Welcome to UoN Powerlifting!

The University of Nottingham's Powerlifting Club is an internationally competitive team competing in the IPF powerlifting federation representing Great Britain on two occasions at the World University championships. Both the men's and women's team achieved 4th place in 2019, in 2018 the men's team managed to achieve 3rd place.

All experience and abilities are welcomed and encouraged to join the club. Whether you are interested in meeting new people and having a great time or the competitive aspect of the sport, we welcome you here at UoN Powerlifting - the strongest team in the University.

On this page, you'll find information regarding joining the club, training, socials, news updates and more.

Welcome week/ Taster sessions

You can find us on the 23rd/24th of september at the university park freshers fair.

First taster session 29/09/19

Women's taster session 05/10/19

Both taster sessions have a small cost of £6 and will be held at Nottingham Strong - a local powerlifting gym located by the city centre. Click on our event for more details regarding group transport and times. Don't hesitate to ask any questions about the event via our social media or email attached below.

https://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/events/42985/12863/

Membership

A club membership is required to be part of UoN powerlifting. Membership fees for the club are £30 for the 19/20 academic year. This allows the club to organise various social events including taster sessions, team meals, seminars with top athletes/ leading experts during the year and more. Membership provides discounted team training sessions at a local powerlifing gym with competition specification equipment, kindly made available to club at exclusive hours from other users. Members of the club are also given acess to an extensive range of training programs for varying levels of ability and experience, programming information workshops will take place and advice from other experienced lifters is available.

Note: A sport and fitness membership is required to be part of our club this can be purchased here 

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/membership/studentsportsmembership.aspx.

Training

During the week the majority of our members can be found training individually at the gym in the David ross sport centre. Team training is held at Nottingham Strong powerlifting gym on either a weekly or fortnightly basis depending on the proximity to competitions. Updates on times and schedules can be found in our group chat on facebook.

Social media

Instagram @uon_powerlifting

https://www.facebook.com/groups/431875280966114/?ref=share

email: uonpowerlifting1@gmail.com