UK’s oldest power-lifting couple can deadlift more than twice their combined body weights
Meet the UK’s oldest power-lifting couple who between them can deadlift more than twice their combined body weights. Super-strong Catherine Wass, 66, and husband Stuart Hamilton, 59, have both smashed records for their age and weight groups after ‘coming out of retirement.’ Catherine set the power-lifting world record for bench press in her age and weight category earlier this month (13/05). She benched 82.5kg, beating the previous record by 7.5kg, at the BPU British Single Lift Championships. And, on the same day, Catherine beat the British deadlift record by 5kg – registering a weight of 125kg. Her husband Stuart Hamilton, 59, is also a force to be reckoned with, and holds the European record for bench press. He benched 173kg in the same competition last year, beating the previous record by 0.5kg. Their success is all the more amazing because they’ve beat the records after ‘coming out of retirement’ and