Latest Weightlifting News
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Opinion: Ego Cost Rahmat Erwin Abdullah a Gold Medal at the 2024 Olympics
For the last year or so, Indonesian weightlifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah has lifted world-record weights like the bar and plates were made of styrofoam rather than steel. The 23-year-old dark-horsed a bronze medal for Indonesia at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Since then, Abdullah has made the 73- and 81-kilogram divisions of weightlifting his personal…
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Weightlifter Tian Tao Announces Retirement From International Competition
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Karlos Nasar & Jeison Lopez (89KG) Set Back-to-Back Snatch World Records at 2024 IWF World Cup: 181KG + 182KG
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Historic Upset: Rizki Juniansyah (73KG) Sets World Record Total, Steals Olympic Slot From Teammate Rahmat Erwin Abdullah
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Weightlifter Ri Won Ju (67KG) Sets 189KG World Record Clean & Jerk at 2024 IWF World Cup
Weightlifting Guides
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How to Do the Muscle Snatch for Better Weightlifting Performance
If you’re on the hunt for a new way to improve your weightlifting game, the muscle snatch is an absolute game-changer. The muscle snatch can help you build explosive leg power, teach you how to be a powerful and aggressive vertical puller, and reinforce solid snatching mechanics to boot. The tremendous amounts of strength and…
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The Snatch Pull Can Elevate Your Weightlifting Game — If You Do It Right
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Clean Up Your Weightlifting Game With the Muscle Clean
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Drill the Drop Snatch to Level Up Your Weightlifting Performance
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Dynamic Warm-Up for Weightlifting
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The Jump Squat: How, When, and Why Weightlifters Should Include Them In Training
Weightlifting Basics
What Is Weightlifting?
Weightlifting is a weight-classed strength sport and Olympic Games event. In weightlifting competitions, athletes perform two barbell-only exercises; the snatch and the clean & jerk.
Both events entail moving a loaded barbell from the floor to being held overhead at arm’s length. Athletes who compete in weightlifting are ranked on the sum of their heaviest successful snatch and clean & jerk, which is called a Total. Out of all major strength sports, weightlifting is widely considered to be the most intricate to learn, due to the complex techniques of its two movements.
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Historic Upset: Rizki Juniansyah (73KG) Sets World Record Total, Steals Olympic Slot From Teammate Rahmat Erwin Abdullah
Prior to the commencement of the 2024 IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand, rumors swirled about the gravity of the event. Lead event commentator Seb Ostrowicz called this year’s Cup “the biggest weightlifting meet of the last few years,” citing it as the final qualification opportunity for any Paris hopeful. On Apr. 4, 2024, Ostrowicz’s…
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Weightlifter Ri Won Ju (67KG) Sets 189KG World Record Clean & Jerk at 2024 IWF World Cup
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Luo Shifang (59KG) Sets a New Total World Record of 248 Kilograms at the 2024 IWF World Cup
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Report: The Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation’s Election Scandal & Impact on Karlos Nasar
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Weightlifter Kang Hyon Gyong (55KG) Sets Clean & Jerk, Total World Records at 2024 IWF World Cup
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Weightlifter Li Fabin (61KG) Hits 146KG Snatch World Record at 2024 IWF World Cup
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Hampton Morris Sets America’s First Senior Men’s Weightlifting World Record in 50 Years