On 9/11 Shannon Sanders competing raw in Rockhill, Sc at the APF Summer heat meet and benched 325lbs in the 181 weight class. Shannon weighed in at 179lbs. Shannon opened with 303lbs, then did 325lbs, she missed her third attempt of 341.5lbs at lockout. The 325lbs gives her the APF raw American bench only record. Shannon benched 330lbs at SPF nationals back on June 6th weighing 183lbs.

Footage of Collin Rhodes benching 675 in his Last training session before the Olympia Benchpress Invitational. Collin will be competing in the heavy weight class. (275, 308, 308+)

Saturday, September 11 the APA Border Duel Championships was held in McAllen, Texas. All women's weight classes were represented with several in each weight class. Approximately 50 lifters participated.

What are your predictions for the winners for each division?
Women's- LWT, MWT, HWT?
Men's- 123, 132, 148, 165, 181, 198, 220, 242, 275, and SHW?

Here is a summary of some of the results of the Junior lifters (19-23yrs old).
Up to the 67.5kg weight class.

Here is a summary of some of the results of the Sub Jr lifters (14-18yrs old).
Up to the 67.5kg weight class.

22yr old Shane Hammock deadlift training video for pro am. Shane plans to compete in the 308lb weight class.

Click here to view the embedded video.

For those of you who can’t access the video, we’ve got part of the transcript for Diaz’s comments courtesy of BloodElbow.com.

“You got your ass whipped by my boy. I didn’t jump you. I didn’t throw the first punch anyways. Why don’t you watch the tape? …You charged my whole team, so you got your ass whooped. That’s what you get.”

“You just run around and you market yourself. You paint your hair, you got that sh*t stripe down the middle of your forehead. …You have a character, you have to walk around and be that assh*le everyday. That’s too bad for you man.”

“I don’t think you can make my weight class anyways. Why don’t you come down to 170 and see what’s up. You can’t even make weight at 170 so why are you talking sh*t dude?”

Diaz also has a non-verbal message for Miller, check out the animated GIF courtesy of the UG Forums after the jump

At 2001's IPF Worlds, Ismo Lappi from Finland deadlifted 749 pounds in
the 165 lb. weight class for a world record.

In correspondence with Michael Soong, who keeps the All-Time Top 20 lists, it has been agreed upon that those lists-as well as the Powerlifting Watch Lifter Rankings-will be done according to what a competitor actually weighs; and not necessarily the weight class that a particular federation chooses to place that competitor in. Says Soong to Powerlifting Watch,