We have known for quite some time that the Olympic lifts are fantastic exercises for developing power. Athletes from all walks of life practice power cleans, clean & jerks, and snatches on a regular ... Continue Reading
Andrei Aramnau Jerks a Massive 240 Kilograms From the Rack
Belarusian weightlifter Andrei Armnau retired in 2016 after a spate of injuries, but he’s training hard as he continues his comeback in the sport. Take a look at this monstrous split jerk he made from the ... Continue Reading
It’s Official: Weightlifting Will Be At the 2024 Paris Olympics
On the first day of a three-day meeting in Switzerland, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed that weightlifting will be included at the Paris 2024 Olympics. “The IOC Executive Board decided ... Continue Reading
Who’s Best At Sports: a Weightlifter, Powerlifter, Bodybuilder, or CrossFit Athlete?
All we have to say is hats off to Brute Strength for putting on another awesome showdown series. If you're late to the party, then we'll quickly catch you up below, but be warned — spoiler alert if you ... Continue Reading
Team USA Sweeps Weightlifting Team Titles At Youth World Championships
American Weightlifting history was made this week in Las Vegas. The 2019 Youth Weightlifting Championships concluded on Friday, and the American team finished in first place for both the men and woman’s ... Continue Reading
Max Clean & Deadlift: Weightlifter, Powerlifter, Bodybuilder, and CrossFitter Face Off
Brute Strength had tremendous success last year when they pitted a male weightlifter, bodybuilder, powerlifter, and CrossFit® athlete against one another to see which would fare the best across several ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2019 Arnold Sports Festival LIVE
We're less than one day out from the official kick off of the 2019 Arnold Sports Festival. This year, the 2019 Arnold Sports Festival begins on Thursday, February 28th in Columbus, Ohio, and runs through ... Continue Reading
Women’s Showdown: Weightlifter, Powerlifter, Bodybuilder, and CrossFitter Face Off
Strength fans, we've been waiting a long time for this series premiere — and it's finally here. Brute Strength has published the first video of their new series highlighting women strength athletes from a ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Katherine Nye Sets New American Snatch Record
Over the weekend, USA Weightlifting hosted the 2019 National Junior Championships. This competition also served as a Pan American Trial and brought out some the best American weightlifters in the country. ... Continue Reading
Olympic Gold Medalist Sohrab Moradi May Miss 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Yesterday, the weightlifting world was hit with unfortunate news in regards to Iranian Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Sohrab Moradi's competition readiness. As reported by the Tehran Times, ... Continue Reading
Report: After Albanian’s Doping Ban, Mattie Rogers to Receive Silver Medals from 2017 WWC
According a report from Inside the Games, American weightlifter Martha "Mattie" Rogers is set to receive two silver medals from the 2017 Weightlifting World Championships after Albanian ... Continue Reading
Thailand’s Ability to Host 2019 IWF World Championships In Question After Positive Tests
In a story first covered by Inside the Games, four weightlifters from Thailand have tested positive for banned substances following the 2018 Weightlifting World Championships. The positive tests could ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting’s 2019 Coaching Symposium Is Heading to Miami
Attention all weightlifting athletes, and weightlifting/strength coaches: the USA Weightlifting 2019 Coaching Symposium is heading to warm and sunny Miami, Florida. This year, the Coaching Symposium will ... Continue Reading
The 7 Most Epic Strength Feats and Performances of 2018
It's hard to believe, but we've already made it through 2018 and it's been another historic year for strength. This year has been nothing short of amazing for every strength sport, and we wanted to take ... Continue Reading
IWF Announces Positive Retests from 2012 Olympics; Torokhtiy and Nurudinov Among Named
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced on its website recent doping retests from the 2012 London Olympic Games have produced an additional five positives for banned ... Continue Reading
Watch Weightlifter Tao Wenli Smoke a 3.6x Bodyweight Front Squat
If you needed an end of the week pick me up to get you through your next training session, then look no further. Yesterday, Lawrence (@larrior) on Instagram, shared a ridiculous front squat video of ... Continue Reading
New to the Movement, Larry Wheels Hits a 500lb Snatch Grip Push Press
Larry Williams, better known to the strength community as Larry Wheels, is an enormously successful powerlifter and bodybuilder who has achieved world record totals in the 242 pound class (2,171) and the ... Continue Reading
Morgan McCullough Block Cleans an Epic 190kg At 15 Years Old
Morgan McCullough, aka #minifreedomfridge as per his Instagram page, and Mash Elite Performance athlete has once again dropped our jaws with one of his lifts. In McCullough's latest video he smokes a ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Meso Hassona Back Squats a Massive 300kg PR
Qatari weightlifter Meso Hassona has been moving some serious weight the last two weeks. Four days ago, Hassona posted a 270kg/595 lb back squat double on his Instagram page and teased the question of ... Continue Reading
Your Donation Will Be Matched – Help U.S. Weightlifters Compete in Tokyo
You know Olympic weightlifting is an awesome sport. You want to see it become better known, better appreciated, more widely practiced. And you probably know that when Olympic sports lose funding, ... Continue Reading
Mattie Rogers Wins Bronze for the United States at World Weightlifting Championships
There’s no denying that Martha “Mattie” Rogers is one of the United States’ most popular weightlifters, and with good reason. Before the IWF instituted new bodyweight categories earlier this year she held ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Sets a New American Clean & Jerk Record in Ashgabat
Eighteen-year-old Olympic weightlifter Harrison Maurus has not only set a junior American record, his monstrous clean & jerk at the World Weightlifting Championships is a a new senior American record ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Lu Xiaojun Wins Gold, Sets New World Record at Ashgabat
At the Weightlifting World Championships in Turkmenistan, Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun has won gold and set a new world record in the extremely competitive -81kg weight class… at 34 years old. Lu, ... Continue Reading
Chinese Weightlifter Shi Zhiyong Sweeps Gold and Sets 3 World Records
At the 2018 Weightlifting World Championships there have been plenty of solid performances, but arguably none have been more perfect than Chinese weightlifter Shi Zhiyong's. He swept gold in the -73kg ... Continue Reading