We last covered Yangsu Ren a little over five months ago when we interviewed him about his training routine. At that time he was building to the short term target of a 370kg (815lb) deadlift and a long term goal of a 388kg (855lb) deadlift.
Well, it appears that his choice to take 2019 off from competition to heal from lumbar induced sciatica and perfect his new technique is paying off in a big way. Check out this gigantic 379kg (835lb) sumo deadlift with straps that Ren, who competes in the -83kg weight class,