{"id":22201,"date":"2026-06-12T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=22201"},"modified":"2026-06-12T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:46:00","slug":"s-c-powerlifter-holds-world-record-lifts-nearly-4-times-his-body-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=22201","title":{"rendered":"S.C. powerlifter holds world record, lifts nearly 4 times his body weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">SUMMERVILLE, S.C. \u2014 A man holds world records, wins international competitions and can lift nearly four times his body weight. Yet he still sees himself as just a guy with a hobby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lorenzo Wright has been powerlifting competitively for seven years. He holds the USA Powerlifting world record squat in his weight class at 795 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cA lot of people, they\u2019re kind of surprised because I\u2019m, I\u2019m about 5\u20329, 220, but I\u2019m not overly big. So when I tell them the numbers I do, they kind of get shocked,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">During the week, he works at his job in home health physical therapy. On the weekends, he\u2019s either training or traveling to participate in competitions around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen I was in Korea, I came in first in my weight class and then I won best lifter overall,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He competes in three disciplines: squat, bench press and deadlift. Though it is a competition, he said he\u2019s not focusing on the other lifters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen we\u2019re in competition, we\u2019re focused on hitting our numbers and when we do that, it puts pressure on everybody else, but we\u2019re not focused on everyone else. It\u2019s just beating what we did last time,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Wright said he tries not to think when his muscles are holding hundreds of pounds of weights in the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen I have all of that weight on my back, I try not to think about anything&#8230;and then when I have the lifting competition, I kind of just shut my brain off and let my body work,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">With all the awards and world titles, Wright still treats powerlifting as a hobby and recognizes that life balance is essential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSome days are long days and then I have to come in and train after that. Then of course make sure there\u2019s time for my family and friends and things I love to do other than powerlifting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Wright is continuing to train for his next competition, which will be in Chicago on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>Copyright 2026 WRDW\/WAGT. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrdw.com\/2026\/06\/12\/sc-powerlifter-holds-world-record-lifts-nearly-4-times-his-body-weight\/?outputType\\u003damp\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUMMERVILLE, S.C. \u2014 A man holds world records, wins international competitions and can lift nearly four times his body weight. Yet he still sees himself as just a guy with a hobby. Lorenzo Wright has been powerlifting competitively for seven years. 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