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2024 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results
The 2024 Olympics have come and gone, but weightlifting is still rocking around the world. September plays host to the 2024 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships (JWWC), where the rising stars of Olympic lifting will battle for gold, glory, and maybe a few new world records. In keeping with strength sports tradition, BarBend is proud…
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How to Do the Muscle Snatch for Better Weightlifting Performance
If you’re on the hunt for a new way to improve your weightlifting game, the muscle snatch is an absolute game-changer. The muscle snatch can help you build explosive leg power, teach you how to be a powerful and aggressive vertical puller, and reinforce solid snatching mechanics to boot. The tremendous amounts of strength and…
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The Snatch Pull Can Elevate Your Weightlifting Game — If You Do It Right
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Clean Up Your Weightlifting Game With the Muscle Clean
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Drill the Drop Snatch to Level Up Your Weightlifting Performance
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Dynamic Warm-Up for Weightlifting
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The Jump Squat: How, When, and Why Weightlifters Should Include Them In Training
Weightlifting Basics
What Is Weightlifting?
Weightlifting is a weight-classed strength sport and Olympic Games event. In weightlifting competitions, athletes perform two barbell-only exercises; the snatch and the clean & jerk.
Both events entail moving a loaded barbell from the floor to being held overhead at arm’s length. Athletes who compete in weightlifting are ranked on the sum of their heaviest successful snatch and clean & jerk, which is called a Total. Out of all major strength sports, weightlifting is widely considered to be the most intricate to learn, due to the complex techniques of its two movements.
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Exclusive: Olivia Reeves “Open” to Second Olympics, Wants World Records First
Despite her historic gold-medal performance at the 2024 Olympics, Team USA weightlifter Olivia Reeves isn’t certain she’ll make a bid for the next summer Games. What is certain, though, is that Reeves isn’t ready for a break. After winning America’s first weightlifting gold in 24 years during the Paris 2024 Women’s 71KG event, Reeves, 21,…
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Team China Wins 5 of 6 Possible Weightlifting Golds at 2024 Olympics
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