Outlier Strength & Conditioning

competed earlier this month at the Spring Splash meet. It was his 9th meet overall and 5th under coach

Despite an intense workload over the past few months of prep, Alex managed a solid day on the platform, including:

▪️8/9 on attempts
▪️457 Squat
▪️314 Bench (missing a 325 PR attempt)
▪️611 Deadlift (PR)
▪️1,383 Total
▪️1st Place in the Men’s Open 90kg Division

Congratulations, Alex!

(Everyone, bully him into doing regionals next)

competed earlier this month at the PLU Ritual Classic, his 3rd meet ever and very first as an outlier under coach

Despite only working together for about 4 weeks, we managed a pretty solid meet prep to capitalize on Michael’s hard work, which led to the following:

▪️A perfect 9/9 on attempts
▪️331 Squat (PR)
▪️226 Bench (PR)
▪️352 Deadlift
▪️909 Total (PR)

Congratulations, Michael and welcome to the team! Next step: qualifying for Midwest Regionals!

competed this past weekend at the 2026 Warrior Collegiate Open at Midland University.

It was her 7th meet overall and 3rd under coach

The day went very smoothly, with Anna accomplishing the following:

▪️8/9 on attempts
▪️PR tie of 198 on squat, barely missing 209 on her 3rd
▪️165 bench PR
▪️259 deadlift
▪️623 total
▪️Team record bench press
▪️Team record deadlift
▪️Team record total

Congratulations, Anna! On to Regionals!

competed earlier this month at USA Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals 2026

It was his 3rd meet ever and first under coach

Despite only training for 10 weeks in between competitions, Dan was able to have a fantastic showing at his first national meet:

▪️8/9 on attempts
▪️463 Squat (PR)
▪️298 Bench (PR)
▪️Narrowly missing a 529 Deadlift PR on downward motion
▪️1,245 total
▪️409 DOTS

Congratulations, Dan!

competed this past weekend at USA Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals.

It was his 11th meet, and second under coach

Despite getting sick during prep and weighing just over 90kg, Gray was able to put together a very solid performance with the help of teammate handling him, including:

▪️7/9 on attempts
▪️501 Squat (PR tie)
▪️408 Bench, narrowly missing a 424 PR
▪️639 Deadlift (PR)
▪️1,549 Total (PR tie)
▪️453 DOTS (PR)

Congratulations, Gray!

Powerlifting Team or Bowling Team? 🎳🤷‍♂️

Team had our first team event of the year last night, where our athletes took to the lanes for bowling, laser tag, pool, arcade games, and pizza.

All of it FREE to team members.

We take pride in our community on and off the platform! A team that sticks together wins together 🤝

.shinobi put on a dominant performance last weekend at USA Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals in New Orleans.

It was his 8th meet under coach and 3rd CNATs. Along the way, Misha achieved:

▪️A perfect 9/9 on attempts
▪️529lb Squat (PR)
▪️358 Bench Press (PR)
▪️595 Deadlift (PR)
▪️1,483 Total (PR)
▪️8th Place in the Men’s Raw 75kg class
▪️A state record bench press
▪️Team records in the bench, deadlift, and total
▪️485 DOTS (PR) breaking into the number 3 spot on the men’s rankings

Congratulations, Misha!

Nationals Recap!!

Let’s give it up for some of the biggest lifts from the athletes on at national meets over the last 6 weeks, including High School Nationals, Military Nationals, Collegiate Nationals, and The Arnold.

🎥 1: .shinobi 595 Deadlift PR
🎥 2: 303 Deadlift PR
🎥 3: .iden00 706 American Record Squat
🎥 4: 512 Deadlift PR
🎥 5: .fnn 325 Squat PR
🎥 6: .lifts 600 Squat PR
🎥 7: 463 Squat PR
🎥 8: 639 Deadlift PR
🎥 9: .kid.lifts 507 Squat PR
🎥 10: 496 Deadlift PR
🎥 11: 600 Deadlift PR

competed last weekend at USA Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals 2026

It was her 5th meet ever and 4th under coach

Along the way, Abbie achieved:

▪️7/9 on attempts
▪️259 Squat (PR tie) narrowly missing 270
▪️132 Bench (PR)
▪️303 Deadlift (PR)
▪️694 Total (PR)
▪️10th Place in the women’s raw 52kg class
▪️389 DOTS (PR)

Congratulations, Abbey!

CNATS is THIS WEEK!!

Cheers to our collegiate lifters representing Team Outlier in New Orleans:

At 52kg,

At 75kg,

At 75kg, .shinobi

And at 100kg,

Good luck as well to our fellow lifters from and

Details to follow!