Russel Orhii - 860kg @ 83kg | Powerlifting America Nationals 2024

Yesterday at Powerlifting America Nationals 2024, Russel Orhii made his return the the IPF affiliated stage, totalling 860kg to win the 83kg class. Watch all nine of Russ’s lifts, as well as an exclusive interview by King of the Lifts host, Ryan Lapadat, here.
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Russ’s KZbin: / @russelorhii
Commentary/Interview:
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Megan Scanlon: / megscanlift
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[@Blackbereh]

Another banger and crazy speed. Love the interviews at the end too. Would love to see him and Austin go head to head. Can’t wait to see you guys cover more classes from PA Nats

[@phamnghia2667]

Austin Perkins and Taylor Atwood beat him easily if they go up weight class.

[@kalashnikov47ful]

great video production love the interviews too

[@wolrdsstrongestdrummer]

This format is fantastic!!

[@deadliftconnoisseur]

Keep the content coming! Amazing work WLMedia

[@Jmoneypoprocks]

He is like this in person and brings people together. Pure Class.

[@Trept0n]

Looking forward to seeing Russ's fit at worlds

[@CamaraYungaStarJack]

Easy work for Russ! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@realcastironstrength]

great video well made

[@TonyMontananana]

These nationals were fckn serious. Insane.

[@Yajoy-kh3kc]

2:15 how is that camera angle useful for judging at all?

[@whitecrow902]

Only place you can put the camera while having 3 spotters I would guess.

[@DaDangerDen]

Goated

[@vthewongguy]

This sport is about to get exciting as heck

[@andrewgray3073]

Russ is that guy

[@beast22603]

GOAT

[@deeptanshuprakash38]

Russ is a goat for 83kg class

[@kidnamedshun4505]

Russels total difference from everyone else in the 83’s is unparalleled

[@jbibanezdude44]

185 should say second bench

[@jmlgiants]

Borenstein is his only comp and real soon too 👀

[@nefernoc4361]

If Joe's bulk pushes his squat into the 300s he's got a very good chance of getting close to Russ.

[@sushantgurung8584]

Perk going to out total this man at 74kg

[@LordKuufu]

How does it taste?

[@hehehehahaha3150]

? austin didn’t attempt his 3rd attempt. He is waiting for sheffield

[@zacharysurface8366]

Maybe

[@nefernoc4361]

How so? Perk can only beat Russel's Bench and not by much.Perk on a great day goes 325/205/345 so 865, Russ on a good day goes 340/200/350.Not saying that Perkins isn't the better lifter - which he obviously is - but unless something goes horribly wrong for Russ he ain't totalling more than him.

[@zacharysurface8366]

@@nefernoc4361 there’s still time for perk to improve though. Which he’s improved exponentially since usapl nats. He just didn’t take his last bench and dead’s cause he didn’t need to

[@arshaqtantu2062]

I think this stamps that Russ isn’t meant to be an 83 anymore and he shouldn’t be. His potential at 90-93 is just so much higher. He will leave the 83s before Joe Borenstein fills out the class and gives him a run.

[@judeclarke5934]

He had stated previously he hates being at 90+

[@nextlevel8771]

This stamps? Bro just hit an unofficial World record lmao what is this take. No one will be touching him for a while, they been saying this for years

[@minifrostylin]

I think he'd do some insane stuff at 93. Last time he only competed at 90 so he'd still have plenty of room to play with. But nobody will be close at 83. Dude just casually nuked the WR on a day where he was mostly knocking off meet day rust.

[@hashimiyazib]

@@judeclarke5934 As a guy about the same height as Russ, you just feel out of shape at 200+ lbs

[@arshaqtantu2062]

@@nextlevel8771not saying he still isn’t by far the best 83 but he’s going from hitting close to 780+ squat and 780+ deads in training to this. I just think it’s a waste for him to not be hitting those types of numbers in comp. If it’s the weight holding him back he should go up.

[@craigslistreply6544]

Now all I need is for john haack to return to IPF 83s

[@monojhqm]

Not possible 😂 he aint natty anymore

[@benvinke6141]

can he tho? hes very open about his drug use and i thought ipf was "drug free"

[@dummy9517]

Dang hehas a bigger deadlift than Ray Williams who competes in 120+

[@forestgirl4071]

So, the jury is allowed to overturn a red-lighted lift, not just 2 whites and red?

[@smh1733]

What kind of cycle do these guys run???

[@KingSpartan95]

Even with his cycle you wouldn't lift shit.

[@Dani.lifter]

MAKE A BOBB MATHEWS VIDEO

[@WhiteLightsMedia]

alright we did it

[@damiaankortenhorst4497]

are the usapl powerlifting rules different? i thought with squatting your quads needed to be horizontal, but thats clearly not the case here

[@geraldbraxton2555]

Y r they lookin at a damn screen to determine if he lifted correctly..?.. wtf..lmaooooo

[@shittysoulsplayer5038]

it’s like a slo-mo review to check depth. can be hard to tell in the moment

[@adrainawls]

He got 900 in the tank

[@bjslugzbeatz2103]

is this competition drug tested?

[@randomfacts1357]

Yes but drug tested doesn't mean drug free.

[@twbjr2]

Please correct the title, not”kg”

[@cyclobenchaprine]

?

[@KingSpartan95]

​@manccrud3868 we prefer pounds over Kg.

[@cyclobenchaprine]

@@KingSpartan95 not in this sport

[@KingSpartan95]

@manccrud3868 all my life i grew up measuring weight in lbs(pound), never learned how to measure in kg.

[@cyclobenchaprine]

@@KingSpartan95 all my life I’ve used kg but it’s not an issue because it’s easy to convert lbs in my head. Powerlifting uses kgs, sorry I think we’re on a tangent anyway, I suspect the original comment incorrectly assumed there’s a mistake in the title

[@powpow9401]

💉💉💉

[@Tyanator]

Eat clen, tren hard, test your limits, dbolish your goals, anavar give up. And dodge drug tests like the matrix. "Trinity.... help!"

[@kirconi1]

WADA should be closed, as they prove their uselessness with this ridiculousness in the ipf testing. Anyone who is familiar with the sport will confirm only by the appearance alone of the lifters that there is nothing natural in all this crap.

[@DaOtisElevator]

Prove it

[@theoneandonly1440]

Why do you care? Stop watching

[@Tyanator]

Uh oh don't trigger the powerliftards, they will do anything to hold onto the hope that these clowns are "natty" 🤣

[@lmc5955]

russ is great but he does too much sometimes, needs to humble himself a bit, hard to watch sometimes

[@timn4481]

i might be alone but i just want to see great athletes compete. i want to see the lifts. not at all interested in the interviews.

[@MR12AMAZING]

You do know you can just click off the video. It's at the end for a reason😂.

[@DaOtisElevator]

So don’t watch that part? Lmao wtf

[@rapetrane]

3rd squat was high clearly his fanbase and media influence helped him

[@nicokorkiamaki2991]

high as fuck

[@tristansaephan300]

Ong

[@theoneandonly1440]

I really wanna meet you people in real life that speak like this behind a phone. What on Earth was high about that?? You want his cheeks to touch the ground or some?

[@theoneandonly1440]

@@nicokorkiamaki2991 you show us how to lift it then

[@lmc5955]

@@theoneandonly1440 stop riding him, there is no hate but russ is known for squatting high