There are several different safety squat bar designs and manufacturers, so size and weight may vary. Some companies make the ...

Weightlifting, all one word, is the sport in which people—wearing what look like old-timey swimsuits—pick up barbells loaded ...

Indian junior powerlifting champion Yashtika Acharya, 17, has died after a barbell weighing 595 lbs crushed her neck in a gym accident, according to local media reports ...

Yashtika Acharya, a 17-year-old national powerlifting champion, died tragically in a gym accident in Bikaner. A 270 kg barbell slipped and fell on her neck during training, causing a fatal fracture.

A teen powerlifting champion has died after she fatally snapped her neck while doing a barbell squat at a gym. Horror footage shows the moment Yashtika Acharya held a loaded barbell on the base of ...

A SEVENTEEN-year-old champion powerlifter was crushed to death by her own 270kg barbell which snapped her neck in a gym. Yashtika Acharya, from Rajasthan, western India, was a promising young ...

18 during a gym training session in which a 595-pound barbell fell on her neck during ... given to the Press Trust of India, "Yashtika was lifting weights at the gym... under her trainer's ...

“Powerlifting carries a higher injury risk, so train in a safe environment with reliable spotters. Use a safety rack, designed to catch the barbell during a failed lift. When testing heavy ...