14-year-old Bubba Pritchett, the son of strongman veteran Jerry Pritchett, recently completed a 275-kilogram (600-pound) deadlift in training. The teenager showed that he had learned and applied his father’s knowledge well by performing this mammoth lift with the caption “World’s Strongest Teenager??”
The clip, which was posted on July 1, 2025, can be seen in the Instagram reel below:
While wearing a weight belt, Pritchett approached the barbell with a sumo stance and applied his lifting straps to the bar. He shifted to a conventional stance, rolling the barbell toward his legs to begin the pull.
Pritchett hitched multiple times after the barbell passed his knees, but he completed the lockout and stood tall for several seconds before returning the barbell to the floor. Hitching is legal in strongman contests, and the lift would almost certainly receive a green light from a strongman judge in a pro contest.
Pulling 600 pounds is considered an elite lift, and Pritchett did it before being eligible to get a driver’s license.
Pritchett’s famous strongman father once tied for the deadlift world record, pulling 465 kilograms (1,025 pounds) at the 2016 World Deadlift Championships. Eddie Hall eventually claimed the competition world record that same contest with his famous 500-kilogram lift.
Hafthor Björnsson pulled 501 kilograms in 2020 in a CoreSports event, which is considered the heaviest verified lift ever.
There is no known established teenage world record for the strongman version of the deadlift, but the younger Pritchett’s mammoth lift would be in the running if it were. This most recent lift is a 25-pound improvement from the 575-pound pull he posted on the same account in January 2025.
According to Open Powerlifting, Danny Saelam Barrett’s 270-kilogram deadlift in the Teen 13-15 category at the 2017 GPC-AUS QLD States is the all-time world record. However, that was performed in a sanctioned powerlifting meet where hitching is prohibited.
Other lifts Pritchett has shared include a 270-pound split jerk and a 250-pound log press, which his father is well-versed in. Hopefully, the teenage strength prodigy will continue to train and enter future competitions. The record books could be in danger.
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Featured Reel: @bubbapritchett_ on Instagram
