IN ONE CORNER of the convention center, a 63-year-old man grinds out a 340-pound bench press. Just a two-minute walk away, a ...
The freckle-faced Wonder Kid moves through a gym packed with powerlifters, gliding past the grunting, straining, muscle-bound adults. In his middle school hallway outside of Baltimore, Jake ...
Naomi Kutin is only 16 years old, but she might be the strongest teen in the world. Naomi, who has accurately been nicknamed "Supergirl," can squat 321 pounds and dead lift 365 pounds — more than ...
My relationship with exercise and food wasn’t healthy for most of my younger years. In high school, I struggled with my body image and an eating disorder, trying to achieve what the media portrayed as ...
LEAGUE CITY, Texas -- John McVeigh first got into lifting weights after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in his 60s. Now the 84-year-old is shattering records as a powerlifter, able to deadlift ...
In August 2015, I boldly proclaimed that I would become a “deadlifting badass.” In my own world, that meant being able to deadlift 300 pounds. I struggled with 205 pounds at the time, so 300 felt like ...
LEAGUE CITY, Texas -- John McVeigh first got into lifting weights after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in his 60s. Now the 84-year-old is shattering records as a powerlifter, able to deadlift ...
Jake can deadlift 300 pounds. "Three hundred pounds is obviously double his body weight," says his trainer, Mike Sarni. His physical strength is matched by his mental toughness. "He doesn't feel he ...
LEAGUE CITY, Texas -- John McVeigh first got into lifting weights after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in his 60s. Now the 84-year-old is shattering records as a powerlifter, able to deadlift ...