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Hammer Forged Strength Personalized powerlifting coaching and meet day handling.

08/11/2026

First Meet Recap
Athlete: Iarah Garcia
Coach: Anjyl Hwang
Meet: 2026 USA PowerliftingÂź (USAPL) W.O.L.F. Gyms Summer Showdown
2ndđŸ„ˆplace Women’s Raw Open 65kg

Squat: 112.5kg/248lbs
Bench: 45kg/99.2lbs
Deadlift: 115kg/253.5lbs
Total: 272.5kg/600.8lbs
BW: 64.7kg/142.64lbs
Dots: 288.41

Iarah: I never thought competing would be this fun. What an experience! Can’t wait for the next one.

Anjyl: Iarah came to me about 3 months ago asking for a spot to attempt 225lbs on squat. Now she reps that in training and came out with a nice PR. She went 7/9 and only missing her first attempt on squat and bench due to some demanding technicalities of the sport. But she was able to pull through and hit all her thirds in the end. She has a lot of potential in this sport and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for her.

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07/29/2026

Meet Recap
Athlete: Sean Devine
Coach: Sir Lance “Alottaweight” London
Meet: 2026 USA PowerliftingÂź (USAPL) Raw Nationals, 3rd place MR-JR 100kg, 6/9
Squat: 250kg/551lbs
Bench: 135kg/297lbs
Deadlift: 267.5kg/589lbs
Total: 652.5kg/1438.5lbs
BW: 98.2kg/216lbs
Dots: 404.75

Sean:
Third Raw Nats in the books. Not the best meet, I was insanely fatigued from having my flight cancelled and not getting to Chicago until 4am. This was also the first time I had evening weigh-in’s plus a 7pm lifting start. Strength wasn’t there unfortunately but we were still able to pull into 3rd place. Going to take some time to rebuild before competing again to put up a nice total (and maybe a 600 squat).

A huge shoutout to Tony and W.O.L.F. GYMS for sponsoring yet another raw nationals and providing amazing training facilities.

Lance:
Definitely not the type of meet we’ve come to expect from Sean. This might be the first time ever that he left a meet without hitting a PR. His prep was great, ex*****on just was not there on the day. Despite starting 3/6 through squat and bench, he was still able to pull himself into podium position. Sean time and time again has pulled through with the pressure on, and although he shouldn’t have been in this a position in the first place, he got it done once again.

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07/08/2026

Meet Recap
Athlete: Kasey Cicero
Coach: Jake Karboski, CSCS, PA-C
Meet: 2026 USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals
3rd place women Open 82.5kg, 7/9

Squat: 192.5kg/424.5lb (+2.5)
Bench: 92.5kg/203.9lb
Deadlift: 225kg/496lb
Total: 510kg/1124.4lb
BW: 80.30kg/177.03lb
DOTS: 479.654

Kasey: This Nationals came full circle for me. Last year, I didn’t have a coach or any guidance, but still wanted to podium. It was during that time that I met Jake and the rest of the team. This has been a great past year of discovering more of who I am as an athlete on the platform and learning to trust my prep and tapers.

I’m so grateful with how everything went. Prep tested my mental fortitude more than anything, balancing training with a lot of life changes. But with the help of my coach and team, we were able to secure top 3 and my pro card
goals beyond what I could have imagined for the year. I was a bit discouraged after bench and weighing in light, but I trusted that we would finish strong on deadlifts. Overall, I am blessed with how all of prep and meet day went and even more grateful for all those who support me.

Jake: I remember meeting Kasey last year at Raw Nats in Georgia where she was running around alone trying to get her warmups in. We got started together immediately after that and it has been nothing but fun. Even though I knew she had more on the tank for deadlift we chose to load exactly what she needed for 3rd place and she executed. Powerlifting and rubix cub pro!

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