A powerlifting coach explains how to build strong legs safely using belt squats, leg press, and other low-stress movements ...

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 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 ...

Squats are the best exercise for building muscle, world champion powerlifter Blaine Sumner told Insider. They're compound movements that engage multiple muscle groups. Sumner strength trains six days ...

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 ...

Powerlifter Natalie Hanson has broken a world record. Friday morning, the former Bethel resident squatted 603 pounds in the women’s 185 pound weight class at the World Open Powerlifting Championship ...

"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 ...

Stefi Cohen just set a staggering three new all-time world records in powerlifting. At Hybrid Showdown II, a World Raw Powerlifting Federation-approved event which took place at Cohen's Hybrid ...

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 ...

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 ...