u201cOne time, a kid picked up my backpack, and they were like, \u2018It\u2019s heavy,\u2019 \u201d the Bellmore fourth grader with close to 200,000 social media followers told The Post. \u201cI picked it up, and it felt like less than an ounce,\u201d added Milgrim, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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