Career
Bolton has since competed in the WPO/WPC. He is the current World Powerlifting Organization "world record holder" in the total (1273 kg/2806 lb). Bolton also holds the current WPO world records in the squat (5505 kg/1213 lb) and was the previous holder of the deadlift (4575 kg/10086 lb), and was the first to demonstrate a deadlift of over a thousand pounds. Bolton has also competed in strongman contests.
Powerlifting official competition records:
equipped
Squat - 1213 lbs/550.5 kg
Bench Press - 771 lbs/350 kg
- 1008.6 lbs/457.5 kg
raw
Bench Press - 600.8 lbs/272.5 kg raw
- 964.5 lbs/437.5 kg
Bolton is best known for being the first man to lift a 1,000 pounds deadlift (equipped) in a powerlifting competition.
Bolton appeared in October 2010 at Elizabethtown High School at "The Night of the Living Dead" deadlift competition where he deadlifted 964.5 lbs raw in only a pair of pants and a striking pair of socks. In 2012, Bolton published a deadlift training book Dynamite in collaboration with Pavel Tsatsouline.
