![]() Julius Maddox then went to a long term rehab center. It was eye opening and the pain of being away from his family became bigger than the pain of becoming clean. It’s something he never wanted to become. He had become the kind of father that was forced away from his child. It was this moment that transformed Maddox’s outlook on life. “Once I got kicked out of college, that’s when it really spiraled out of control… In order to feed my addiction and the lifestyle that I lived, I had to sell drugs.”Įventually Julius Maddox got arrested for drug dealing and faced a future in prison locked away from his newborn daughter. I’m not one of those guys that can balance the two,” Julius Maddox explains in our interview. “From experimenting in high school, and that’s kind of what was my downfall in football, just partying and drinking on the weekends and drug use. A far cry from the disciplined life of a powerlifter. This allowed him to live a luxurious lifestyle full of parties and drug use. This addiction eventually led him to becoming a drug dealer. Maddox loved to live the party lifestyle and would often take drug use to the extreme in order to feel the “bliss” of living in the moment. Julius Maddox’s original goal was to have a career in professional football, but he ended up falling into a life of drug addiction throughout his high school years and young adulthood. Best known now as an iconic powerlifter who is on course to be the first man to raw bench press 800 pounds, Maddox originally lived a much different lifestyle. The truth is that each athlete has his or her own story for how they became who they are. While certain iconic athletes seem to come out of nowhere, even occasionally popping into popularity over night. In our latest GI Exclusive interview, Julius Maddox details his journey from being a drug addict and dealer to becoming the most talked about powerlifter currently competing. Initially, he battled a long stretch of depression and drug addiction before turning his life around. But Maddox’s life wasn’t always revolved around powerlifting. He previously attempted to best his own record by benching 800 pounds, only to fail after his crew misloaded the bar. ![]() He is currently the world record holder for the raw bench press at 770 pounds. His epic lifts have become stuff of legend – instantly going viral with each new record attempt. In the powerlifting world, Julius Maddox has become a juggernaut that has taken the world by storm. ![]() Julius Maddox shares his story of depression, drug addiction, dealing, and his eventual life transformation into an iconic world-record-holding powerlifter. ![]()
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