WATCH: 18-Year-Old High School Student Squats 1005 Pounds Equipped

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Joseph Pena Squats

Joseph Peña Texas high school senior made a name for himself, and impressed even the most hardcore powerlifters, when he broke the junior and sub-junior world record with an 805-pound squat at the last year World Powerlifting Championships in Killeen, Texas.

The 18-year-old Joseph is showing off his ridiculous strength yet again in a new video posted to his Instagram account. In the video, Peña squats 1,005 pounds (455.9kg) wearing just a single-ply squatting suit and a lifting belt.

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But racking up powerlifting accolades is not the only item on Peña’s to-do list, he is also a rising football star in pursuit of a college scholarship and if he’s already squatting over 800 pounds as a teen, this athlete has a seriously bright future ahead of him in the sport.

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