Who Is Lifting Large

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Lifting Large was established in 2004 to provide strength athletes worldwide with the best quality strength training equipment available. All our products are tested and used by the LiftingLarge.com owners with a combined powerlifting history of over 59 years. Orders are processed and shipped usually within 1 business day directly to your door from our warehouse.

We stock 99% of the items we carry in our own warehouse.

We are not drop shippers like many of our competitors. This allows us to ship your orders immediately.

When you compete, you can rest assured we are helping you to keep Lifting Large and succeed.

Our Mission

To create a shopping experience for strength athletes globally that offers a large variety of training tools to help them to excel. Supplying only in-house tested products that we would use in our own gym and training.

Our Vision

To be the leader in strength tools superstores focused on exceeding customer expectations before, during, and after the sale. We are driven iron athletes wanting to help other iron athletes compete at a higher level.

Mike Adelmann - owner
Order processing, inventory control, customer service, packing, and paying the bills

I started powerlifting in late 1987 with a 1445lb total at 240 lbs bwt and to date have competed in over 150 powerlifting meets

The best total of 2077 lbs at 299 lbs bwt ( single ply).

My best lifts are all done in drug-tested competition: 827lb squat, 578lb bench press a 718lb deadlift, and a 2077lb total.
Current Single Ply Deadlift National Record Holder 55-59 275lbs class 622lbs

Watch My Competition Video

I have competed in the following federations: NASA, ADFPA, AAU, USAPL, USPF, and the USPA.

Some of my other accomplishments are as follows:

2003 NASA Athlete of the year

2002, 2004 NASA Coach of the year

2001,2002 and 2004 NASA Pure athlete of the year

2008 NASA Hall of Fame Inductee

State and National powerlifting record holder ( NASA, USPA)

ISSA Certified Personal Trainer

Run and organized over 20 powerlifting meets

National-level powerlifting judge, USPA, NASA, NPL
NMAA High School Judging Chairman

Certified RMSA Highland Games judge

Competed in over 150 powerlifting meets

Squatted over 800 pounds in single ply in over 12 competitions

Competed in and ran over 30 strongman contests and highland games

Coached the NASA National powerlifting team to victory 4 times

Small Business Advisor for Clatsop Community College
USPA Certified Powerlifting Coach

Coached Rio Rancho High School Powerlifting to a State Championship 2022

Head Judge 2022/23/24 NM State High School Powerlifting Championships
Chairman of the NMOA Officials Committee 2024-2027 - NM High School Powerlifting

NMAA Powerlifting Clinician 2022, 20224

Listen to Mike in his latest podcast interview by USPA Platform Ready

Teale Adelmann - owner

Social media coordinator/photographer/picker/packer/shipper/janitor/doggy mama

I've always been active- I started playing softball in middle school and adulthood. I was never very good at the sport, but I enjoyed the excitement of the game. During high school, I enjoyed cheerleading, Jazz dancing, and gymnastics. In my senior year of high school, I started going to Champions Gym in Albuquerque and became interested in bodybuilding. It turned out that I enjoyed food too much to ever be a bodybuilder, so I just stuck with lifting heavy weights.

I became involved in powerlifting when I started working out at Cherry's Gym in Rio Rancho. I noticed a group of guys and one really strong lady working out and she invited me to work out with them. Lisa Siddell encouraged me and in 1996 I entered a NASA powerlifting meet in Alamogordo, NM. I was a bench-only lifter until 2002 when I entered my first full powerlifting meet.

I have been a competitive powerlifter for 25 years and my best competition lifts are 370lb squat, 281lb bench, 429lb deadlift, and a 1011 lb drug tested total at 121lbs bodyweight. Federations I've competed in NASA, AAU, USAPL, and USPA. I have competed in a few raw meets but prefer single-ply equipped. My love for the outdoors and lifting heavy things were combined when In 2005 I started competing in Strongman contests and in 2013 I started competing in the Scottish Highland Games.

Here are a few of my accomplishments:
Ranked in the top 3 for a female powerlifter, Powersports, and female bencher by bodyweight in NASA.
Listed in the top 10 of all time Female Benchers ( single ply) in the 123lb class (all federations)
2 time GNC Pro Deadlift Competitor
2012 IPF Masters 1 World Champion
2010 IPF Bench Press World Championships - Silver Medal
2009 USAPL National Champion
2008 IPF Bench Press World Champion- Gold Medal
2008 USAPL National Champion Bench Only
USAPL American bench record holder equipped (271# @ 123bwt)
2003, 2004, and 2005 NASA Female Bencher of the Year
2004 NASA Female Referee of the Year
2004, 2005, and 2006 NASA Female Athlete of the Year
2004 Athlete of the Month- January- Rio Rancho, NM
2005 NAS Iron Will Strongman Challenge 2nd Place overall
2006 NAS Iron Will Strongman Challenge 1st place
2006 NASA Powersports sub-masters runner up
2006 NASA Bench Press Winner- Overall division
2007 NASA Natural Nationals Outstanding Lifter
Owner of Kilo's Gym - Powerlifting Gym
Co-coached the 2006 NASA Women's team to victory at the USA NASA Nationals
Aug/Sept. 2005 Issue Monster Muscle's Iron Maiden
New Mexico Certified High School Powerlifting Judge

Check out my new business venture https://reddogplanters.com/

ISSA personal trainer certification

Westside Barbell person trainer certification

Kilo - RIP 2022
Warehouse Supervisor
12+ years with LiftingLarge.com

Jetty
Door Greeter
7+ years with Lifting Large

Sailor Mae
Quality control and hall monitor
(thinks she owns the place though)
4+ years with Lifting Large

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