ABOUT US

Launched in April 2018, Paisley Barbell is a powerliftng club based in Pro-life Fitness Centre in Paisley

Providing opportunites for individuals to train with like minded lifters in a group environment to achieve the best for all involved. The club caters for all lifters from International level lifters to those keen to develop thier confidence and technique in the big 3 lifts of Powerlifting.

Enjoyed by both men and women in over 78 countries around the world, Powerlifting is without doubt the ultimate strength sport. Powerlifting is a test of pure, unadulterated, brute strength, and comprises three lifts :

Squat

Bench Press

Deadlift

In Powerlifting competition, athletes are categorized by sex, age and bodyweight (click here for bodyweight catagories). Each competitor is allowed three attempts at each lift, the best lift in each discipline being added to their total. The lifter with the highest total is the winner. In cases where two or more lifters achieve the same total, the person with the lightest bodyweight wins.

The club is proud to be affiliated with the British Drug Free Powerlifting Association (BDFPA) and in turn the World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation (WDFPF) and fully endorses and supports the ethos of drug free lifting. All members of the club are affiliated with the organisations as part of thier membership and subject to testing. The club also support lifters to compete with British Powerlifting and is working towards affiliation with them as well.

As well as providing a platform for both performance and participation level lifters, the club also applies a sport for development approach.

Sport for Development has been defined as ‘the intentional use of sport and physical activity as a tool to bring about positive change in the lives of people and communities'. (Sported)

We intend to use Sport for Development to positively impact on the following social outcomes:

1. Education and Employability

2. Health and well-being

3. Crime and anti-social behaviour

4. Community cohesion

5. Inequality in sports participation