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    Simon Chang on Why Powerlifting Lifestyle Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

    The 24-year-old, 165-pound powerlifter explains how he progressed from barely lifting the bar to recently bench-pressing 380 pounds in competition. Zak Wojnar If there's a secret to the bodybuilding lifestyle, it's that transforming one's body isn't actually as hard as it might seem. It...
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    USA Powerlifting Has Agreed to Talk to A Transgender Athlete About Its Trans Ban

    Anna Berdnik via Shutterstock The USA Powerlifting's ban on transgender athletes from competing as their identifying gender will be discussed in a sit-down meeting between the organization and members of the LGBTQ community, the latest chapter in a yearlong controversy. The ban was...
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    How 82-Year-Old Shirley Webb Became a Powerlifting World Champ

    Kent Webb Everyone has a favorite lift, and Shirley Webb’s is the deadlift. It came naturally to Webb when she joined a gym for the first time at 77 years young, and the now-82-year-old powerlifter boasts a 265-pound PR and is the world champ in the IPF Raw Masters 4 category. To date, she's...
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    Power Lifting Fails

  5. The Best Of - Powerlifting Fails - Compilation

    The Best Of - Powerlifting Fails - Compilation

    Powerlifting/Weightlifting Fails!
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    Combine Powerlifting and Bodybuilding for Serious Gains

    Pavel Ythjall Powerlifters and bodybuilders are like quarreling brothers. Some differences they can never fully bridge and yet, for better or worse, they remain closely related. They do many of the same exercises. Bodybuilders squat, deadlift, and bench press, just as powerlifters may crank out...
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    Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate Revokes Transgender Policy Following Hateful Comments

    Joseph McNally / Getty USA Powerlifting announced last week that transgender women will not be allowed to compete as women, because a male transitioning to female poses a naturally high level of androgens, such as testosterone, which provide advantages, including “increased body and muscle...
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