Our Mission
The Powerlifting Club at ETSU will provide opportunities for students, faculty, and staff with similar interests to participate in a rapidly growing strength sport. This club will aid in bridging the gap between intramural and intercollegiate athletics by providing competition, expert scientists who are also coaches, and opportunities to practice and master the big three lifts: back squat, bench press, and deadlift. We encourage our members to be highly competitive whether that's academically, in the training hall, or on the platform.
By being part of The Powerlifting Club at ETSU, you will be part of a community of like-minded people pushing you to be the best lifter you can be. You can always be confident that you will have someone around you ready to support you! We plan to host 1 to 2 semesterly meets within the club sanctioned through USA Powerlifting (USAPL) and travel together to compete in local, regional, or national powerlifting meets.
We are highly qualified and capable to help improve your strength potential through our coaching staff's knowledge and experience. Between the President, Vice President, and Faculty Advisor, these individuals have extensive experience competing in USAPL powerlifting meets as well as other strength sports. These individuals have also coached and programmed for lifters from the club level all the way up to the national and International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Championship level. All three individuals also have extensive research backgrounds pertaining to strength-power athletes/sports and can provide you with programming options that not only meet your individual needs but are backed by empirical evidence.
We can teach you the ins-and-outs of back squatting, bench pressing, and deadlifting whether you are a veteran powerlifting competitor, interested in returning to the sport or just starting out. Do you train like a powerlifter but you're unsure about competing or how competitive you just might be? Give us a shot. We thank you from the bottom of our squats!
On April 16th, ETSU sent 4 lifters to compete at American Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals. Of these 4 lifters, 2 earned silver medals in their weight class and 2 earned an overall podium finish. Those who represented ETSU included: John Jones, a senior at ETSU who squatted 622 lbs, benched 386 lbs, and deadlifted 574 lbs totaling 1581 lbs and placing 2nd overall in the 120+ kg class, Cameron Liebermann a sophomore at ETSU who squatted 440 lbs, benched 297 lbs, and deadlifted 530 lbs totaling 1262 and placing second in the 83 kg class, Andrew McDonald, a ETSU senior who squatted 512 lbs, benched 319 lbs, and deadlifted 606 lbs, totaling 1438 lbs and placed 4th in the 93 kg class, and Parker Chastain, a ETSU junior who squatted 512 lbs, benched 352 lbs, and deadlifted 567 lbs, totaling 1433 lbs and placed 5th in the 93 kg class. ETSU won 3rd overall as a team. This is ETSU’s most successful national meet and there are many more to come.
