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4x Jr. World Champion CJ Cummings Nails Pretty Mean 562lb Front Squat
If you haven’t yet heard of CJ Cummings (Clarence Cummings Jr.) then let us introduce you to one of the best Junior weightlifters in the world.…
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Clarence Kennedy Pushes His Limits With Ridiculous 573lb Squat For Nine Reps!
Clarence Kennedy is an Olympic weightlifter who has made quite an impression with his near-superhuman strength. He was back in training again recently, showing off that…
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Katherine Nye, Mattie Rogers Express Frustration After 2020 Olympics Postponement
Millions of people around the world look forward to the Summer Olympics that only comes around every four years. But unfortunately, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics scheduled…
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The 10 Strongest Women To Ever Walk The Earth
The world of fitness sports is mostly known for the men it attracts. For many years, things have been dominated by men, who have gained far…
CrossFit
Snatch Exercise Guide: Muscles Worked, How-To, Common Mistakes and Variations
The snatch is an effective movement commonly performed in Olympic Olympic style training and competition. You need full-body coordination, stabilization, mobility, strength, explosiveness, and perfect technique…
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Katherine Nye Earns Accolade of IWF’S Female Lifter of The Year For 2019
Katherine Nye Earns Accolade of IWF’S Female Lifter of The Year For 2019Katherine Nye’s win cements her name in U.S. history books! Katherine Nye earned the…
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Katherine Nye Cleans Solid 330lb Off Of Blocks!
Katherine Nye is one of the most powerful weightlifters in the world today. She put that on display by hitting a strong 330lb clean from blacks.…
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16-yo Mahailya Reeves Crushes 375lb Bench Press!
Mahailya Reeves may be a 16 year old high school sophomore, but she is not average. Instead, she is crushing giant bench press records like it…
CrossFit
Hang Clean: How to Do It, Muscles Worked, and Form Fixes
The hang clean gets confusing before the bar ever leaves your hands. Some coaches use the name for a full-squat clean from the hang. Many gyms…
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Meredith Alwine Scores Three Gold Medals In -71kg Division At Weightlifting World Cup
Meredith Alwine has been floating near the top level of weightlifting competition for a while. However she recently took things to the next level, with an…
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VIDEO: 9-yo Tate Fegley Can Deadlift 230lb!
Tate Fegley is not your average 9-year-old boy. In fact, he has some serious weightlifting ability, already breaking several records. On the outside, Fegley seems like…
CrossFit
Weighlifter Jourdan Delacruz Clean And Jerks Double Her Body Weight
Jourdan is a young up and coming weightlifter and she has been setting some records recently. Since she basically cleared out her initial weight class of…
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Olympic Weightlifting Champion Oleksiy Torokhtiy Stripped, Banned For Doping Violation
Ukrainian weightlifter Oleksiy Torokhtiy was notified that he had failed a drug test from 2012. Subsequently, he has now been handed a sanction regarding this failed…
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USA Weightlifting Reveals Roster For 2020 Senior Pan Am Championships
The USA Weightlifting Pan American Championships will be going down in the spring. Finally, a full roster of athletes has been released for the event. The…
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How To Watch: USA Weightlifting American Open Finals
The USA Weightlifting American Open Finals are going on through the weekend. This is how you can watch all the action from the rest of the…
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Weighlifter Katherine Nye Lands On Forbes 30 Under 30 List For 2019
Katherine Nye has had quite the year in 2019. Now she gets to cap it off with a massive honor, by being put on the Forbes…
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Watch Lasha Talakhadze Hits Heaviest Ever Clean & Jerk, At 588.6lb!
Lasha Talakhadze has already broke some serious records this year. That trend continues, with a mind blowing clean and jerk! Talakhadze shocked the world earlier this…
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WATCH: Lasha Talakhadze Breaks 3 World Records At IWF World Championhships!
Lasha Talakhadze is one of the most powerful weightlifters the world has ever seen. He continued that trend over the weekend, by breaking three world records…
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Video: Deng Wei Breaks Records, Wins Gold At IWF World Championship
Deng Wei defended her title at the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championship over the weekend. This further cemented her place as one of the best 64kg…