Bethel native Natalie Hanson has set a new American record in women’s powerlifting. On Saturday (Jan. 28) in Milwaukee, Hanson squatted 578.7 pounds, more than three times her body weight, and more ...

Competitive powerlifters work hard to increase the maximum amount of weight they can lift for each of these movements. In competitions, they have three tries to successfully lift a pre-chosen amount ...

Powerlifting is a sport that tests brute strength. Competitors vie to lift the heaviest possible loads for a single repetition on the squat, bench press, and deadlift exercises. The sport began ...

There are precious few humans who can say that they've moved over 1,000 pounds in any lift—and fewer who have done so with all that weight on their back for a squat, the discipline considered by some ...

Competitive sports often require special spaces or equipment, and that’s true of most strength sports. Weightlifting (the kind they do in the Olympics) requires bouncy bumper plates and a gym that won ...

‘Along with improving lower-body strength, bear hug squats can help to improve overall upper strength and grip strength, ...

"I tell myself, don't be upset if I can't get a lift, just try to lift as much as I can," he said. Bider, a junior at The Woodlands High School, recently carried on his family legacy by taking a gold ...

When the words “women” and “fitness” come into play in the same sentence, you normally envision girls slaving away on the elliptical for hours reading the latest issue of Cosmopolitan, or a group of ...

Even more research has just confirmed that squat lifting (knees bent and back straight) techniques are no safer than stoop lifting (knees straight and back bent) techniques when picking up heavy ...