With the Olympics just around the corner there will soon be living rooms filled with wannabe athletes intent on shaking off their slovenly past, ready

EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold. Holley is part of Team USA headed to London this summer. Follow her

In last weeks article, I wrote up all the primary reasons you should at least own a pair of straps if you plan to lift

You need to lift more weight. And you need to lift more weight more often. Sorry, I’m just not going to sugar coat it for

When I first started Olympic weightlifting, there were very few choices for weightlifting shoes. It was basically Adidas…or Adidas! And they were NOT cheap. But

You see it all the time. The big guy with the hairy back starts screaming and yelling, grunting and screeching…and he hasn’t even grabbed the

The year 2011 was a great one for the promotion of heavy, daily training. Olympic weightlifting continued its rise in popularity, CrossFit partnered with Reebok,

Charlie Brown just can’t get a break. He can’t kick the football, he can’t get a good Christmas tree, he can’t even control his dog!

Back in my bodybuilding days, before I saw the light and switched over to strength sports, I used to train with a couple of buddies:

Depending upon who you ask the question, “Should I wear a weightlifting belt?” you can end up getting an emphatic “yes”, a condescending “no”, or