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Zachary Vandenburg

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Team Canada Athlete & Coach 🇨🇦
2026 IPF Bench World’s 🥇
2026 IPF Junior World’s 🥉
10x 53kg National Records 🎖️
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Zachary Vandenburg won bronze in the 53kg division at the IPF Junior World Championships in Sun City, South Africa, winning gold in the bench press and bronze in the deadlift on his way to setting a New National Record in the total.

Squat: 162.5kg
Bench Press: 122.5kg 🥇
Deadlift: 187.5kg 🥉
Total: 472.5kg🥉New National Record

Congratulations Zach! taken in Sun City, South Africa by @zvch53

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rpe6 world champion

#powerlifting #benchpress #ipf #gym by @zvch53

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4 months ago

🇿🇦🌎
I’ll miss south africa but i’ll miss you guys more
Thank you for making this trip unforgettable
‘till next time 🫶 taken in Sun City, South Africa by @zvch53

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Zachary Vandenburg, representing Canada, 3Rd place, -53KG class, IPF World Men's Juniors and Sub-Juniors Classic Championships 2026 🥉🇨🇦

♢ Total: 472.5KG 🥉
● Squat: 162.5
● Bench: 122.5 🥇
● Deadlift: 187.5 🥉

♢ Juniors Category

#ipf #powerlifter #sbd #powerlifting taken in Sun City by @zvch53

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2026 IPF World Bench Press Championships

My 9th and 10th world events in theIPF at just 18 years old
53kg Jr Classic world champion, 59kg Jr Equipped bronze medalist
So grateful for all the friends I made on this trip, I hope to see you all again in the future! Also sorry to everyone I wasn’t able to get a picture with 😭
Thank you @marthehenry for helping me with this cut, I couldn’t have done it without you
Thank you @luke_homer_ @total.s.c for coaching me, my bench has absolutely blown up in the past year
Thank you @mimifrankphotography for the great pictures
Thank you to all my friends who supported me throughout prep and watched me lift live, I appreciate it so much
Thank you to the Team Canada coaching staff (I don’t remember everyone who was there lol)
And last but very not least, thank you @angel_lifts_heavy @stouffvillepowerlifting for literally everything

random stuff:

i no longer hit elbow depth

forza horizon 6 released during the hardest part of my cut, lowkey kinda saved me

bought some special mochie a month ago and promised i wouldn’t touch it till after i competed

mcdonald’s is still mid

finally got my tiramisu in the end 😛 taken in Warsaw, Poland by @zvch53

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4 months ago

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◆ 2026 IPF World men's Classic Bench Press Championships - Juniors Gold Medalists 🌏🥇:

● -53 KG, Zachary Vandenbury 115 KG 🥇🇨🇦 [CAN]

● -59 KG, Giorgi Gelashvili 155 KG 🥇🇬🇪 [GEO]

● -66 KG, Aleko Sidanovi 175 KG 🥇🇬🇪 [GEO]

● - 74 KG, Yujiro Wada 200.5 KG,®🌏🥇 🇯🇵 [JPN]

● -83 KG, Anton Nykanen 215.5 KG®🌏 🥇 🇫🇮 [FIN]

● -93 KG, Leuis De Gruyter 207.5 KG 🥇🇧🇪 [BEL]

● -105 KG, Tegan Minnier 210 KG 🥇🇺🇸 [USA]

● -120 KG, Broc Evitch 227.5 KG 🥇🇺🇲 [USA]

● +120 KG, Luka Streif 227.5 KG 🥇🇩🇪 [GER]

#ipf #sbd #powerlifting #benshpress #junior taken in Warsaw, Poland by @zvch53

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4 months ago

Nats 2026
So I kinda did a lot this week.
Monday bench only - 105kg QT to guarantee my classic bench worlds spot (53.8kg weigh in)
Wednesday bench only (53.06kg weigh in) - 120kg, with a super loose shirt while fasted - guaranteed my spot for equipped bench worlds, but also won me best junior equipped bench (i lowkey edited the picture of the award cuz they gave me the wrong one)
Thursday 3 lift (52.33kg weigh in) - 432.5kg total
Not what I wanted, but still a 20kg total pr after a terrible prep, super busy week, and difficult watercut (i over cut like crazy)
150kg squat (+10)
117.5kg bench (+12.5)
165kg deadlift (-2.5)
175kg deadlift attempt (lost balance cuz my setup was wrong)

Thank you @luke_homer_ @total.s.c for coaching and handling
Thank you @angel_lifts_heavy @stouffvillepowerlifting @miccahv for putting up with my misery during the hardest parts of my cut
Thank you @canplnationals for an amazing event
And thank you to all my friends for supporting me
I’m probably missing a lot of people

🇵🇱 next for bench worlds
🇿🇦 after for junior worlds

see y’all there ? taken in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by @zvch53

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6 months ago

Costa Rica 2025
IPF Sub-Junior/Junior Worlds

Truly one of the best trips I’ve had in my entire life. I am so incredibly thankful for the friends I made and the amazing people I met. I really can’t wait to see you all again in the future. It’s so amazing to have the opportunity to meet and make friends with people from all across the globe… I feel like one of the luckiest people in the world.
Special shoutout to @ashton.lifts.stuff for somehow managing to turn me into an extrovert 😭
I love you guys and hope to see you all again soon

Now for the lifting part
I went 8/9 and set a total pr of 45.5kg, and it couldn’t have been done without the amazing team canada coaches, and @luke_homer_ @total.s.c for the best working program I’ve ever done. Thank you all so much!
Squat: 140kg
Bench: 105kg 🥇
Deadlift: 167.5kg taken in DoubleTree by Hilton Cariari San Jose by @zvch53

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a year ago

Bench Worlds ‘25 - My fifth and sixth bench worlds competitions @ 17yo

Canada’s only subjunior lifter

Monday May 19 - 53kg Classic (51.35kg bw)
100kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️
105kg 🔴🔴🔴
105kg 🔴🔴🔴
The cut to 53kg took a lot of willpower and discipline; limiting calories and cutting carbs for nearly two months. The results of the cut were very evident in my second and third attempts of 105kg - a weight that I had pressed multiple times in training. Still, I managed to win bronze with a national & provincial record and a competition PR of 3kg.

Friday May 23 - 53kg Equipped (52.36kg bw)
105kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️
110kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️
120kg 🔴🔴🔴
I gained a kilo during the week, but even with that, I was still much smaller than I was in training, which made the shirt less effective. On my third attempt I decided to shoot for gold cuz why not, but the bar came way out of position near the touch point and didn’t move upwards after that. Ended off with a silver medal, national record, and competition PR of 10kg.

Thank you @canadapowerliftingcoach @angel_lifts_heavy @stouffvillepowerlifting for helping me in training
Thank you @rshady__ @stouffvillepowerlifting for coaching me on the day of
Thank you @mimifrankphotography for the awesome pictures on the second slide
Thank you @z.ach.lau for taking care of the kitties while we were away 🐱

Overall it was a great trip, had a ton of fun, and can’t want for next year’s bench worlds 🇵🇱 taken in Drammen, Norway by @zvch53

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a year ago

Toronto summer cup

I qualified for nationals bench only with 62.5 kg, which means I have an opportunity to compete at worlds after winning nationals.

Three new pr's for all three lifts, squat: 85kg, bench is above, and deadlift: 100kg

Again, couldnt have done this without @stouffvillepowerlifting and @angel_lifts_heavy taken in Ellesmere Community Centre by @zvch53

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