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Official Strongman Games and CrossFitter Dominates Weightlifting, Strength Weekly 12/7

Official Strongman Games and CrossFitter Dominates Weightlifting, Strength Weekly 12/7

Strength Weekly is the show taking you in depth on all aspects of the barbell game and beyond. This week, we break down the four biggest stories in strength. We’ve got Official Strongman Games Results for 2023, CrossFit Champ Laura Horvath wins the Hungarian Weightlifting Championship, powerlifter Russel Orhii squats 22 kilograms OVER the world record for a…
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Enahoro Asein (83KG) Decimates IPF Raw World Deadlift Record With 380 Kilograms

Enahoro Asein (83KG) Decimates IPF Raw World Deadlift Record With 380 Kilograms

Elite deadlifter Enahoro Asein of Hungary burst onto the international scene at the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) 2021 Classic World Championships (CWC), where he took part in an epic three-way tussle for the 83-kilogram class raw deadlift world record. The record was broken four times at that contest by three different lifters: Asein, Russel Orhii, and Yanis Bouchou. The record…
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Ventsislav Dimitrov (100KG) Hits 500-Kilogram Deadlift In Training

Ventsislav Dimitrov (100KG) Hits 500-Kilogram Deadlift In Training

It’s not every day that the powerlifting world witnesses a 500-kilogram (1,102.3-pound) training deadlift, but that is exactly what 100-kilogram athlete Ventsislav Dimitrov accomplished on Nov. 26, 2023. In a video published to his Instagram page, Demitrov can be seen wearing lifting straps and grabbing a Texas deadlift bar — a barbell with more give than a standard…
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Kjell Egil Bakkelund (74KG) Breaks IPF Raw Deadlift and Total World Records

Kjell Egil Bakkelund (74KG) Breaks IPF Raw Deadlift and Total World Records

Norway’s Kjell Egil Bakkelund is a legend in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). He has been winning world titles since he was a Junior back in 2011. Since then, he has scored a raw world title and four equipped world titles, most recently in Viborg, Denmark, in 2022. He also brought home gold from the 2022 World Games…
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Pleun Dekkers (52KG) Raw Squats IPF World Record of 173 Kilograms

Pleun Dekkers (52KG) Raw Squats IPF World Record of 173 Kilograms

Dutch powerlifter Pleun Dekkers has been smashing world records in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). She first broke the raw squat world record back in 2019 with 153 kilograms (337 pounds). Since then, she has broken that record seven times. Coming into the 2023 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Classic Championships (ECC) in Tartu, Estonia, the IPF raw squat record…
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Sonita Muluh (+84KG) Raw Squats 4.5 Kilograms Over the IPF World Record In Training

Sonita Muluh (+84KG) Raw Squats 4.5 Kilograms Over the IPF World Record In Training

Super heavyweight powerlifter Sonita Muluh was part of an epic +84-kilogram squat battle at the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) 2023 Classic World Championships (CWC) in Malta. The squat world record was broken four times at that event between Muluh, many-time world champion Bonica Brown, and the eventual winner, Brittany Schlater. Although Brown squatted 289 kilograms (637 pounds), she did not score a…
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Arnold Rosters PLUS Every Bodybuilding Era — Strength Weekly

Arnold Rosters PLUS Every Bodybuilding Era — Strength Weekly

Strength Weekly is the show taking you in depth on all aspects of the barbell game and beyond. This week, we break down the four biggest stories in strength. Rudy Kadlub has a record day, the Arnold Strongman and Strongwoman rosters for 2024 are revealed, and we discuss every era of modern bodybuilding history. Today, hosts David Thomas…
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Inderraj Singh-Dhillon (120KG) Raw Deadlifts 9 kilograms Over IPF World Record

Inderraj Singh-Dhillon (120KG) Raw Deadlifts 9 kilograms Over IPF World Record

120-kilogram powerlifter Inderraj Singh Dhillon made a name for himself at the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) 2023 Classic World Championships (CWC) in Malta when he broke the deadlift world record via a 386-kilogram (851-pound) pull. It earned him the overall bronze medal. In the months since Dhillon last competed, his deadlift training seems to have gone into overdrive. On November 20, Dhillon…
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Phillip Herndon (125KG) Hits 2 Single-Ply All-Time World Records at the 2023 IPA National Championships

Phillip Herndon (125KG) Hits 2 Single-Ply All-Time World Records at the 2023 IPA National Championships

The top of the Men’s 125-kilogram all-time single-ply rankings has been rewritten. At the 2023 International Powerlifting Association (IPA) National Championships at York Barbell in York, PA, on Nov. 18-19, 2023, Phillip Herndon, competing in the 125-kilogram class, shattered the all-time single-ply squat and total world records. It was his competitive sanctioned single-ply meet debut. Herndon scored a…
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Russel Orhii (83KG) Raw Squats 22 kilograms Over IPF World Record For a Double

Russel Orhii (83KG) Raw Squats 22 kilograms Over IPF World Record For a Double

Two-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) raw world champion in the 83-kilogram class, Russel Orhii, has made incredible progress in the gym recently. He holds the IPF raw world records in the squat at 320.5 kilograms (706.5 pounds) and total at 841 kilograms (1,854 pounds). It seems hardly a week goes by where he isn’t hitting a PR on…
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