PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Bowling seems to be a no-lose proposition. You’re indoors, so you can’t get rained on. While you usually compete against others, you’re really competing against yourself, it’s all up to you. And, you get to hurl a heavy orb and knock stuff over; the more stuff you knock over, the better off you are. Plus, you get to …

PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Lifting weights is oftentimes something athletes do to prepare for other sports. But it is a sport, a competition, all its own. Weightlifting has been in the Olympics since the first modern games in 1896. Powerlifting specifically has not made it into the Olympics as of yet, but has been in the Paralympic and World Games for decades …