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Iran’s Sohrab Moradi Easily Wins 94kg Weightlifting Class

Just weeks before lifting started, the men's 94kg class in Rio looked to be a battle between several accomplished lifters. By the time Saturday rolled around, the field looked much thinner than ... Continue Reading

Weightlifting Update: Kianoush Rostami Sets World Record, Wins Gold in 85kg Over Tian Tao

Even with World Champion Artem Okulov and perennial threat Apti Aukhadov out of the 2016 Olympics, the men's 85kg category was still a battle for dominance between two lifters capable of world ... Continue Reading

Rim Jong-sim Wins 75kg Weightlifting Gold, Jenny Arthur Sets American Snatch Record

There were several lifters fighting for podium spots, but with just two lifts, one athlete had gold locked up in the 75kg category. Rim Jong-sim, the 2012 London Olympic Champion in the 69kg category, took ... Continue Reading

Pascal Plamondon Breaks Canadian Weightlifting Records at Rio Olympics

Making his Olympic Games debut for Team Canada, Pascal Plamondon set new Canadian Senior Records this morning in the Clean & Jerk and Total. Plamondon, the 2016 Pan American Championships bronze ... Continue Reading

5 Up and Coming USA Weightlifting Kids To Watch

Gone are the days when we'd have to wait until a competition to see who's next to make some noise in USA Weightlifting. Thanks to social media, we can already see the next generation of great USA ... Continue Reading

Jason Khalipa’s EMOM of the Day Is the Fitness Jolt We Need

Jason Khalipa knows the power of persistence; after all, it takes an incredible amount of daily work and motivation to stay at the top of the competitive CrossFit world for seven years. Now, with his ... Continue Reading

Bud Jeffries on Getting Your Mind Right to Reach Your Physical Potential

In Part 1 of my interview with powerlifter and strongman Bud Jeffries, we focused mostly on his physical accomplishments. This is a guy who once squatted 1000 pounds and creates workouts with 700lb ... Continue Reading

With 5 More Days of Weightlifting in Rio, Here’s What You Need to Know

Despite numerous big names — and the entirety of Russian Weightlifting — out of the competition due to doping suspensions and/or federation bans, Rio has already featured a lot of great weightlifting. ... Continue Reading

Nijat Rahimov Breaks Clean & Jerk World Record, Beats Lu Xiaojun in Epic 77kg Battle

In what will go down as one of the most intense finishes to a weightlifting session in recent memory, reigning World Champion Nijat Rahimov needed to clean & jerk a full four kilograms above the world ... Continue Reading

China Scores Another Weightlifting Gold As Xiang Yanmei Wins 69kg Class

After an inconsistent start with two bomb-outs, China's weightlifters continued a dominant stretch of wins when Xiang Yanmei won gold in the women's 69kg category. Yanmei's total of 261kg is actually ... Continue Reading

How to Watch the 2016 NPGL Season

The 2016 GRID season is just around the corner. Beginning August 17, all eight teams will gather in Provo, Utah, to face off in a two week long tournament. With 15 matches packed into those two weeks, ... Continue Reading

Shi Zhiyong Wins 69kg Gold to Secure China’s Second Weightlifting Gold of the Day

After an inconsistent start for several presumed favorites, Chinese weightlifting's athletes had a victorious day in Rio, securing their second gold of the day. Just hours after Deng Wei's victory in ... Continue Reading

Bizarre Sydney Morning Herald Article on Tia-Clair Toomey Creates Internet Chaos

An Sydney Morning Herald article entitled, "World CrossFit Games runner-up Tia Toomey finds Rio 2016 a different beast" emerged from Down Under on Monday night. The article written by ... Continue Reading

In His 4th Games, Colombia’s Oscar Mosquera (62kg) Finally Wins Olympic Gold

We're three days into the 2016 Olympics, and Rio has already witnessed one of the best feel-good weightlifting stories in recent memory. At 33 years old and lifting in his 4th Olympic Games, Colombia's ... Continue Reading

How To Work Out While Injured with Alethea Boon and Julie Foucher

It's been weeks since the 2016 CrossFit Games ended, and we're still bummed that Alethea Boon suffered an Achilles tear during the high repetition box jump overs. We don't expect to be any less bummed as ... Continue Reading

An Introduction to Programming for Strongman: A 12-Week Plan

Read more about strongman training here. This program is very specific and can be run multiple times, just start over. YOU can’t half-ass this style of training. If you miss days, it does affect ... Continue Reading

How to Embrace the Mental Challenge of Strength Training

As a coach, one of the most powerful tools you can possess is an understanding of your athlete's motivation to perform. You think that the easiest way to get this information is to simply ask them: “So ... Continue Reading

Hsu Shu-Ching Wins Gold in 53kg Class As Li Yajun Fails to Total

The second weightlifting class of the 2016 Rio Olympics has its champion, and while the "A" session field was relatively small with just seven lifters, the competition featured numerous accomplished ... Continue Reading

Norik Vardanian Talks Seminars, Training, and Being an Olympic Power Couple

On August 2nd, 2012 Olympian Norik Vardanian took to Instagram to announce an upcoming seminar schedule for this fall. In addition to himself, the other featured clinician will be his girlfriend Jenny ... Continue Reading

The NPGL Is Still a Thing, and This Is What’s Going On With It

With everyone getting wrapped up in the CrossFit Games and the Olympics, the National Pro Grid League has been quietly waiting in the wings for its turn to make some noise in 2016. Entering into its ... Continue Reading

The Final Olympic Weightlifting Start List Is Published. Here’s Who to Watch

Last night, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) held the technical meeting for the 2016 Olympic Games. This included the verification of final entries from all countries and in each weight ... Continue Reading

The CrossFit Games Are Objective, Fair, and Getting Better Every Year

Darren Coughlan is the owner of CrossFit Newcastle, Australia's first CrossFit affiliate. Over the last six years, he has coached multiple athletes to the highest levels of the sport, including two ... Continue Reading

There’s a New Nike Romaleos 2 Color Scheme

We tend to think the coolest Nike Romaleo lifters are of the customized variety, but that's not to say there aren't some solid options straight off the line. We've seen them in traditional black, bright ... Continue Reading

Should You Switch to Liquid Chalk?

Seeing as an awesome perk of my job is getting to drop into gyms around the world, lately I've noticed an uptick in gyms who are no longer using regular old block chalk. Up until recently, I'd ... Continue Reading

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