This week, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) released the final start list for the 2016 Youth World Championships, to be held in Penang, Malaysia from October 19th to 25th. For just under a ... Continue Reading
Check Out These Nike Weightlifting Shoes from 1987
While we're waiting for the Nike Romaleos 3 to drop (supposedly later this year), USA Weightlifting is feeding our weightlifting shoe fix by taking it old school — as in, 29 years ago old ... Continue Reading
IWF Releases Public Disclosure on Positive Doping Tests from Rio
The International Weightlifting Federation has released on official Public Disclosure regarding positive doping tests at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. While we had heard reports from various news ... Continue Reading
This American Shot Putter Just Jerked 500 Pounds
The list of Americans who can currently jerk 500 pounds/227 kilograms (or recently, meaning they've done it in the past year or so), is small. And before today, we had confirmation from the following ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting CEO Phil Andrews Visits IWF Headquarters, Presents Award
Last month, USA Weightlifting, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), and Harris County — Houston Sports Authority won a SportsTravel Magazine award for the 2015 World Weightlifting ... Continue Reading
All the Weightlifters Currently Suspended After Olympic Doping Retests
Beginning early this summer, numerous weightlifters from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games were provisionally suspended following doping retests from those competitions. With numerous waves of sample ... Continue Reading
BarBend Black Snapbacks Now Available!
The BarBend Classic Black Snapback is currently out of stock. Made out of 100% cotton with raised BarBend "B" above the front brim and full "BarBend" logo in the back. It makes a statement about ... Continue Reading
Jon North Recovering at Home, Starts New Blog and Details Heart Condition
Last week, 2011 USA Weightlifting National Champion Jon North suffered a cardiac arrest while visiting the zoo with his wife, Jessica Lee North, and young son. After a successful surgery to install a ... Continue Reading
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Releases Its 2017 Prohibited List
Earlier this week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) released their annual Prohibited List of banned substances and methods for drug-tested sports. The full list can be found here. A summary of the ... Continue Reading
Rio Silver Medalist Tian Tao Cleans 230kg
Tian Tao is an exciting lifter to watch, but sometimes, he's too exciting. He's young (just 22) and immensely strong, but his performances on the international stage are inconsistent. He won ... Continue Reading
IWF Public Disclosure: Norik Vardanian Tests Positive for Anabolic Agent
In a public disclosure released on the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) website, it was announced that Norik Vardanian, a 94kg lifter who has competed internationally for both the United ... Continue Reading
Need to Warm Up for Olympic Weightlifting? Here’s Greg Everett’s Routine
Catalyst Athletics founder Greg Everett puts out a bunch of great content on the sport of weightlifting, and he's been doing so for years. Recently, Everett tackled one of the most overlooked aspects of ... Continue Reading
Canadian Weightlifter Boady Santavy Snatches 158kg in Training, Above National Record
Canadian weightlifter Boady Santavy has been weightlifting since he was around 6, and he's truly grown up around the sport: His father, Dalas, represented Canada at the 2005 World Weightlifting ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Profiles: Wes Kitts of California Strength (105kg)
On Saturday, September 3rd, I had the chance to talk with 2016 National Champion and USA Pan American Team Member Wes Kitts at the Hassle Free Invitational in Sacramento, California. In the past two years, ... Continue Reading
Jon North Has Defibrillator Implanted, Is Recovering After Successful Surgery
Last week, weightlifter and bodybuilder Jon North went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital. A few days later, his wife — Jessica Lee North — announced on Facebook that ... Continue Reading
Watch the Weightlifting World Masters Championships for Free
The IWF Master's World Championships are going on right now in Heinsheim, Germany. While the competition started on Friday, September 30th, there's still plenty of weightlifting that runs through October ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Coach John Coffee Suffers Stroke, Improving and Recovering in Hospital
Last Saturday, American weightlifting coach John Coffee suffered a stroke. The founder and owner of Coffee's Gym in Marietta, Georgia, Coffee is currently recovering in the hospital. Check out the posts ... Continue Reading
British Weightlifter Sonny Webster on Mobility, Snapbacks, and the Rio Olympics
At 22 years old, British weightlifter Sonny Webster is on a roll. Less than two months after his first Olympic Games, Webster — the lone British male to compete in weightlifting in Rio — is planning a ... Continue Reading
Post-Activation Potentiation (PAP) Training for the Lower Body
The ability to develop lower-body power is no easy feat. We all have our natural abilities to develop power, but what do we do when we need more? When the sport or activity we partake in demands more to ... Continue Reading
Jon North Update: May Have Hereditary Condition, to Have Defibrillator Installed
On September 28th, weightlifter and bodybuilder Jon North suffered a cardiac arrest. The 30 year old North — the 2011 USA Weightlifting National Champion and multi-tim Pan American team member — ... Continue Reading
Houston IWF World Championships Wins Prestigious SportsTravel Award
On Tuesday, SportsTravel Magazine held their annual awards gala at the TEAMS (Travel, Events and Management in Sports) 2016 Conference and Expo in Atlantic City, NJ. TEAMS represents the world’s largest ... Continue Reading
Weightlifters Getting Gymnasty: Nathan Damron’s One-Legged Back Flip
Nathan Damron has had a busy couple of months. The 20 year old weightlifter out of Mash Elite Performance in North Carolina has officially moved up to the 94kg weight class after bouncing back and forth ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin, Other Guests and Participants Announced for 2016 Klokov Power Weekend
The second annual Klokov Power Weekend is coming up this November, and while some Russian athletes have already been announced for the competition portion, Dmitry Klokov himself has recently ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting CEO Phil Andrews to Host Reddit AMA Friday at 3pm
USA Weightlifting CEO Phil Andrews will take part in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session on Friday, September 30th, at 3pm. The session will be hosted in the r/weightlifting subreddit and was announced ... Continue Reading