Starting and Progressing in Powerlifting:
A Comprehensive Guide to the World’s Strongest Sport
350 page book by Gary F. Zeolla

My Powerlifting Accomplishments

By Gary F. Zeolla

College (1979-82)
(USPF)

• First or second place at most every contest entered
• Two-time Pennsylvania State Collegiate Champion (114s, 1981/ 123s, 1982)
• Best Lifter at Pennsylvania State Collegiates (1982)
• National Collegiate Champion (114s, 1981)
• Runner-up National Collegiates (123s, 1982)
• Seven Pennsylvania State Collegiate records
• One National Collegiate record (425 pound squat @ 123s)
• Best lifts, 114s: squat: 352, bench: 205, deadlift: 410, total: 953 (single-ply gear, no bench shirt)
• Best lifts, 123s: squat: 425, bench: 240, deadlift: 435, total: 1095 (single-ply gear, no bench shirt)
• Plus, first place at two bench press contests in 1985

Since 2003

• Have competed in ten contests with five different federations (IPA, WNPF, APF, NASA, RAWU)
• First place at every contest entered
• Total of 48 different powerlifting records set in the above five federations
• Best Lifter at three contests with three different federations (WNPF, APF, RAWU)
• Best lifts, 114s: squat: 415, bench: 220, deadlift: 410, total: 1030 (multi-ply gear)
• Best lifts, 114s: squat: 331, bench: 187, deadlift: 402, total: 920 (unequipped, knee sleeves)
• Best lifts, 123s: squat: 385, bench: 190, deadlift: 400, total: 975 (unequipped, knee wraps)

Powerlifting USA's Top 100 Charts
(by year of publication; best rankings in white)

• 1981, 114s: #12 squat, #28 bench, # 8 deadlift, #14 total (single-ply gear)
• 1982, 123s: #5 squat, #37 bench, #20 deadlift, #12 total (single-ply gear)
• 2004, 114s: #8 squat, #21 bench, #11 deadlift, #8 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2005, 114s: #5 squat, #14 bench, #6 deadlift, #5 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2006, 123s: #16 squat, #66 bench, #19 deadlift, #22 total (unequipped, knee wraps)
• 2007, 114s: #4 squat, #25 bench, #7 deadlift, #7 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2008, 114s: #5 squat, #16 bench, #10 deadlift, #6 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2009, 114s: #96 squat, #69 bench, #13 deadlift, #28 total (unequipped, knee sleeves)
• All-time: 114s: #32 squat (July 2007)

Powerlifting USA's Top 20 Masters Charts
(by year of publication; lifts performed in previous year)

• 2004, 114s: #2 squat, #3 bench, #1 deadlift, #2 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2005, 114s: #1 squat, #3 bench, #1 deadlift, #1 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2006, 114s: #2 squat, #4 bench, #2 deadlift, #2 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2007, 114s: #1 squat, #1 bench, #1 deadlift, #1 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2007, 123s: #3 squat, #15 bench, #3 deadlift, #4 total (unequipped, knee wraps)
• 2008, 114s: #2 squat, #4 bench, #2 deadlift, #2 total (multi-ply gear)
• 2009, 114s: #2 (tie) squat, #5 bench, #2 deadlift, #2 total (unequipped, knee sleeves)
• 2010, 114s: #4 squat, #6 bench, #1 deadlift, #2 total (unequipped, knee sleeves)

Powerlifting Watch's Top 50 Ranking Lists
Powerlifting Watch Web site
(For all lifters 132s and under; year of publication is same as year of performance)

• 2007, 114s: #7 squat, #23 bench, #9 deadlift, #9 total (multi-ply list)
• 2008, 114s: #5 squat, #44 bench, #9 deadlift, #7 total (raw list)
• 2009, 114s: #15 squat, #13 deadlift, #19 total (raw list)

Further Details

• Summary of Powerlifting Contests, USA Rankings, Records, and Times Bodyweight
• Contest Reports for Each Contest I Have Entered