10 years ago today, the made its first appearance on the international stage in Texas. It marked the beginning of the international team, with 17 lifters earning their place.
Back then, the Junior, Open, and Masters age groups all competed back-to-back, with the World Championships lasting two full weeks.
There were no prime time sessions. If you qualified, you competed alongside the very best in your weight class everyone shared the same platform.
Pictured here are , , both reigning National Champions at the time, and the legend .
It was the start of an incredible journey for Irish powerlifting back on the IPF world stage.
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Ireland's leading powerlifting club catering for all levels Nationwide.
23/06/2026
ABS PRO 8 | VENUE 2026
August 1st | Red Cow Exchange
We visited our venue today to see the new upgrade’s at the new RDX venue at the Redcow and plan our new layout for August PRO weekend.
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330kg PB
Body weight down barbell weight ⬆️
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275kg lifetime PB for as he preps for Irish Masters and defends his 👑
Great crew this morning at Sunday Mass.
.ola 9/9 New irish total and bench record and first meet as an Open lifter at international level after winning Junior Euros.
Another great performance under the guidance of coach great work 🇮🇪
14/06/2026
8 Years ago today team Ireland picked up their first Open medal at IPF World Champions | 🇨🇦
CJ pulled 177.5kg to get the deadlift medal even though she was in the first flight.
Irish Powerlifting Federation
& .calhoon | Series 28 🇨🇦
27/05/2026
Don’t be that lifter that pulls out of meets because things don’t line up perfectly. The longer you’re in this sport, the less likely you are to have the “perfect” prep or peak.
In nearly 20 years of coaching, I’ve never had a lifter come up to me after a meet and say they regretted doing it.
You’ll learn more from poor preps and bad meets than you will from the good ones. It builds resilience and mental toughness. Once you start pulling out of meets, it quickly becomes a habit and not a good one.
If you commit to a meet and you’ve got four working limbs, see it through good or bad. You’ll be proud of yourself afterwards, and you’ll learn a little more about yourself too.
Agree?
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25/05/2026
Over the last 15 years, ABS has built some of the best squatters in the world across every platform and equipment class tested, untested, sleeves, and wraps.
No matter how you choose to compete, the same principles still build big squats.
24/05/2026
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