{"id":610,"date":"2026-07-08T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/?page_id=610"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:25:58","slug":"about-jerry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/?page_id=610","title":{"rendered":"About Jerry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jerry Marentette<\/p>\n

The Godfather of Powerlifting in Essex County<\/h2>\n

CTV Windsor called Jerry Marentette the Godfather of powerlifting while covering his half century in the sport. That is the right framing for this page: competitor, coach, gym owner, mentor, and the person behind Power Pit Gym.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\"JerryJerry competing under the bar.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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392<\/span><\/p>\n

National records<\/h3>\n

The original Power Pit site credits Jerry with 392 national records.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hall of Fame<\/span><\/p>\n

Windsor-Essex<\/h3>\n

Jerry is described as the first powerlifter enshrined in the Windsor\/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

50+<\/span><\/p>\n

Years in the sport<\/h3>\n

Local coverage traces Jerry\u2019s powerlifting path back to 1974, and CTV Windsor highlighted his half century in the sport.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

A life in powerlifting<\/h3>\n

Jerry\u2019s powerlifting story started in Belle River and grew into a life of competition, coaching, records, travel, and gym building. Power Pit is more than a room full of weights. It is where Jerry trained, coached, hosted lifters, and helped build powerlifting in the area.<\/p>\n

AM800 reported that Jerry won four gold medals at the 2019 Powerlifting Commonwealth Games in St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland. OpenPowerlifting also keeps a public record of his meet history and personal bests.<\/p>\n

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\"Jerry
Training at Power Pit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jerry
Representing Canada in competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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OPA archive and Power Pit history<\/h3>\n

The OPA archive material shows the old Belle River and Power Pit connection to Ontario powerlifting. The March 2005 issue includes Niagara Open results, Belle River lifters, and the Power Pit Gym listing in the affiliated clubs directory.<\/p>\n

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\"Ontario
Ontario Powerlifting News, March 2005.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ontario
Ontario Powerlifting News, December 2005.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
View 2005 OPA PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Our goal is to produce champions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the news<\/h3>\n
\n CTV Windsor<\/strong>Godfather of powerlifting celebrating half century in the sport<\/span><\/a>
\n Windsor Star<\/strong>Belle River\u2019s Marentette lifted into Hall of Fame<\/span><\/a>
\n Windsor Star<\/strong>Hall of Famer Philp never forgot his roots<\/span><\/a>
\n The Southern<\/strong>One of the best powerlifters ever to come from Canada<\/span><\/a>
\n AM800<\/strong>Belle River man wins four gold medals<\/span><\/a>
\n OpenPowerlifting<\/strong>Jerry Marentette competition history<\/span><\/a>
\n Original Power Pit<\/strong>Legacy profile and history<\/span><\/a>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jerry Marentette The Godfather of Powerlifting in Essex County CTV Windsor called Jerry Marentette the Godfather of powerlifting while covering his half century in the sport. That is the right framing for this page: competitor, coach, gym owner, mentor, and the person behind Power Pit Gym. Jerry competing under the bar. 392 National records The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-610","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P49KXw-9Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerpit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}