Luke Nall is a 24-year-old powerlifter from Bloomington, Illinois who has so far only competed in two sanctioned events, both in the 140+kg weight class at the age of 23. In his debut at the United States ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Performs 605 Pound Triple on the Incline Bench Press
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
Emil Norling Annihilates His Competition PRs in Mock Meet
Emil Norling won the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) 2019 Junior World Classic Powerlifting Championships in the -105kg weight class with these stats: Squat — 312.5kg/689lb Bench Press ... Continue Reading
Check Out Brittany Suplicki Squat 2.5x Bodyweight To Failure
Brittany Suplicki embarked on her competitive powerlifting career in 2018 at the United States Powerlifting (USAPL) North Carolina State Championships in the -57kg weight class where she took first with a ... Continue Reading
140+kg Powerlifter Bryan Hartsel Deadlifts Super Smooth 865lb
Bryan Hartsel first stepped on the competitive powerlifting scene back in 2017 at the relatively late age of 29. He has since competed seven times and placed first in all six of the meets where he ... Continue Reading
IPF Will Not Recognize World Records From The 2020 Arnold Sports Festival
The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) shared a letter that was sent to USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Executive Director Priscilla Ribic with regard to consideration of world records secured in ... Continue Reading
Keith Correa Deadlifts Over Four Times His Bodyweight
Keith Correa bounces back and forth between the -67.5kg and -75kg weight classes and even spent his most recent competition — the World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) 2019 Apeman Elite Open, where he ... Continue Reading
Kristof De Coninck Deadlifts 18kg Over His Competition Best — Without a Belt
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
Check Out Noémie Allabert (-52kg) Squat a 155kg/342lb PR
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
Amanda Lawrence Squats a Gigantic 255kg/562lb
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
Rostislav Petkov Deadlifts 350kg/770lb at 79kg Bodyweight
It is not often a powerlifting world record holder asks his followers on social media if they would like to see a change in weight class that offers new world records to chase, but that is exactly what ... Continue Reading
Check Out Caroline Suné Deadlift An Epic 185kg/407lb PR
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
USA Powerlifting To Forego Qualifying Totals For 2020 Nationals
According to an announcement by USA Powerlifting (USAPL) on April 21st, Open, Youth, Bench and Raw athletes will no longer be required to secure a qualifying total in order to register for 2020 ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox 800lb Bench Press World Record Attempt Date Announced
If there is any athlete on the planet capable of being the first person to ever bench press 363kg/800lb raw, it is Julius Maddox. World's Ultimate Strongman (WUS) announced on Thursday, April 23rd that ... Continue Reading
Rich Yun Cruises To A New Paused Deadlift Rep PR
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
Watch Emil Norling Squat a Humongous 661lb
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
Powerlifter Mike Tuchscherer Front Squats 565lb and Sets Two New PRs
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
Travis Rogers Squats a 650lb Double and Sets Two New PRs
Travis "Papa Bear" Rogers began his competitive powerlifting career at age 26 in the -83kg weight class. During his time in that class (until age 28), he competed ten times. Of those ten, he won seven — ... Continue Reading
Watch Heather Connor Deadlift a Massive 358lb Triple
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
Check Out Russel Orhii Deadlift a 733lb Calibrated Plate PR
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
Powerlifter Jordanne Panton Deadlifts 25kg Over Junior World Record
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
Watch Powerlifter Bobb Matthews (-93kg) Squat a 685lb PR
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 Yanis Bouchou Deadlifts Unofficial Junior World Record 332.5kg/733lb
Yanis Bouchou represents France currently in the -83kg weight class. According to Open Powerlifting, he has only competed in four events all held by the Fédération Française de Force (FFForce), and has won ... Continue Reading
Para Powerlifter Donato Telesca: My Rivals Fuel Me
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