Though the 2016 Rio Olympics didn't end as he'd hoped after missing all his clean & jerks, Iranian superheavyweight Behdad Salimi is training to once again stand at the top of the international podium. ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting World Championship Athletes Can Compete In CrossFit Liftoff
This year, the 2017 Weightlifting World Championships and CrossFit Liftoff coincide with each other, which originally meant some weightlifting athletes would have to miss this year's Lift Off. Luckily for ... Continue Reading
How to Choose the Perfect Knee Sleeve
Knee sleeves are useful pieces of supportive strength equipment for a variety of reasons. First, they can help keep the knee joint warm, which is a plus for those using longer rest periods. Second, they ... Continue Reading
2 Weeks Out From Worlds: CJ Cummings Puts Up Strong Squat Jerks
We're only two weeks out from this year's IWF Weightlifting World Championships, and CJ Cummings is still squat jerking. In the first week of October we first wrote about Cummings squat jerking 170kg, ... Continue Reading
IWF Sport Programme Commission Suggests Weightlifting Changes for 2020 Olympics
By now, chances are you've heard about potential changes for the sport of weightlifting, and more specifically weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In recent years, international weightlifting has ... Continue Reading
Ruslan Albegov Provisionally Suspended for Potential Anti-Doping Violation
Russian superheavyweight weightlifter Ruslan Albegov has been provisionally suspended from international weightlifting competition after being charged by the IWF with an anti-doping policy ... Continue Reading
Mart Seim Jerks 255kg As He Preps for 2017 World Championships
Estonian superheavyweight Mart Seim is really ramping up his training as he prepares for the World Weightlifting Championships, which kick off in California on November 28. This jerk the heaviest we’ve ... Continue Reading
Nathan Damron Block Cleans a Huge 215kg in Training as He Prepares for Worlds
Meanwhile in North Carolina, twenty-one-year-old weightlifter Nathan Damron — known in weightilfting circles as "The Freedom Fridge" — has just hit a personal record in the block clean. It's not often ... Continue Reading
Sarah Robles Makes a Huge 205kg Front Squat As She Prepares for Worlds
Team USA weightlifter Sarah Robles is gearing up to smash some PRs at the World Weightlifting Championships later this month. One of the strongest active American weightlifters, she just posted a clip ... Continue Reading
North Korea Will Not Compete at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships
North Korea, officially The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, will not be entering a team in this year's World Weightlifting Championships in California. While they were previously expected to ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Discusses His Suspension and a Potential Comeback In a New Interview
Men’s Health is among the most popular men’s magazines on Earth and they’ve got 35 different editions worldwide, including one in Kazakhstan. This week, MensHealth.kz published in an in-depth interview ... Continue Reading
VICE Profiles CJ Cummings, “The Lebron James of Weightlifting”
The sport of Olympic weightlifting is definitely going mainstream. As part of "The 16 Project," a series focusing on teenage athletes, VICE Sports just released a 6-minute documentary about CJ Cummings, ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Hits a 2-Rep Snatch PR of 150kg
When Harrison Maurus won his 77kg weight class at the 2017 Youth World Championships in Bangkok, he set a youth world record in the clean & jerk (192kg) and the total (332kg), but not the snatch. The ... Continue Reading
More Weightlifting Changes Speculated for 2020 Olympics
News continues to drop about what to expect for weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Back in June, it was first reported that there would be significant changes to the weightlifting program at the ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Deficit Deadlifts
With so many deadlift and pulling (snatch and clean pull) variations to choose from, it can often be overwhelming which one to choose based on your needs, weaknesses, and individual goals. The deficit ... Continue Reading
Chinese Whistleblower Claims Over 10,000 Athletes Were Doped in 80s and 90s
A former doctor for the Chinese Olympic team during the 1980s and 1990s has turned whistleblower. Xue Yinxian, now 79 years old, claims that during her tenure, over 10,000 Chinese athletes, including ... Continue Reading
Suspension Starts for Nine IWF Member Federations
One-year suspensions of nine IWF member federations took effect this weekend as a result of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. The countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, ... Continue Reading
Sohrab Moradi (94kg) Breaks World Record Clean & Jerk in Training
When we last heard about Iranian 94kg weightlifter and 2016 Olympic Champion Sohrab Moradi, he was breaking the World Record for the total in his weight class. Now, less than a month later, Moradi is ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus (77kg) Hits New PR Snatch at 155kg
It was less than a month ago when we reported 77kg American lifter Harrison Maurus hit a new PR snatch at 150kg. And since we've come to accept remarkable progress from the lifting prodigy, it shouldn't be ... Continue Reading
Naim Süleymanoğlu Receives Successful Liver Transplant
One of the greatest weightlifters of all time has successfully received a liver transplant after being hospitalized with liver failure in late September. Former Turkish/Bulgarian weightlifter Naim ... Continue Reading
IWF Expects “Record Number of Anti-Doping Tests” at 2017 Worlds
As the world gears up for the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has vowed to work harder than ever to keep them drug-free. In a statement published ... Continue Reading
Is This the Heaviest Tandem Clean & Jerk From Two Women?
Meanwhile in Dubai, two weightlifters just made a 23 kilogram PR. That might sound like a pretty insane jump until you realize they're comparing their previous max in the very rare, never tested, but ... Continue Reading
The 5 Heaviest Barbell Push Presses We’ve Ever Seen
We’re huge fans of the barbell push press. A versatile movement that bridges the strict press and the jerk, it's a fantastic movement for strength, power, and muscle mass. In addition to the obvious ... Continue Reading
Watch Wes Kitts Snatch 180kg (5kg Over His American Record)
Much of USA Weightlifting's World Championships squad is in Columbus, Ohio, for a training camp at Rogue Fitness HQ. While big lifts are bound to happen when lifters of this caliber get together with ... Continue Reading