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USA Powerlifting (USAPL) is a national and international powerlifting organization based in the United States. The USAPL sanctions local, regional, national, [ 1 ] and international [ 2 ] meets in the United States and several other member countries.
In 2023, Orhii withdrew from the USA Powerlifting nationals to compete in the IPF again. IPF rules disallow athletes who compete outside an IPF-affilited meet for 6 months, which forced Orhii to withdraw from USA Powerlifting Nationals to compete in Powerlifting America Nationals, a qualification meet for IPF Worlds.
Powerlifting is a competitive strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift.As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effort of a barbell loaded with weight plates.
Next up for Pejakovich is a trip to the 2024 Powerlifting America High School Nationals in Louisiana in April. He has a GoFundMe page set up to help him offset the costs of competing out of state.
Atwood competed in his first recorded strength competition in high school in 2007, where he clean and jerked 270 lbs and bench pressed 335 lbs. [2] Atwood competed in his first powerlifting competition in 2013, and won his first Nationals from USA Powerlifting in 2014. [3]
Swallow, 24, competed in the light heavyweight division at last week's event, and had lifts of 319.7 pounds in the squat, 165.3 in the bench, and 424.4 in the deadlift.
Jun. 21—Spokane nurse practitioner Marie Brenden can lift heavy loads. In April, doctors implanted a pacemaker, and a month later the 59-year-old grandmother did what few other people can do ...
In 2021, Olivares made his IPF debut. He competed in the open category despite being a junior (23-years-old). He broke four International Powerlifting Federation world junior records, squatting 427.5 kilograms, bench pressing 252.5 kilograms for a full power and bench press only junior record, and a totaled 1,045 kilograms for a junior record, and would win his first gold medal.