The record for the heaviest sumo deadlift in a minute may have a new title holder come this Saturday.
Hawke's Bay local Rebecca Hodge has set her sights on not only beating the current Guinness World Record for the heaviest sumo deadlift in a minute, which stands at 1500kg, but potentially doubling it.
"I am confident that I am going to beat the current world record but I really want to double it, I have doubled it a few times before so it's just a matter of feeling good on the day and getting it once more. I am choosing to lift with 100kg and I am hoping to do around 30 reps," Ms Hodge said.
"High reps at a heavy weight have always come easy to me, my trainer told me that it was unheard of for a women to do more than 20 reps at 100kg, I didn't believe him because it didn't feel that hard so I went home and googled it, that's how I found out that I had unofficially beaten the world record, so I thought it would be a cool idea to make it official."
The deer farmer and deadlifter is a self-confessed "newbie" in the sport and hopes to compete in lifting in the near future.