Tag Archives: Equipped powerlifting

Meet the President of the A/BPU, Dr Emma Ylitalo-James

Dr Emma Ylitalo-James is the founder and President of the British Powerlifting Union and started the federation in her spare time in 2012. She has the all time biggest female bench press at competition in history in the world across all age divisions in the 90kg class and is the biggest female bench presser of […]

A/BPU British Full Power Championships 2025 Competitor Information Pack

Below is the PDF sent out to all competitors with the full information about coaches, entry, flights times, weigh in the warm up details. This was emailed out to everyone but we are aware that email filters can sometimes block emails with attachments.

The GB Team, all 216, went, lifted and conquered! Recap from the A/WPC European Championships 2025 in Wroclaw, Poland

We arrived on the Sunday later than expected due to a delayed flight and therefore missed connection. The team had already started to fly in and we had so many of the team who had nevr done an international before I was a bit “worried”. Those of you who have done internationals with us know […]

So how did the A/BPU Manchester Central SILA Qualifier go?

SILA! Massive weekend of A/BPU powerlifting saw some utter pandemonium at Manchester’s premium training facility, Strength Therapy, also known as SILA. This venue has hosted almost two dozen meets for the federation. Even though their outward Polish stoicism sometimes doesn’t betray it, the enthusiasm of the facility owner’s towards the world of strength and fitness […]