Watch Strongman Rob Kearney Take on 2 CrossFitters in a Deadlift Challenge
Following his recent attempt to break the record for fastest time performing the "Randy" WOD, strongman Rob Kearney—otherwise known as the "World's Strongest Gay"—just took on another physically demanding CrossFit challenge. In a recent video on former CrossFit Games champion Mat Fraser's HWPO channel, the five-time World's Strongest Man contender participated in a deadlifts-for-time competition against CrossFit athletes Mal O'Brien and Jake Marconi.
"Rob clearly has an astronomically high deadlift number," says Fraser, referring to Kearney's personal record of 970 pounds, and the fact that he pulled 805 pounds for 4 reps the day before. "So this is kind of a fun experiment."
Kearney, Marconi and O'Brien must each perform the following deadlift ladder in as quick a time as possible:
2 reps at 385 pounds
4 reps at 365 pounds
6 reps at 335 pounds
8 reps at 315 pounds
10 reps at 255 pounds
15 reps at 195 pounds
O'Brien, who was named the sport's Rookie of the Year in 2021, completes the workout first, and Marconi comes in second. Kearney finishes third.
"I don't think I would have gone any faster had I not deadlifted yesterday," says Kearney, acknowledging that this was a far higher volume workout than he is used to in terms of reps, even if the weight was lighter. "I actually like doing touch and go, time under tension wise. I feel like it's a lot more effective. I always get way more fried than doing dead stop reps."
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