Links
Powerlifting
- USA Powerlifting – national website
- USA Powerlifting – eStore
- USA Powerlifting – Facebook group
- USA Powerlifting Executive Committee
- USA Powerlifting State Chairs
- Next Lifter (scoring program for powerlifting meets – created by Joe Marksteiner)
- LiftingCast (scoring program for powerlifting meets – created by Michael Sampson)
USA Powerlifting Coaching Certification Program
USA Powerlifting Affiliated Gyms in the U.S.
Powerlifter-Friendly Gyms in Minnesota
- American Strength (Twin Cities – Maplewood) [Silver Level Regional Training Center]
- Aerial Athletics (Duluth)
- Impact Sports Training (Duluth)
- Los Campeones (Twin Cities – three locations)
- Noonan Sport Specialists (Alexandria)
- Solcana Fitness (Minneapolis)
- Southside Athletic / Southside Bully (Twin Cities – Burnsville)
- Supreme Court Fitness (Virginia)
- The Gym 365 (Twin Cities – Elk River)
- Twin Cities Barbell (Twin Cities – Eagan)
- Contact the state chair to have your gym added to the list and/or to become a USA Powerlifting regional training center (more information here).
Strength Training Equipment and Powerlifting Gear
- Anderson Powerlifting
- Best Belts
- Cannon Powerworks (Twin Cities, MN)
- Eleiko
- EliteFTS
- ER Equipment
- Fitness Shoppe (Rochester, MN)
- Inzer Advance Designs
- IronMind Enterprises
- Iron Tanks
- Iron Woody Fitness
- Ivanko
- Jackal’s Gym (Northfield, MN)
- Lifting Large
- Rehband
- Rogue Fitness
- SBD
- Strength Shop
- Super Training Products/Sling Shot
- Titan Support Systems
- Wahlanders belts (North American distributor)
- Weightlifter’s Warehouse
- West Cary Barbell
- XL Athlete
- York Barbell
Meet Director Resources
- Equipment checklist (created by Joe Warpeha)
- Online liability form – all meet staff must complete prior to event
- USA Powerlifting media policy (for meet photographers)
- Request form to photograph a USA Powerlifting (required to be a meet photographer)
History of the Iron Game
- H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports
- Iron Game History (online journal) – article archive
- History of Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Strength Training (article series by Dr. Ken Leistner)
- A History of Powerlifting in the United States: 50 Years after York (article by Joe Warpeha)
