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
Pilsen, Czech Republic, Nov. 11, 2011 – Liane Blyn (Milford, Mass.) finished in third place overall in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) 32nd Women’s World Championships. In route to her bronze medal performance in the women’s 84Kgs/ 185.2Lbs weight class; she also picked up silver in the Bench Press and another bronze in the Deadlift. Blyn who is no stranger to the IPF World Championships earned her chance to compete with her victory at USAPL Read More
Pilsen, Czech Republic, Nov. 8, 2011 – Eric Kupperstein (Cohasset, Mass.) placed ninth overall and fourth in the deadlift in the 59Kgs/130Lbs weigh class at the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) 41st World Open Men’s Championships. This just 44 days after his victory in the IPF World Men’s Masters Championships. Kupperstein is veteran of USA Powerlifting (USAPL) and IPF competition. He earned the chance to represent the United States with his victory in the USAPL Men’s Read More
Czech Republic is playing host to the 2011 World Open Powerlifting Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic from 8 – 13 November. Some 157 Men in the Open class and 93 Women in the Open class from thirty four different countries will be going for GOLD. There are 15 individual gold medals to be won in each weight group –eight for the men and seven for the women. We are expecting to see a number of Read More
In a statement today the IPF has announced that APT-Pro Wrist Straps will no longer be approved for competition. This ruling will go in effect on January 1st of 2012. This means that at all USAPL sanctioned meets as of January 1st you will no longer be able to wear APT gear. The only gear that will be approved is made by Titan, Metal and Inzer. Here is the statement that was posted on the Read More