On July 8-9, 2023, during the 2023 Rainier Classic (RC) in Burien, WA, Carrasquillo successfully captured a 145.9-kilogram (321.6-pound) max Log Lift. The mark is officially a World Record, surpassing Andrea Thompson’s previous mark by 5.9 kilograms (13 pounds). Thompson lifted the past record Log Lift of 140 kilograms (308.6 pounds) at the 2022 World Log Lift Championships (WLLC) in October 2022. Thanks in large part to her World Record, Carrasquillo eventually took first place in the 2023 RC. Because the contest did not separate athletes by weight class, Carrasquillo’s body weight at the time of the lift is currently unknown.

Carrasquillo’s overhead pressing feat might be even more impressive when considering the athlete has only been a strongwoman in a sanctioned capacity since November 2021. According to her personal page on Open Powerlifting, the athlete was previously a powerlifter, having gone undefeated in her three only competitive appearances in the late 2010s and late 2020.

Nevertheless, Carrasquillo has seemingly transitioned well to the demands of strongwoman. Per her page on Strongman Archives, Carrasquillo can now count three strongwoman victories under her belt, which include the 2022 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships, the 2022 Beerstone, and the 2023 RC. To date, the competitor has also finished on the podium in five of seven career strongwoman appearances.

When taking Carrasquillo’s Log Lift World Record into account, it’s abundantly clear the athlete has put herself on the strongwoman map.

Carrasquillo’s next strength ambition might be centered around capturing her first-ever World’s Strongest Woman (WSW) title. The athlete finished in third place to champion Olga Liashchuk and the runner-up Thompson during the 2022 edition of the illustrious competition. This built on a fourth-place debut for Carrasquillo during the 2021 iteration.

At the time of this writing, it is unclear when and where the 2023 WSW will precisely take place. Recent precedent suggests the contest may once again occur sometime in mid-November 2023 in Daytona Beach, FL. By then, Carrasquillo might be more than ready to finally ascend one of the highest summits in strongwoman.

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You can watch the lift below, originally posted to Carrasquillo’s Instagram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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According to Carrasquillo’s caption, the lift was “300X1 on the worst log ever.” And, apparently, this has been something the strongwoman has been in pursuit of for a little while: “Been chasing a 300lb press off the ground and I needed this win,” she added.

Carrasquillo’s 300-pound press shatters the previous world record by two and a half pounds, set by Andrea Thompson during the World Ultimate Strongman’s “Feats of Strength Series” in July 2020. However, because Carrasquillo did not complete the press in a formal competitive setting, the record is not yet hers. The last time Carrasquillo did officially compete was when she finished fourth during late last year’s World’s Strongest Woman, according to BarBend.

It’s important to distinguish between the log Carrasquillo lifted, how she managed the press, and the one Thompson lifted. Carrasquillo had a more compressed log with bumper plates attached farther out, whereas Thompson used a wider, more extended log. To wit, Carrasquillo began her press from the floor, while log presses usually start from elevated pads.

Carrasquillo, a third-place finisher in the 2021 Official Strongman Games, showed off her immense pressing potential by winning the famed Log Press for Reps segment. There, she pressed a 106.5-kilogram (235-pound) log 12 times. And in a another training session, Carrasquillo hoisted an axle bar loaded with 300 pounds overhead three times. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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But it’s her recent log press feat that drew the attention of the strength world. The “Texas Titan,” Gabriel Pena, had nothing but praise for the bright up and comer.

“Absolutely incredible [Inez]! I very much look forward to watching you write new pages in the books of history over the coming years.”

Elsewhere in the community, Thompson herself had yet to comment about Carrasquillo’s feat publicly. But her trainer, Laurence Shahlaei—an accomplished strongman himself—noted that he thought Carrasquillo’s lift was “Awesome.”

Finally, Canadian World’s Strongest Man lifter and the owner of the Hummer Tire Deadlift World Record, JF Caron, interjected simply by maintaining, “That’s very impressive.”

With an eye-popping moment like this behind her, massive strides are undoubtedly on the horizon for Carrasquillo. For someone who has claimed to want to be the world’s strongest woman in the past, how could they not be?

According to her trainer Alec Pagan, Carrasquillo is competing in the 2022 Arnold Amateur Strongman Championships from Mar. 3-5. If this titanic of a log press foreshadows what the near future holds, we can only expect more fireworks from Carrasquillo in front of the greater strength world at large.

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