Iranian Paralympic powerlifter Siamand Rahman is continuing to crush big weight in his off season. The 29 year old strength athlete has grown to fame for his insane strength, and has risen to be known as ... Continue Reading
Artem Efimov Deadlifts 420kg at 103kg (and Goes for a Double!)
Russian powerlifter Artem Efimov isn’t one of the best known athletes in the sport, but his latest raw deadlift is gaining him some fame: 420 kilograms (926 pounds) at 103 kilograms (227 pounds) ... Continue Reading
16-Year-Old Janik Velgos Benches 340kg for an Unofficial World Record
A 16-year-old has benched three hundred and forty kilograms equipped. Three hundred and forty kilograms. That’s 749.6 pounds. It didn’t look easy, but Janik Velgos nailed this lift at a Global Powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting Australia and Robert Wilks Are Out of the IPF
The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) has resolved to exclude Powerlifting Australia (PA), the Oceania Powerlifting Federation (OPF), and the President of both organizations Robert Wilks from the ... Continue Reading
Larry “Wheels” Williams Totals 2,275 lbs for New All Time World Record
Larry "Wheels" Williams had a great meet this past weekend at the RPS Powerlifting meet Insurrextion, which was held over the course of November 18-19th. This time last year, we were writing about Williams ... Continue Reading
How to Choose the Perfect Knee Sleeve
Knee sleeves are useful pieces of supportive strength equipment for a variety of reasons. First, they can help keep the knee joint warm, which is a plus for those using longer rest periods. Second, they ... Continue Reading
Check Out These Epic 4x+ Bodyweight Squats At the IPF Open World Championships
Currently, the IPF Open World Championships are taking place in Pilsen, a city in the western Czech Republic. The Championships started Monday and will go through Saturday, November 18th. If you're late to ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Prowler Push
In this article we will discuss the prowler push, a versatile piece of equipment to train muscle hypertrophy, leg strength, metabolic conditioning, and more. We will cover five benefits of prowler pushes ... Continue Reading
Check Out Junior Powerlifter Yi-Chun Lin’s 4.5x Bodyweight Deadlift
It's Monday morning and we've already written three articles on epic deadlifts, and that's not a bad way to start the week. Currently, 2017 the IPF Open World Championships are taking place in Pilsen, ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2017 IPF Open World Championships
The International Powerlifting Federation’s Open World Championships is one of the biggest highlights of the year for any powerlifting fan, and thanks to the wonders of modern technology, it’s available ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Bench Presses 496 Pounds for 10 Reps
Eddie Hall has stated he's retired from the World’s Strongest Man competition, but he’s still maintaining some seriously elite pressing strength. In a YouTube video casually dropped on the International ... Continue Reading
Jason Legrand Quietly Broke the 242 lb All Time Squat World Record
Jason "Hulk" Legrand just hit a huge powerlifting accomplishment, and it almost went under the radar in the community. And thank you to Wesley Colston for bringing this strength feat to our attention. Over ... Continue Reading
Deciding Between the Flat, Decline, and Incline Bench Press for Your Goals
How do you choose between the flat, incline, and decline bench press for your workouts? A few of the ways an athlete typically chooses between each bench variation revolves around their sport, body ... Continue Reading
Janae Kroczaleski Documentary Wins First Place at Austin Film Festival
"Transformer," the documentary about one of the world's strongest powerlifters coming out as a transgender woman, premiered at the Austin Film Festival this weekend and won best feature ... Continue Reading
Stuart Jamieson Deadlifts 286kg at 60kg, Breaking Lamar Gant’s Record from 1981
At the World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) 2017 World Championships this weekend, one of powerlifting's longest standing records finally fell. Scottish strength coach and entrepreneur Stuart Jamieson ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Makes a 1,003lb Pin Squat After Disc Herniation
There aren’t many people that’ll squat a thousand pounds a couple of months after herniating a disc, but most people aren’t Blaine Sumner. This summer, the world record-holding powerlifter suffered a ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Deficit Deadlifts
With so many deadlift and pulling (snatch and clean pull) variations to choose from, it can often be overwhelming which one to choose based on your needs, weaknesses, and individual goals. The deficit ... Continue Reading
10 Elite Powerlifters Share Why They Started Lifting
As a strength sports writer I'm continually learning the unique qualities of each sport, along with how each athlete thinks and acts. One of my favorite questions for strength athletes and average ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Stefi Cohen Deadlifts 503 lbs for 4 Reps at 120 lbs Bodyweight
This is absolutely insane. We've written on Stefi Cohen a lot recently, but for good reason. Most recently, we wrote an article on her 501 lb deadlift at 121 lbs body, which comes out to about 4.14x her ... Continue Reading
Watch Ray Williams Easily Squat 467.5kg (1,030 lb) and Closely Miss 490kg
Ray Williams has built himself an incredibly long list of powerlifting accomplishments, and he never ceases to shock the powerlifting community. His 1000+ lb raw squats have reached legendary status and ... Continue Reading
72kg Kimberly Walford Deadlifts 246kg (542 lbs) to Seal First at USAPL Nationals
When Kimberly Walford steps on the powerlifting stage, then you can usually assume that a record is getting broken. She's a legend in the women's 72kg weight class, and has a list of powerlifting ... Continue Reading
The Best Answers from Janae Kroc’s Reddit AMA
Janae "Kroc" Kroczaleski is a unique figure in powerlifting. Known to many as Matt Kroczaleski, the name she was born with and continues to use from time to time, "Kroc" still holds the UPA all-time world ... Continue Reading
Check Out Julius Maddox’s Insane 688-Pound Raw Bench
The road to a 700-pound raw bench press is a long and lonely one. It’s a goal that, like a thousand-pound deadlift, countless powerlifters have held but few have ever achieved. Julius Maddox looks like ... Continue Reading
4 Quick Tips to Improve Your Deadlift Lockout
Knees strong, palms are chalky. You wrap your fingers around the barbell at your feet, flatten your back, activate your lats, core, and glutes, and push your feet into the ground as you heave the weight ... Continue Reading