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TAKAHITO AKUTSU
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The National Record

Japanese can become stronger!

Takahito Akutsu, a powerlifter who has represented Japan, is a Japanese champion who is the current Japan record holder for the 105 kg weight class in powerlifting. Since his 2012 championship when he set the Japan record, he has won five consecutive times and continues to extend this record.

"Japanese are physically weak, so they win or lose by their technical skills." From a long time ago, such an attitude has spread to every sport, but is it really true? In the Japanese sports world, the stereotype that, compared to foreigners, Japanese are physically inferior has been taught and imprinted over many years. As a result, Japanese have devoted themselves to polishing their technical skills, and in most sports they have abandoned boosting their physical strength.

"If, with the genes wired into the DNA of Japanese to thoroughly pursue things, we were to also focus on enhancing physical strength, we would not lose to foreign countries!" With such a thought in his heart heart, Mr. Akutsu has competed on the global stage, and continues to face the challenge of proving the strength of Japanese.

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In the sport of powerlifting, victory or defeat is determined by the total weight in three events: squat, bench press, and deadlift. At first glance it may seem that in a sport where the challenge is weight, the main thing is struggling with yourself. But, in fact, with such things as movement in practice lifts, and the selected weight during competitions, you can put pressure on your competitors, and it is a sport that also has a strong mental element of psychological maneuvers. With weights that could cause serious injury with one wrong step, daily mental training is indispensable in order to practice and extend your record.

On July 1st, 2012, Mr. Akutsu established the powerlifting gym "Team X-treme Power!!!" (TXP) in Toyotamakita, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, to serve as a representative of, and for the purpose of giving a shape to, the idea of boosting to the utmost level the three elements of mental ability, physical strength, and the skills of Japanese. For the strength coach, he invited Yusuke Takeda, who is the current Japan record holder for the 105 kg weight class in no gear powerlifting.

At TXP, with the desire of wanting to enhance to the utmost the physical element for not only powerlifters, but also martial artists and others, we have been able to gather together many colleagues.

Team X-treme Power!!!

A sports supplement brand that gives form to an uncompromising way of life.

PPN, a Japanese sports supplement manufacturer, was founded by Mr. Akutsu in January 2007 with the thought of pursuing nutrition strategies so that athletes can achieve the peak performance of their lives.

For athletes participating in once-in-a-lifetime competitions, it is necessary to make products with absolutely no compromise. Designing products with consideration for the cost and selling price cannot make a product that will be what athletes are really seeking. Precisely by formulating the best quantity and ratios of the highest quality and finest raw materials, we are able to complete to perfection what athletes are seeking.

At PPN, we have a rule of never considering the cost when developing products. Peak performance cannot be achieved with any compromise, and PPN is a sports supplement brand that gives shape to Mr. Akutsu's uncompromising way of life.

Peak Performance Nutrition

Biography

DOB November 22, 1982
Height 168.5cm
Weight 105kg
Belong Team X-treme Power!!!
Peak Performance Nutrition, CEO
Class Powerlifting Men's 105kg
Record
Squat 345kg (105kg Japan Record)
Bench press 275kg  
Deadlift 302.5kg (105kg Japan Record)
Total 912.5kg (105kg Japan Record)
Career
2016 Japan Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 1st
2015 World Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 12th
Japan Bench Press Championships, 105kg, 4th
Japan Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 1st
Japan Classic Bench Press Championships, 105kg, 3rd
2014 Japan Bench Press Championships, 105kg, 3rd
World Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 11th
Japan Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 1st
2013 World Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 9th
Japan Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 1st
Japan Bench Press Championships, 105kg, 3rd
2012 World Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 12th
Japan Powerlifting Championships, 105kg, 1st
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