powerlifting

I’d never been to a gym — then I got hit by a truck and became a powerlifting champion in my 60s

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I’d never been to a gym — then I got hit by a truck and became a powerlifting champion in my 60s

Some people describe an epiphany as having been “hit by a truck.” For Suzanne Luhr, this isn’t just a figure of speech. The lifelong Wyoming resident was in her 50s when she was literally struck by a truck, cycling down a busy Laramie street on a lunch break from her job as a geologic map-maker … Read more

Don Reinhoudt, former World’s Strongest Man and powerlifting champion, dead at 78

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Don Reinhoudt, former World’s Strongest Man and powerlifting champion, dead at 78

Don Reinhoudt, who won the 1979 World’s Strongest Man competition, died following a car crash in upstate New York earlier this week. He was 78. New York State police announced earlier this week that Reinhoudt veered off the shoulder of a road in Pomfret on Monday and struck a tree. After he was transported to … Read more