John Haack

John Haack is an American powerlifter and chemist. Haack is considered one of the greatest powerlifters of all time, arguably better than Ed Coan, along with being the greatest pound-for-pound powerlifter of the modern age. Haack is a multiple all-time world record-holder in multiple weight classes, and is considered the best in the world. He is the current world record holder in the raw (without knee wraps) 90 and 100 kilogram weight class.

He set the previous 82.5 kg world record of 907.5 kg on August 3, 2019, at the age of 26 at the Tribute powerlifting meet in San Antonio, Texas. For this total, he squatted 312.5 kg, bench pressed 232.5 kg, and deadlifted 362.5 kg. This total beat his own previous records of 890 kg (set April 20, 2019) and 875 kg (set December 15, 2018). The previous record holder in this weight class was Maliek Derstine, with a total of 862.5 kg on January 23, 2016.

Haack is also the world record holder in the raw (without knee wraps) 90 kilogram weight class. He broke the previous record for his first time on January 19, 2020, with a total of 932.5 kg (327.5 kg squat, 237.5 kg bench press, 367.5 kg deadlift), beating the previous record of 922.5 kg set by Jesse Norris on November 7, 2015. On September 25 of 2021, Haack set a record in the 90 kilogram weight class, managing a raw, sleeved total of 1005.5kg (340 kg squat, 263 kg bench press, 402.5 kg deadlift). This record set by Haack also managed to beat the raw, sleeved records of the 100 kilograms (972.5kg) by Yury Belkin and 110 kilograms (1,000 kg) by Jamal Browner above him.

Before switching to the USPA (United States powerlifting association), he was the 2016 International Powerlifting Federation (the major drug-tested powerlifting organization worldwide) world champion in the classic (raw without wraps) 83 kg weight class, beating multiple IPF world champion Brett Gibbs with an IPF world record total of 813 kg (298 kg squat, 200 kg bench, 315 kg deadlift). This IPF world record has since been beaten by Brett Gibbs in the 2018 IPF world championships with a total of 830.5 kg and by Russel Orhii with a total of 833 kg in the 2019 IPF world championships.

On September 25t, 2021, Haack totaled 1005.5 kg for a new world record. On September 24, 2022, Haack became the first man in the 100-kilogram weight class to successfully eclipse a 600-pound bench press in competition, benching 272.5 kg.

In 2022, at the WRPF American Pro, Haack set a new record at the 89 kilogram weight class (raw). He totaled 1022 kilograms (2254.2 pounds). For this total, he squatted 345 kg (760.6 lb), benched 267.5 kg (589.7 lb), and deadlifted 410 kg (903.9 lb).

John Haack- 2023 Strongman debut On July 23, 2023, Haack finished third place in Lytham St. Annes, England, during the 2023 U90KG Kaos Classic. For the event, Max Log Press- 130 kg (286.6 lbs) 11th place Axle Deadlift- 10 repetitions of 290kg (639.3 lbs) Second Place Husafell Distance- 65.90 meters (216.2 ft) Third Place Farmer's Carry- 27.09 seconds Fourth Place Yoke Into Sandbag Load- 21.26 seconds 15th place Power Stairs- 27.92 seconds First Place