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Powerlifting United

Powerlifting United is a US federation founded in September 2024 and led by president Ana Perez. It contests five equipment categories (Raw, Raw With Wraps, Single-Ply, Multi-Ply, and Unlimited) across the traditional kg weight classes, and every meet is sanctioned as Drug Tested, Non-Tested, or Both, with fully separate record ladders. More about PLU

Lifters since Jan 2025
3,984
Meets since Jan 2025
157
Entries at an average meet
44
Entries in raw
92%

From OpenPowerlifting results, which can trail a federation's own results by weeks.

Updated

Where PLU lifts

Meets per state since Jan 2025.

  • California 17
  • Illinois 15
  • Texas 11
  • Washington 11
  • Alabama 9
  • Indiana 8
  • South Carolina 8
  • Missouri 7
  • Arizona 6
  • Iowa 6

The rules, short

From the PLU rulebook. Full rules and sources

Drug testing
Tested and untested
Equipment
Raw, Raw With Wraps, Single-Ply, Multi-Ply, Unlimited
Age divisions
Youth to Masters
Membership
$65 a year (18 and over); $40 for ages 8 to 17$50 a year for military, veterans, law enforcement and first responders.
Qualifying
Powerlifting United Nationals: open totals are posted by PLU. Youth, junior, masters and single-lift entries need 75 kg

Official PLU links

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Weight classes

Bar height shows entries in each class since Jan 2025. Classes in kilograms.

Men
  1. 18 52
  2. 20 56
  3. 35 60
  4. 126 67.5
  5. 294 75
  6. 458 82.5
  7. 674 90
  8. 846 100
  9. 707 110
  10. 577 125
  11. 311 140
  12. 164 140+
Women
  1. 10 44
  2. 20 48
  3. 74 52
  4. 154 56
  5. 181 60
  6. 439 67.5
  7. 500 75
  8. 373 82.5
  9. 299 90
  10. 223 100
  11. 132 110
  12. 99 125
  13. 52 140
  14. 27 140+

What lifters wear

Share of entries by equipment since Jan 2025.

Upcoming PLU meets

From meet directors' listings, refreshed nightly.

  1. Oct 17, 2026 Last Of Us Heavy Iron Training, Bakersfield, CA Details
  2. Oct 17, 2026 Maveriq Mayhem 5 Maveriq Fitness, Millbrook, AL Details
  3. Oct 24, 2026 Fall Warrior 2026 Untamed Strength, Sacramento, CA Details
  4. Oct 31, 2026 Reapers & Records The Gym Mesa, Mesa, AZ Details
  5. Nov 7, 2026 Fantasy Draft: Iron Edition OPS Performance Center, Wenatchee, WA Details
  6. Nov 14, 2026 Strength Union Powerlifting Fall Classic Strength Union, Portland, OR Details

All 30 upcoming PLU meets →

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