Interview with American Bench Press Record Holder Jennifer Weed Thompson By Tasha Whelan and Dan Stephenson Congratulations to champion Bench presser Jennifer Thompson, who just competed in the USAPL Raw Nationals, rocked all three lifts and crushed every women in the...
INTERVIEW WITH RAY WILLIAMS By: Tasha Whelan and Dan Stephenson Ray Williams was the first person to raw squat (knee sleeves and belt only) over 1000 pounds (1005 pounds in fact) in a sanctioned competition. Not only did Ray put up a monster squat but he managed to...
The Heavy Hitters Powerlifting group were well represented Saturday January 14th at the UPSA Push Pull event held at EGO Strength and Performance in Everett, WA. Including Tasha and myself, there were 13 lifters from our group in this competition and nearly half of...
There are a number of things that can be holding you back from a big bench press. In order to get your bench press moving in the right direction, here is a brief checklist of what your training should address: Practice proper technique. There is a difference between...
As a women whose training partner is a man, I can say cutting weight next to him is very annoying. Doing the same weight cut as my training partner seems to be quite more of a struggle for me than it is for him. Given, as a women, hormones come in to play. Women,...
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