Ray Bowring squatted 500kg - the equivalent weight of a horse or a small car.

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Bethel native Natalie Hanson has set a new American record in women’s powerlifting. On Saturday (Jan. 28) in Milwaukee, Hanson squatted 578.7 pounds, more than three times her body weight, and more ...

To those entrenched in that belief, Meridian High School powerlifting coaches Demetrius Hill and La’Toya Atterberry have a message: Don’t turn away. The 2025 Wildcats lost three lifters to graduation ...

Powerlifter Natalie Hanson has broken a world record. Friday morning, the former Bethel resident squatted 603 pounds in the women’s 185 pound weight class at the World Open Powerlifting Championship ...

Even more research has just confirmed that squat lifting (knees bent and back straight) techniques are no safer than stoop lifting (knees straight and back bent) techniques when picking up heavy ...

"I tell myself, don't be upset if I can't get a lift, just try to lift as much as I can," he said. Bider, a junior at The Woodlands High School, recently carried on his family legacy by taking a gold ...

There are precious few humans who can say that they've moved over 1,000 pounds in any lift—and fewer who have done so with all that weight on their back for a squat, the discipline considered by some ...

When the words “women” and “fitness” come into play in the same sentence, you normally envision girls slaving away on the elliptical for hours reading the latest issue of Cosmopolitan, or a group of ...