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28-year-old powerlifter Larry Wheels has a huge social media presence. He keeps his fans updated about his life through YouTube vlogs and Instagram posts. Recently, the IFBB professional bodybuilder performed a mind-numbing workout with Iranian Female IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Sahar Rahmani. The video was a great combination of strength and aesthetics; the two lifted challenging weights and shared a few things about them. 

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The Iranian bodybuilder is the 2022 Olympia Amateur Eastern Europe Women’s Physique Overall Winner. While Rahmani spoke in her mother tongue and Larry spoke in English, there was an interpreter to make communication easy between the two. Although the workout performed by them seemed tough, Larry and Sahar enjoyed the powerful session. 

Larry Wheels and Sahar Rahmani lifted several weights 

At the beginning of the video, Larry invested in knowing a little bit about Sahar. He got to know that Sahar trained in both bodybuilding and strength for 13 years. While training, she won two competitions in Warsaw and Romania. Rahmani is a pro at lifting 330 to 352 lbs. An impressed Larry asked about her upcoming competitions. Rahmani revealed that she was going to compete in the summertime. Since it meant that she was in her off-season phase, Larry was surprised to see her toned and muscular physique.

Moreover, the two began lifting weights. At first, they started with 130 lbs weights. It was quite an easy workout for both Larry and Sahar. Next, Wheels added more weight to reach 220 lbs. He lifted the barbell once whereas, Sahar did the workout thrice with much ease. 

Afterward, the powerlifter made the workout more challenging, adding up to 308 lbs of weights. The toughness of the challenge appeared evidently on Larry’s face. As he lifted the barbell once, his face became red. At Sahar’s turn, she put a little extra effort than usual to lift it and successfully did it.

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In the fourth round, the barbell challenge became tougher as they had to lift 396 weights. Although Sahar tried to lift it, she could not. Moreover, Larry was surprised to see Sahar even trying to lift so much weight for a woman. 

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To make the lift comparatively easy, Larry lessened the weights to 363 lbs. Overall, the workout session was quite fun for both Larry and Sahar. 

Wheels was inspired by a 21-year-old powerlifter 

Larry Wheels once shared an amazing source of inspiration that pushed him to perform deadlifts. The 29-year-old Larry Wheels revealed on Instagram the person behind his inspiration is Hussain Ali.

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Larry shared a video of Ali lifting 926 lbs at the mere age of 21. He wrote while sharing “The celebration made me wanna deadlift!”. Definitely, Larry has come a long way after getting inspired by Ali.