In this week's episode, Stone and Bain talk about the rise of the "RAW" division in powerlifting. The "raw" division started to show up in the last 90s and early 2000s, but really took off right around 2010, and really picked up steam in 2014-2015. Stone runs through some statistics of the growth of the IL Raw Power Challenge meet from 2009 to current, as well as the Chicago Summer Bash from all equipped in 2004 to mostly raw in recent years. From there Bain and Stone both give their input on why they think raw powerlifting has become so big, and has contributed so much to the overall growth of powerlifting.
