Stephen ‘Screamer’ Manuel

Stephen 'Screamer' Manuel is Ex British Powerlifting turned bodybuilder turned Jiu Jitsu. With an impressive record in powerlifting, Stephen has incredible expertise in all things bench press, squat and deadlift. From South Shields (near Newcastle in the north-east of England), Stephen had a lot of success as an equipped powerlifter at national level, and a little success Internationally. He won six British Equipped Titles at junior and open level, finished ninth in the world as a junior and then fourth in Europe as a junior. Stephen also received a gold medal for Deadlift here with a 320kg pull. Stephen started our equipped lifting mainly because there was no World Championships in Raw in the IPF, but once they introduced the classic rules he decided to switch back over. Since switching back to raw lifting, he won one British title, set multiple British records and finished second in the IPF World Raw Championships.