Nigerian bodybuilder Azekhumhe Omoh has been training for around five years, and mostly, he trains on homemade equipment in his yard. Recently, a video of Omoh squatting with a homemade barbell and ... Continue Reading
Jon North Recovering at Home, Starts New Blog and Details Heart Condition
Last week, 2011 USA Weightlifting National Champion Jon North suffered a cardiac arrest while visiting the zoo with his wife, Jessica Lee North, and young son. After a successful surgery to install a ... Continue Reading
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Releases Its 2017 Prohibited List
Earlier this week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) released their annual Prohibited List of banned substances and methods for drug-tested sports. The full list can be found here. A summary of the ... Continue Reading
Rio Silver Medalist Tian Tao Cleans 230kg
Tian Tao is an exciting lifter to watch, but sometimes, he's too exciting. He's young (just 22) and immensely strong, but his performances on the international stage are inconsistent. He won ... Continue Reading
IWF Public Disclosure: Norik Vardanian Tests Positive for Anabolic Agent
In a public disclosure released on the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) website, it was announced that Norik Vardanian, a 94kg lifter who has competed internationally for both the United ... Continue Reading
Need to Warm Up for Olympic Weightlifting? Here’s Greg Everett’s Routine
Catalyst Athletics founder Greg Everett puts out a bunch of great content on the sport of weightlifting, and he's been doing so for years. Recently, Everett tackled one of the most overlooked aspects of ... Continue Reading
Canadian Weightlifter Boady Santavy Snatches 158kg in Training, Above National Record
Canadian weightlifter Boady Santavy has been weightlifting since he was around 6, and he's truly grown up around the sport: His father, Dalas, represented Canada at the 2005 World Weightlifting ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Profiles: Wes Kitts of California Strength (105kg)
On Saturday, September 3rd, I had the chance to talk with 2016 National Champion and USA Pan American Team Member Wes Kitts at the Hassle Free Invitational in Sacramento, California. In the past two years, ... Continue Reading
Jon North Has Defibrillator Implanted, Is Recovering After Successful Surgery
Last week, weightlifter and bodybuilder Jon North went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital. A few days later, his wife — Jessica Lee North — announced on Facebook that ... Continue Reading
Watch the Weightlifting World Masters Championships for Free
The IWF Master's World Championships are going on right now in Heinsheim, Germany. While the competition started on Friday, September 30th, there's still plenty of weightlifting that runs through October ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Coach John Coffee Suffers Stroke, Improving and Recovering in Hospital
Last Saturday, American weightlifting coach John Coffee suffered a stroke. The founder and owner of Coffee's Gym in Marietta, Georgia, Coffee is currently recovering in the hospital. Check out the posts ... Continue Reading
British Weightlifter Sonny Webster on Mobility, Snapbacks, and the Rio Olympics
At 22 years old, British weightlifter Sonny Webster is on a roll. Less than two months after his first Olympic Games, Webster — the lone British male to compete in weightlifting in Rio — is planning a ... Continue Reading
Post-Activation Potentiation (PAP) Training for the Lower Body
The ability to develop lower-body power is no easy feat. We all have our natural abilities to develop power, but what do we do when we need more? When the sport or activity we partake in demands more to ... Continue Reading
Jon North Update: May Have Hereditary Condition, to Have Defibrillator Installed
On September 28th, weightlifter and bodybuilder Jon North suffered a cardiac arrest. The 30 year old North — the 2011 USA Weightlifting National Champion and multi-tim Pan American team member — ... Continue Reading
Houston IWF World Championships Wins Prestigious SportsTravel Award
On Tuesday, SportsTravel Magazine held their annual awards gala at the TEAMS (Travel, Events and Management in Sports) 2016 Conference and Expo in Atlantic City, NJ. TEAMS represents the world’s largest ... Continue Reading
Weightlifters Getting Gymnasty: Nathan Damron’s One-Legged Back Flip
Nathan Damron has had a busy couple of months. The 20 year old weightlifter out of Mash Elite Performance in North Carolina has officially moved up to the 94kg weight class after bouncing back and forth ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin, Other Guests and Participants Announced for 2016 Klokov Power Weekend
The second annual Klokov Power Weekend is coming up this November, and while some Russian athletes have already been announced for the competition portion, Dmitry Klokov himself has recently ... Continue Reading
Ben Bergeron: East Coast Championships Canceled for 2017
In an announcement posted by coach and ECC organizer Ben Bergeron, it was announced today that the yearly functional fitness competition in Boston has come to an end. The competition's ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting CEO Phil Andrews to Host Reddit AMA Friday at 3pm
USA Weightlifting CEO Phil Andrews will take part in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session on Friday, September 30th, at 3pm. The session will be hosted in the r/weightlifting subreddit and was announced ... Continue Reading
Jon North Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Remains in Hospital for Further Evaluation
Weightlifter, bodybuilder, and author Jon North went into cardiac arrest yesterday; his wife — Jessica Lee North — posted an update on Instagram in the early hours of September 29th. North remains in the ... Continue Reading
The Strongman Deadlift Cheat Sheet (and How to Fix Your Pull)
“I pick things up and put them down.” This is easily the most obnoxious thing people say when first meeting me and they are not involved in the sport of strongman (or any strength sport). The ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Myths: Spot Toning and Muscle Turning Into Fat
When it comes to believing in the benefits of strength training, there are usually two types of people: those that dive in head first, and those looking for the magic pill without putting in the time to ... Continue Reading
How Much Weight Can a Human Move? Remembering the Back Lift
Fans of old-school strongmen may already be familiar with it, but if you've never heard of the back lift, prepare for a doozy: It's the lift that (arguably) allows the human body to support more weight ... Continue Reading
7 Physiological Symptoms of Overreaching In Strength and Power Athletes
Understanding the reasoning behind a sluggish start to a training session, slowed and/or diminished improvements in training, or an overall staleness in one’s fitness can sometimes be an elusive process. ... Continue Reading