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If you think lifting a bar with a ridiculous amount of weight attached is entirely physical, Dustin Everett might like a word.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old born-and-raised Brandonite is heading to the Manitoba Powerlifting Association\u2019s provincial powerlifting, bench press and para-powerlifting championships at Winnipeg\u2019s Pembina Curling Club from May 1 to 3, and said the body can\u2019t do what the mind won\u2019t allow.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a huge part of it,\u201d Everett said. \u201cSometimes it is mental. Something doesn\u2019t feel right, your squats don\u2019t feel right, that\u2019s going to completely throw you off. I\u2019d say it\u2019s half mental and half just putting in the work and trying to build your body to be strong enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brandon powerlifter Dustin Everett, shown before a recent training session at Peak Performance, is attending this third provincials in Winnipeg in early May. (Perry Bergson\/The Brandon Sun)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Everett knows a little bit about physical sports.<\/p>\n

He played football at Crocus Plains and later with the now defunct Westman Wolverines junior program. Now he plays rugby with the Brandon Barbarians.<\/p>\n

With those sports, time in the gym was a given, but he began powerlifting five years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always came and tried to lift heavy with the squats and dead lifts, so it was a pretty easy transition,\u201d Everett said.<\/p>\n

His first competition came in 2022 and he has attended two provincials since. He finished third in 2023 and won his division in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the pressure comes before the meet,\u201d Everett said. \u201cOnce I\u2019m there, I\u2019m just trying to have fun and beat my own records. Definitely before, I\u2019m trying to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the sport, athletes compete in the squat, bench press and deadlift, in that order, with the goal of posting the highest combined total from their three attempts in each.<\/p>\n

His personal bests are 595.2 pounds (270 kg) on the squat, 385 pounds (175 kg) on the bench and 661.4 pounds (300 kg) on the deadlift. He favours the latter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the one I\u2019m best at,\u201d Everett said. \u201cYou always gravitate toward the things you\u2019re good at so deadlift for sure for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you think the sport is full of sunshine and rainbows and steady improvement every time you head to the gym, the reality is quite different. Instead, it\u2019s rife with disappointment and self doubt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s brutal with powerlifting,\u201d Everett said. \u201cYou\u2019ll have years where it feels like you\u2019re not really making a ton of progress and then sometimes it clicks where you do make that progress and you\u2019re happy with it. It\u2019s all about consistency, coming and trying your best every day and taking care of your body and recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t hurt that he\u2019s surrounded by like-minded individuals who understand the process.<\/p>\n

The other Peak Performance members who are competing at provincials are Stephen Sulik, Brenda Billings, Chanelle Dupuis and Alex Pokryshenko.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where most of the powerlifters in Brandon come and it\u2019s a pretty good group,\u201d Everett said. \u201cThere are all ages, from a 15-year-old to the people in masters. It\u2019s great. Everyone is super supportive, and anyone who wants to get into the sport, everybody is always happy to share their knowledge and things they\u2019ve learned along the way. It\u2019s been really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it turns out, he\u2019s one of the people at the centre of the powerlifting scene. The newcomer Dupuis is attending her first provincials, and said Everett is not only a terrific powerlifter, he\u2019s also a never-ending source of positivity at the gym.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a really good friend,\u201d Dupuis said. \u201cHe\u2019s always willing to help out and always has a smile on his face and brings others up. \u201cHe\u2019s really a blast to be around and as you can hear from his totals, he\u2019s extremely strong. I\u2019ve witnessed some of those lifts and that was pretty much six of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everett\u2019s favourite moment in the sport came when Brandon hosted the western Canadian championships in 2023. He finished fourth in the 205-pound class with a total of 1,493.6 pounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was super cool because everybody around here made the meet,\u201d Everett said. \u201cThere were a lot of Brandon people competing and it was great that Brandon put on something like that. That\u2019s a pretty big meet, that\u2019s regionals for us, one step below nationals.\u201d<\/p>\n

He qualified for nationals two years ago but didn\u2019t attend, and isn\u2019t sure if a Canadian event is in his future or not because if he\u2019s going to travel that far, he wants to make sure he\u2019s lifting well.<\/p>\n

But he is certain that powerlifting is his sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely the competition for me,\u201d Everett said. \u201cAlso, with powerlifting, it\u2019s kind of like golf. You\u2019re never going to be perfect so there\u2019s always something to work on and something to grind towards, and that\u2019s what keeps me in it for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

While podium finishes are nice, they\u2019re not what motivates Everett. Instead, just like that golfer trying to score a little better every time out, he just wants to be a better version of himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I get some sort of improvement on my lifts every meet, I\u2019m happy that,\u201d Everett said. \u201cIf I think I\u2019ve had a good meet but I don\u2019t win, I\u2019m still going home happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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