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Sherine Marcelle World Record Squat 579 Pounds March 2023

Sherine Marcelle (90KG) Scores All-Time Raw World Record Squat of 262.3 Kilograms (579 Pounds)

An unmitigated powerhouse, Sherine Marcelle entered 2023 with big plans and a roadmap to fulfill them. The superstar powerlifter seems to have fulfilled her mission. On Mar 25, 2023, during the World ... Continue Reading

Joe Sullivan World Record Squat March 2023

Joe Sullivan (100KG) Records All-Time Raw World Record Squat of 386 Kilograms (850.9 Pounds)

At times, Joe Sullivan seemingly expands what should be possible for anyone on the mortal plane. He resembles more of a powerlifting powerhouse than a mere human being with ridiculous strength. The ... Continue Reading

Amanda Lawrence celebrates IPF Worlds win

Amanda Lawrence (84KG) Breaks Three IPF Raw World Records at 2023 Sheffield Championships

Amanda Lawrence entered the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Sheffield Powerlifting Championships with nothing to prove. The athlete was already a World Champion, with multiple world ... Continue Reading

Phillip Herndon All-Time World Record Squat March 2023

Phillip Herndon (125KG) Squats 411 Kilograms (906.1 Pounds) for Raw All-Time World Record

Phillip Herndon is not one to tip-toe around a loaded barbell. As his competitive resume and Instagram profile of training feats illustrate, he's an athlete prepared to put the pedal to the metal whenever ... Continue Reading

Powerlifter Sonita Muluh performing heavy barbell squat

Sonita Muluh (+84KG) Scores Squat One Kilogram (2.2 Pounds) Above Raw World Record in Training

In powerlifting, certain lifters have the potential for World Record-adjacent feats during any run-of-the-mill workout or sanctioned competition. On Mar. 15, 2023, Sonita Muluh provided an excellent ... Continue Reading

Amanda Lawrence 562-Pound Squat March 2023

Amanda Lawrence (84KG) Squats 11.5 Kilograms (25.3 Pounds) More Than IPF World Record In Training

In terms of sheer dominion over one's division, powerlifter Amanda Lawrence might have an iron-vise grip on the International Powerlifting Federation's (IPF) raw 84-kilogram category: The athlete's latest ... Continue Reading

Jessica Buettner Squat Tie PR March 2023

Jessica Buettner (84KG) Ties All-Time Raw Squat PR of 220 Kilograms (485 Pounds)

It is said an immovable force can do nothing to an immovable object. Whoever believes this clearly never watched "The Canadian Forklift" Jessica Buettner pick up very heavy objects in the gym. On Mar. ... Continue Reading

Kasemsand Senumong Deadlift 705 Pounds March 2023

Powerlifter Kasemsand Senumong (66KG) Deadlifts 320 Kilograms (705 Pounds) for Huge PR and Unofficial World Record

On Mar. 9, 2023, the King of the Lifts Instagram page reposted one of powerlifter Kasemsand Senumong's recent raw deadlift build-up sessions. The clip features Senumong pulling 70, 120, 170, 220, 260, 290, ... Continue Reading

Ray Williams Bench Press 2023 Raw Nationals

Powerlifter Ray Williams Wins His 7th Raw National Title After Gritty Performance

On Feb. 24-26, 2023, during the Powerlifting America (AMP) Classic Raw Nationals in Austin, TX, powerlifter Ray Williams captured his seventh career raw National championship in the +120-kilogram class. ... Continue Reading

Jesus Olivares 1,025-pound squat PR February 2023

Jesus Olivares Demolishes a 465-Kilogram (1,025.1-Pound) Raw Squat PR

Jesus Olivares's Instagram username is "mega.gojira" — a play on words of the Japanese term for "Godzilla," the fictional nuclear reptilian monster that brings nothing but destruction in its wake. ... Continue Reading

Jessica Buettner Squat 2023 CPU Nationals

Jessica Buettner (84KG) Breaks Two Canadian Records at 2023 CPU Nationals

Jessica Buettner had planned to compete as an 84-kilogram powerlifter for a little while now, but the superstar waited to put the shift into action. With the 2023 Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU) ... Continue Reading

Phillip Herndon 910-Pound Squat PR February 2023

Phillip Herndon Squats 412.7 Kilograms (910 Pounds) For New Massive Personal Record

Whenever one checks in on Phillip Herndon, the mammoth powerlifter is likely pulling off some incredible feat of strength. As a usual 110-kilogram competitor, Herndon has amassed a reputation for seemingly ... Continue Reading

John Haack 915-pound deadlift PR January 2023

Powerlifter John Haack Deadlifts an Astonishing 415 Kilograms (915 Pounds) for a PR and Unofficial World Record

Compared to John Haack, most mere mortals would likely struggle to squat, press, and pull a fraction of the weights he logs for himself. However, Haack has routinely proven he isn't any Average Joe in the ... Continue Reading

Jacob Green PR Squat 562 Pounds January 2023

Powerlifter Jacob Green Hit a Squat PR of 254.9 Kilograms (562 Pounds) with a Three-Second Negative

In each new year, with roughly 12 months as their proverbial ball of training clay, some athletes prefer to take their time and ease into potential lofty goals. Such a sentiment would not apply to the ... Continue Reading

Larry Wheels Full Mock Powerlifting Meet January 2023

Larry Wheels Crushes a Full Mock Powerlifting Meet on TRT

Larry "Wheels" Williams has been very forthcoming about his decision to stop using steroids and transition to Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT). The powerlifter/strongman/influencer has officially ... Continue Reading

Russel Orhii 2022 Powerlifting Performance

Russel Orhii (90KG) Scores 4 Competition Personal Records at 2022 USAPL Korea Winter Showdown

In powerlifting's current constellation of strength superstars, it's hard to get much of any bigger than Russel Orhii. The former two-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World champion (2019, ... Continue Reading

Bobb Matthews Deadlift at 2022 USAPL Virginia Pro

Powerlifter Bobb Matthews (105KG) Scores 952.5-Kilogram (2,099.3-Pound) Total, Wins 2022 USAPL Virginia Pro

Before 2022, Bobb Matthews might have been an ascending star, but he could never quite break through on a sanctioned lifting platform. Aside from some solid podium finishes, he was awaiting his turn to ... Continue Reading

Hafthor Bjornsson Bench Press Powerlifting Return December 2022

Hafthor Björnsson Wins Powerlifting Return, Achieves 970-Kilogram (2,138.5-Pound) Total

It's been an eventful fall for strength sports living legend Hafthor Björnsson. After some years away from Atlas stones and other heavy implements, the Icelandic athlete had announced he'd be making an ... Continue Reading

powerlifter Bobbie Butters holding barbell

Powerlifter Bobbie Butters (57KG) Wins First Career European Championship

Bobbie Butters has been a competitive powerlifting fixture for over a decade. Per Open Powerlifting, as a raw Teen competitor, she began her career with a victory at the 2012 British Drug Free Powerlifting ... Continue Reading

Morgan Nicholls 515-Pound Bench Press November 2022

16-Year-Old Morgan Nicholls Scores a Massive 233.6-Kilogram (515-Pound) Bench Press

In their free time, most 16-year-olds probably aren't building their strength in the gym. Rather than polish up their staple lifts, they're likely playing video games or hanging out with friends. Knowing ... Continue Reading

Larry Wheels Squat AMRAP November 2022

Larry Wheels Shows Off His Power With a 305-Kilogram (672.4-Pound) Squat for 6 Reps

It's been an eventful year for Larry "Wheels" Williams. Amidst various training updates and tidbits, the athlete disclosed he would stop using steroids indefinitely in a late-August 2022 video on his ... Continue Reading

Sen Yang Equipped World Record Squat November 2022

Powerlifter Sen Yang (120KG) Captures a 440.5-Kilogram (971.1-Pound) Equipped World Record Squat

In the Asian powerlifting circuit, Sen Yang has been a mainstay for quite some time. He's a former Asian Powerlifting Federation (AsianPF) World Champion — both as an Equipped (2016-2017, 2019) and Raw ... Continue Reading

Daria Rusanenko World Record Equipped Squat IPF Equipped Worlds 2022

Ukrainian Powerlifter Daria Rusanenko (84KG) Squats a World Record 275.5 Kilograms (607.4 Pounds)

As a powerlifter, Daria Rusanenko first made her hay in her native Ukraine, winning several contests of the Sub-Juniors and Teen variety in the mid-2010s. Years later, as a seasoned competitor and if her ... Continue Reading

Heather Connor Deadlift PR November 2022

Heather Connor Deadlifts More Than 20 Pounds Over Her Own World Record in Training

With two International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World titles (2017, 2019), Heather Connor has a diverse powerlifting resume outside of her usual prolific deadlifting. Even still, this superstar has ... Continue Reading

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