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{{Short description|Strength training equipment and barbell used for the deadlift}} {{Short description|Strength training barbell used for deadlift}}
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'''Elephant bar''' is a ] developed by ] which is specifically used for the ] raw ].<ref name="terry">{{cite web|url=https://www.roguefitness.com/theindex/equipment/making-the-elephant-bar-and-deep-dish-plates-2016-arnold-strongman-classic?srsltid=AfmBOoqRyDnr-4aJsAcYaWeuU8S63V8KiFjC1-pDo3gOWjm7IcYD6Hwo |title=Making The Rogue Elephant Bar & Deep Dish Plates |author=Dr. Terry Todd |website=www.roguefitness.com |access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> It was first created in 2016 by ], the director of the ]. The bar is known for being {{cvt|10|ft|2|}} long<ref name="rules">{{cite journal |title=ELEPHANT BAR DEADLIFT |journal=Rogue Record Breakers |date=February 2016 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=7–8 |url=https://www.roguefitness.com/theindex/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RRB-Event-7.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoq4i_C5m0ZNcdPm82yfnO45w8pSKPpL2ciapmaIjBc7qLTsldsw}}</ref> and made from 200,000 ] tensile strength stainless steel,<ref name="popsci">{{cite web|url =https://www.popsci.com/rogue-elephant-bar-deadlift-barbell/ |title =Building a barbell for 1,000 pound deadlifts takes careful engineering and lots of testing |first =Stan |last =Horaczek|website =Popular Science |date =January 19, 2019}}</ref> making it bend more and whip while the deadlift is being performed.<ref name="Fitnessvolt">{{cite web|url =https://fitnessvolt.com/hafthor-bjornsson-501-kg-elephant-bar-raw-deadlift-2025-arnold-strongman-classic/ |title =Hafthor Bjornsson accepts $101,000 challenge to Lift 501-kg (1,104.5-lb) Elephant Bar Raw Deadlift at 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic |first =Vedad |last =Tabakovic |website =www.fitnessvolt.com |date =January 12, 2025}}</ref> The '''elephant bar''' is a ] developed by ] which is specifically used for the ] raw ].<ref name="terry">{{cite web|url=https://www.roguefitness.com/theindex/equipment/making-the-elephant-bar-and-deep-dish-plates-2016-arnold-strongman-classic?srsltid=AfmBOoqRyDnr-4aJsAcYaWeuU8S63V8KiFjC1-pDo3gOWjm7IcYD6Hwo |title=Making The Rogue Elephant Bar & Deep Dish Plates |author=Terry Todd |website=roguefitness.com |access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> It was first created in 2016 by ], the director of the ]. The bar is known for being {{cvt|10|ft|2|}} long<ref name="rules">{{cite journal |title=Elephant bar deadlift |journal=Rogue Record Breakers |date=February 2016 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=7–8 |url=https://www.roguefitness.com/theindex/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RRB-Event-7.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoq4i_C5m0ZNcdPm82yfnO45w8pSKPpL2ciapmaIjBc7qLTsldsw}}</ref> and made from 200,000 ] tensile strength stainless steel,<ref name="popsci">{{cite web|url =https://www.popsci.com/rogue-elephant-bar-deadlift-barbell/ |title =Building a barbell for 1,000 pound deadlifts takes careful engineering and lots of testing |first =Stan |last =Horaczek|website =Popular Science |date =19 January 2019}}</ref> making it bend more and whip while the deadlift is being performed.<ref name="Fitnessvolt">{{cite web|url =https://fitnessvolt.com/hafthor-bjornsson-501-kg-elephant-bar-raw-deadlift-2025-arnold-strongman-classic/ |title =Hafthor Bjornsson accepts $101,000 challenge to Lift 501-kg (1,104.5-lb) Elephant Bar Raw Deadlift at 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic |first =Vedad |last =Tabakovic |website=fitnessvolt.com |date =12 January 2025}}</ref>


==Elephant bar deadlift== ==Elephant bar deadlift==
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:→ ''It is also the current all-time strongman raw world record irrespective of the bar.<br>{{small|Note: In strongman, a raw deadlift is a lift performed without the use of any deadlift suit or power brief.}}''<ref name="Fitnessvolt"/><ref name="barbend1"/> :→ ''It is also the current all-time strongman raw world record irrespective of the bar.<br>{{small|Note: In strongman, a raw deadlift is a lift performed without the use of any deadlift suit or power brief.}}''<ref name="Fitnessvolt"/><ref name="barbend1"/>


=== Heaviest lifts in history === ===Heaviest lifts in history===
Only 5 men have deadlifted 1,000 lb raw, using the elephant bar and below table summarizes all the occasions it happened. Only 5 men have deadlifted 1,000 lb raw, using the elephant bar and below table summarizes all the occasions it happened.
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|{{convert|474.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} ] || {{small|2019 ASC}} || {{small|World Record}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDdi_iyVM0&t=2s |title=2019 Arnold Strongman Classic - Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift Highlights |author=Rogue Fitness for ASC |website=YouTube.com |date=4 March 2019 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> |{{convert|474.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} ] || {{small|2019 ASC}} || {{small|World Record}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDdi_iyVM0&t=2s |title=2019 Arnold Strongman Classic - Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift Highlights |author=Rogue Fitness for ASC |website=YouTube.com |date=4 March 2019 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref>
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|{{convert|472|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} ] || {{small|2018 ASC}} || {{small|Former World Record}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M04f7hdBWko&t=15s |title=2018 Arnold Strongman Classic - Deadlift Highlights - 8K |author=Rogue Fitness for ASC |website=YouTube.com |date=5 March 2018 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> |{{convert|472|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson || {{small|2018 ASC}} || {{small|Former World Record}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M04f7hdBWko&t=15s |title=2018 Arnold Strongman Classic - Deadlift Highlights - 8K |author=Rogue Fitness for ASC |website=YouTube.com |date=5 March 2018 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref>
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|{{convert|467.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|USA}} ] || {{small|2017 ASC}} || {{small|Former World Record, performed outside the allocated 3 attempts}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYnV3NrhQp0 |title=Jerry Pritchett 1031lbs Elephant Bar World Deadlift record! |author=Jerry Pritchett |website=YouTube.com |date=5 March 2017 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> |{{convert|467.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|USA}} ] || {{small|2017 ASC}} || {{small|Former World Record, performed outside the allocated 3 attempts}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYnV3NrhQp0 |title=Jerry Pritchett 1031lbs Elephant Bar World Deadlift record! |author=Jerry Pritchett |website=YouTube.com |date=5 March 2017 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref>
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|{{convert|465.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} ] || {{small|2020 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2020asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=206 |title=2020 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=www.strongmanarchives.com|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> |{{convert|465.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson || {{small|2020 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2020asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=206 |title=2020 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=strongmanarchives.com|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
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|{{convert|465|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|GBR}} ] || {{small|2016 ASC}} || {{small|Former World Record. It was done using figure 8 straps}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kE7bzveF2s |title=The Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift — 2016 Arnold Strongman Classic |author=Rogue Fitness for ASC |website=YouTube.com |date=6 March 2016 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> |{{convert|465|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|GBR}} ] || {{small|2016 ASC}} || {{small|Former World Record. It was done using figure 8 straps}} ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kE7bzveF2s |title=The Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift — 2016 Arnold Strongman Classic |author=Rogue Fitness for ASC |website=YouTube.com |date=6 March 2016 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref>
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|rowspan="3"|{{convert|463|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|USA}} ] || {{small|2016 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2016asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=210 |title=2016 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=www.strongmanarchives.com|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|{{convert|463|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|USA}} ] || {{small|2016 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2016asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=210 |title=2016 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=strongmanarchives.com|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|CAN}} ] || {{small|2018 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2018asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=208 |title=2018 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=www.strongmanarchives.com|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> |{{flagicon|CAN}} ] || {{small|2018 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2018asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=208 |title=2018 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=strongmanarchives.com|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|USA}} ] || {{small|2019 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2019asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=207 |title=2019 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=www.strongmanarchives.com|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> |{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Shaw || {{small|2019 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2019asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=207 |title=2019 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=strongmanarchives.com|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
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|{{convert|461|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|USA}} ] || {{small|2018 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2018asc"/> |{{convert|461|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Shaw || {{small|2018 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2018asc"/>
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|{{convert|458.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} ] || {{small|2018 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2018asc"/> |{{convert|458.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson || {{small|2018 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2018asc"/>
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|{{convert|456.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} ] || {{small|2024 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2024asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=1458 |title=2024 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=www.strongmanarchives.com|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> |{{convert|456.5|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|ISL}} Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson || {{small|2024 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2024asc">{{Cite web|url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=1458 |title=2024 Arnold Strongman Classic |website=strongmanarchives.com|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>
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|{{convert|456|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|USA}} ] || {{small|2016 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2016asc"/> |{{convert|456|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} || {{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Pritchett || {{small|2016 ASC}} || ||<ref name="2016asc"/>
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== See also == ==See also==
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Latest revision as of 00:24, 15 January 2025

Strength training barbell used for deadlift

The elephant bar is a barbell developed by Rogue Fitness which is specifically used for the strongman raw deadlift. It was first created in 2016 by Terry Todd, the director of the Arnold Strongman Classic. The bar is known for being 10 ft (3.05 m) long and made from 200,000 psi tensile strength stainless steel, making it bend more and whip while the deadlift is being performed.

Elephant bar deadlift

Since its inception in 2016 Arnold Strongman Classic, the Elephant bar deadlift has been featured 8 times at the Arnold Strongman Classic and the Rogue Invitational. The event uses specially designed Arnold Schwarzenegger inscribed 2-inch thick deep dish stainless steel weight plates which allow the bar height to remain at the standard 9 inches off the floor. The rules state that no deadlift suits are allowed hence the lift should be performed raw. The event also allows only standard weightlifting straps and prohibits the use of figure of 8 straps.

Throughout the years, it became one of the most iconic an internationally recognized deadlift events in strongman history.

World record

→ It is also the current all-time strongman raw world record irrespective of the bar.
Note: In strongman, a raw deadlift is a lift performed without the use of any deadlift suit or power brief.

Heaviest lifts in history

Only 5 men have deadlifted 1,000 lb raw, using the elephant bar and below table summarizes all the occasions it happened.

Weight Athlete Event Remarks Ref.
474.5 kg (1,046 lb) Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2019 ASC World Record
472 kg (1,041 lb) Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2018 ASC Former World Record
467.5 kg (1,031 lb) United States Jerry Pritchett 2017 ASC Former World Record, performed outside the allocated 3 attempts
465.5 kg (1,026 lb) Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2020 ASC
465 kg (1,025 lb) United Kingdom Eddie Hall 2016 ASC Former World Record. It was done using figure 8 straps
463 kg (1,021 lb) United States Brian Shaw 2016 ASC
Canada Jean-François Caron 2018 ASC
United States Brian Shaw 2019 ASC
461 kg (1,016 lb) United States Brian Shaw 2018 ASC
458.5 kg (1,011 lb) Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2018 ASC
456.5 kg (1,006 lb) Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2024 ASC
456 kg (1,005 lb) United States Jerry Pritchett 2016 ASC

See also

References

  1. Terry Todd. "Making The Rogue Elephant Bar & Deep Dish Plates". roguefitness.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Elephant bar deadlift" (PDF). Rogue Record Breakers. 1 (1): 7–8. February 2016.
  3. Horaczek, Stan (19 January 2019). "Building a barbell for 1,000 pound deadlifts takes careful engineering and lots of testing". Popular Science.
  4. ^ Tabakovic, Vedad (12 January 2025). "Hafthor Bjornsson accepts $101,000 challenge to Lift 501-kg (1,104.5-lb) Elephant Bar Raw Deadlift at 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic". fitnessvolt.com.
  5. ^ "Should An Elephant Bar Deadlift Record Count, by Kalle Beck". www.barbend.com. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  6. "2019 Arnold Strongman Classic". YouTube. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. Rogue Fitness for ASC (4 March 2019). "2019 Arnold Strongman Classic - Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift Highlights". YouTube.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  8. Rogue Fitness for ASC (5 March 2018). "2018 Arnold Strongman Classic - Deadlift Highlights - 8K". YouTube.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  9. Jerry Pritchett (5 March 2017). "Jerry Pritchett 1031lbs Elephant Bar World Deadlift record!". YouTube.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  10. "2020 Arnold Strongman Classic". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. Rogue Fitness for ASC (6 March 2016). "The Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift — 2016 Arnold Strongman Classic". YouTube.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  12. ^ "2016 Arnold Strongman Classic". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  13. ^ "2018 Arnold Strongman Classic". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  14. "2019 Arnold Strongman Classic". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  15. "2024 Arnold Strongman Classic". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

Notes:

  1. However, the organizers of the event deviated from this rule in 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic, where they allowed the athletes to wear 'power briefs', hence the lifts from that year are not considered raw.
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