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2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships World Record Performances
Today wraps up the 2020 Asian Championships (AWC) that took place in Tashkent Uzbekistan, April 16-25, 2021. The event was originally scheduled for April 18-25, 2020,…
Weightlifting
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Mattie Rogers Pulls Off A Pair Of Records With 111kg Snatch At 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships
We have already seen countless incredible performances from the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships. Mattie Rogers can be added to that list of athletes after her…
News
Jourdan Delacruz Sets 6 Records, Taylor Turner Wilkins Breaks 3 Records At 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships
So far, Team USA has had about as good of a showing at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships as possible. Just three days into the…
News
Lasha Talakhadze Earns A Pair Of World Records With 489lb Snatch And 1069lb Total
In case you have been living under a rock, Lasha Talakhadze is a pretty good weightlifter. He earned a pair of new world records over the…
CrossFit
Dmitry Klokov Annihilates CrossFit Open 21.4 Workout With Stellar 330lb Barbell Complex
Russia’s own Dmitry Klokov has been having some fun with this year’s CrossFit Open. His final performance of the Open season saw him putting up some…
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Lasha Talakhadze Benches 396.8lb For Reps In Insane Head-To-Head Battle
Lasha Talakhadze Is already considered one of the greatest of all time when it comes to weightlifting. However he showed that to be true yet again,…
CrossFit
Russian Weightlifter Dmitry Klokov To Compete In 2021 CrossFit Open
Dmitry Klokov has made a name for himself with his skills as a Russian weightlifter. He will now be making the switch to CrossFit, as he…
News
Olympic Weightlifter Yury Vlasov Passes Away At 85 Years Old
Russian weightlifter Yury Vlasov accomplished a lot in his time as an elite +90kg athlete. Unfortunately he has passed away at the age of 85 years…
Motivation
7 Year Old Rory van Ulft Can Deadlift 80kg and Squat 61kg
A four-foot tall Rory van Ulft from Ottowa revealed that she clears her mind when she wants to lift 80kg. She started lifting weights during her…
Programs
12 Best Power Exercises That Aren’t Olympic Lifts
Muscle power is critical for optimal performance in sports or if you want to be as physically capable as possible. Power is the ability to generate…
Bodybuilding
David Prowse, Bodybuilder Who Played Darth Vader, Dies At Age 85
The world has lost another icon, as well as a brother in iron, as David Prowse has passed away. He was 85 years old at the…
OP-ED
Oblique Pain: Muscle Strain Or Sports Hernia?
Experiencing any type of unexplained pain can be unnerving, however, this is particularly true when it’s felt in the abdominal area. Hernias occur when an organ…
Powerlifting Program
The Bulgarian Squat Method (Program with Spreadsheet)
There is an abundance of training programs out there designed specifically for the beginner and intermediate lifter. However, for the more advanced lifter, finding a training…
News
Dr. Michael Irani Becomes Third Interim IWF President of 2020
It was October 13, of this year when the IWF Executive Board met in the absence of their Interim President Ursula Papandrea to vote to replace…
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USA Weightlifting and IOC Express Serious Concerns Over IWF Leadership Changes
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has made some big changes in their leadership recently. This has both USA Weightlifting and the IOC expressing concerns about what…
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IWF Bans Six More Russian Weightlifters For Doping Violations
There have been a whirlwind of reports coming out of the weightlifting world, regarding investigations on Russian athletes for Doping violations. Now it seems that the…
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CJ Cummings Sinks 429lbs/195kg Clean and Jerk Personal Record
Junior powerlifting champion CJ Cummings sinks another personal best with his most recent clean and jerk at 429lbs/195kg. The lengths some will go to for a…
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Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze Achieves 222kg / 489lbs Snatch, The Heaviest Ever
Current snatch record holder Lasha Talakhadze from Georgia (the country) went full beast mode at a national Georgian weightlifting competition over the weekend. He pulled off…
Programs
Olympic Weightlifting Guide and Beginner’s Program
Olympic weightlifting is the original strength sport. Before powerlifting and bodybuilding were officially recognized, Olympic lifting was a popular activity. There are two official Olympic weightlifting…