Powerlifting Weight Classes Powerlifting is a strength sport in which weight classes are used in order to divide athletes into different divisions. This is done to ensure that competitions are as fair as possible. Without weight classes, those who carry a greater amount of weight would outperform ...
It’s just been amazing to watch the progression in the sport. Like you said, it’s across weight classes. We talked about, and the lifts that get mainstream coverage are often the super heavyweight lifts, like Ray Williams squats more than 1,000 pounds. You’ll see that on ESPN. Acros...
long arms, and long legs. Lamar Gant possessed all three traits in addition to having severe scoliosis which helped him become the only person to deadlift over five times bodyweight in two weight classes. The torso acts
You’ll notice that nearly all of the lighter weight classes feature records set by sumo pullers. In fact, the 242 record is actually higher than the 275 record (we’ll talk in the next article about why most big guys don’t pull sumo). Next, I’m going to show a highlight video ...
A glaring example has been our delay in mandating the bodyweight categories the IPF adopted several years ago. Although we use the new weight classes in national competitions, we apparently do not mandate them for state and local meets. Many of these meets continue to use the old weight ...
Fortunately for me, I’ve been following Lyle and his work for long as I have been lifting weights. When I decided to drop two full weight classes in less than three months, I knew my diet of choice would Lyle’sRapid Fatloss Handbook(RFL). ...
Bodyweight:Absolutely bodyweight has a large factor on strength, but to try to factor that in further clouds an already cloudy issue. In general, we are talking about a standard 200 lb male and a 150 lb female, but as the feats of strength increase the smaller sizes are essentially select...