UK powerlifter Nonso Chinye is only 19 years old but is already making a name for himself in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). With only two years of competition experience, he already has a world title.
Chinye shared a training update to his Instagram page on Aug. 15, 2024, which gave insight into his progress and ambitions. His best deadlift on the platform so far is 375.5 kilograms, but this mammoth 400-kilogram pull demonstrates the trajectory that this young lifter is on:
Chinye shared his warm-up weights, as well as the top single, and here’s how they went:
- 170 kilograms
- 220 kilograms
- 270 kilograms
- 320 kilograms
- 365 kilograms
- 400 kilograms
Chinye deadlifts with a conventional stance, with the grip inside the foot placement. He also uses a lifting belt to aid intra-abdominal pressure. While the warm-up singles moved easily, the 400-kilogram lift was pretty slow. However, the velocity was consistent throughout the lift, and there was no struggle at lockout, as is often the case with conventional deadlifts.
It’s still not the heaviest ever, so it’s not good enough.
Chinye also shared footage from all three lifts, although it’s unclear whether they were achieved as part of an SBD day or over the course of the week. Regardless, his numbers were astounding:
- Squat — 340 kilograms
- Bench Press — 215 kilograms
- Deadlift — 400 kilograms — 21.5 kilograms over the IPF Junior World Record
- Total — 955 kilograms — 29 kilograms over the IPF Junior World Record
Chinye has already seen success at the highest level. In his first year of competing, he won the silver medal at the 2022 IPF Junior World Championships (JWC), competing in the sub-Junior (ages 14-18) 105KG class.
However, as he had to cut significant weight for this class, he moved to the 120KG class immediately after this contest. Remarkably, he weighed in four months later at a body weight over 13 kilograms higher.
At his second JWC in 2023, Chinye secured the gold medal. Less than two months later, he went on to win the 2023 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) Junior European Championships, a fantastic way to end his final year as a sub-junior.
Chinye has already broken sub-junior world records 13 times in his short career and still holds the sub-junior squat, deadlift, and total world records in the 120KG class. Now that he has aged out of the sub-Juniors, he has his sights set on a new batch of records and has hinted that he is aiming for the open records and the Juniors.
Chinye will compete at the 2024 IPF JWC in Malta on Sept. 8, 2024. He is nominated in second place, seven kilograms behind rival Jayden Edwards. However, judging from Chinye’s training videos, he is around 50 kilograms ahead of these nominations. If he can replicate his training numbers on the platform, he will be a dominant force in the Juniors.
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Featured image: @nojo.fitness on Instagram
