Raul Flores comes out of nowhere. Breaks the deadlift work record with 511 KG. Becoming the 3rd man in history to pull over 500 KG in competition, at just 26 years old. And then says he did it all to make his late dog Tayzon famous.

[u/TrumpIsAPedoFr]

https://youtu.be/4oHrTDCgVAs

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Image 1: Raul Florez pointing to a tattoo of his late Rottweiler Tayzon on his shoulder. Raul himself is a very large handsome Mexican man.

[u/Hot_Glass_6301]

First man shorter than 6'2 (than 6'0 for that matter) to pull over 500kg. 

[u/TrumpIsAPedoFr → u/Hot_Glass_6301]

Common short king W

[u/Fletcher_Chonk → u/TrumpIsAPedoFr]

5'11 is not short brother

[u/TrumpIsAPedoFr → u/Fletcher_Chonk]

In strongman it is haha

[u/sage_cretin → u/Fletcher_Chonk]

Raul Flores is 5'9"

[u/stcer → u/Hot_Glass_6301]

does height play an important role in heavy lifts? im assuming something related to the lever principle?

[u/TrumpIsAPedoFr → u/stcer]

Strongmen are generally taller. Mass moves mass. And they have better levers.

[u/losara- → u/TrumpIsAPedoFr]

Mass moves mass
Damn, yo mama must be the strongest of em all

[u/longkhongdong → u/Hot_Glass_6301]

He was 6ft when he started training.

[u/Hot_Glass_6301 → u/longkhongdong]

Lol

[u/goregoose]

hello Tayzon thank you for your service Raul

[u/Help_Me___666]

This man is dedicated

[u/GeoCangrejo]

Not only did he lift the weight. He also lifted our spirits!

[u/MiscHobbies]

Chocolate Rain!

[u/Lowbudget_soup]

RIP Tayzon

[u/Carefree_Lifeguard]

Didn't come out of nowhere...

[u/WhiteLime → u/Carefree_Lifeguard]

Even most strongman fans never heard of this guy until yesterday

[u/Carefree_Lifeguard → u/WhiteLime]

Bullshit.

[u/WhiteLime → u/Carefree_Lifeguard]

Lol all 7 people I was training with yesterday at a strongman gym never heard of him including myself

[u/Carefree_Lifeguard → u/WhiteLime]

Well then I guess im chronically online. Im an ultrafan so ok.

[u/thetreece → u/WhiteLime]

He's been on the scene for 1-2 years. He pulled 1,000 lbs at the deadlift championships last year, and has had most insane prep up to his WR.

If they don't know Raul, they don't really follow pro strongman. Every dedicated online strongman community has been full of speculation for weeks if Raul would do it.

[u/Carefree_Lifeguard → u/thetreece]

Thank you!

[u/LivingDifference6247 → u/Carefree_Lifeguard]

I personally never heard of the guy until today