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A powerlifting couple celebrated their wedding day by deadlifting an enormous 253-pound barbell.
Zenna Hernandez, 27, married fiancee Lisa Yang, 28, in Brooklyn in September, and decided to commemorate the happy day with a very special weightlifting session.
The newlyweds approached the bar while still in their gowns, then used mixed grips – one hand on top and one hand below – to deadlift the weight three times.
Hernandez told Women’s Health magazine that the exercise was an important symbolic gesture for her and her new wife.
She said: ‘Individually, we are strong capable women, but together we are stronger.’
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And wedding photographer Eileen Meny was equally moved by the gesture, writing on Instagram: ‘You can light a unity candle, pour sand in a glass, or do a deadlift.
‘Huge advocate of doing your wedding your own way.’
Hernandez and Yang had to have someone help them take off their shoes before doing the lift.
The bar was placed on an oriental rug stationed on top of a mat to protect the dock they were standing on.
Both women are capable of lifting the weight individually, but say wearing their wedding gowns were too ‘poufy’ to pull the bar as close as they normally would, prompting them to opt for a lighter weight.
Hernandez and Yang met five years ago. The women were initially running fans, but Hernandez got her partner into CrossFit, which involves combining weights with cardiovascular fitness.
Yang was so enthused by the pastime that she and her wife now enter weightlifting competitions, NBC News reported.
source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/06/powerlifting-brides-celebrate-wedding-deadlifting-huge-barbell-11052735/
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