When Toni Wolfe, 71, benched 80kg on Sunday she broke an all-time powerlifting world record. Now she has her sights set on becoming world champion.
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When Toni Wolfe, 71, benched 80kg on Sunday she broke an all-time powerlifting world record. Now she has her sights set on becoming world champion.
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Tamara Walcott can still remember the first time she set foot in a powerlifting gym: the chalked hands, the strapped wrists, the yells and screams as lifters heaved weights off the floor.
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Nyah Keep has been absorbing as much information as she can from her father, who was once a competitive weightlifter and bodybuilder. The results speak for themselves.
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These women see powerlifting — a slower version of weightlifting, often with heavier weights — as a physical and mental salve, and a strong source of community.
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People look at me and say, ‘She won’t be able to lift that.’ I like surprising them
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Karenjeet Kaur Bains started her sporting life as a sprinter, but when she took up powerlifting at the age of 17 -- initially to get faster and more explosive for athletics -- her focus soon changed.
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Some Paralympic powerlifters lift heavier weights than athletes without disabilities. Here’s what we know about why this might be.
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The sport of powerlifting has been rocked by a sexual harassment scandal involving one of its most influential figures, leaving the national body in tatters and provoking a searing conversation on the treatment of women.
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A Russian power lifter broke both his knees while trying to lift nearly 900 pounds.
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Cass Pickard has already made her mark as a two-time world powerlifting champion, but it wasn't enough for the mother of two who has just proved that she also has what it takes to achieve academic success.
Ms Pickard has graduated from CQUniversity with the Associate Vice-Chancellor Central Highland medal after completing her certificate three in fitness.
For Ms Pickard, of Emerald, who left school in New Zealand at 15, the academic achievement was one she never dreamed she could complete.
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Catherine Walter only took up the sport six years ago and has now become a world champion.
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New research suggests that muscle power is an integral element of overall health.
Power = Strength X Speed. Powerlifting is not about power, as it is usually performed very slowly, so a high strength component but less power. Olympic lifting is performed more explosively and is more of a power movement. But even using slightly lighter weight and increasing the tempo of your exercise movement would develop some power crossover. As usual, variety is the key to success. I would suggest do a strength set and do a power set. Tempo is the variant that has been neglected in resistance training for too long.
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Women’s Strength Coalition, a weight-lifting group, seeks to introduce women to the sport and raise money for various nonprofits.