633 Squat

2nd attempt Bench Miss

661 Pull

In a time when many lifters claim to be elite, few ever really fit that description. Jamie Lewis is one of the lifters who do! At the USPA North American Classic Raw Championship, Jamie went 633-325-661 for an incredible total of 1620 at 181! Back in 1973, the only time when American powerlifting was completely raw (not even wraps), a change was made to the lifter classifications. Numbers were were re-evaluated and the "Elite" Class was added. This was class was intended for those lifters that were so far ahead of the rest of the top lifters that they needed to be seperated... Only 2-3 lifters per class were to be called elite at any given time... At 181 1600 was considered elite and Jamie has done this several times now establishing himself as one of the best 181 pounders in the world. Here we have some footage of his recent result: