A nine year-old has gone viral for massive deadlift at the Arnold

Jack McLaughlin

The Arnold Sports Festival is no stranger to compelling feats of strength, but a nine year old may have taken the cake in terms of eye-catching achievements at this year’s event, and she’s going viral because of it.

During the festival, which took place March 6-7, Lucy Milgrim, a 9 year-old from Bellmore, New York, pulled off a personal best deadlift of 180 pounds, which is more than many adults can muster.

You can check out a video of her deadlift, which includes a whole lot fo Milgrim hyping herself up for the hoist, below.

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“New PR at The Arnold! With sincere appreciation to our amazing sponsor @cardilloweightbelts, @anc_boston for his talent and time that went into creating the artwork on my belt, and gratitude to @lexenxtremepowerlifting for the invite to lift,” a post on Milgrim’s Instagram account (which is run by her parents) reads.

In case you were wondering, Milgrim is also an accomplished wrestler. She recently included a video of her taking down an opponent on her social meia pages.

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