Powerlifting America’s Last Chance Texas Qualifier featured final opportunities to post qualifying totals, with Dante Deleon, Carlos Olivares, and Amanda Almodovar leading their divisions with winning performances.
Confidence with heavy weight grows through preparation, repeated execution, and consistent exposure to demanding lifts. Powerlifters build it by practicing skill, sharpening mental cues, and responding well to misses, strain, and high-stakes attempts. Slaps, ammonia caps, and loud music can raise arousal. Sometimes that helps. Confidence grows through practice, exposure to challenging weights, and repeated execution with control.
Performance is the percentage of your training strength you can reproduce on demand. Lifters who close that gap—through stronger positions, tighter timing, and clear attempt selection—carry more of their strength onto the platform.
Self-care drives steady strength. Recovery, mindset, community, and awareness support consistent training, better sessions, and lasting progress.
Spring pollen is manageable; clean air, smart exposure, and bee or pine pollen can help powerlifters stay comfortable, recovered, and training well.
Sarah Madden and Michael Borromeo take top honors at the 2026 DCF Endgame powerlifting meet.
Devon Burdette and Khloe Evans led the 2026 PLU Circle City Open with top totals and Best Lifter wins.
Balancing intensity and recovery drives progress. Use periodization, deloads, and biofeedback to sustain strength and avoid stagnation. Experienced and elite powerlifters don’t rely on hard training alone. Progress comes from managing stress and recovery with precision so training keeps moving forward.
The 618 Powerlifting March Mayhem Novice meet moved quickly, and a handful of lifters made sure the day had some weight behind it once the totals shook out.
The USA Powerlifting Male Raw Challenge returned to the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, bringing together many of the federation’s top raw lifters for a high-level, DOTS-scored showdown.
