When you think about strength athletes that act, you probably think of the reigning World’s Strongest Man™ Hafthor Bjornsson’s role as The Mountain on Game of Thrones. Beyond that, well… athletes who make the leap to
While he continues to serve a doping suspension from international weightlifting competition, Aleksey Lovchev has been nothing if not creative with how he spends his time. Last year he starred in a Rocky-type
The axle clean & thruster isn’t a move you see performed on stage very often, but Aleksey Lovchev probably just made a record in the lift. The twenty-eight-year-old Russian posted this clip of a
Twenty-seven-year-old old Russian weightlifter Aleksey Lovchev is adding acting to his resume. Lovchev is currently serving a multi-year ban from international competition for testing positive for banned substances. In the meantime, he is starring in
Grip width can play a pivotal role in the pulling strength, overhead stability, and performance in the snatch (as well as the clean and jerk). Many coaches and athletes have relied upon common
Not real, but still interesting. A video is making the rounds of Aleksey Lovchev clean & jerking what looks like 270kg (at first glance) doesn’t seem to be the real deal — rather, it looks to be
In early July, Dmitry Klokov announced his second-annual Power Weekend, a Moscow-based event where international lifters (both active and retired) come together to put on some feats of strength we don’t normally see tested
After setting a new world record clean & jerk at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, Russian superheavyweight Aleksey Lovchev was suspended for a positive doping test. Lovchev appealed the decision, claiming
2008 Olympic Silver Medalist and everyone’s favorite weightlifting ham Dmitry Klokov has announced his second annual “Power Weekend,” and the event is already shaping up to be a strength sport fan’s dream. The event is
Speaking at an event in Melbourne, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president John Coates said he expects the Russian Weightlifting Federation to receive a sanction from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) as a
