I’ve added 130 pounds to my powerlifting total over the last year, and - considering I spent most of that year dieting and cutting weight to compete as a lightweight at the US Open and a couple of local ... Continue Reading
Chen Wei-Ling (47kg) Deadlifts 180kgs (4.5kg Over the World Record)
Chen Wei-Ling is one of Taiwan’s best-known powerlifters, and she’s just reminded us all why she’s at the top of the sport. While she sat out this year’s IPF Open World Championships, she made sure to go ... Continue Reading
Eddie Berglund Benches 192.5kg at 66kg for an Unofficial World Record
Here’s a lift that’s stirring up some pretty interesting discussion in powerlifting circles. Swedish powerlifter Eddie Berglund totaled 642.5 kilograms (1,416.5 pounds) at a meet this weekend, and more ... 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
Bonica Lough Squats 312.5kg (687.5 lbs) for a New World Record
Bonica Lough, aka @bubblypowerlifter on Instagram, is finishing 2017 with some outstanding performances. In mid-October, Lough squatted 273kg (601 lbs) at USAPL Raw Nationals, which was an unofficial world ... 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
Insane Powerlifting Record: Vilma Ochoa Squats 218kg at 52kg Bodyweight
Ecuadorian powerlifter Vilma Vargas Ochoa has set a new world record in the equipped squat with an incredible 218 kilograms (480.6 pounds) at a weight of 52 kilograms (114.6 pounds). That’s 4.2 times her ... Continue Reading
123 lb Stefi Cohen Deadlifts 495 lbs to Extend Her All Time World Record
Stefi Cohen has had an electric 2017, and if you're in the strength sports community, then by now you've more than likely heard of her. Cohen competes in the 123 lb weight class and holds the all time ... 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
Gina Aversa Deadlifts 557 lbs at 165 lbs for All Time World Record
After 2016's epic deadlift performances, we thought for sure we could deem it the year of the deadlifts, but we're beginning to think 2017 may have topped it. Gina Aversa, or Ginahalfwolf as her Instagram ... 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
Cailer Woolam Deadlifts 928lbs and Pushes World Record Further
Cailer Woolam had an explosive performance at the SPF Record Breakers meet that took place this past weekend on November 11-12th. He ended up extending his current 220 lb all time world record deadlift by ... Continue Reading
Tony Gentilcore On Underrated Deadlift Accessories and Getting Strong After 40
Tony Gentilcore, CSCS, is a Boston-based strength coach who has made a name for himself as a guru of all things deadlift. He's also an insanely prolific fitness writer and has been published in Men's ... Continue Reading
Alma Kimura Started Powerlifting At Age 58 and Now Holds Multiple Records
Alma Kimura didn't have your typical powerlifting beginning, as in she didn't actually start competing, or even lifting like a powerlifter until 58 years old. Now 63, Kimura is a weathered powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Squats 1025lb in Knee Sleeves
After suffering a herniated disc earlier this summer, we weren’t sure how long it would take Blaine Sumner to get back to squatting heavy. It turned out we wouldn’t have to wait long. Sumner, who holds ... 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
Is Dmitry Nasonov’s 440kg Deadlift at 82kg a New World Record?
This weekend saw a lot of incredible world records coming out of the World Raw Powerlifting Federation’s 2017 World Championships in Moscow. We already covered Yury Belkin’s mammoth 440-kilogram deadlift, ... Continue Reading