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Results from 14th Annual North American Championships

08/25/2016 Eric Cordeiro 0

The 14th Annual North American Championships was held last week in St. Croix. For those that don’t know the NAPF (North American Powerlifting Federation) is our regional affiliate to the IPF, it includes all North America and the Caribbean. This year was a little different as the meet also was a qualifier for the World Games next year. Results in Kilos: Eric Cordeiro 83kg M1 262.5-165-235 1st place. Liane Blyn 84kg Open and M1 240-190.5-220 1st Read More

Massachusetts Lifters Podium at Men’s and Women’s National Championships

05/30/2016 Lodrina Cherne 0

This past May Massachusetts lifters took to the platform in Aurora, CO to compete at the Men’s and Women’s National Championships. This was the second year that the USAPL Open National Championship hosted male and female lifters at the same meet and Massachusetts sent 14 athletes to battle for gold and a spot on one of the USAPL National Teams.

Local Lifters at the Arnold Sports Festival 2016

03/10/2016 Lodrina Cherne 0

Starting Strength Pro Raw Challenge In the morning session, defending 57kg champion Lodrina Cherne of Somerville, MA, had multiple personal bests, tying for second place on weight lifted and placing third by bodyweight. In the afternoon session Eric Kupperstein of Cohasset, MA, won the 59kg open class and was third in the masters after competing in a USA Weightlifting meet earlier the same day. Zach DiCostanzo of Brighton, MA won the 74kg class with Read More

Start List and Updates- Winter Classic

02/24/2016 Mass-Lift 0

The 2016 edition of the USA Powerlifting Winter Classic has exploded to 142 lifters. This large turnout will cause some minor changes to the schedule, please see them below. Please make sure your membership is current date, if not please renew online at www.usapowerlifting.com today. Also please review the lifters handbook and pay special attention to the section regarding briefs and personal equipment: http://www.usapowerlifting.com/wpcontent/uploads/2014/01/USAPLHandbook2.pdf If you have any questions after reviewing the lifters handbook please Read More

6th Annual Ryan Moore New England Open High School Championships (MA-2016-03)

01/13/2016 Mass-Lift 0

On March 13th high school athletes from around New England and beyond will gather to compete at the 6th Annual Ryan Moore New England Open High School Championships. This year’s championship will again be help at Xaverian Brothers High School, the alma mater of the late Ryan Moore. This Championship in the past has feature the strongest lifters from several high schools including Xavarian Brothers High School, Coyle & Cassidy High School, St. John’s High Read More

St. John’s High School Classic and Worcester Open (MA-2016-01)

01/11/2016 Mass-Lift 0

Attention Lifters and Coaches, We are pushing the start time back by 30 minutes to accomidate some of the lifters that are traveling the day of the meet. Weigh-ins will now begin at 8am and lifter at 10am for both Saturday and Sunday. if you have any questions please let me know. Also, Please find the start lists for both championships below. Yours in strength, Mike Zawilinski Championship Director 781.706.4009 mike@mass-lift Start Read More

2016 USA Powerlifting Collegiate National Championships

12/09/2015 Mass-Lift 0

The website for the 2016 USA Powerlifting Collegiate National Championships hosted in Providence, RI can be found at http://nationals.mass-lift.com/

2015 USA Powerlifting American Open

12/07/2015 Mass-Lift 0

14th Annual USA Powerlifting American Open December 4-6, 2015 Hyatt Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts The 2015 American Open was hosted in Boston on two platforms, over three days, and 250+ lifters. Results can be found on the results page.

SSPT Pull-up Program

01/21/2015 Matthew Gary 0

Every human should be able to do one pull-up. If you can’t, you’re either too fat, weak, or both. Pull-up ability is largely a function of strength to bodyweight ratio. This explains why some men can deadlift 700+ pounds while some women are well into the 400s and beyond, but neither is able perform a single pull-up. While deadlifting may be the truest test of total body strength with a barbell, pull-ups demand greater balance Read More

SSPT Training the Deadlift

10/14/2014 Matthew Gary 0

How many times has some curious onlooker at your gym come over to and asked, “So, how much can you lift?” My stock reply is, “I can deadlift 639 pounds.” (see picture to the right). For a powerlifter, the deadlift is the purest test of total body strength. This is true for a myriad of reasons. Firstly, the deadlift recruits and utilizes as many muscles as any other exercise. The only exercise that rivals the Read More