Nine-year-old Michael McCourt Jr. may be young, but that doesn’t stop him from deadlifting hundreds of pounds of weight. On May 2, when he was 8 years old, the third grader from Sparta participated in ...

What is considered “strong” is typically a relative term… until you look at data from nearly 1 million powerlifters.

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 ...

Michael McCourt Jr. is just starting his deadlifting career ...

Farhanna set her 14th world record with a 220.5kg deadlift in the women’s 52kg class at the World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships on June 14, surpassing her previous mark of 217.5kg  Read more ...

A PETITE powerlifter says she is stronger than most men at her gym – and trolls are furious about it. Self-confessed “pocket rocket” Peta Emery is a national-level powerlifter and content creator ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...