Keith Mackey (275) bench pressed 575 pounds on Saturday at the unsanctioned YBB Bench Meet in Gaffney, South Carolina.

Here is video of his press:

The world's number five ranked equipped powerlifter and seventh ranked raw powerlifter, Russian Andrey Belyaev, has joined the METAL team.

Results are posted for the IPA Senior National Championships which took place November 21-22 at York Barbell in York, Pennsylvania.

In the full power competition, the women's best lifters were Michelle Borzok (148) in the professional division and Jessica Scofield (165) on the amateur side.

22-year-old Michelle Stark (181) totaled 832 pounds raw on Saturday at the USAPL Georgia and Southern States Championship held at Quest Gym in Duluth, Georgia. The total ranks Stark tenth on the Powerlifting Watch Lifter Rankings.

Stark posted lifts of 281, 181 and 369. She missed a final attempt bench press of 198 pounds.

Here is video of her day:

Garry Frank was recently inducted into the Mississippi State Bulldogs Sports Hall Of Fame at halftime ceremonies of their homecoming football game. Frank was the first to total 2500, 2600, 2700 and 2800+ pounds and has the highest masters bench press in powerlifting history (926 pounds).

Frank was a world class multi-sport athlete as well. He came to Mississippi State as a football player and shot put/discus thrower. Winning the NCAA national championships as a shot putter. He made the U.S. Olympic team but was not allowed to compete after playing in the Senior Bowl All-Star Game.

Below is training footage of the number two ranked powerlifter in the world, Shawn Frankl (220).

In the video, Frankl works up to a 765 pound deadlift. Matt Kroczaleski is the only American 220 to have deadlifted more than 760 pounds in the past year (810 pounds).

A number of the CPU's top lifters will be in action on Saturday at the Eastern Canadian Championships in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Headlining the roster of lifters is the man with the highest Wilks (563.1) in CPU history, Greg Doucette (198).

To follow is training footage of 21-year-old Finn, Tuomas Korkia-aho (SHW) benching 600 pounds (272.5kg) in training. Korkia-aho won this year's IPF Junior Bench Press World Championships with a 639 pound (290kg) effort and finished third, overall. He is currently preparing for Finnish Junior Nationals which will be held in February in Riihimäki, Finland.