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Martin Taupau

New Zealand and Samoa rugby league international; NRL prop

5 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Martin Taupau deadlift

Martin Taupau's recorded deadlift is 310 kg. Source date: 2017-08-23. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at foxsports.com.au gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

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Manly Sea Eagles prop

Source quote and limits

“310kg”

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Nathan Ryan reports information supplied by the clubs. The lift date is unknown. This record uses the source first publication date, August 23, 2017. The page was updated on August 31, 2017. The named Sea Eagles paragraph explicitly identifies a one-repetition maximum. This later value is distinct from the 300 kg load in his 2015 interview.

2017
- Deadlift310 kg
  Max or PRManly Sea Eagles prop
  News report, foxsports.com.au2017-08-23medium confidence
  Quote and details
  “310kg”
  Bigger, faster, stronger: NRL’s greatest athletes from weightlifting to fitness testing
2015
- Deadlift300 kg
  Effort unknownNew Zealand rugby league forward, age 25
  Said in an interview, e-tangata.co.nz2015-12-06
  Quote and details
  “deadlift up to 300kg”
  Martin Taupau and the Kapow factorBodyweight 112 kg
- Deadlift260 kg × 2
  Working setWests Tigers forward, early 2015
  News report, foxsports.com.au2015-03-25medium confidence
  Quote and details
  “deadlifting 260kg twice and 240kg three times”
  Roosters’ Jared Waerea-Hargreaves claims NRL’s ‘Strongest Man’ title
- Deadlift240 kg × 3
  Working setWests Tigers forward, early 2015
  News report, foxsports.com.au2015-03-25medium confidence
  Quote and details
  “deadlifting 260kg twice and 240kg three times”
  Roosters’ Jared Waerea-Hargreaves claims NRL’s ‘Strongest Man’ title

Martin Taupau bench press

Martin Taupau's recorded bench press is 190 kg. Source date: 2015-12-06. The effort is unknown. The source at e-tangata.co.nz gives this mark. Source type: interview.

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New Zealand rugby league forward, age 25

Source quote and limits

“bench pressed 190kg”

Martin Taupau and the Kapow factor

Direct interview with Caley Wilson. Source publication date is used because the lift date is not stated. The interview gives current bodyweight 112 kg. Repetitions are not stated. Taupau separates these achieved loads from hypothetical future maxes, so effort stays unknown.

2015
- Bench press190 kg
  Effort unknownNew Zealand rugby league forward, age 25
  Said in an interview, e-tangata.co.nz2015-12-06
  Quote and details
  “bench pressed 190kg”
  Martin Taupau and the Kapow factorBodyweight 112 kg

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