{"id":14701,"date":"2026-02-23T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=14701"},"modified":"2026-02-23T05:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:01:00","slug":"slu-powerlifting-club-competes-at-beast-of-the-metro-east-the-university-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=14701","title":{"rendered":"SLU Powerlifting Club competes at \u2018Beast of the Metro East\u2019 \u2013 The University News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"sno-story-body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Louis University\u2019s powerlifting club competed at the Beast of the Metro East meet hosted by McKendree University in Lebanon, IL on Feb. 7. The meet saw multiple members of the team set personal records , with senior Adam Bauer placing 3rd overall in the raw men\u2019s category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equipment checks began promptly at 7:30 a.m. with weigh-ins shortly after at\u00a0 8 a.m. After weigh-ins, lifters began their final preparations before beginning competition at 10 a.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI know I had a bottle of orange juice, [and] I think a couple other people had bottles of orange juice,\u201d said junior sports business major Jackson Luster. \u201cThis probably looks like one of the most unhealthy things. They\u2019re coming with Celsiuses and Rice Krispies and candy and everything else. It\u2019s purely just to get that burst of energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first lifts of the day were squats, in which junior physical therapy student Christian Nowoj set a PR of 215 kilograms (474 pounds).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following squats, the lifters began preparations for the bench press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou don\u2019t drink a ton of caffeine between your squat and bench attempt,\u201d Luster said, explaining his decision to forgo pre-workout prior to his bench attempts. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to be buzzing on a ton of caffeine; you have to be somewhat controlled.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luster\u2019s decision to limit his caffeine intake paid off. Fueled instead by \u201cfive or six Liquid I.V.s,\u201d Luster set a new PR of 110 kilograms (243 pounds) on his second of three attempts. Nowoj also set a bench PR with 147.5 kilograms (325 pounds).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last scheduled activity for the competition was deadlifts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a long day at this point. You\u2019ve had, essentially, six max-effort lifts at this point \u2026 you [normally] have two, maybe three, in a day,\u201d Luster said. \u201cYou just need to keep going. Eat more rice krispies.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luster went 3-3 on his deadlift attempts, setting a PR of 235 kilograms (518 pounds). Senior Jude Erasmus also set a PR of 280 kilograms (617 pounds) on his second attempt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Club president and senior economics and international business student Katrina Churchill said that powerlifting was unique in how much effort and dedication the competitors had to contribute to prepare for this meet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI can\u2019t think of many other sports where you only compete twice a year,\u201d Churchill said. \u201cYou have to put on literal pounds of muscle in between meets. You can\u2019t just do that overnight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Churchill did not participate in the Beast of the Metro East, having already qualified for nationals at the club\u2019s only previous meet in November, 2025 at William Jewell College. Teammate Ethan Tran also qualified for nationals at this meet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPrep for a meet starts around two months out, but beforehand you would have a phase of building muscle \u2026 it\u2019s all high intensity,\u201d Churchill said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just the muscles that have to be prepared. There\u2019s a lot of mental load that, like, \u2018I literally have 400 pounds on my back,\u2019 you have to ramp up to that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three of SLU\u2019s lifters have qualified for collegiate nationals, to be held in New Orleans this April: Churchill, Tran, and sophomore John Clayton. Senior Patryk Barnas will make his attempt to qualify on Feb. 21 at the USA Powerlifting Missouri State Championship at William Jewell College.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/unewsonline.com\/2026\/02\/slu-powerlifting-club-competes-at-beast-of-the-metro-east\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Louis University\u2019s powerlifting club competed at the Beast of the Metro East meet hosted by McKendree University in Lebanon, IL on Feb. 7. 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