In 1975, 22-year-old Jan Todd broke the world deadlift record for women. She then spent her career uncovering women's ...

In 1975, Jan Todd set a Guinness World Record with a 394.5-pound two-handed deadlift — but training was tough at a time when women weren’t expected to lift heavy. Jan Todd squatting at the U.S.

Heather Connor reclaimed her title after six years at the 2025 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships with two new ...

Farhanna Farid locked out a 209.5-kg (461.9-lb) deadlift to set a new World Record at the 2025 IPF World Classic Powerlifting ...

It was then that she became inspired to lift weights — and within 18 months, she had landed the Guinness World Record for the heaviest deadlift (394.5 lbs.) by a woman. “I really wasn't ...

A woman from Newfoundland and Labrador has ... South Africa, setting a world record in the open deadlift category. Weighing 113.5 pounds herself, she deadlifted almost triple her own bodyweight ...

“You get three attempts, so I opened at 535, I believe,” said Rhodes. The national record for women’s deadlift is 553 pounds, so on her third attempt, Rhodes was focused on breaking it.