Spokane nurse practitioner Marie Brenden can lift heavy loads. In April, doctors implanted a pacemaker, and a month later the 59-year-old grandmother did what few other people can do: She bench ...

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 ...

Bill Keister holds a national record in the bench press for his age group and is proving age is just a number.

LaShae Rolle, 27, is a competitive powerlifter who could squat 441 pounds, bench 292 pounds and deadlift 497 pounds. She is also a breast cancer survivor and researcher and the lead author on a ...

While “Senior Games” and “powerlifting” are two words that don’t often come to mind in the same sentence, it’s a sport event that has growing participation on both a local and state level, at the ...

Powerlifting is a tough sport built around maximizing weight on the squat, bench press, and deadlift. But last month, Idaho-based teenager Colter Rammell made breaking a world record in the sport look ...

A Middleburg Heights man will represent the United States in an international powerlifting competition set for April in South Africa. Michael Landino, 44, won the United States National Powerlifting ...