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
Kevin Oak Squats a Monstrous 860 lbs for New All-Time Powerlifting World Record
Welp, Kevin Oak has once again reminded the strength community about his monstrous squat and how he can make unfathomable weight look like child's play. At the Hybrid Showdown II powerlifting meet in ... 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
Watch 2019 USAPL -93kg National Champion Jonathan Cayco Squat 700lb
Jonathan Cayco had a super impressive 2019. He won both the USA Powerlifting (USAPL) California State Championships and the USAPL Raw Nationals in the -93kg weight class. During his gold winning nationals ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Daniel Bell Deadlift 795 lbs for a Triple!
Daniel Bell, the man who put up the largest wrapped total in powerlifting history competing in the 308+lb weight class, has been adopting some new tricks and showing off some big lifts. It is tough ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kimberly Walford Deadlifts 244kg for New World Record
Kimberly Walford is a seven-time International Powerlifting World Classic champion. Her name has been etched in the powerlifting record books for a long time. She has a history of capturing her personal ... Continue Reading
Krzysztof Wierzbicki Deadlifted 400kg at 97kg Without Even Wearing a Belt
Polish powerlifting powerhouse Krzysztof Wierzbicki is pretty popular for his prodigious pulling prowess — OK, we'll stop — and his latest deadlift is making waves. At the Three Nations Powerlifting Open ... Continue Reading
Johnnie Harris Is the Lightest Man to Ever Bench Press 700lbs Raw!
We wrote about Johnnie Harris not even a month ago when he pushed 680lbs raw and paused the lift. We were genuinely flabbergasted by the power it must have took for him to press over 2.3 times his ... Continue Reading