The eighth day of competition at the IWF Weightlifting World Championships just wrapped up tonight from Pattaya, Thailand. In the women's -81kg weight class, Jenny Arthur added two more medals to Team ... Continue Reading
BarBend’s Five BIGGEST Lifts From 9/15 – 9/21 (VIDEO)
Each week we are blown away by all of the impressive lifts we see. These massive lifts come from athletes across all strength sports and can range from a stellar training personal bests to world record ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 7 Recap
The seventh day of the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships just concluded in Pattaya, Thailand, and the 96kg A session was one of the best overall sessions in recent history. Heading into the 96kg A ... Continue Reading
Lu Xiaojun Overcomes Injury To Set New World Records And Win His Fifth Weightlifting World Championship
Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun swept his fifth International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships with a world record breaking performance. Lu dominated the men’s ... Continue Reading
Katherine Nye Sweeps Gold, Sets Junior World Record At Weightlifting World Championships
It was an electric day for the Team USA -71kg women's athletes at the 2019 IWF World Championships. Heading into this year's World Championships, Katherine Nye and Mattie Rogers were on everyone's "who to ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 3 Recap
The third day of the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand has concluded with a rarely seen record setting performance by Uzbekistan’s Adkhamjon Ergashev. The twenty year old set ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 2 Recap
The second day of competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand has concluded with the Chinese Weightlifting team setting and resetting four World Records ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
The first day of competition has concluded in Pattaya, Thailand at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. The highlight of the day came in the men’s 55KG category, where North Korea’s Om Chul Yun ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Shows Off An Insanely Smooth 120kg No Contact Muscle Snatch Triple
The 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships are officially underway, and +109kg world record holding weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze has already gotten our ... Continue Reading
No Egyptian Weightlifters Will Be Competing At The 2019 IWF World Championships
There will not be any Egyptian weightlifters competing at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships this month due to multiple doping offenses that have surfaced. Inside the ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships is the biggest weightlifting competition of the year and it's about to get underway. The competition kicks off on ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate 2019 IWF World Championships Preview
Earlier this week, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) published the preliminary start list for the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships. This year IWF World Championships are scheduled for ... Continue Reading
Legendary Weightlifting Coach Glenn Pendlay Passes Away At Age 48
With heavy hearts, we are sad to announce that legendary American weightlifting coach Glenn Pendlay has passed away at the age of 48. Multiple athletes and coaches heavily vested in the weightlifting ... Continue Reading
IWF World Championships Entry List Highlights Gender Equality Improvements
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships gets underway in Pattaya, Thailand on September 18th, and on Wednesday the IWF released the entry list for the ... Continue Reading
Watch Kate Nye Clean 142kg/312lb for a New PR
USA weightlifter Katherine Nye (-71kg) is gearing up for the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships, which are taking place September 18th through the 27th in ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Ilya Ilyin Shows Off A Massive 180kg Block Snatch
We're just about three weeks away from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, and one athlete who's looking ready is -96kg Kazakh weightlifter, Ilya Ilyin. Ilyin ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifter CJ Cummings Just Did a 205kg Overhead Squat
CJ Cummings, a dominant -73kg athlete on Team USA Weightlifting, just floored us all with his insane walkout into a 205kg overhead squat. Cummings has had an impressive year to say the least for USA ... Continue Reading
5 Exercises to Strengthen a Lagging Jerk
Split, power, and squat jerks all are effective ways to hoist heavy loads overhead. Many lifters, however, find themselves struggling to properly move heavy loads from the front rack to the lockout ... Continue Reading
Seven Russian Weightlifters Are Under Investigation for Anti-Doping Rule Violations
Earlier this week, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and the International Testing Agency (ITA) opened up an anti-doping rule violation investigation of five Russian weightlifters. Just ... Continue Reading
Thailand Weightlifting Pulls Out From Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Over Doping
After several weightlifters from Thailand tested positive for banned substances following the 2018 IWF World Weightlifting Championships, it was to be determined whether or not Thailand would still be ... Continue Reading
Check Out Rogue Fitness’ Massive Sale On Cross Training and Lifting Shoes
Fellow cross training shoe fiends and weightlifting shoe fanatics, it's time to bask in the glory of saving dollar bills. Rogue Fitness is having an awesome closeout sale on a lot of their cross training ... Continue Reading
Five Russian Weightlifters Are Under Investigation for Anti-Doping Rule Violations
On Tuesday, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and the International Testing Agency (ITA) opened up an anti-doping rule violation investigation involving five Russian weightlifters. The IWF ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifter Kate Nye Opens Up About Her Recent Mental Health Diagnosis
Kate Nye, a Team USA weightlifter and the current -71kg American record holder in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total, announced on Instagram this week that she has been diagnosed with bipolar II ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces Roster for 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships
USA Weightlifting announced the 24 athletes that will be competing at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships in September. The competition runs from ... Continue Reading