At 3:56 of the following video, is footage of Paul Childress (308) attempting a new all-time record squat of 1,155 pounds at last weekend's IPA Worlds in York, Pennsylvania. Childress also holds the current mark at 1,147 pounds.

This was Childress' third attempt. On his second at the same weight, he came up with the weight but was called high.

The inaugural IPF Junior and Sub Junior World Bench Press Championships began yesterday in Pilsen, Czech Republic with the lighter Sub Junior classes taking to the platform.

The Championships will have no lifters from the United States, Russia, or Canada, and only one from Great Britain.

Arguably America's top female powerlifter, Priscilla Ribic, has been diagnosed with a herniated disk. This, just a few weeks before she was to compete in the World Games in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei.

Iron House Gym has partnered with a seamstress of over 30 years to create a new line of powerlifting gear, Xtreme Power Gear (XPG). XPG specializes in custom denim bench shirts. For the last several months they have been testing prototypes. They now have completed their final design and are ready for production.

Joe Mazza has a 12-page bench press feature in Ironman Magazine's August 2009 issue. Mazza is a BenchAmerica 1 and 3 champion, Kings of the Bench 1 and 2 champion, and has the biggest bench press of all-time at 165 (685 pounds).

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Here is training footage of Ed Koo (220) preparing for the USPF Nationals which will be held Friday through Sunday in LaMirada, California. Koo faces off against Eric Kratz and nine others in the 220 pound weight class.

The roster has been posted for the BPC British Powerlifting Championships which will take place on Saturday and Sunday in Bournemouth, England. Battling for the best lifter award likely will be Andy Bolton (shw), Craig Coombes (242), and Chris Jenkins (181).

As promised, Ryan De Witt was the star at last weekend's AAU Bench Press, Deadlift, and Push-Pull National Championships in Vista, California. De Witt (275) bench pressed 585 pounds raw on a fourth attempt to take the meet's best bencher award. The press ranks De Witt second on the Powerlifting Watch Lifter Rankings.