The Barbell Division

The Barbell Division The place to be in Southampton if you’re serious about Strongman, powerlifting, Muay Thai, or pole!
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Looking for an opportunity to qualify for the British following the new qualification process? We’ve got you 👀👏🏻!Let us ...
17/06/2026

Looking for an opportunity to qualify for the British following the new qualification process? We’ve got you 👀👏🏻!

Let us give you the perfect environment to hit those numbers and move onto the national stage: fully kitted-out warm up room (comp-spec equipment) with enough kit and space to avoid having to fight over racks, professional lights set-up, experienced platform crew, media available to purchase, participation medals, as well as trophies and goodie bags for top 3 overall lifters, we have you covered 🔥!

Entries are LIVE and can be found in 🔗 in bio, this event will have just 3 flights so we expect spots to go fast, so don’t leave it till the last minute 👀!

Date: 06.09.2026 (predicted lift-off 10am, this is TBC)
Location: The Barbell Division, Southampton
Entry fee: £45/person

Always wanted to try your hand at Strongman 👀? Need a nudge to actually enter a competition and make it official? Why no...
17/06/2026

Always wanted to try your hand at Strongman 👀? Need a nudge to actually enter a competition and make it official?

Why not jump in on our Dockside Debut First Timers and Novice event!! 🔥

We offer fun, accessible events, doable but challenging weights, participation medals and trophies, and more!!

Entries are now OPEN, follow the link in our bio and make sure you fill the waiver *and* payment link.

You cannot have podiumed before as a first timer to enter said class, the same applies to novices!

Events are below, have a look! 👏🏻

Dockside Debut:

1) Barbell Clean and Press (max - 3 attempts rising bar style)
WFT - 40
WN -
MFT - 70
MN -

2) Frame carry and hold
WFT - 70kg
WN - 110kg
MFT - 150kg
MN - 200kg

3) Deadlift Ladder
WFT - 80/90/100/110
WN - 100/110/120/130
MFT - 140/160/180/200
MN - 160/180/200/220

4)Sled Push, Carry, Pull (yoke, sandbag, yoke with handles)
WFT - 80/50/80
WN - 100/60/100
MFT - 120/80/120
MN - 150/100/150

5) Harnesssed pull (TBC)
WFT -
WN -
MFT -
MN -

Put these in your calendar and keep an eye out for entries release, we’ve got a lot planned 🔥!Swipe for the 2nd half of ...
11/06/2026

Put these in your calendar and keep an eye out for entries release, we’ve got a lot planned 🔥!

Swipe for the 2nd half of the post!

With a few days left to go before our fundraiser event this Sunday (10am, at The Barbell Division 📍) we thought we’d giv...
10/06/2026

With a few days left to go before our fundraiser event this Sunday (10am, at The Barbell Division 📍) we thought we’d give you all a more detailed breakdown of what we’re planning on doing throughout the day!

The main things to remember:
- everyone is welcome, no need to be vegan!
- there will be food and drinks ☕️
- there will be cute animals 🐶

If you haven’t got your tickets yet please do so ASAP, it would really help us to know numbers in advance, we can’t wait to see you there!

This is shaping up to be a nice, small event, perfect for those who don’t want the pressure or stress of a big competiti...
04/06/2026

This is shaping up to be a nice, small event, perfect for those who don’t want the pressure or stress of a big competition, but want to hit some PBs - payment link and waiver link are in our bio, join us!!

Before we delve into the schedule for the Fight For Animal Rights crowdfunder day (14th June, at The Barbell Division) w...
03/06/2026

Before we delve into the schedule for the Fight For Animal Rights crowdfunder day (14th June, at The Barbell Division) we thought we’d start with a little surprise announcement, we have covering the event as the official photographer 🤩!

Those of you who are involved within the powerlifting world know he’s kind of a big deal and he’s part of the legendary .uk crew 👀!

Here’s what Kameron wants you to know about him:

Favourite bird: pigeon 🐦
I’m a powerlifting, Strongman, Olympic weightlifting, and wildlife photographer!
I’m also a powerlifting athlete, my best bench is 132.5kg, best deadlift is 235kg, we don’t talk about my squat…

On the 14th, I will be photographing speakers, audience members, and whatever people fancy, so if you want to do a little pose here and there that’s fine too!

Kameron has kindly offered to record some of the talks or seminars if any of the speakers would like the footage, so if that’s you, do get in touch with him!!

P.S. he’s also been vegan for the past 8 years 🌱

If the schedule wasn’t enough to convince you, hopefully Kameron’s photography skills might 👏🏻!

Fight For Animals Event 🌱 Location: The Barbell Division, SO18 1DHDate: 14th June 2026Our next event is one close to our...
27/05/2026

Fight For Animals Event 🌱
Location: The Barbell Division, SO18 1DH
Date: 14th June 2026

Our next event is one close to our hearts for various reasons… We are collaborating with the incredible local activism group to raise money for them and allow them to expand their work and events even further, which directly revolve around animal rights, animal liberation, and veganism - all the proceeds will go to them, we are simply providing the opportunity to support them!

As many of you know, a few of the staff members and gym members are vegan or plant-based, but our hope with this event is to truly offer the opportunity for those of you who aren’t but who want to get involved in helping animals to get started!

We wanted to offer a varied schedule to ensure there’s something there for everyone, which is why we have a mixture of educational opportunities surrounding plant-based nutrition, information about activism, lifting (because we’re firm believers that vegans can be strong too 😚!), food, and the opportunity to meet animals who benefitted from humans fighting for their freedom!

Tickets are £10/person and will go straight to - last slide gives all the various ways to get a ticket - we sincerely hope we will see many of you there, so save the date 14th June!

Saving the best for last, our equipped lifters 🔥!Sophie Newby-Deane (British Equipped Championships 2025 winner) and Jul...
08/05/2026

Saving the best for last, our equipped lifters 🔥!

Sophie Newby-Deane (British Equipped Championships 2025 winner) and Juliette Carter, who we believe will be making her equipped debut, will be battling it out in the u63kg class!

Lottie Hall will be running unopposed in the u76kg, and given her incredible competitive history we’re not surprised she scared the competition away! Lottie has been competing equipped since 2022 and has regularly been podiuming at national and international level in the equipped scene; she is also organising this year’s All England with us so go and thank her for the crazy amounts of work she has put into this!

We have another seasoned equipped lifter, Shaunni Clutterbuck, competing in the 84+ - she has won the British Equipped Championships twice in the past two years, among a multitude of other wins 🏆!

Finally, we have Josh Inman competing in the equipped u105kg category; Josh podiumed at last year’s British Equipped Championships and won the British Bench Equipped Championships, making him another brilliant athlete to watch on Sunday!

With that, we have now announced all athletes, and we are in the process of setting for tomorrow, we can’t wait to see you all!

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The Barbell Division
Southampton
SO181DH

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 9pm
Tuesday 6am - 9pm
Wednesday 6am - 9pm
Thursday 6am - 9pm
Friday 6am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm

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+447710556289

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