Watch: Lya Bavoil Smashes Big Three Lifts In First Meet of 2020

Young French powerlifter Lya Bavoil is known to put some impressive numbers, especially at a 139lb/63kg bodyweight. She’s won the European Championships last year and in July, deadlifted 3.5x her bodyweight with 496lbs in a mock meet. She also holds world records both officially and unofficially, and at just 26 years old, she’s just getting started.

Her hard work has really paid off which was evident in her first meet of 2020 of which she put up incredible numbers at the Silent Worker meet over the weekend. She totaled 542.5kg/1196 lbs weighing 64kg/141 lbs and we provided her meet numbers in bullet points below.

“🔥 542,5 kg / 1196 lbs at 64 kg / 141 lbs BW”

Big three lifts:

Squat : 210 kg / 463 lbs
Bench : 112,5 kg / 248 lb
Deadlift : 220 kg / 485 lbs

You can watch her performances below…

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Amazing performance by Lya Bavoil!!! Squat : 210 kg / 463 lbs Bench : 112,5 kg / 248 lb Deadlift : 220 kg / 485 lbs #Repost from @lya_powerlift • 🔥 542,5 kg / 1196 lbs at 64 kg / 141 lbs BW . Squat : 210 kg / 463 lbs Bench : 112,5 kg / 248 lb Deadlift : 220 kg / 485 lbs . 1ère compétition officielle de cette année 2020 au @_silentworker meet ! J’aimerais revenir sur cette prépa et compétition car encore une fois malgré le fait que cela fasse 5 ans que je sois dans la force, j’ai encore appris. Ça a été une prépa compliquée avec une énorme baisse de performances, une blessure au psoas et une énorme fatigue tant physique que mentale. Jusqu’au dernier moment, je me suis demandée si j’allais faire la compétition car je ne me sentais ni prête ni en confiance. Mais c’est pas sans compter sur mon coach @thepanash qui m’a rappelé que toutes les prépas ne se passent pas toujours comme on le souhaite et qu’il faut apprendre à le gérer car cela pourra arriver sur une échéance internationale. Que l’échéance sera là quoi qu’il arrive. Que je ne ne serais peut-être pas à 100 % de mes capacités mais qu’il faudra tout de même donner mon 100 % du jour au moment T ! Pour être honnête, ce jour là je ne croyais pas en moi, j’ai douté de mes capacités, je ne pensais même pas squatter 200 ni bencher 110. C’est dans ces moments là que je remercie d’être si bien entourée par des personnes qui me poussent au quotidien, qui me rappellent ce dont je suis capable, qui croient en moi quand moi je n’en suis plus capable ♥️ Ce meet a été pour moi une belle leçon, un nouvel apprentissage. On est parfois plus fort qu’on ne le pense, que ce n’est pas parce qu’une prépa se passe mal que le meet sera catastrophique , que le mindset est si important et que quoi qu’il arrive, il faut donner 100 % de ce qu’on a le jour J même si ce n’est pas le 100 % de ce dont on est capable habituellement. Je tiens aussi à remercier @kedrictsg qui me suit maintenant depuis quelques mois pour ma nutrition et qui est aussi un soutien infaillible ♥️ Merci à mes sponsors @sbdapparel et @denovosupps qui sont toujours d’un énorme soutien. Et enfin merci à vous tous pour vos messages d’encouragement, de soutien, à ceu

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We also translated the following message that she shared in the post. It really shows how driven she is to reach her full potential despite having to overcome adversity and some unfortunate circumstances that she has experienced recently.

“1st official competition of this year 2020 at @_silentworker meet! I would like to come back to this preparation and competition because once again despite the fact that it’s been 5 years since I’ve been in the force, I still learned. It has been a complicated preparation with a huge drop in performance, a psoas injury and a huge physical and mental fatigue.”

“Until the last moment I wondered if I was going to compete because I didn’t feel ready or confident. But my coach @thepanash reminded me that not all preps go the way you want and that you have to learn how to manage it because it could happen on an international deadline. That the deadline will be there no matter what happens. That I might not be at 100% of my capacity but that I will still have to give my 100% of the day at time T! To be honest, that day I didn’t believe in myself, I doubted my abilities, I didn’t even think of squatting 200 or tipping 110.”

“It’s in these moments that I thank to be so well surrounded by people who push me every day, who remind me of what I am capable of, who believe in me when I am no longer able ♥️ This meeting was for me a beautiful lesson, a new learning experience. Sometimes you are stronger than you think, that it’s not because a preparation goes wrong that the meeting will be catastrophic, that the mindset is so important and that whatever happens, you have to give 100% of what you have on the day even if it’s not 100% of what you’re usually capable of.”

“I would also like to thank @kedrictsg who has been following me for a few months now for my nutrition and who is also an infallible support ♥️ Thanks to my sponsors @sbdapparel and @denovosupps who are always a huge support. And finally, thank you all for your messages of encouragement, support, etc….”

Lya Bavoil is really proving that she’s one of the best powerlifters in the world and we’re confident she’s only get better from here.