Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a quality of being strong sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. The maximum weight lifted in each event is totalled for a final score.

lifters compete in bodyweight classes. Powerlifting is of relatively modern origin, with the first formal competitions occurring in the mid 1960s.It is open to both men and women.

Powerlifting, like weightlifting, offers weight categories allowing athletes to display relative strength. This is why accomplished powerlifters vary in size- from the massive Scot Mendelson who holds the current world bench press record, to the diminutive Lamar Gant who could deadlift over five times his own body weight.