Go to Source   You gotta work your way up, and you just keep at it. And once you get there, it’s gonna make you feel a lot better.   Steven Kryspin’s face is beet-red, lips pursed. His eyes squint behind his glasses as he grips a barbell, slowly lowering it toward his body.   […]

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Go to Source   CORNELIUS, N.C. —  Bluefield resident Paul Sutphin placed first in the 198-pound Masters Division (age 55-59) on Saturday at the RPS Back Yard Bash Powerlifting Championships in Cornelius, N.C.   Sutphin’s winning total of 1,400 pounds included 550 Squat, 320 Bench Press, and a Deadlift of 530, all of which are North […]

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Go to Source     TWIN FALLS • Three 16-year-old girls, Mackenzie Molesworth and twins Grace and Megan Kelley, aren’t the least bit bothered by the bald-headed Siberian man dead-lifting over 600 pounds.   They have to max, too.   In fact, they encourage him to lift more, just as he does them. They’re Facebook […]

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Go to Source   Kyle Alexander has continued his brisk rise in the powerlifting ranks.     The recent Sierra High graduate had made the leap to an older age division and added three more state records to his resume. He competed in a meet at the Old Skool Iron Gym in Vacaville on June […]

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Go to Source Like a good corporate citizen, the Trophy Stall is once again supporting a local discipline. The Bourda Market entity joined Fitness Express in sponsoring the annual Claude Charles Memorial Intermediate and Masters Powerlifting Championships scheduled for Sunday at the YMCA.   Employee of the Trophy Stall, Ryan Sealey recently handed over the […]

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By Nazrin Gadimova The European Powerlifting Championships kicked off in Baku on June 12. Addressing the opening ceremony, President of the Azerbaijani Powerlifting Federation Aladdin Aliyev read out a congratulatory letter of the honorable President of the Federation Sevil Aliyeva. Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Ismayil Ismayilov, in turn, spoke of Azerbaijani government’s attention to […]

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