Massachusetts USA Powerlifting and Mass-Lift wants to wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday season. Remember and save the date: January 28-29 Northeastern High School and Collegiate Regional Championships March 11 Second Annual Ryan Moore New England Open High School Powerlifting Championships March 11 First Annual New England Pro Bench Press Invitational
Ben Schlafman is a newcomer to Massachusetts USAPL but made a big splash in his first championship, winning the 220 Open Weight Class. Ben also walked away with Best Male Equipped Lifter and a ticket to compete at both USAPL Men’s Nationals and The NAPF Brown’s Gym Pro American which will be held at the 2012 Arnold Sports Festival. Can you tell us a little about yourself? My name is Ben Schlafman and I Read More
Columbia City, IN (December 13, 2011) – USA Powerlifting, the premier national organized body of powerlifting athletes in the US, has partnered with Bite Tech, Inc. to make its performance-enhancing ArmourBite® Mouthpiece available to all of its member athletes and other powerlifters. The ArmourBite Mouthpiece is scientifically proven to improve strength, muscular endurance and recovery time. Most importantly, the technology reduces lactic acid and cortisol, which is often referred to as the power lifter’s Read More
National Contest Qualifying Totals USA Powerlifting has recently changed some of the qualifying totals for National Championships. Women Women 97 105 114 123 132 148 165 181 198 SHW Open 496 540 595 650 710 760 793 832 876 898 Collegiate’s 365 391 418 440 462 507 545 589 640 655 Teen(14-19) 335 358 385 407 435 479 518 562 610 620 Junior(20-23) 360 385 413 440 462 512 551 600 655 672 Master (40+) Read More
On the heals of her “Best Lifter” performance at the 2011 Massachusetts/Rhode Island State Championships we are proud to select Heath Crocker of Reading, MA as the first Featured Lifter. Heather’s, 516.9 Wilks Points was the highest at the championship, male or female. Heather is still a relatively newcomer to the sport but she is on the fast track to reach the highest levels sport has to offer. Can you tell us a little Read More
2011 MA/RI State Powerlifting Championships FLIGHT A Name Gender WC Team Class MEET DIV 1 DIV 2 Danielson, Sarah F 132 NUPL Equiped PL W-J Petit, Shaina F 148 NUPL Equiped PL W-J Blessington, Karen F Equiped PL W-M3 Croker, Heather F 132 NUPL Equiped PL W-O Arpino, Elizabeth F 148 NUPL Equiped PL W-O Mason, Deb F 165 NLF Equiped PL W-O W-M4 Almeida, Allison F 165 NUPL Equiped PL W-RJ Lefkowith, Cori F Read More
This past week at the USAPL Northeast Regional Championships in Oaks, PA, Massachusetts saw two of its own capture great success. Two of the biggest proponents of powerlifting in Massachusetts, regarding size, strength and influence took home best lifter in their respective divisions. Coach of the Iron Revolution, Con-Cret Powerlifting Team and Northeastern University Powerlifting, Mike Zawilinski decided to show everyone that his knowledge of strength has even given him an edge to achieve huge Read More