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Squat University’s 5 Tips for Pain-Free Shoulders While Bench Pressing

Squat University’s 5 Tips for Pain-Free Shoulders While Bench Pressing

Squat University is known for high-quality lifting advice for athletes in multiple sports, including strongmen, bodybuilding, CrossFit, powerlifting, weightlifting, various field sports, and more, to train healthy and pain-free over the long term. … Read more
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Tuan-Hien Tran (66KG) Deadlifts 307.5 Kilograms (678 Pounds) Raw for IPF World Record

Tuan-Hien Tran (66KG) Deadlifts 307.5 Kilograms (678 Pounds) Raw for IPF World Record

A Junior athlete felled another Open world record. Tuan-Hien Tran of Canada competed in the Junior 66-kilogram class (ages 19-23) at the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Junior Powerlifting Championships (WJPC) in … Read more
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Jørgen Jønvåg (105KG) Squats 336 Kilograms for IPF Equipped Sub-Junior World Record

Jørgen Jønvåg (105KG) Squats 336 Kilograms for IPF Equipped Sub-Junior World Record

Jørgen Jønvåg competed at the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Junior Powerlifting Championships (WJPC) in Cluj Napoca, Romania on Aug. 27, 2023. He took part in the equipped category, in which athletes are permitted the use … Read more
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Russel Orhii (83KG) Narrowly Locks Out All-Time Raw Deadlift PR of 365 Kilograms (805 Pounds)

Russel Orhii (83KG) Narrowly Locks Out All-Time Raw Deadlift PR of 365 Kilograms (805 Pounds)

Russel Orhii is one of the top-tested powerlifters of his generation. He won the 2019 and 2021 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Classic World Championships. Although he hasn’t lifted in the IPF since then, he … Read more
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Jade Jacob (57KG) Raw Deadlifts 215 Kilograms (474 Pounds) Quadruple in Training

Jade Jacob (57KG) Raw Deadlifts 215 Kilograms (474 Pounds) Quadruple in Training

Junior French sensation Jade Jacob won the 2022 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Open Championship in South Africa at 21 years old and has only increased her strength ever since. On August 13, Jacob … Read more
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Aquinn Onuoha (+84KG) Pulls UK Raw Deadlift Record of 251 Kilograms (553.4 pounds)

Aquinn Onuoha (+84KG) Pulls UK Raw Deadlift Record of 251 Kilograms (553.4 pounds)

On Aug. 10, 2023, Aquinn Onuoha competed in the +84-kilograms Class at the 2023 English Powerlifting Association (EPA) Manchester Open. She went straight to the top of the standings with a new British … Read more
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Kafui Hotsonyame (83KG) Scores Highest Tested Dots in Canadian History of 543.38

Kafui Hotsonyame (83KG) Scores Highest Tested Dots in Canadian History of 543.38

Kafui Hotsonyame lifts in the 83-kilogram class in the Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU), Canada’s International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) affiliate. In 2019, Hotsonyame broke the IPF deadlift world record with 326 kilograms (719 pounds) … Read more
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Jonathan Garcia (66KG) Squats IPF Raw World Record of 275.5 Kilograms (607.4 Pounds)

Jonathan Garcia (66KG) Squats IPF Raw World Record of 275.5 Kilograms (607.4 Pounds)

Jonathan Garcia competed in the 66-kilogram class on Aug. 7, 2023, at the 2023 North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) 2023 North American Championships (NAC), held in the Cayman Islands, and he put in … Read more
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How To Watch the 2023 IPF Junior World Powerlifting Championships

How To Watch the 2023 IPF Junior World Powerlifting Championships

The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) 2023 World Junior Powerlifting Championships are fast approaching. The mammoth contest will take place over 11 days in Cluj Napoca, Romania, starting on Aug. 24, 2023, beginning with four days … Read more
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Kate Sweatman (+84KG) Hits the Heaviest Tested Women’s Equipped Bench Press in UK History of 215 Kilograms

Kate Sweatman (+84KG) Hits the Heaviest Tested Women’s Equipped Bench Press in UK History of 215 Kilograms

British powerlifter, Kate Sweatman, competes in the super heavyweight class in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). Her bench press has been skyrocketing lately. She joined the 200-kilogram (441-pound) club at the 2022 English Bench … Read more
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