David Ricks has actually been an elite competitive powerlifter for nearly 4 years. At 21 years of age in 1981, he made his sanctioned debut at the United States Powerlifting Federation (USPF) Pennsylvania State Collegiate Championships where he posted a 637.5 kg/1,4054 pound overall in the -75 kg weight class.
78 events and 39 years later, Ricks most just recently completed this past March in the North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) Arnold Grand Prix in the -93 kg weight class, according to Open Powerlifting He completed as the runner-up with a overall of 785 kg/1,7306 pound.