“It encourages me to focus on what my body can do, and not how it looks.” ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Competitive sports ...

Just two days before International Women’s Day, Tamara Walcott deadlifted a record-breaking 641 pounds. The 38-year-old, mother of two, broke her previous deadlift record of 636 pounds and set a new ...

MINDEN, Louisiana (CNN) — Nine-year-old Tate Fegley may stand at just 4 feet, 7 inches and 103 pounds, but he’s already proving to be a force to be reckoned with in the powerlifting world. With a ...

Competitive powerlifters work hard to increase the maximum amount of weight they can lift for each of these movements. In competitions, they have three tries to successfully lift a pre-chosen amount ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unlike bodybuilding, which emphasizes the pursuit of a particular physique, powerlifting is a sport of attaining as much raw ...

Bench press, deadlift, squat: These three classic exercises are at the heart of countless challenges in gyms worldwide. Who ...

Two years ago, Shirley Webb, 78, could barely make it up the stairs without grabbing the railing and catching her breath. Now the grandmother from East Alton, Illinois, is a record-setting ...

With a deadlift of 230 pounds, bench press of 92 pounds and squat of 190 pounds, the boy from Minden, Louisiana, is crushing records left and right. He started training just a year and a half ago, but ...

Nine-year-old Tate Fegley may stand at just 4 feet, 7 inches and 103 pounds, but he’s already proving to be a force to be reckoned with in the powerlifting world. With a deadlift of 230 pounds, bench ...