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It’s Official: IWF Suspends Ilya Ilyin, Other Olympic Champions

In the culmination of many rumors circulating over the past month — and a statement from IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan while visiting Iran for the Fajr Cup — the International Weightlifting ... Continue Reading

Superheavyweight Lifter Mart Seim Has Crazy Hops

Mart Seim is a weightlifter on a role, and heading into August, he's in the conversation to be a medal contender at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Estonian superheavyweight doesn't quite have world-elite ... Continue Reading

How I Balance Volume and Intensity for New Weightlifters

Working with athletes from all ages, competitive levels, and in many different sports, you learn to respect all stages of an athletic career. Every coach wants to see their athlete improve and succeed in ... Continue Reading

Remember When Lu Xiaojun Overhead Squatted 220kg?

Lu Xiaojun has mobility and movement patterns that make (other) Olympic champions jealous. And while he's certainly not invincible — a clean & jerk bombout at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships ... Continue Reading

4 Wild Variations on Benchmark CrossFit Workouts

We’re all familiar with our share of CrossFit benchmark workouts. Whether it’s one of the Girls, a Hero WOD, or one of Dave Castro’s wild ideas that has wormed its way into CrossFit mythology (14.5, ... Continue Reading

Poke Is Easy, Protein-Packed, and Perfect for Summertime Gains

Summertime is basically here, and that means lots of sunshine, cookouts, and beach bodies. After spending the winter and dreary spring indoors, we’re all itching for a change of scenery and diet. If you’re ... Continue Reading

Olympic Weightlifting Championships by Year and Country (Infographic)

Olympic weightlifting is at its core an individual sport, and what ultimately matter's is each person's singular performance on the platform. (It's just us against the weight, after all.) But while partner ... Continue Reading

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The Heaviest Clean & Jerks Ever Filmed

The snatch is athleticism, precision, and timing personified, but the clean & jerk is where the championships are won. Taking the heaviest weight possible from the ground to overhead is one of the most ... Continue Reading

Brian Shaw Training to Compete Raw at World Deadlift Championships, Challenges Competitors to Same

In a candid YouTube video released on June 12th, American strongman competitor Brian Shaw gives an update on his training, when he and his wife are expecting their first child, and how that could ... Continue Reading

4 Ways to Get More Out of Training Alone

CrossFitters are a particular breed. We want to do our own thing and not rely on anyone else — nah bro, I’ll set up my own bar over here. I’m going RX+! — but we also want to suffer (and succeed) with ... Continue Reading

Flashback Friday: Inna Filimonova Smokes a 419 Pound World Record Deadlift

Russian powerlifter Inna Filimonova is the reigning IPF Raw World Champion, and later this month, she'll look to defend her title in the 57kg weight class at IPF World Championships in Killeen, ... Continue Reading

A Massive Amount of Quality Strongman: Watch the Full Arnold Classic Africa

Outside of a handful of events — the Arnold Classic in Ohio, World's Strongest Man, Giants Live, and a scant few others — most major pro strongman competitions can come up short in terms of video coverage ... Continue Reading

Current Pan American Championships Men’s Standings and Qualification Points

Final Update: After a hard-fought Pan Am Championships, the U.S. men have earned one Olympic spot. USA Weightlifting has confirmed that spot will go to Kendrick Farris. The 2016 Rio Games will be Farris' ... Continue Reading

Fifty Years Later, Norb Schemansky Is Still the King of American Weightlifting

Last week, we highlighted some weightlifting techniques of yore. The split snatch, Continental clean, and clean & press were all used frequently back in the day, but have now gone by way of ... Continue Reading

How to Watch the 2016 Pan American Championships (Live!)

Update: The live stream from Colombian TV below seems to have been discontinued (bummer). We'll be searching for another high-quality one in the meantime and will update this post if we find ... Continue Reading

Weightlifting Is Life

Most elite sports competitors probably feel an intense bond with their craft, teammates, and coaches. Weightlifting doesn’t have the same effect on every person, but for many in our small but growing ... Continue Reading

The Real Olympic Trials: Which US Man Will Earn a Spot at Pan Ams?

The Start List has officially been published for this week’s Pan American Championships in Colombia. For the USA Woman’s team, this will be for bragging rights of who is the best in the Western Hemisphere. ... Continue Reading

Weightlifter Vladimir Sedov Goes Full Heel, Turns Kazakh Nationals into the WWE

In the latest reaction from the IWF doping allegations and rumors, Vladimir Sedov used his first (and only) attempt at Kazakh Nationals to make a big statement: He thinks Alexsandr Ivanov is the true 94kg ... Continue Reading

Onnit and Marvel Launch Captain America Themed Weight Plates

Shut up and take our money. Marvel and Onnit have teamed up to produce a line of superhero-themed fitness equipment — they bill it as "functional fitness equipment," because obviously — and the first ... Continue Reading

Yuriy Belkin Deadlifts 921 Pounds Weighing Just 223 — and Does It Beltless!

In a year filled with big pulls, this is one of the most ridiculous. Russian powerlifter Yuriy Belkin deadlifted 418 kilos/921 pounds at roughly 223 pounds bodyweight, which easily beats Konstantine ... Continue Reading

Where Should They Hold The CrossFit Games?

In an April letter to the CrossFit community, Games GM Justin Bergh opened up about a potential move away from the StubHub center in Carson, California, maybe as early as next season (2017). The CrossFit ... Continue Reading

Weightlifting’s Pioneers Used Techniques You’ll Never See Today

Weightlifting has come a long way since its Olympic debut in 1896. A quick scroll on Instagram will show athletes from around the world trying to perfect just two movements, the snatch and clean & ... Continue Reading

Sarah Robles On Bombing Out, Staying Focused, and Preparing for Her 2nd Olympics

Over the past four years, few American weightlifters have been surrounded by as many controversial topics as Sarah Robles. Following a 7th place finish at the 2012 London Olympics in the +75kg category, ... Continue Reading

Behdad Salimi Returns to Competition, Goes 205/225 at Fajr Cup

There's been speculation around the weightlifting world whether 2012 Olympic Champion Behdad Salimi could return from knee surgery in time for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Salimi — who injured his knee on a ... Continue Reading

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