About Us

Like many great ideas, Lockout came from a founder struggling to find a product they love; And creating their own.

I'm Paige, and powerlifting completely took over my life in 2017.

I worked my butt off in the gym, like all powerlifters do, year round in a messy bun and an oversized t shirt. Covered in chalk, dirt, and sometimes blood.

Competition day was only usually twice a year, and it was my chance to show off what I'd been working on during all those late nights in the gym. To show the world what I could do.

I'm not afraid to admit, I was also excited to get it on video. To show my grandkids someday. To get professional photos of me doing the thing that lit up my whole world.

So I did a lil makeup. I spray tanned after weigh-in. I put a matching ribbon in my hair, and I wanted a new suit every time I got on the platform so I could differentiate between meets when I looked back at photos.

Lo and behold, all that was available to me was unisex. 

Unisex singlets.

Gaping at the small of my back. 

At each meet there was sometimes half a dozen of the same suit because these unisex brands don't do new drops... They often have one style forever, with a hyper-masculine word printed in a 2001 Word Art font across the chest.

How could powerlifting be so far behind in fashion, when activewear was such a competitive market? 

Even the mens, I thought, seemed so... Safe. So. Much. Black.

For the first time, weightlifters and powerlifters can wear an entire comp day outfit... Not just a suit and whatever socks you could get from the mall the day before.

The women's suits are actually engineered to fit women's bodies. 

The men's designs will actually stand out on the platform for the first time.

And our designs will not be restocked. 

Our designs will be in drops in an effort to diversify fashion on the platform.

This is the future of strength sports, and I'm so excited to share it with you.

Paige Mills 

IG: paigemills_au