Thompson is a fan of boxing and weightlifting, and currently holds two Kentucky bench press records.
As well as being a prominent entrepreneur and world representative of the Kyudokan school, Minoru Higa is a committee-member for the Okinawan Karatedo and Kobudo Federation, vice-president of the Ryukyu Kobudo Ryu Kon Kai Association, chief committee-member of the Okinawa Bodybuilding Association, a member and referee for the Japanese Bodybuilding Federation, and a member and referee for the Japanese Powerlifting Association.
The school offers many sports to its students including Football, Fall Cheerleading, Field hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball, Winter Cheerleading, Lacrosse, Wrestling, Crew, Track and Field, Cross country running, Powerlifting and Baseball
Thanks to its famous weightlifting world record breaker - Chen Jin-Kai (Chinese: 陈镜开), Shilong also has won its reputation as the 'Home Town of Weight Lifting' (Chinese: 举重之乡).
Souad Dinar (born August 16, 1977) is a French weightlifter in the 58 kg weight class.
Yumnam Renu Bala Chanu (born 2 October 1986) is an Indian Woman Weightlifter.
The 4th ASEAN Para Games sports include archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, chess, fencing, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis.
Belaev recently set the IPF World Record in the squat with a lift of 837 pounds in 198 pound class at the IPF Powerlifting World Championships in Sölden, Austria.
Blind and vision impaired athletes and teams participate in national championships in Athletics, Cricket, Equestrian, Goalball, Golf, Judo, Karate, Lawn Bowls, Powerlifting, Rowing, Sailing, Swimming, Tandem cycling, Tenpin Bowling, Water Skiing, Wrestling, and Winter Sports.
The event, produced by Chicago-based Intersport, features senior-class college football players competing in a number of skills contests, including throwing for distance, throwing for accuracy, shuttle runs, and powerlifting.
She focused on a combination of powerlifting exercises such as squats, bench presses, and deadlifts with bodybuilding exercises such as shoulder presses, laterals raises, dumbbell flyes, and barbell rows.
Powerlifting exercises which are known to significantly strengthen the gluteal muscles include the squat, deadlift, leg press, feet in squats (chin on chest & stick glutes out) and good mornings (bend over with a bar on the shoulders with a light amount of weight).
Jan and Terry Todd, both former powerlifting athletes, are committed to preserving the history of physical culture.
In addition to powerlifting he had become actively involved in strength athletics and in 1986 won the National Truck Pulling Championships (sponsored by ASA/Bristol Street Motors) and came second to Peter Tregloan in 1986 in the Midland's Strongest Man competition.
Larry Kidney (born August 29, 1939 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American powerlifter.
The institution concentrates on indigenous games as well as contemporary sports disciplines like Mallakhamb, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Yoga, Gymnastics, Wrestling, Bodybuilding, Weight lifting, Athletics, Basketball, Volley Ball, Judo, Karate and exercises like Lezim, Dand-Baithak, Lathi, Lakdi and so forth.
Tulia Angela Medina Alcalde (born March 18, 1983 in Cali, Valle del Cauca) is a female weightlifter from Colombia.
Vitaliy Ponomarenko (1975 – February 5, 2008) was a Ukrainian powerlifting champion.