With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games coming in the summer of 2021, competitors across every division will be vying for a spot on the podium, a weightlifting world record, or both. As with every Olympic ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Does Bodyweight Training, So Should You
Bodyweight exercises are cool, effective, and even fun. And hey, they may even make you stronger. Just ask two-time Olympic weightlifting champion Ilya Ilyin, who's having no problem knocking out some ... Continue Reading
European Weightlifting Championships Start List Features Big, Surprising Names
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships are right around the corner, with lifting running from April 10th through April 16th in Førde, Norway (though meetings and prep begin April 8th). It's ... Continue Reading
The Full Circle of Strength Sports: An Interview with Jared Enderton
When weightlifters make the transition to CrossFit, do they lose their top-end strength? For Jared Enderton, the answer — at least so far — is no. Enderton has competed in strength sport more times than ... Continue Reading
Is D’Angelo Osorio’s 211kg Clean & Jerk Attempt a Sign of Things to Come?
D'Angelo Osorio has been around American Weightlifting for awhile, having taken up the sport back in 2008. Now, the 105 kilogram lifter (who rose to Internet fame as a 94 kilo junior) has started breaking ... Continue Reading
Behdad Salimi Resumes Training After ACL Surgery, Still 50/50 for Rio
Update: At the Asian Weightlifting Championships on April 27th, BarBend correspondent Mike Graber spoke to the Iranian delegation regarding Salimi's status. They say he's resumed training but is still ... Continue Reading
Watch Weightlifting Prodigy Harrison Maurus Make Mindblowing Progress
Harrison Maurus is part of an exciting crop of young, talented, and rapidly improving American weightlifters under 17. Along with CJ Cummings, the 15 year old Maurus turns heads on social media and the ... Continue Reading
Bianco, Kitts, and Phillips Medal for USA at IWF Russian President’s Cup
It was a small competition, to be sure, but that doesn't make the performances any less impressive. American lifters put up three podium finishes at the IWF Russian President's Cup in Kazan over the ... Continue Reading
Kendrick Farris Squats 550 lbs for 10 Reps, Makes Us Winded Just Watching
Kendrick Farris is a two-time Olympian and a bit of a social media celebrity in the sport of weightlifting, so if you haven't seen the video below just yet, it's time to catch ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Olympic weightlifting has skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years. And while it's easy to get caught up in debating exactly why the spike in interest has occurred - social media exposure, ... Continue Reading
Caine Wilkes Is the Best Troll in American Weightlifting
Caine Wilkes may be America's best weightlifting troll, and we mean that in the best possible way. The reigning 105+ National Champion and World Team Member moves more weight than any other American ... Continue Reading
At 475 lbs, This Is the Biggest Football Power Clean We’ve Ever Seen
Football weight room power cleans could be a sport in their own right: Straps on, lift out of the rack, get some good pre-oscillation going in that bar, toss up, starfish legs, and rest the bar on your ... Continue Reading
In Case You Forgot, Artem Okulov Is Blisteringly Fast
Reigning weightlifting World Champion Artem Okulov is having a good year. After third place finishes in 2013 (Wroclaw) and 2014 (Almaty), the 85 kilo Russian came through big in Houston and took home the ... Continue Reading