The circumstances and communication surrounding the four-day 2020 Arnold Sports Festival, which began today in Columbus, Ohio have caused significant confusion over the past couple of days. Here is a ... Continue Reading
Jessica Buettner Dominates CPU National Championships, Sets Unofficial World Records
It is almost expected that when Jessica Buettner is making waves in the powerlifting world, it is because she just deadlifted some obscenely heavy weight or flawlessly crushed a competition. She ... Continue Reading
Watch Strongman Luke Richardson Axle Bar Deadlift 380kg/838lb For a Triple
Luke Richardson is at it again. The youngest ever athlete to total 1000kg/2,204lb raw has been putting in really impressive work in the gym this past week and showing off a bit with some massive axle bar ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Jesus Olivares Annihilates 302.5kg/667lb Squat for 8 Reps
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
17 Year Old Jackson Powell Front Squats a Monstrous 675 lbs
Teen powerlifting sensation Jackson Powell is moving big weight once again. In his latest video, the 17 year old Powell veers away from the traditional big three to hit an absolutely monstrous front ... 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
Powerlifter James Strickland Smokes a 615 lb Bench Press Double
This year has been an absolutely huge year for the bench press. We're seeing handfuls of athletes push new boundaries on the bench and one athlete in particular that we're excited to see compete in the ... Continue Reading
Watch Anthony Hobaica’s Jaw Dropping, 4.4x Bodyweight Squat!
Eight hundred pounds. (Talk about a nice, round number.) But “nice, round number” is a criminally understated way to describe the weight that Anthony “Hollywood” Hobaica had sitting on his back when he ... Continue Reading
Larry Wheels Has PRd His Bench Press With 650 Pounds
Around these parts, we talk a lot about Julius Maddox’s proficiency at the bench press: the way he keeps pushing his PRs, pushing past Kirill Sarychev’s all time world record, setting his own of 744.1 ... 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
Watch Powerlifter Taylor Atwood (-74kg) Make a Serious 205kg Bench Press PR
Taylor Atwood is a big name in the sport of powerlifting. He is the reigning back-to-back International Powerlifting (IPF) World Champion of the -74kg weight class, holding the IPF world records for ... 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
Dylan Crawford Deadlifts a Monstrous 725 lbs At 19 Years Old
The old saying, "What are they feeding these kids?," rings absolutely true for powerlifter Dylan Crawford, a.k.a @bigdaddydeadlift per his Instagram handle. Granted, at 19 years old, Crawford isn't really ... 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