Rudy Kadlub may just be the strongest septuagenarian alive. The 71-year-old powerlifter competed at the United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) Drug-Tested North American Championships in San Diego, ... Continue Reading
Yury Belkin Deadlifts Over 4 Times His Bodyweight Beltless
Yury Belkin is known to lift some gigantic weights off the floor. The Russian has shattered multiple all-time world records, including Ed Coan's deadlift record in the 100-kilogram (220-pound) weight class ... Continue Reading
How Does Your Limb Length Impact Your Lifts?
Lifting well is about a lot of things: the resilience of your mind, the strength and coordination of your muscles, and physics. If you’ve ever wondered why your bar path can make a difference between a ... Continue Reading
How Coach Are Feyisetan Trains Nigeria’s Para Powerlifting Champions
Nigeria has won a gold medal in Para powerlifting every year for fourteen years. This is, in large part, thanks to the leadership of Are Feyisetan (pronounced Fay-is-etan). Feyisetan is a former Para ... Continue Reading
Para Powerlifter Matteo Cattini Believes In The Transformative Power of Strength Sports
Italian Para powerlifter Matteo Cattini’s life changed forever after a motorbike accident in 2008, only a few days before his 24th birthday. After eight agonizing months in the hospital, Cattini was ... Continue Reading
Taylor Atwood Hits Jaw-Dropping Training PR With a 770-Pound/349-kilogram Deadlift
Somebody should hand Taylor Atwood a chill pill because he can't seem to slow down. Last week, on Oct. 18, 2020, Atwood totaled 11-times his body weight at 163 pounds and set three new American ... Continue Reading
Taylor Atwood Becomes First 74-Kilogram Powerlifter to Total Over 800 Kilograms
Taylor Atwood has solidified himself as one of the greatest powerlifters in any weight class. Atwood totaled 812 kilograms (or 1,790 pounds) raw in the 74-kilogram weight class at the 38th annual ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Brian Carroll Squats All-Time World Record 592.3 Kilograms Equipped
Brian Carroll has become the first person (to our knowledge) to ever squat over 1,300 pounds. On October 3rd, the 39-year-old Carroll competed in the Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate (RPS) Gene ... Continue Reading
Para Powerlifter Sedric Roussel Competes to Change Society’s Mindset
Sedric Roussel of Hungary began training as a Para powerlifter at the young age of 14. After competing in wheelchair basketball via the recommendation from his orthopedic doctor to exercise as often as ... Continue Reading
IWF and World Para Powerlifting Sign “Strengthening the World” Agreement
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and World Para Powerlifting Organization (WPPO) announced on Oct. 1, 2020, that the two groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding (or MoU). By doing ... Continue Reading
Larry Wheels Incline Presses 275-Pound Dumbbells for a New World Record
Larry Wheels keeps on collecting world records. Wheels, whose last name is Williams, posted a video on Oct. 1, 2020, to his YouTube channel of him performing the heaviest incline dumbbell bench press of ... Continue Reading
Joe Sullivan Squats 822 Pounds/372 Kilograms for a New World Record
Brave Enough CrossFit in North Kansas City, Missouri was the site of the 2020 edition of “The Showdown” powerlifting meet, sanctioned by the World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF). Anyone that was in ... Continue Reading
Bask in the Glory of Heather Connor’s 185kg/407.9lbs Deadlift; A New American Record
Powerlifter Heather Connor is an absolute force in the -47 kilogram weight class. She was the first female International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) powerlifter to deadlift four times her ... Continue Reading
Yangsu Ren Deadlifts Jaw-Dropping 4.5x Bodyweight In Training
Yangsu "Yu-yu" Ren, known as the "Deadlift Panda" on Instagram, has noticeably progressed his deadlift over the last three years. Back in 2017, we saw him compete at the USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Raw ... Continue Reading
Para Powerlifter Eri Yamamoto Aspires to Represent Japan at the Paralympic Games
From the age of 8, Para powerlifter Eri Yamamoto dreamed of representing her country in the Paralympic Games. While only recently discovering powerlifting in 2016, Yamamoto quickly rose through the ranks ... Continue Reading
Check Out Jen Thompson’s Insane 330-Pound Raw Bench Press
Legendary powerlifter Jen Thompson keeps raising the bar — literally. The 11-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Bench Press Champion posted a video on Instagram of her ... Continue Reading
Jon “Jujimufu” Call to Compete In the Arnold Classic Amateur Bodybuilding Show
Jon Call, aka Jujimufu, rocked the powerlifting platform this past February. Now, the self-described "anabolic acrobat" is shifting gears and trading his singlet for posing trunks. Call confirmed on ... Continue Reading
Felipe Rieutord Deadlifts 661 Pounds Raw at 19 Years Old
Maybe there's something in the water, but teenagers seem to be stronger nowadays. In just the deadlift, we have seen Hayden Willis sumo deadlift 350kg/771lb, Dylan Crawford pull 329kg/725lb in straps, ... Continue Reading
USPA Withdraws Sanctions from 16 Powerlifting Events
United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) President Steve Denison and USPA Executive Vice President Mike Tronske released a statement yesterday that announced the withdrawal of all sanctions for ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting Legend David Ricks Squats 292kg/644lb for 5 at 61 Years Old
David Ricks has been an elite competitive powerlifter for nearly four decades. At 21 years of age in 1981, he made his sanctioned debut at the United States Powerlifting Federation (USPF) Pennsylvania ... Continue Reading
Check Out Jesus Olivares Squat 410kg/904lb at 22 Years Old
We have seen Jesus Olivares lift some massive weight before. Whether it was deadlifting 388.5kg/857lbs in a barn, working his cardio by squatting 302.5kg/667lb for 8 reps, or going huge with a ... Continue Reading
Ivan Makarov Hits 490kg Deadlift, Could 510kg Be Next?
Eddie Hall deadlifted 500kg in 2016. Hafthor Björnsson topped him with his 501kg deadlift in May of this year. Is it possible that the deadlift record will be broken twice in one year? Judging by ... Continue Reading
Multi-Time Paralympian Ali Jawad Talks Training and Anti-Doping Efforts in Paralympic Powerlifting
Ali Jawad set his sights on the Paralympic Games when he was just a young boy growing up in the UK. “When I was 6, I watched (sprinter) Michael Johnson win his double gold medals in Atlanta. I didn’t ... Continue Reading
Jonathan Cayco Bench Presses 38.6lb Over World Record at -93kg
At the 2019 USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Raw Nationals, Jonathan Cayco became the champion of the -93kg weight class with an 868.5kg/1,914.7lb total — an American record, an unofficial world record, and ... Continue Reading