Powerlifting

Jesus Olivares will be 22 years old in a fortnight. His time as a 21-year-old was jam packed with double-take worthy lifts like the time he deadlifted 388.5kg/857lb in a barn gym, or that memorable moment ... Continue Reading

Julius Maddox, the current all-time world record holder in the raw bench press, is still preparing for his attempt to make history on June 27 when he hopes to become the first man to press 800 pounds (363 ... Continue Reading

Benjamin "Binnie" Downs is a Canadian powerlifter whose gigantic lifts in the gym are more of what one might expect a from a competitive strongman. We have seen him show off his strength ... Continue Reading

At age 16, Alex Sydor embarked on his competitive powerlifting career at the USA Powerlifting (USAPL) United Barbell Classic on January 12th, 2019 where he placed third in the -83kg weight class after ... Continue Reading

Julius Maddox is most famous for his power and strength feats on the flat barbell bench press, but he recently performed a massive feat of strength from another angle – the incline. On May 6, Maddox posted ... Continue Reading

Kristof De Coninck is an accomplished powerlifter from Belgium who competes in deadlift-only events in the -125kg weight class. The 34-year-old made his competitive debut at the Global Powerlifting ... Continue Reading

Noémie Allabert is a powerlifter from France who, like her fellow countrymen, has been putting up extremely heavy lifts recently. Since she entered the competitive powerlifting scene in 2017 at the age of ... Continue Reading

At only 22 years of age, Amanda Lawrence has already ascended to the highest level of competition on the world stage. In 2019 alone while competing in the -84kg weight class, she took gold at the USA ... Continue Reading

French powerlifters have been consistently pumping out head spinning PRs lately. Recently Yanis Bouchou deadlifted an unofficial junior world record of 332.5kg/733lb and Prescillia ... Continue Reading

Rich Yun, also known as "The Korean Hulk", shared a post on his Instagram page of a video that showed him flying through a paused deadlift set with 265kg/585lb on the bar for six. The 23-year-old Yun ... Continue Reading

Emil Norling is a 22-year-old powerlifter from Sweden who made his competitive debut in 2016 as a -93kg athlete, claiming bronze with a 647.5kg/1,427lb total. Since then, he has moved up to the -105kg ... Continue Reading

The front squat is dynamite for strengthening your core, quads, and upper back, all of which has direct carryover to improving your back squat as well — along with almost every other exercise. This is ... Continue Reading

A powerlifter deadlifting three and a half times their bodyweight is by no means an easy task. Many athletes personal bests hover near that with some rare cases of athletes able to pull four times their ... Continue Reading

Is there anyone as dominant in a division as Russel Orhii is in the -83kg weight class? Perhaps it is debatable on the premise that Orhii is very early in his competitive powerlifting career. After all, ... Continue Reading

Jordanne Panton is a 20-year-old powerlifter who competes in the -63kg weight class and has been a dominant force in the division since her competitive debut at age 14. According to Open Powerlifting, ... Continue Reading

A sense of doubt can creep into the mind of an athlete when performing a lift they have not trained for several weeks. But that doubt did not stop 22-year-old Bobb Matthews, who competes in the -93kg ... Continue Reading

Powerlifter Donato Telesca will represent Italy in the Junior division at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games in the 72-kilogram weight class. The 21-year-old Telesca only started powerlifting as a hobby in ... Continue Reading