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CANPL Western Championships Westerns, recapped. 🏆Our lifters took the platform at the 2026 Western Canadian Powerlifting...
10/09/2026

CANPL Western Championships Westerns, recapped. 🏆

Our lifters took the platform at the 2026 Western Canadian Powerlifting Championships in Saskatoon, and they showed up.

🥇 8 Gold
🥈 3 Silver
🥉 1 Bronze
🍁 4 National records
🌾 9 Provincial records
✅ 81.5% of attempts made

Every lifter on these slides earned their spot, and the coaches, handlers and teammates in the warm-up room made it happen.

Swipe through for every athlete's squat, bench, deadlift, total and GL points. 👉

Want to be on this list next year? Join the team. Link in bio.

MEET WEEK. 🔥The 2026 Western Canadian Powerlifting Championships are here.From October 1–4, some of the best lifters fro...
09/29/2026

MEET WEEK. 🔥

The 2026 Western Canadian Powerlifting Championships are here.

From October 1–4, some of the best lifters from across Western Canada will take the platform right here in Saskatoon, and Bridge City Barbell will be right in the middle of it!

A huge best of luck to all of the Bridge City Barbell athletes and Saskatchewan athletes competing this weekend.

📍 Saskatoon, SK
📅 October 1–4, 2026

Good luck to everyone competing, we’ll see you on the platform! 🏆

🇨🇦 BCB x UKAF 🇬🇧Awesome afternoon getting the chance to train alongside 18 lifters from the UK Armed Forces Powerlifting...
09/29/2026

🇨🇦 BCB x UKAF 🇬🇧

Awesome afternoon getting the chance to train alongside 18 lifters from the UK Armed Forces Powerlifting Team ahead of the 2026 Western Canadian Powerlifting Championships.

Great group of people, and awesome experience to be a part of.

Huge thanks to the UKAF team and Rise Strength Lab for letting us host.

They’ll be hitting the platform Friday and Saturday, looking forward to seeing them compete.

See you on the platform! 🇬🇧🤝🇨🇦

BCB FOUNDATIONS 02: WHAT IS RPE?RPE is one of the most useful tools in strength training, but only if you understand wha...
09/25/2026

BCB FOUNDATIONS 02: WHAT IS RPE?

RPE is one of the most useful tools in strength training, but only if you understand what the number is actually telling you.

RPE stands for Rating of Perceived Exertion.

In powerlifting, we use it to estimate how difficult a set was based on how many reps you had left in the tank.

An RPE 8 means 2 reps left.
An RPE 9 means 1 rep left.
An RPE 10 means there wasn’t another rep available.

The value of RPE is that it gives us context.

The same weight won’t always feel the same from one session to the next. Sleep, stress, recovery, nutrition, and accumulated fatigue can all influence performance.

That’s where RPE becomes useful.

It helps us ask:

Was the load appropriate for the intended training stimulus? Did the athlete have more available than expected? Should the next set stay the same, move up, or come down?

RPE doesn’t replace structure. Percentages are still are a very important part of programing.

RPE is simply another tool that helps us adjust training while keeping the intent of the program intact.

And like any skill, RPE gets better with over time with practice.

That’s the idea behind BCB Foundations: helping lifters understand not only what they’re doing, but why they’re doing it.

If you’re looking for more than a generic template, Bridge City Barbell offers individualized powerlifting coaching and programming built around your goals, training history, recovery, and performance.

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Westerns needs volunteers! 💪Help us make the 2026 Western Canadian Powerlifting Championships a great weekend for the at...
09/22/2026

Westerns needs volunteers! 💪

Help us make the 2026 Western Canadian Powerlifting Championships a great weekend for the athletes, coaches, and community.

If you’re able to lend a hand, we’d really appreciate it.

Sign up using the link in our bio. 🏋️‍♂️

BCB FOUNDATIONS 01: WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM?A program can look impressive on paper and still be the wrong progra...
09/08/2026

BCB FOUNDATIONS 01: WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM?

A program can look impressive on paper and still be the wrong program for the athlete running it.

More sets. More exercises. Heavier weights. More intensity.

None of those things automatically make training better.

The real job of programming is to create the right training stress, for the right athlete, at the right time, then adjust that stress as the athlete adapts.

That means asking better questions:

Is the training actually moving the athlete toward their goal?
Are they recovering well enough to keep progressing?
Are the exercises solving a problem, or are they there just to add variety?
Does the workload fit their experience, schedule, and capacity?
And when performance changes, does the program have room to change with it?
This is why two lifters with the same goal may need very different programs.

Programming isn’t simply a collection of sets, reps, percentages, and RPEs. Those are tools. The value comes from how and why they’re used.

That’s the idea behind our new BCB Foundations series: breaking down the principles behind strength training and powerlifting so lifters can better understand not only what they’re doing, but why they’re doing it.

If you’re looking for more than a generic template, Bridge City Barbell offers individualized powerlifting coaching and programming built around your goals, training history, competition schedule, recovery, and day-to-day performance.

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BEEN A BUSY AUGUST FOR BCB 🖤💛The past month was a big one for Bridge City Barbell, with our athletes competing internati...
09/02/2026

BEEN A BUSY AUGUST FOR BCB 🖤💛

The past month was a big one for Bridge City Barbell, with our athletes competing internationally at the 2026 North American Powerlifting Championships and right here at home at the Bridge City Classic.

🏆 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

🥉 Tim Zelensky - 83 kg | Open
Squat: 240 kg
Bench: 180 kg
Deadlift: 310 kg (+2.5 kg)
Total: 730 kg

Tim put together a huge performance on the international stage, finishing 3rd overall in the 83 kg Open.

🥇 Rashenna Grzybowski - 84 kg | Open | Coach Danny
Squat: 200 kg (+4.5 kg)
Bench: 102.5 kg
Deadlift: 220 kg (+5 kg)
Total: 522.5 kg (+9.5 kg)

Rashenna came away as the North American Champion in the 84 kg Open, adding kilos across the board and putting together a massive day.

🏆 BRIDGE CITY CLASSIC

Janet Hills - 52kg | Masters 4 | Coach Danny
Squat: 82.5 kg (+5 kg)
Bench: 45 kg
Deadlift: 117.5 kg (+24.5 kg)
Total: 245kg (+26 kg)

Janet continued to prove that strength has no age limit, setting 5 Masters 4 Provincial Records along the way.

Doug Miller - Masters 4 | 105kg

Doug made his Bench-Only debut, finishing with a 117.5 kg bench press and setting a new Masters 4 Provincial Record.

Brandon Wiebe - 120 kg | Open | Coach Thomas
Squat: 192.5 kg (+10 kg)
Bench: 145 kg (+5 kg)
Deadlift: 227.5 kg (+10 kg)
Total: 565 kg (+25 kg)

A 25 kg total PR and improvements across all three lifts. Huge progress from Brandon.

Utkarsh Mandhotra - 66 kg | Open | Coach Tim
Squat: 195 kg
Bench: 115 kg
Deadlift: 220 kg
Total: 530 kg

Utkarsh stepped onto the platform for his first powerlifting meet and walked away with a 530 kg total in the 66 kg Open.

First-time competitors, provincial records, international podium! This is what we love about this sport.

Different athletes. Different goals. Different stages of the journey.

Keep building. 🖤💛

Its a week later, but thats a wrap on the 2026 Bridge City Classic! 🏆A huge congratulations to our Top Lifters:🥇 Masters...
08/15/2026

Its a week later, but thats a wrap on the 2026 Bridge City Classic! 🏆

A huge congratulations to our Top Lifters:

🥇 Masters Female - Janet Hills
245 kg Total | 67.253 GL Points

🥇 Masters Male - Bernie Yasinowski
500 kg Total | 62.812 GL Points

🥇 Open Female - Carrie Herauf
295 kg Total | 69.649 GL Points

🥇 Open Male - Nolan Morin
645 kg Total | 84.773 GL Points

🥇 Junior Male - Jacob Rushton
645 kg Total | 81.137 GL Points

🥇 Bench Only - Leroy Scott
132.5 kg | 60.817 GL Points

A massive thank you to our spotters and loaders who kept the platform moving all day, along with every volunteer who helped with registration, scoring, announcing, setup, cleanup, and everything in between.

A special thank you to Russ Agnew for all of his help setting up and running the meet. Having someone experienced there to help keep everything moving made a huge difference.

We also have to give a shoutout to It made what is usually one of the most stressful parts of directing a meet incredibly painless, once we got past stressing the Wi-Fi 👀. The system was awesome and helped everything run smoothly throughout the day.

A huge thank you as well to the sponsors who helped make the event possible:

👑 🏋🏼Supplement King Saskatoon🏋🏾
🥇 Saskatoon Physiotherapy & Chiropractic
💪 Inner Strength Products
👕 True North Sportswear

And a special thank you to Sask Lotteries for the funding support. Those funds were put directly toward our reusable Bridge City Classic meet banner, meet shirts, and a warm-up bar, helping us improve the athlete experience this year while also investing in equipment and resources we can continue using at future events.

And lastly, a huge thank you to Richard and Creative Cinema (Arda) for being there to capture all of the amazing lifts and moments from the day. Having the event documented so well gives our athletes and the community something incredible to look back on.

Thank you to every athlete, coach, referee, volunteer, sponsor, and spectator who came out and made the 2026 Bridge City Classic such a great day.

See you next year. 🖤💛

🇨🇦 Athletes Tim Zelensky and WrenchesAndAdrenaline are ready to take the platform in St. John’s, Newfoundland, at the 20...
08/05/2026

🇨🇦 Athletes Tim Zelensky and WrenchesAndAdrenaline are ready to take the platform in St. John’s, Newfoundland, at the 2026 North American Powerlifting Championships.

⚫ Tim Zelenksy | 83KG Open
Thursday at 5:30 AM Saskatchewan time

🟡 Rashenna Grzybowski | 84KG Open
Friday at 5:30 AM Saskatchewan time

Set your alarms and help us cheer them on! Let’s go, Tim and Rashenna! 🔥

MEET WEEK. 🔥The Bridge City Classic is almost here, and we cannot wait to welcome our lifters, coaches, referees, volunt...
08/04/2026

MEET WEEK. 🔥

The Bridge City Classic is almost here, and we cannot wait to welcome our lifters, coaches, referees, volunteers and supporters for an incredible day of powerlifting.

📅 Saturday, August 8
⚖️ Weigh-ins: 9:00 AM
🏋️ Lifting starts: 11:00 AM

Swipe through for competition flights, required items and lifting gear checklist.

Athletes, double-check your equipment, pack everything the night before and arrive ready for equipment inspection. Bring your photo ID, current True Sport CCES or Sport Integrity Canada certificate, opening attempts and rack heights.

See you on the platform!

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