
By the Numbers: 2017 World Weightlifting Championships Analysis
The 2017 Worlds are now history. With 10 of the sport’s superpowers absent, there were bound to be some interesting side stories. I covered some
The 2017 Worlds are now history. With 10 of the sport’s superpowers absent, there were bound to be some interesting side stories. I covered some
In the early days of the iron game, the boundary lines between weightlifting, bodybuilding, pure strength lifting, wrestling, and weight throwing were much less defined
The 2017 Weightlifting World Championships in Los Angeles are now history, and they provided a unique opportunity to ponder the future of the weightlifting sport.
Weightlifting, being a more or less niche sport, cannot rely on the parent culture to help it produce a steady supply of new recruits. If
Flexibility is the great bugbear for many weightlifters. Almost all recruits have to do remedial flexibility work when they start training in order to get
This week I will return to Anatoli Chernyak’s work to take a further look at the relationships between the lifts and what they should be.
In 1954 psychologist William Herbert Sheldon characterized all possible body types according to a three number scale that ranged from 1 to 7 for each
The practice of training and competing with weights can result in various injuries and damage to the athlete. The causes of injury could include carelessness, equipment problems, the
Athletes are well aware of the importance of proper training if they want to make progress. They are also aware of the need for proper
The way we describe a workout is by breaking it down into exercises, sets, and repetitions. All of your workout can be explained in only
In my last article, I explored the issue of whether one should be a generalist or specialist with regard to sport training. Since then, I
A few weeks back when the Olympics were in the news, I wrote a piece comparing two great Olympians: Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps. Both
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