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The Big Man with the Bigger Spirit: Powerlifter Anthony Clark
We don’t know what you were doing when you were 16 years old, but Anthony Clark was bench pressing 600 pounds. Six years later, in 1992, he benched pressed 700lbs. One year after that, he broke his own ... Continue Reading
Aleksey Lovchev’s Suspension Appeal Denied, Responds with 215kg Snatch
After setting a new world record clean & jerk at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, Russian superheavyweight Aleksey Lovchev was suspended for a positive doping test. Lovchev ... Continue Reading
Steven Maradona Makes 500 Pound Jerk, Joins Exclusive Club for Americans
Steven Maradona is just 23 years old, though his feats of strength are impressive regardless of age. But what's even more astounding is that Maradona — who got his start in strength training with ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Releases 2017 Nationals Qualifying Totals
If you're looking to qualify for the 2017 USA Weightlifting Senior Nationals, make sure to double check qualifying totals, because some of the numbers have changed. According to the recently released USAW ... Continue Reading
Why Weightlifting Is Good for Kids (and Why It Won’t Stunt Their Growth)
Stereotypes have a way of creeping into many different areas of sport. It's seems that grade school never ends, because jealousy and the need to degrade one sport in order to lift up another comes through ... Continue Reading
Make This One Change to Immediately Improve Your Handstand Walk
Event 11 of the 2016 CrossFit Games will be a walk to the finish line. Specifically, a handstand walk to the finish line. According to Castro's surprisingly specific post (which likely means there ... Continue Reading
Kazakhstan Announces Rio Olympic Weightlifting Team
Doping retests have dramatically altered the weightlifting field heading into Rio, and with several Olympic champions testing positive from Beijing and London retests, Kazakhstan was among the nations most ... Continue Reading
Adidas’ Leistung Lifting Shoe Is 30% Off Until Midnight on Amazon
It's only available in Men's sizes, and the offer expires at midnight (of July 12th). But if you act now, you can get a pair of Adidas' Leistung weightlifting shoes for 30% off through Amazon as a Prime ... Continue Reading
The 6 Most Creative and Ridiculous Pool Exercises We’ve Ever Seen
Summer is here, and that means ample opportunities to get fit by the pool. Swimming laps may be the go to exercise to get in your cardio, but they're just so....boring. Also, laps require a decent sized ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Officials Are Finally Getting Paid, & It’s a Huge Step for the Sport in America
On June 30th – I wrote an article about my experiences at the 2016 USA Weightlifting (USAW) Youth National Championships, where over 700 athletes competed on three platforms. My opinion is that this is a ... Continue Reading
Aleksey Torokhtiy Hits 245kg Power Jerk, Is Still Technically “Retired”
Ukrainian weightlifter Aleksey Torokhtiy has the most coveted title in his sport: Olympic gold medalist. And while the 2012 London Olympic Champion in the 105kg weight class is technically "retired" from ... Continue Reading
Watch the RVA Open & Invitational, Live Streaming for FREE July 16-17th
Now in its 5th year, the RVA Open has become one of the nation's top weightlifting competitions. And this year, you can watch the entire thing LIVE — and for FREE — through our new partnership with the ... Continue Reading
BREAKING: Eddie Hall Makes History, Becomes First Man to Deadlift 500kg
We thought it couldn't be done, Brian Shaw thought it couldn't be done, but now, Englishman Eddie Hall has proved us all wrong by becoming the first man to deadlift 500kg (1,102.3 pounds). Lifting ... Continue Reading
Kendrick Farris Goes Vegan in Prep for Rio Olympics
Louisiana outlet KTBS recently put up a short profile on three-time Olympian Kendrick Farris. While Farris' accomplishments are impressive — he competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and will be ... Continue Reading
Raw vs Equipped Powerlifting
Let’s get one thing out of the way, right away: This article is not a debate over Raw vs. Equipped powerlifting. We’re not taking sides, and we don’t think one is better than the other. Lift in the nude or ... Continue Reading
Would You Work Out at a “Weed Gym”?
Former NFL running back Ricky Williams is teaming up with other investors and entrepreneurs to open a "weed gym" in San Francisco. Called Power Plant Fitness, the space will allow members to get high — ... Continue Reading
Mart Seim Puts the Instagram Fitness World to Shame, Does 260kg Walk & Front Squat
Mart Seim — the Estonian superheavyweight lifter with crazy hops and a 400kg back squat — put a new twist on a popular Instagram fitness trope. In the video, Seim front rack-walks and then pause squats ... Continue Reading
Two More Beijing Weightlifting Medalists Suspended After Retests
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced three additional weightlifting competitors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics — including one silver medalist and one bronze medalist — have tested ... Continue Reading
5 Reasons Why Everyone Should Compete in Something (Especially Weightlifting)
I believe that there is nothing in life quite like the thrill of competition. It draws a stimulus like no other, and puts you in unexpected situations found only in your wildest dreams. Competition also ... Continue Reading
How to Plan Group Training for Strongman (and Why It’s Important for Your Progress)
While not a team sport, every strongman benefits greatly from a group training day. Weekday training is often done under the supervision of a coach or with a committed training partner and Sundays are ... Continue Reading
Watch the Barbell Complex that Inspired a Thousand Klokov Imitators
It's been more than four years since Dmitry Klokov unleashed this beast of a barbell complex on the world, and it's still showing up in gym workouts and on the Instagram accounts of aspiring lifters ... Continue Reading
The 1977 World’s Strongest Man Is the Greatest Thing Since Sliced SPAM
When things are decidedly a little FUBAR in my life, like when there's 25 days before I blindly travel around the world for a year with a bunch of strangers and yet I still haven't packed, I find that the ... Continue Reading
Sohrab Moradi Unofficially Breaks Clean & Jerk World Record (234kg at 94kg Bodyweight)
Iranian weightlifter Sohrab Moradi may not be a household name among Western fans of the sport, but he's currently one of the world's best 94kg lifters — and perhaps the frontrunner heading into the 2016 ... Continue Reading