![Jen Sinkler is a blonde, glammed-out social media star and accomplished power lifter. She lifted weights with some girlfriends at the gym The Movement that she owns with her husband on Monday, November 10, 2014 in Minneapolis, Minn. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • reneejones@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/3HKO2C7KHT5OZG2IFVMQNSVO2M.jpg?&w=1080)
1. There are three lifts used in powerlifting: bench press, dead lift and squat (in which the barbell is resting on the lifter's shoulders). In competitive meets, the one who lifts the most combined weight in all three events wins.
2. What's lifted: weighted plates stacked onto barbells. Each plate ranges from a fraction of a kilogram to as much as 50 kilograms.
3. Use your butt when lifting. Explains trainer Jen Sinkler: "That's your engine, your powerhouse. All your speed, power and strength reside in your backside."
4. Various dead lifting stances come with wacky names: Jefferson, Sumo and Double Suitcase, to name a few.
5. Marilyn Monroe owed her famous figure in part to lifting.
