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Wascar Carpio (59KG) Raw Deadlifts 273 Kilograms in Prep for 2024 Powerlifting America Raw Nationals

Wascar Carpio (59KG) Raw Deadlifts 273 Kilograms in Prep for 2024 Powerlifting America Raw Nationals

USA’s Wascar Carpio is the 59-kilogram class world champion in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). He won convincingly in Malta at the 2023 IPF Classic World Championships (CWC) in his international debut. That was only the beginning for the lightweight powerlifter. On his way to his first world title, Carpio deadlifted 260 kilograms (573 pounds) but missed an attempt at…
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Eddie Hall and Mitchell Hooper Prepare to Fight (Plus: a 44 Pound Coffee Mug!) — Strength Weekly 2/1

Eddie Hall and Mitchell Hooper Prepare to Fight (Plus: a 44 Pound Coffee Mug!) — Strength Weekly 2/1

Strength Weekly is the show bringing you everything you need to know from around the barbell game! This week, we’re covering: Here’s the run of show! 00:00 Intro00:34 Run of Show01:57 Mitchell Hooper vs. Eddie Hall03:00 Is it crazy for Mitchell to compete in MMA and strongman in the same season?06:00 Who is going to win the fight?07:15…
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Zahir Khudayarov (125KG) Squats a 460-Kilogram Double in Knee Wraps

Zahir Khudayarov (125KG) Squats a 460-Kilogram Double in Knee Wraps

Zahir Khudayarov is one of the most entertaining powerlifters to grace the platform, always bringing huge energy and even bigger lifts. Khudayarov holds the all-time world record (ATWR) squat in the 125 kilograms class at a staggering 480 kilograms (1,058 pounds), the total ATWR of 1,112.5 kilograms (2,453 pounds), and has achieved 630.52 DOTS — enough to put him in the top…
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Amanda Lawrence (84KG) Raw Squats 11 Kilograms Over World Record in 2024 Sheffield Prep

Amanda Lawrence (84KG) Raw Squats 11 Kilograms Over World Record in 2024 Sheffield Prep

With preparation nearly complete for the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships (2024 Sheffield), Amanda Lawrence has been hitting record-breaking numbers in training. If she can do the same on competition day, she will score a huge cash payout at the UK’s big money meets at City Hall, Sheffield, UK, on Feb. 10, 2024. Lawrence has a long history of breaking records in…
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Tony Cliffe (120KG) Bench Presses 2.5 Kilograms Over the IPF World Record

Tony Cliffe (120KG) Bench Presses 2.5 Kilograms Over the IPF World Record

UK powerlifter Tony Cliffe is a two-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Classic World Champion in the 120-kilogram class. He won in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 2019 and again in Malta in 2023. In between those championships, Cliffe switched focus to single-ply equipped lifting and bronzed at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition to winning a second world title in Malta, Cliffe qualified for…
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Austin Perkins Exceeds IPF Squat and Deadlift Records in Training

Austin Perkins Exceeds IPF Squat and Deadlift Records in Training

Elite powerlifter Austin Perkins set the record books alight in 2023. He hit the biggest squat in knee sleeves ever recorded in the 75-kilogram class — a massive 313.5 kilograms (691 pounds). Perkins also set that class’s all-time world record total with a colossal 851 kilograms (1,876 pounds), scoring the highest DOTS score ever recorded for a tested powerlifter. Perkins hasn’t finished…
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Jade Jacob (57KG) Raw Deadlifts 225 Kilograms for Two Reps

Jade Jacob (57KG) Raw Deadlifts 225 Kilograms for Two Reps

French powerlifter Jade Jacob is the highest-ranked raw female in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) who hasn’t yet won an Open world title. She was the IPF Junior World Champion in 2021. She has been lifting in the Open class ever since despite still being a Junior athlete in 2024. At the 2022 IPF Classic World Championships (CWC), Jacob compelled…
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Russel Orhii (83KG) Raw Squats the IPF World Record for Four Reps

Russel Orhii (83KG) Raw Squats the IPF World Record for Four Reps

Elite powerlifter Russel Orhii will return to the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) in 2024. He won the IPF Classic World Championships (CWC) in the 83-kilogram class in 2019 and again in 2021 (no contest in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Orhii set the raw squat and total world records at 320.5 kilograms (706.5 pounds) and 841 kilograms (1,854 pounds)…
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Jesus Olivares Raw Deadlifts 16 Kilograms Over World Record in Prep for the 2024 Sheffield Championships

Jesus Olivares Raw Deadlifts 16 Kilograms Over World Record in Prep for the 2024 Sheffield Championships

Superheavyweight powerlifting superstar Jesus Olivares is leaving nothing behind as he prepares to return to the UK to defend his title at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships. Last year, Olivares took home £30,000 in prize money for his raw total (in knee sleeves) of 1,152.5 kilograms (2,541 pounds) — more than anyone else on the planet. Olivares’ raw deadlift world record in…
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Rondel Hunte Raw Deadlifts 380 Kilograms for Three Reps

Rondel Hunte Raw Deadlifts 380 Kilograms for Three Reps

Heavyweight powerlifter Rondel Hunte hails from Trinidad and Tobago. He won the 2018 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Junior world title by a considerable margin. Hunte endured something of a career hiatus when the IPF suspended his national federation but returned to the platform in 2022, guest lifting with United States Powerlifting (USAPL). In training, Hunte is hitting personal…
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