07/19/2026
The 2026 RPS Philly Push Pull is now in the books!!! Yesterday, July 18th at the Retro Fitness - Fairless Hills, PA we had many amazing lifts by our lifters! Retro Fitness of Fairless Hills has graciously allowed us to call their gym our home! First and foremost, thank you to all of the Lifters and Spectators who came out yesterday! Local powerlifting teams: the Atom Olson Fitness crew came out in droves, the Chicken Salad crew with Deathwish Barbell in Delco, and Ryan Feehan’s Iron Crew Powerlifting over at Focus Fitness came out and did not disappoint! Jonathan Idelson finished the meet with an impressive 700lbs bench in the Men’s Pro 220lbs Unlimited Master division. Adam Stephens came to dominate the deadlift with a 740lbs finishing weight in the Men’s AM SHW Raw Classic Open division. Ashley Lozada’s 115lbs bench and 315lbs deadlift won her Best Female Raw Lifter. Ryan Feehan’s 430lbs bench and 585lbs deadlift got him Best Male Raw Lifter. Many records, both RPS Pennsylvania State and RPS World Records were also broken yesterday. Lifters traveled from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to compete in our event that takes place annually since its’ founding in 2010. We want to take the time to thank all of our help: Mike, Chris, John, Shira Bardfield-Simmons, Ralph, TJ Esche, Dan, Kaylee Rodriguez, Ame Rychlak, Jay Nak, Alexander Omand, Mom, Dad, Brian Eldredge and Paul Smith! Their positions are responsible for judging, scoring, admissions, meet operations, setting up and breaking down the meet. I sincerely thank you! The time and effort to put on a meet with such high regard could not have been done without any of them! A huge thank you goes out to our sponsors: Retro Fitness of Fairless Hills, Levittown Family Dental, BSM Printing NJ, Brute Strength Mindset, Anthony Paul Pinto Real Estate, and Orion Supps for believing in us and for their support of putting on the competition. Thank you all for another great meet and we will see everyone again at our next meet!
