Jesus Olivares is a 21 year old powerlifter who vaulted back into the competitive scene late last December with a huge win at the USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Winter Iron Open in the super heavyweight division ... Continue Reading
Paralympian Siamand Rahman Has Passed Away At Age 31
Paralympic powerlifter Siamand Rahman passed away on Sunday March 1st, 2020 in his hometown, Oshnavieh, Iran, after suffering a heart attack. He was 31 years old. Rahman made his powerlifting debut ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Bench Presses a PR 765 Pounds (Raw)!
Julius Maddox has made it clear that he is currently on his own personal road to an 800 pound raw bench press. On February 22nd, the Kentucky resident's journey moved past another incredible mark. Maddox ... Continue Reading
Hayden Willis Deadlifts Gigantic 350kg/771lb At 19 Years Old
We need to discuss the apparent trend of specifically 19-year-old powerlifters who are capable of deadlifting obscenely heavy weight. "Obscenely" in this case means at least 317.5kg/700lb. Recently, we ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Christine Castro Squat a Mammoth 195kg/430lb
Christine Castro burst onto the powerlifting scene at 22 years old in 2015 in the -63kg weight class. She competed in four events of which she won all four, before moving up to compete in ... Continue Reading
Check Out Jaisyn Mike Bench Press 265kg/585lb at 42 Years Old
The powerlifting world has had some extremely impressive performances in Masters divisions recently. Many of which have involved world record setting lifts. It gives credence to the long used trope that, ... Continue Reading
16 Year Old Mahailya Reeves Bench Presses a Jaw Dropping 375 lbs
Over the weekend, weight lifting phenom Mahailya Reeves made another splash across social media, and added another impressive accolade to her lifting resume. At the 2020 Girls Weightlifting ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox’s Favorite Bench-Boosting Accessory Lifts
If you want to be at your best, you should take some time to learn from the best, right? When it comes to the flat barbell bench press, no one is better on the raw version of the classic powerlifting move ... Continue Reading
Strongman Luke Richardson Beltless Deadlifts 320kg/705lb for 10 Reps
Luke Richardson of Great Britain has earned the nickname "The Future" and for good reason. At only 21 years, he became the youngest powerlifter to ever total 1000kg/2,204lb in the 120+kg weight class at ... Continue Reading
What Do Lifters Mean When They Say Create “Long Arms” In the Deadlift?
An awesome, and sometimes misunderstood cue in the deadlift, is to create long arms. In theory, it seems like a simple cue, right? It's just means make sure the arms are straight and make them "long" ... Continue Reading
5 Foolproof Tips to Build a Stronger Deadlift
If there is one thing that's certain in life, it's that everyone wants a bigger deadlift. In fact, we would guess that's the exact reason why you clicked on this article in the first place! One program ... Continue Reading
Check Out Daniel Bell Deadlift 370kg/817lbs For a Set of 4
When you see a headline that says, "Daniel Bell did some type of lift of an inexplicably heavy weight", it might be easy to just cock your head and say, well, of course he did. The man put up the biggest ... Continue Reading
Jonathan Cayco’s 735lb Deadlift Is Made All the Better By His Setup
There are more and more things that make Jonathan Cayco standout in the world of powerlifting. Not only is he immensely strong as proven by his unofficial world record total of 868.5kg/1,914lb in the -93kg ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Enahoro Asein Holds 330kg/727lb Deadlift for Six Seconds
The last time we covered Enahoro "Rocket Man" Asein last December, he was just 19 years old and crushing 325kg/716lb deadlifts at about -83kg/183lb. (His impressive lifting speed is likely one of the ... Continue Reading
Watch Hayden Bowe Overcome This Insane 290kg/640lb Deadlift Grinder
There were a lot of big stories and memorable moments from the World Raw Powerlifting Federation Hybrid Showdown II this past weekend. Stefi Cohen smashed three new all-time world records in the -52kg ... Continue Reading
Prescillia Bavoil Squats a Massive 204.5kg/451lbs, Unofficially Topping Her IPF World Record
Prescillia "Lya" Bavoil of France was the 2019 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) European Classic champion in the -63kg weight class. At that event, she set the current world record squat ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Samantha Eugenie (-63kg) Deadlift a 210kg PR
Samantha Eugenie is the type of powerlifter who comes into the sport, takes what is believed to be unrealistic, and upends it all. The 17 year old Eugenie of France came onto the scene in 2019 and made it ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Ashton Rouska Deadlift a Huge 770 lbs for a Set of 4
Despite only being 22 years old, Ashton Rouska has competed twenty-nine times. He has stood atop the podium a jaw-dropping twenty-eight times. In 2019, Rouska, who competes in the -105kg/231lb ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Hunter Henderson Pull a Massive 534lb Deadlift PR
There are a lot of reasons for why a powerlifter might stack additional plates on the barbell to challenge themselves with a new 1-RM. Some athletes are chasing records. Some athletes are pulling big in ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Kheycie Romero Hit Three New Competition PRs
Kheycie Romero has been doing some extremely heavy training the last several months, including multiple sessions where she worked towards 600+lb deadlifts. This past weekend, Romero competed in the ... Continue Reading
Stefi Cohen Smashes Three New All-Time Powerlifting World Records
It was an absolutely electric weekend down in Miami, Florida at the Hybrid Showdown II powerlifting meet. The action packed weekend was filled with monstrous lifts, incredible performances, and of course, ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Yangsu Ren Deadlift Massive 835lb
We last covered Yangsu Ren a little over five months ago when we interviewed him about his training routine. At that time he was building to the short term target of a 370kg (815lb) deadlift and a long ... Continue Reading
Watch Junior Powerlifter Daniel Clements (-66kg) Deadlift 282.5kg
After winning the 2019 United States Powerlifting (USAPL) Junior Raw Nationals and just barely missing the podium with a fourth place finish in the open of those Nationals, Dan Clements has been putting in ... Continue Reading
Watch -83kg Powerlifter Kafui Hotsonyame Effortlessly Deadlift 302kg
We see a lot of deadlifts. We see a lot of very heavy deadlifts. But rarely do we see deadlifts of over three and a half times an athlete's competition bodyweight move so easily that we have to double ... Continue Reading