When I first started strength training, I didn’t expect to be here. I didn’t think I’d ever care about any of this. Now, I’m in the last week of training for my first actual powerlifting meet coming ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Competitive sports ...

World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) and Eleiko joined forces to change the way athletes train and compete by integrating lift analysis technology into certified Eleiko WPPO Powerlifting Competition Bars.

If there are two things to pick that drive the wellness world these days, it’s diet and exercise, and rightfully so. And while these two aspects of achieving a healthier lifestyle don’t seem very ...

For decades physicians have advised their patients that exercises like jogging, walking, cycling and swimming will improve their cardiovascular health. In contrast, deadlifts, squats and presses were ...

Powerlifting is a sport that tests brute strength. Competitors vie to lift the heaviest possible loads for a single repetition on the squat, bench press, and deadlift exercises. The sport began ...

LaShae Rolle, 27, is a competitive powerlifter who could squat 441 pounds, bench 292 pounds and deadlift 497 pounds. She is also a breast cancer survivor and researcher and the lead author on a ...

Last year, 73-year-old Judy Cole won her age group for Austin Fittest, an obstacle-type event focusing on strength, endurance, balance, speed, precision, agility, and power. She was also the only one ...

At 65, Martine Barons is showing that getting older does not necessarily mean stepping away from strength training. The grandmother from Stratford-upon-Avon recently won her third world powerlifting ...