We’ll be honest, we’re having trouble coming to terms with Toshiki Yamamoto’s week. The Japanese athlete does hold all of his country’s Olympic weightlifting records in the -85kg weight class, but still, ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Sweeps Gold At 2018 IWF Junior World Championships
As we speak, the world's best junior weightlifters are going head-to-head at the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This year's Championships kicked off on July ... Continue Reading
Sohrab Moradi (-94kg, Iran) Clean & Jerks 242 Kilograms in Training
With the IWF's recent announcement of weightlifting's new bodyweight categories — which technically still need to be ratified — lifters around the globe have been pondering where to take their diets and ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Mattie Rogers Is Heading for the -76kg Class
The biggest news to come out of the world Olympic weightlifting in a long time is the new weight classes. Earlier this week the International Weightlifting Federation announced the formation of ten new IWF ... Continue Reading
-85kg Weightlifter Toshiki Yamamoto Squats 200kg for 20 Reps During an Insane “Leg Week”
Japanese weightlifter Toshiki Yamamoto has had a hell of a leg week. We do say “week,” because three times in the last six days the -85kg athlete has managed phenomenal feats of strength, specifically with ... Continue Reading
Is Weightlifter Kianoush Rostami Moving to the -94kg Class?
World record holding Olympic weightlifter Kianoush Rostami may be moving up a weight class. Iran_Weightlifting, a popular Instagram dedicated to covering the nation’s exploits in the sport, published a ... Continue Reading
At 6’6”, Very Mobile NFL Linebacker Geoff Gray Makes 130kg Snatch, 170kg Clean & Jerk
Olympic weightlifting. It’s not much of a bro workout — the max bench press isn’t a particularly important skill — but smart coaches know that it can be extraordinarily useful for football players. It's ... Continue Reading
Watch Clarence Kennedy’s Huge 190kg Squat Jerk
These days, very strong Irish weightlifter and popular YouTube personality Clarence Kennedy only posts a few times a month on Instagram but when he does produce content, it’s almost always worth a look. ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Sohrab Moradi (-94kg, Iran) Unofficially Breaks Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Total Records
Iranian weightlifter and Olympic Champion Sohrab Moradi has just unofficially broken the world records in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total in Iran. The first video he posted to his Instagram ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Nathan Damron Hits a 220kg (485 lb) Clean PR
Last night, Mash Elite Performance shared a video on their Instagram page that's already made rounds through the American weightlifting community. The below video features none other than Mash Elite ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Kate Vibert Hits 135kg Jerk PR from Blocks, Adds Depth to USA’s -69kg Class
The other day, -69kg weightlifter Kate Vibert hit a big jerk PR from the blocks, which furthers how much depth she's continuing to offer her weight class. In her most recent video, Vibert hit a 135kg jerk, ... Continue Reading
Watch Chinese Weightlifter Lu Xiaojun Try Olympic Diving
Honestly, we're disappointed in ourselves that we missed this amazing Olympic weightlifting and diving video shared on the Olympic Channel about a month ago. Granted, we're more than excited now that we ... Continue Reading
Canadian Weightlifter and Olympian Bob Santavy Passes Away At Age 70
In sad news coming out of Canada this week, Canadian Weightlifting legend Robert “Bob” Santavy has passed away; he was 70 years old. Between 1967 and 1978, he qualified and lifted in two Commonwealth ... Continue Reading
Olympic Weightlifting Champion Chuck Vinci Dead At 85
Olympic weightlifting champion Charles Vinci has died at age 85. No official cause of death has been announced. “Chuck” Vinci is to this day the most recent American male to win an Olympic gold medal in ... Continue Reading
Iranian Weightlifter Saeid Alihosseini Makes 370kg (815 lb) Deadlift Look Light
What does it look like to deadlift 370kg (815 lbs) like it's nothing? In this addition of crazy strong Iranian weightlifters, super heavyweight athlete Saeid Alihosseini makes what's normally an insane ... Continue Reading
House of Representatives Introduces Bill to Criminalize Doping in International Competition
A new bill was just introduced in the United States House of Representatives to criminalize doping in international sports. The bill is named the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (RADA) after Grigory ... Continue Reading
IWF Lifts Doping Suspensions On Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Early
Over the last month, there's been a plethora of news regarding the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and recently formulated anti-doping ... Continue Reading
International Weightlifting Federation Set to Defend New Olympic Qualification System
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced in a press release that they're preparing to defend the newly proposed Olympic weightlifting Qualification System in front of the ... Continue Reading
18 Year Old Harrison Maurus Front Squats a Huge 240kg (529 lbs)
When it comes to crazy squat strength, -85kg weightlifting athlete Harrison Maurus continues to blow our minds. It seems like every time we check Maurus' Instagram page he's posting about a new ... Continue Reading
Mueller Report Clarifies Weightlifter Dmitry Klokov Not Involved in Trump’s Russia Dealings
Editor's note, April 19 2019: After the release of the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (better known as the Mueller Report) on April 18, it was ... Continue Reading
Five Athletes Provisionally Suspended Per IWF Public Disclosures
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation released the names of five athletes from multiple countries that have been flagged for positive doping results. All of these athletes will be ... Continue Reading
Did Simon Martirosyan Just Hit One of the Heaviest Hang Cleans (& Jerks) Ever?
Do you have heavy hang cleans today? Do you need a shot of afternoon motivation before heading into the gym after a long work day, then look no further. It's not often we see lifts that completely stop ... Continue Reading
Dynamic Warm Up – Why (and How) Fitness, Strength, and Power Athletes Should Do Them
Every training session, regardless of goal, ability level, or sport should include a dynamic warm-up. The dynamic warm-up will aid help to develop an athlete’s/lifter’s daily mental preparation and ... Continue Reading
Watch 69kg Weightlifter Shi Zhiyong’s Insane 190kg Power Clean and Jerk
In a nation with some of the strongest weightlifters on Earth, Shi Zhiyong is one of the brightest stars. The 24-year-old weightlifter competes in the -69kg weight class and just made a pretty darn ... Continue Reading