Following a provisional IWF suspension after his world record clean & jerk, Russian superheavyweight Aleksey Lovchev continues to maintain his innocence in an anti-doping appeal. On ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Nathan Damron’s Crazy Strength Gains from Ages 13 to 19
Nathan Damron is one of America's best young lifters, and regardless of how he performs in the Junior Pan American Championships this week, the reigning Junior National Champ has built up an impressive ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Legend, 3-Time Olympic Medalist Tommy Kono Dies at 85
Olympic champion weightlifter, competitive bodybuilder, celebrated coach, and IWF Hall of Fame member Tommy Kono passed away Sunday, April 24th, in Honolulu. He was 85 years old. Sources and local news ... Continue Reading
Flashback Friday: When Becca Day Cleaned 315 pounds
Call them the lifts that launched a thousand ships -- or at least the cleans that took Becca Day from social media phenom to pro athlete. While there are some seriously strong women in CrossFit and ... Continue Reading
At the Asian Weightlifting Championships, Host Uzbekistan Poised for Greatness
Today beings the 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships, which will run from April 21st to April 30th in Uzbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent. Fun fact: Uzbekistan is one of two countries in the world ... Continue Reading
Attention New Yorkers: Weightlifting (and Mattie Rogers) Are Coming to Times Square
In an email blast on April 20th, USA Weightlifting announced Mattie Rogers will be joining a roster of other Olympians and Olympic hopefuls in a sports demonstration/meet & greet to mark 100 days until ... Continue Reading
Watch Mikhail Koklyaev One-Arm Snatch 242 Pounds
Mikhail Koklyaev is one of history's most impressive cross-sport strength athletes. He's been a Russian Champion weightlifter, World's Strongest Man medalist, Strongman Champions League winner, 2200+ lb ... Continue Reading
Fight the Couch Potato Within: Mid-Week Lifting Motivation
Straight from the mouths of powerlifting champs Stian Walgermo and Brett Gibbs, this week's images are no-nonsense. Honestly, looking at pictures of fit people working out won't get you a single step ... Continue Reading
Olympic Weightlifting Weight Classes Throughout History
Weightlifting today is a beautifully simple sport, where athletes from different weight classes are scored on two lifts -- the snatch and clean & jerk -- and the combined total from the heaviest of ... Continue Reading
Men’s Records (Unofficially) Fall at Chinese Weightlifting Nationals
After the women's portion of Chinese Nationals earlier this month — where three World Records were unofficially broken — weightlifting fans were eager to see what the men could do. So far, that hasn't been ... Continue Reading
2016 European Weightlifting Championships Full Results
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships have come to an end. The event, held in Forde, Norway and organized by the European Weightlifting Federation, came to an end on April 16th. Just as notable ... Continue Reading
Could Boyanka Kostova Power Snatch Her Way to Olympic Victory?
Could Boyanka Kostova win gold in Rio by power snatching? The answer is probably not (though power snatches were more than enough to earn her a third European Championship). But maybe! At the 2016 ... Continue Reading
Andrei Chemerkin Was Crazy, Stupid Strong
For most of the 1990s, Olympic weightlifting's heaviest weight class was ruled by the Russian giant Andrei Chemerkin. At his competition peak, Chemerkin's 6 foot frame supported nearly 400 pounds of ... Continue Reading
Dmitry Klokov Is the World’s Favorite Weightlifting Ham
Dmitry Klokov is a living weightlifting legend. Between his 2008 Olympic silver medal, world title, and reputation for just being a really nice guy, he's solidified himself as one of the most ... Continue Reading
Three World Records (Unofficially) Broken at Chinese National Championships
With the European Championships and Rio test event, it would have already been a big few weeks for international weightlifting -- but add in Chinese Nationals, and you have an entirely different sort of ... Continue Reading
Olympic Weightlifting Champ Aleksey Torokhtiy Releases Free Online Programming
Go ahead and give this man all the karma, folks. Aleksey Torokhtiy -- Ukrainian national treasure and 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 105 kg class -- has released 11 weeks of free online training via ... Continue Reading
Olympic Weightlifting Champion Dmitry Berestov Starts Strongman Training
Dmitry Berestov is one of Russia's most celebrated weightlifters of the last few decades, and his 2004 Olympic gold in the uber-competitive 105 kilo weight class is still a memorable performance. (For ... Continue Reading
Olga Zubova Jerks 180 Kilos, Reminds Us All How It’s Done
From the Instagram account of Russian weightlifting coach Vladimir Safonov comes another insane lift from behind the former iron curtain. Still just 22 years old, 75 kilo lifter Olga Zubova is training ... Continue Reading
Artist Josh Peters Blows Our Minds with Customized Muscle Romaleos
For nearly 20 years, Josh Peters has pursued dual passions: art and weightlifting. That's led the Hawaii-raised Peters to travel the world and explore numerous outlets in athletics and creativity. Now ... Continue Reading
Abbye “Pudgy” Stockton Is The Reason Why Women Lift Weights
While social media is great for telling us who broke a world record or who failed a snatch and broke their gym's doors, the constant influx of the latest trends can make us forget how we got here in the ... Continue Reading
Didn’t Make It to Regionals? Mid-Week Fitness Motivation for the Rest of Us
Look, most CrossFitters won't make it to Regionals (unless you're from Iceland), most weightlifters won't make it to Nationals, most strongmen and women won't make it to the Arnold (unless you're from ... Continue Reading
Want to Watch a Huge Powerlifter Try Snatching? Chad Wesley Smith Has You Covered
Chad Wesley Smith is a very strong man: American Record Holding powerlifter, professional strongman competitor, founder of Juggernaut Training Systems, and author. Oh, and he deadlifts in boat shoes, so ... Continue Reading
Vasiliy Polovnikov Has a New Exercise for You, But Maybe Start with Less Weight
Vasiliy Polovnikov is training out of the Norwood Training Center near Boston, and he's up to his usual antics: lifting heavy things and making it look easier than it should. Check out this assistance ... Continue Reading
IWF Unveils Tbilisi Junior Worlds Logo, Which Is Actually Pretty Cool
The IWF and Georgian Weightlifting Federation have unveiled their new logo for the 2016 Junior World Championships. (Well, technically the Georgian Federation launched it, and the IWF approved it.) We ... Continue Reading