Attention Coaches and unattached lifters, There has been a flurry of last minute entries for this meet. I will be making an announcement Friday 3/7/2014 by 1pm as to updated times for this championship. We are set at 78 lifters which would project an end time around 9pm which is too late in my opinion for high school students on a school night. I am going to explore every option to run this as Read More
Do you want to represent our country and the USAPL by competing on a national team? There are eight primary international championships that the USAPL participates in. Here’s everything you need to know about how to qualify, purchase team apparel, and remit all team fees . Your Team Head Coach or Manager will give you instructions on what you need to do as a team member and the deadlines for each team. Team Uniforms Read More
Originally posted on NU Student Life On Saturday, February 15, 2014 Brown’s Gym will be hosting the Northeast Conference Powerlifting Championship in Clark Summit, PA. Eleven lifters from Northeastern Women’s Powerlifting will be competing against top schools. This meet will be one of the last chances for college athletes to qualify for Collegiate Powerlifting Nationals in Orlando, Florida. Last year, Northeastern Women’s Powerlifting placed second in the nation amongst some of the toughest competition. Competing against Read More
Attention Athletes, Thank you for those who have submitted their responses to the survey regarding attending the make-up date. I have received enough feedback to determine that we will only need one session and one platform. All weigh-ins will take place on Saturday at 11am and lifting will start promptly at 1pm. Please see below for the updated schedule! We should have everyone out before the start of the Patriots playoff game. As I have Read More
Lifting Time All Women and Men up through 74kg – 10:00 am Men 83kg and Up – 2:00 pm Weigh-ins begin two hours before each session and end 30 minutes prior to the commencement of lifting Live streaming video by Ustream Nominations for all lifters: Contact the meet director (Roy Apostle) at royapostle@gmail.com or 908-770-4625 with any questions.
This year’s IPF World Championships to be held this week in Stavanger, Norway, will feature several well established Massachusetts powerlifters. The lifters include Luis Jaimes of Roslindale, Joe Cappellino of South Boston, Liane Blyn of Southwick, and Sue Elwyn of Western Massachusetts. Michael Zawilinski, Strength and Conditioning coach for Northeastern University, will also be present as a coach for Team USA. Luis Jaimes rose to prominence in the Massachusetts powerlifting scene late in his collegiate Read More
The first powerlifting meet to ever be held at Northeastern University will take place on Sunday, November 17. It will feature raw collegiate lifters from several Boston area schools (NU, BC, BU, Harvard, etc) Entry forms are still being accepted!! Please contact meet director Roy Apostle at royapostle@gmail.com for more information. Raw Collegiate Cup Entry form
The 2013-2014 powerlifting season has just begun! Last season due to the generous help of friends and family of the team, we were able to send 16 girls to Collegiate Nationals in Kileen, Texas where we got 2nd place as a team. We also had five girls become All-American by placing in the top 5 of their respective weight classes. It is our hopes that this year, we can bring an even bigger girls team Read More
Massachusetts Powerlifting will be holding its annual meeting this Saturday at 12 noon in Wrentham. This meeting is open to all members of USA Powerlifting who are registered in Massachusetts, memberships can be purchased on site for $50 or online for $45. There will be several positions open for election and discussions to further improve our status as the leader for drug-free powerlifting in the state of Massachusetts. Click here for the agenda Location: Read More
So… as I mentioned the last time I updated my training log, which I apologize was so long ago, my back was hurting very badly. After returning from quest weekend 2.o I started seeing a chiropractor 2x per week. I also took a week off of training completely. That left me with two weeks to train for a meet that I have been thinking about for the last 52 weeks. I was frustrated and did Read More