Powerlifting America Podcast

by Powerlifting America on 08/31/2023 at 4:28 am

Shane Nutt is the back to back 93kg Junior National Champion. Shane will be making his second straight appearance at the Junior World Championships, competing in Romania on September 1. He talks about his epic battle with Peyton Johnson at nationals and their upcoming rematch at Worlds, we go through his whole Open Powerlifting and backstory and a lot more. Shane is a savvy veteran at this point […]

by Powerlifting America on 08/23/2023 at 9:39 pm

Bella Vargas is the reigning 57kg University National Champion and Best Lifter. This 3x National Champ will be making her debut on the US National Team at the Junior World Championships in Romania on August 25. She talks about her performance at University Nationals, what she’s doing to get ready for Worlds, the fun differences between equipped and raw powerlifting and how she balances being a […]

by Powerlifting America on 08/23/2023 at 9:51 am

This is Monday Night Live with the PA Podcast crew, and we’re talking all things Powerlifting America. Breaking News, Updates, Current Events, Round Table with Julia Williams and Mike Gold. This episode was broadcasted LIVE from Romania on August 22, 2023. We’re gearing up for a big 11 days at the Sub-Junior and Junior World Championships in Cluj, Romania. On this episode we discussed […]

by Powerlifting America on 08/19/2023 at 8:07 pm

Chealsea Enemor is the +84kg High School and Sub-Junior National Champion and Best Lifter. She’ll be making her debut on the US National Team at the Sub-Junior World Championships in Romania on September 2, where she’ll be in a close battle with fellow Sub-Junior phenom Luella Bowden. Between the two of them we could see multiple World Records fall. Like some of the other young lifters […]

by Powerlifting America on 08/17/2023 at 10:03 am

This is Monday Night Live with the PA Podcast crew, and we’re talking all things Powerlifting America. Breaking News, Updates, Current Events, Round Table with Julia Williams and Mike Gold. This episode was broadcasted LIVE on August 15, 2023. Our team is back from the Cayman Islands and ready for another edition of Monday Night Live, this time on a Tuesday. We discussed some of the highlights […]

by Powerlifting America on 08/15/2023 at 9:07 pm

This is Monday Night Live, with the PA Podcast crew, and we’re talking all things Powerlifting America. News, updates, current events, round table with Julia Williams and Mike Gold. This episode was broadcasted LIVE from the Cayman Islands on August 7, 2023 for a North American Championships special. We spoke with some of the heart and soul of the North American region, including Laura Estrella […]

by Powerlifting America on 08/10/2023 at 12:29 pm

Today we’ve got an interview with Tristan Nazelrod, the reigning 120kg National Champion. Tristan won the most epic battle at Powerlifting America Nationals, a legit three way race between himself, the legendary Mike T, and last year’s National Champ Enrique Lugo. Now he’s less than a week out from the North American Championships, returning to the international platform for the first time […]

by Powerlifting America on 08/02/2023 at 12:21 am

This is Monday Night Live, with the PA Podcast crew, and we’re talking all things Powerlifting America. News, updates, current events, round table with Julia Williams and Mike Gold. We are joined by special guests IPF Secretary General and Powerlifting America President, Robert Keller, Athlete Committee Co-Chair and 2x World Champion LS Mclain, and world class athlete and coach Claire Zai. […]

by Powerlifting America on 07/27/2023 at 3:50 pm

This is Monday Night Live with the PA Podcast crew, and we’re talking all things Powerlifting America. News, Updates, Current Events, round table with Julia Williams and Mike Gold.  We discuss the North American Powerlifting Championships in the Cayman Islands and the Junior and Sub-Junior World Championships in Romania and how powerlifting is poised to benefit from the recent growth of […]

by Powerlifting America on 07/25/2023 at 10:05 am

Meghan Scanlon is one of the most decorated powerlifters of this era. She is fresh off of winning the silver medal at this year’s IPF World Championships. She was the defending World Champion coming into Worlds and added a whopping 27.5kg to her total from last year, making the podium for all three disciplines! Meg has been to the World Championships three times now and has made the podium for […]

by Powerlifting America on 07/15/2023 at 2:10 am

Eleni Guerrera, the 2023 57kg High School National Champion and Best Lifter, will be making her debut on the US National Team at the Sub-Junior World Championships in Romania on August 28. Eleni qualified for worlds by achieving the best total of all Sub-Juniors in the 57kg class with 375kg and in the top 9 overall Sub-Junior women on IPF GL points with 90.87, which was the second highest. She […]

by Powerlifting America on 07/13/2023 at 11:58 pm

Recap show Part 2 for the IPF Classic Open World Championships with experts Julia Williams and Mike Gold. This was the biggest and most exciting World Championships in IPF history with 59 countries competing! It was a tough competition, but the USA won the team points on both the women’s and men’s side, took home the most gold medals and the most medals overall. Natalie Richards won gold for […]

by Powerlifting America on 07/13/2023 at 2:02 am

Recap show for the IPF Classic Open World Championships with experts Julia Williams and Mike Gold. This was the biggest and most exciting World Championships in IPF history! It was a very successful competition for the US National Team, sweeping the team points with gold medals for both women and men. The USA also won the most gold medals for total with 6 (the next closest was France with 3), the […]

by Powerlifting America on 06/08/2023 at 11:02 pm

Preview show for the IPF Classic Open World Championships with experts Julia Williams, Sam Sikora and Mike Gold. This is the one we’ve all been waiting for, the largest and most stacked world championships in IPF history! The US National Team is loaded again, with 12 athletes returning from last year’s team that swept the gold medals in team points for both men and women. They’re joined by […]

by Powerlifting America on 06/07/2023 at 3:50 pm

Chelsea Savit, the 69kg Open National Champion, who is now a back to back member of the US National Team. Chelsea was two weeks out from the IPF World Championships in Malta when we recorded this and her prep has been going better than ever. Chelsea has been competing for 10 years now, but her career almost came to an end after her first appearance at the World Championships in 2017, culminating […]

by Powerlifting America on 06/01/2023 at 10:03 am

US National Team coach and Brown’s gym owner, Jim Brown. He talks about his background getting involved in powerlifting in the 80s, coaching many US national teams over the years and looks forward to the upcoming National Championships in Scottsdale, where Jim and a big squad of Brown’s Gym lifters will be competing. Brown’s Gym is celebrating its 30 year anniversary this year (officially […]

by Powerlifting America on 05/31/2023 at 3:59 pm

Preview show for the 2023 Powerlifting America Equipped National Championships with experts Natalie Hanson and Joe Cappellino. The equipped side has leveled up this year, bringing in reigning World Champions Kelsey McCarthy and Kimmy Johnson, along with stars like Taylor LaChapelle, Natalie Hanson and Greg Johnson, in addition to returning stars like Noah Johnson and Zen McCollum. And on top of […]

by Powerlifting America on 05/30/2023 at 4:36 pm

Quick check in with the reigning 93kg M1 World Champion Layne Norton, just four days out from defending his national title at Powerlifting America Nationals in Scottsdale Arizona. Layne has a battle on his hands in the 93s, but if you know Layne, you know he’s up for the challenge. He talks about his prep for nationals, winning the world title in 2022, how he embraces competition and more. […]

by Powerlifting America on 05/30/2023 at 12:58 am

Preview show for the 2023 Powerlifting America Masters National Championships with experts Melissa Copeland, Amy Hutchison and Julia Williams giving picks and analysis for every weight class. The Masters are loaded with 13 reigning World Champions like LS McClain and Shelly Stettner, as well as a host of newcomers to Powerlifting America like Dr. Pat Johnson and the legendary John LaFlamme. Who […]

by Powerlifting America on 05/27/2023 at 11:59 pm

Vin Mangione is a US National Teams coach for the Juniors and Sub-Juniors. Vin owns Kenmore Barbell in Buffalo New York (technically it’s Kenmore New York, one of the towns that makes up the greater Buffalo area). Vin is a coach, a lifter, referee, meet director and a gym owner. He does a lot for the sport of powerlifting and he’s bringing a big squad of lifters to Powerlifting America […]

by Powerlifting America on 05/25/2023 at 8:18 pm

Preview show for the 2023 Powerlifting America Junior and Sub-Junior National Championships with experts Sam Sikora, Julia Williams and Mike Gold, giving picks and analysis for every weight class. Junior and Sub-Junior Nationals is special this year because it’s the third and final event of the year for these age classes after High School and University Nationals earlier in the year. This is […]