
The Barbell Rises: Challenges and Opportunities
Although the sport of weightlifting is nowhere near as popular as the mainstream sports of football and baseball, it is currently in a state of
Although the sport of weightlifting is nowhere near as popular as the mainstream sports of football and baseball, it is currently in a state of
Every leap year, weightlifters and other athletes look forward to the Olympic Games. But that is not the only show that year. It is also
I have recently written about the deaths of three legendary sportsmen, namely Tommy Kono, Muhammad Ali, and Gordie Howe. Sadly, the Grim Reaper has recently
The Games of the XXXI Olympiad are now over. The athletes have all gone home, and many are enjoying the transition period of their periodization
Well, even halfway through the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, there was plenty to catch up on. In my last entry on these pages, I
As the first week of the Games of the XXX Olympiad wrap up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, all weightlifting creatures are indeed stirring. The
Today there are more books available on weightlifting and strength training than ever before. When I first broke into the sport there was almost nothing,
Unlike many other sports, there is no real well-defined off-season in weightlifting. As soon as any competition, big or small, is over, most athletes take
Earlier this year, I wrote about the passing of weightlifting great Tommy Kono. Recently, we saw the passing of two more of the greatest athletes in
Once again, it’s the spring of an Olympic year, a time when all weightlifters start to think about the Games, Olympic trials, and securing a
On April 24, the world lost a man many regard as the greatest weightlifter of all time: Tamio “Tommy” Kono. Kono held eight world championships,
I started this series of articles with a more general description of doping myths. I will conclude it with a more specific discussion of my
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