Trey Mitchell (strongman)

Mitchell was born on July 16, 1993, and started strength training for football at high school.^[3] He then entered his first strength contest in Houston in 2012^[3] and gradually excelled in the sport, winning America's Strongest Man in Long Beach, California in 2018.^[3]

Mitchell won the second and third editions of the Shaw Classic (before it was rebranded as the Strongest Man on Earth) in 2021 and 2022, beating fields including several former World's Strongest Man winners and other top-level international competitors.^[4] In 2022, he placed 2nd at the 2022 Rogue Invitational.

He placed fourth in the 2023 events in both the Arnold Strongman Classic and World's Strongest Man.^[5][6] He also won the 2023 North America's Strongest Man competition.^[7]

At the 2024 Giants Live World Deadlift Championships, Mitchell completed a 470 kg (1,036 lb) deadlift. Although the competition allowed for the use of a suit, he competed raw with only straps and a belt. It broke the world record for the heaviest raw deadlift on a deadlift bar in strongman history held by Jerry Pritchett and also earned Mitchell the new American deadlift record irrespective of the use of a suit.

• Deadlift (Raw with straps) – 470 kg (1,036 lb) (2024 Giants Live USA Strongman Championships) (Standard bar Strongman Raw world record)^[8]
• Elephant bar Deadlift (Raw with straps) – 445 kg (981 lb) (2025 Arnold Strongman Classic)
• Trap bar Deadlift (from 12 inches) – 475 kg (1,047 lb) (2025 Strongest Man on Earth)
• Deadlift (for reps) – 400 kg (882 lb) x 3 reps (2026 World's Strongest Man)
• Axle bar Deadlift with globes (for reps) (raw with straps) – 350 kg (772 lb) x 10 reps (2025 Giants Live Strongman Classic) (World Record)^[8]
• Double T Squat – 388 kg (855 lb) (equipped) (2022 Arnold Strongman Classic)
• Giant Barbell Squat (for reps) – 340 kg (750 lb) × 6 reps (single-ply suit w/ wraps) (2019 World's Strongest Man)
• Log press – 220 kg (485 lb) (2025 Strongest Man on Earth)
• Log press (Austrian Oak) for reps – 195 kg (430 lb) x 5 reps (2026 Arnold Strongman Classic)
• Axle press – 167.5 kg (369 lb) (2019 Giants Live North American Open)
• Barbell push press (behind the neck) – 242.5 kg (535 lb) (2025 Arnold Strongman Classic) (World Record)^[9]
• Viking press (for reps) – 150 kg (330 lb) × 18 reps (facing away from the pivot/ neutral grip) (2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic) (World Record)^[9]
• Standing keg drop chest press – 170–258.5 kg (375–570 lb) x 9 weights (2025 Strongest Man on Earth)
• Manhood Stone (Max Atlas Stone) – 250 kg (550 lb) over 4 ft bar (2024 Strongest Man on Earth)
• Atlas Stone over bar (no tacky) – 208.5 kg (460 lb) x 5 times over 4 ft bar (2023 Rogue Record Breakers) (World Record)^[10]
• Atlas Stones (5 stone set) – 159–204 kg (351–450 lb) in 25.02 secs (2022 Shaw Classic) (World Record)^[11]
• Inver Stones (hitching post setup) – 5 Stones weighing 125–191 kg (276–421 lb) in 23.78 seconds (2022 Rogue Invitational)
• Keg toss (for height) – 15 kg (33 lb) over 6.71 metres (22 ft 0 in) (2024 Strongest Man on Earth)
• Keg toss (for weight) – 34 kg (75 lb) over 4.57 metres (15 ft 0 in) (2025 Strongest Man on Earth)
• Rogue hammer hold – 29.5 kg (65 lb) for 63.01 seconds (2023 Rogue Record Breakers) (World Record)^[12][13]

In training:

• Squat (Raw with wraps) – 304 kg (670 lb) x 5 reps
• Log press (from the rack) – 217.5 kg (480 lb) x 2 reps
• Manhood Stone (Max Atlas Stone) – 229.5 kg (506 lb) x 3 reps (over 4 ft bar)

→ He performed this feat for 3 sets.

Winning percentage: 11.11%
Podium percentage: 33.33%