WATCH: Bryce Harper shall now deadlift 500 pounds

The reigning NL MVP is working hard this offseason, you know.

By Dayn Perry

Dec 18, 2015 at 8:44 pm ET • 1 min read

This offseason, we've already seen NL MVP Bryce Harper leap on top of something tall and perhaps structurally unsound in the service of becoming better at sports. Now, it appears that young Mr. Harper has positioned himself within the confines of a trap bar and thereupon deadlifted 500 pounds, also in the service of becoming better at sports. Here, witness for yourself his One Weird Trick ...

A video posted by Bryce Harper (@bharper3407) onDec 18, 2015 at 11:54am PST

And now the caption from Harper himself ...

"Not very good form, rounded back...but I guess I'll take it! #500Club"

To preempt any Internet hair-splitting ... Yes, you see ten 45-pound plates for a total of 450 pounds. Add to that the 45-pound trap bar, and you get 495. Do not, however, overlook the subtle presence of the 2.5-pound plate on Harper's right side and the implied presence of the 2.5-pound plate on his right side. So that's 500 pounds. Good job, Bryce Harper. You lifted much weight.

Trainers hate him, you know.