World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) and Eleiko joined forces to change the way athletes train and compete by integrating lift analysis technology into certified Eleiko WPPO Powerlifting Competition Bars.

Teenage powerlifting champion, 17, dies when 600lb bar and weights fall onto her neck during practice By SABRINA PENTY Published: 12:03 EDT, 19 February 2025 | Updated: 12:09 EDT, 19 February 2025 ...

The Elephant Bar was born out of an older lifting event in which competitors lifted a bar loaded up with modified Hummer tires. It was an impressive-looking lift—the nearly 14-foot bar bent ...

The bar loaded with weight is placed at arm's length and the powerlifter lowers the bar to the chest. The wight bar is pulled up after it touches the chest.

The Chinchilla local started powerlifting when he was 70 and has placed and won at numerous competitions ever since. But he has exercised with weights on and off since he was a teenager.

New Zealand Powerlifting sent a team to the 2023 IPF World Classic Open Powerlifting Championship. The team won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 1 bronze medal.