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Repost We’ve been spotted👀

So much fun watching on the platform🤪

reeling in 401 DOTS.

See you in Salt Lake City 👀
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Congratulations to our new female Pro Series pro card holders. Yesterday was an amazing day filled with a lot of strong women! 🏆🏆

You can watch the live stream on YouTube if you didn't see the action live.

Shout out to all the women competing this weekend at the Masters World Cup! We are rooting you on and looking forward to all of your meet recaps so we can celebrate your victories!!

New Pod dropped - with co-host we hear from our Pro Series Equipped Champions .squats and listen on Spotify now - Link in Bio

Posted • May 4th, 2024

I’m still not sure today was real so I’ll revisit it in the morning.

Incredibly grateful 🙏🏽 especially to my coach: .riseupstrength for everything and for everyone who came to cheer me on, today ( and ) thank you so so so much.

Repost .lift First powerlifting meet complete!✅I may not have gotten the numbers I wanted but I sure did learn and meet a lot of powerful, strong💪, supportive women! Just a shout out to the ones I got to meet, share smiles and encourage each other with. 💐💐Congratulations to all of you! It was wonderful, and I look forward to see what you all can do!

🫡Here’s to my first Powerlifting competition for the ladies 🫶🏾✨🥂
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Ladies only meets are going down all across the country today!!

Posted • We are checked in and ready for tomorrow!

The 2024 USA Powerlifting RAW Open, Masters and Bench Pro Series has been updated. Finalists will be determined by highest DOTS or DOTS/ Age Coefficient for Masters over the course of meets through 2024.

If you are interested in a Pro Card. How to score points. Who will be invited to the finals. Prize Pool for the Finals. Flip through the slides.

15 Ladies Only events taking place across the country this weekend!!! Where will you be competing or supporting your string friends?!?!??!

Ladies of Iron
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The 2024 USA Powerlifting Pro Series has been updated. Finalists will be determined by highest DOTS or DOTS/ Age Coefficient for Masters over the course of meets through 2024.

If you are interested in a Pro Card. How to score points. Who will be invited to the finals. Prize Pool for the Finals. Flip through the slides.

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The 2024 USA Powerlifting Pro Series has been updated. Finalists will be determined by highest DOTS or DOTS/ Age Coefficient for Masters over the course of meets through 2024.

If you are interested in a Pro Card. How to score points. Who will be invited to the finals. Prize Pool for the Finals. Flip through the slides.

equipped

Welcome back to USAPL@shelly_ann_28 we look forward to seeing you crush your next goals!

Wow this was fun! Thank You Josh Rohr and Lara Sterm for having me on the podcast

There is something powerful about this photo!

from Texas A&M finished her meet with a dot score of 529.99 make her the best women’s raw lifter of Colligate Nationals 2024! Congratulations Janee!

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But if I run out of air, If I crash I don't care. I'm gonna do it my way.
I can make it through this. You can throw the world in my face.
The fear gives me life and I swear until I die I'm gonna do it my way.

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Posted • Collegiate Nationals 2024

S: 142.5 kgs / 314 lbs, +33 lbs meet PR, 3/3
B: 80 kgs / 176.4 lbs, +16.4 lbs meet PR, 3/3
D: 177.5 kgs / 391 lbs, +11 lbs meet PR, 2/3

8/9, 400 kg total, 400 DOTS, and 29th 75kg lifter out of 81!

24/27 white lights at a national meet, and added 60.4 lbs to my meet day total.

This was the closest I’ve come to a perfect day. Broke all my goals besides breaking a 400lbs deadlift on the platform and man did it sting lol. It was a bittersweet ending, but still an amazing meet. I’m always thankful for the privilege and opportunity to compete. Thank you to and and to everyone who watched and supported 💙

The bar is loaded for Day 3 of Collegiate Nationals!! Good luck to all of our ladies competing today!!!

Happy Collegiate Nationals week!! The fun kicks off tomorrow morning on the platform, but today is the day where the referees, team, and athletes land and when the excitement really starts.

Don't forget to tune into our stories this week as we follow 3 of our Women's Committee members behind the scenes at the 2024 USA Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals.

Committee Chair, as Co-Technical Secretary squats as referee, jury member and coach/handler
is going to crush it on the platform

If you miss a story we will have it captured in the highlights.

You can also tune into the live stream on USA Powerlifting YouTube channel.

Repost from High School Nationals: When I joined Neenah Powerlifting half way through the season in 7th grade, Joe made me stand up in front of the entire team of scary high schoolers to introduce myself. From that moment on, I knew that this sport would be my favorite. I have gained so much from it: confidence, resilience, perseverance, a family… Powerlifting is so much more than moving weight around. It’s about facing your fears head on so you leave with no regrets, and to give it your all when things get hard (I listened !). I couldn’t be more grateful for everything that this sport has provided for me and I will forever cherish the memories created. To all of the coaches I have had throughout the years, the seniors that graduated before me, the classes that will graduate after me, my own senior class, the dorks, and especially .janichek, thank you all for contributing to this chapter of my life that is soon to close. I couldn’t have done it without you all ❤️

Nationals Stats
s: 292 (pr)
b: 154
d: 314
total: 760 (pr)
overall 9th in the nation in 148s out of 33 girls
girls raw team champions
combine raw team runner up

Repost .lifts Nationals 2024
Went into this meet knowing I wasn’t going to place and wanted to redeem myself after state. The goal was to have fun and hit some pr’s.

Squat:
My original third attempt was going to be 132.5kg/292lbs but my first attempt didn’t count so I had to readjust. They said my knees unlocked before the head judge gave the start command. After that I took my first attempt again and still got a pr.
122.5kg🔴⚪️🔴🎥
122.5kg⚪️⚪️⚪️
130kg⚪️⚪️🔴 (2.5kg atpr)🎥

Bench:
I wanted to attempt 137 again after not getting it at state but didn’t get there. Forgot leg drive on my second attempt so it did not move. Took the same attempt for my third and got it.
57.5kg⚪️⚪️⚪️
60kg🔴🔴🔴
60kg⚪️⚪️⚪️🎥

Deadlifts:
Came in wanting to get at least 2/3 to count and did that. There were not any big goals for deadlifts as they have been a struggle all season. The offseason will definitely have a big focus on them.
112.5kg⚪️⚪️⚪️
117.5kg⚪️⚪️⚪️🎥
122.5kg🔴🔴🔴

Total: 307.5kg (2.5kg meet pr)

This was such a great meet and it reminded me why I love the sport. The environment that’s created at meets is amazing and everyone is so supportive. One last year.

Congratulations .rodriguez08
High School Nationals 2024 Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2024 JV equipped girls 56kg NATIONAL CHAMPION🥇

Meet overview
Starting with squat, coach noticed that the judges were being a little bit strict on the depth call for squat and i have been struggling get depth in my suit here and there and didn’t wanna chance me bombing out. Ended up making a decision to just go raw.
Bench, i got a new bench shirt about two weeks before the state and and wasn’t able to reach my chest to use the bench shirt for state. I started struggling the last week with the bench shirt so we used my lose one for my first attempt to get on the board. Then made a quick change surprised many people in it and went to go and make an ALL TIME platform pr the highest ever. The third attempt was soo close to locking it out.
Deadlift, has been my strongest lift for some reason and out of no where the other day in practice i made an all time pr in the weight room of 285lbs. I have been struggling with hip pain for a couple months now and deadlift hurts it the most. Got my first no problem went for my second and i know i could’ve but my hip hurt way to much, so decided to just scratch instead of continuing to hurt myself.
Final - The over all goal was to use this meet to qualify for the world cup as varisity which is in june. Found out that to be JV for world cup it’s 16 and under, i turn 16 in a month, which makes me varsity. The goal now is to go a Limitless meet on may 18th to qualify for the world cup.

Lifts
Squat - raw
132 ⚪️⚪️⚪️
160 🔴🔴⚪️ (easy weight didn’t hit depth smh)
160 ⚪️⚪️⚪️

Bench - equipped
82.7 ⚪️⚪️⚪️ black shirt
99 ⚪️⚪️⚪️ blue shirt
110 🔴🔴🔴 blue shirt (just needed to lock elbows)

deadlift - equipped
253 ⚪️⚪️⚪️
281 🔴🔴🔴
0 (scratched third lift due to hip pain)

Video in order of lifts
Squat 160
bench 99
bench 110
deadlift 253
my idle i’ve been watching through a screen
the obnoxiously huge medal

Tomorrow kicks off 4 days of USA Powerlifting High School Nationals! 🦐🦐

You can find all the links you'll need on our Linktree located in our bio.

⬜ Watch your favorite athlete on our livestream!
⬜ Follow along on LiftingCast!
⬜ Catch all the updates on Instagram starting tomorrow!

Good luck to all the athletes converging on Baton Rouge over the next few days.

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Guys, WE ARE GOING TO NATIONALS!! I cannot tell you how much this means to me. I have been trying to reach these numbers for years. I came so close last year and after falling short, I really struggled to want to stay in this sport. After a couple months of inconsistency and the Greed Island Meet, I regained my drive and love with this sport with a lot more patience. Coach and I put in the work. We found things that worked for my lifts and we never let off the gas until we secured this. (I’m pressing down even harder now) After some life stressors and a 10+ pound cut, we put together the perfect day.

💜Squat: 352.7lbs (16.5lb Meet PR)
Squats blew up for me over the last year, but they definitely worried me the most. After not responding well the last time I cut, I was worried they would suffer. BUT, we came in with a different approach and they really showed up! Extremely happy with how they went.
💜Bench:159.8lbs (Matched Meet PR)
Bench decided to give me a little scare. After failing my second attempt, I began to panic. My back was giving me some issues and I felt I couldn’t get in my arch. We retook the same weight for my third and (thank God) I got it. One of these days I will bench a red in comp.
💜Deadlift: 418.9lb (11lb Meet PR)
My absolute favorite lift. Nothing to say but I am extremely proud of this. Secured Nationals on the second pull and I told Coach I just wanted to PR on the platform and the 418 was the perfect call.

Total: 422.5kg/931.5lb (27.7lb Meet PR)

First and Foremost, a huge thank you to my coach. When I say I could not have done it without him, I truly mean it. The amount of s**t he has put up from me and still has gotten me to succeed in my goals. This man is a magician with weight cuts and attempt selections. Reggie, WE ARE GOING TO NATIONALS. And a special thanks to everyone who knew I was competing and supported me. Dani, I cant express the amount of appreciation I have for you. All the walks and phone calls. Your support was a massive pillar for me. Of Course, the amazing team I have behind me. And lastly my boys, you are my biggest motivators and this was for you.
SEE YO

Listen to the latest episode of the USA Powerlifting podcast now and hear from president Larry Maile on exciting new developments. Also, hear all about our international expansion with international chair Wade Johnson.🎙️

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ABOUT THE LEAGUE

USA Powerlifting, established in 1981 as the American Drug Free Powerlifting Association, Inc, is the leading drug-tested powerlifting organization in the United States.

Distinct from weightlifting, a sport made up of two lifts: the Sn**ch and the Clean-and-Jerk, where the weight is lifted above the head, powerlifting comprises three lifts: the Squat, Bench Press and Deadlift. Powerlifting competitions may be comprised of one, two or all three of the lifting disciplines.

Athletes are categorized by s*x, age and bodyweight. Each competitor is allowed three attempts at each lift, the best lift in each discipline being added to their total. The lifter with the highest total is the winner. In cases where two or more lifters achieve the same total, the person with the lightest bodyweight wins.

USA Powerlifting is responsible for sanctioning local and regional events where powerlifters can compete in hopes of qualifying for the national level events. USA Powerlifting sanctions several National Championships in all age groups, giving athletes a chance to see how they fare against competitors across the country. Top competitors are selected by USA Powerlifting to compete in the USA Powerlifting Pro Series with an opportunity to achieve their Pro Card.

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Online registration for The World Cup of Bench Press is now live!

19th & 20th October 2024
Lincoln, UK

The registration link is available in the Linktree bio, as well as on the events page on usaplengland.com

USA Powerlifting 2024 Collegiate Nationals will be April 11th -April 14th in Atlanta, Georgia.

We are looking for referees of all ranks (State, National, Category 2 and Category 1) and experience levels to work this national championship.

The Sign-Up link is live. https://form.jotform.com/usapowerlifting/2024-collegiate-nationals-referee-a

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Heather Faas and Shannon Murphy at [email protected]


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It’s time to get hyped ladies, it’s meet week for the Arnold Sports Festival.

This will be USA Powerlifting's 16th year at the Arnold.

We were invited by the Lorimers and Arnold because of our production values (even then), our organization, elite level athletes, and the crowd we draw.

*Follow along in our stories through the weekend as 3 of our Pros take over the page and bring you to the Arnold with them!

Best of luck to all of our female athletes competing this weekend at The Arnold Sports Festival.