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The Strength Hypertrophy Debate | Dr. Taber vs Dr. Loenneke
Do hypertrophic adaptations lead to an increase in strength?
The general consensus among most athletes and coaches for...
Articles
A Review of “Periodization Paradigms in the 21st Century: Evidence-Led or Tradition-Driven”
Author: John Kiely
Journal: International Journal of Sports Physiology and...
First, Second, Third . . . Fourth Pull?
Language matters. Every weightlifting coach who
has ever used verbal cues to change a...
Alexander Varbanov Interview (part 1) – Biggest Training Lifts of the Bulgarian Team
I am very excited to post this interview with Alexander Varbanov, one of...
Start List for Junior World Championships
With the gold tier IWF Junior World Championships right around the corner, the start list has finally been released and includes many...
Cyrille Tchatchet Aims to Represent Refugees in Tokyo
British-resident weightlifter Cyrille Tchatchet II, originally from Cameroon has talked to the BBC about how he came to the UK and his...
Top Performances of the 2019 USAW National Championships
With a week having passed since the Nike USA Weightlifting National Championships powered by Rogue Fitness which took place in Memphis Tennessee,...
Team USA Announced for Pan American Games
USA Weightlifting has announced its small team of weightlifting representatives for the 2019 Pan American Games - July 27-30th - made up...
Pan American Championships 2019 – Day 4
Men's 96 kg
PosAthleteCountrySnatchC.&JerkResultRobi1RIVAS JhonatanCOL1802113911011.482LUNA AngelVEN162210372857.223BOADY SatavyCAN169201370842.01
Full results
Women's 76kg
German Bundesliga Final –Watch Live Sat 27/4/19
The final of the top division of the German Bundesliga weightlifting league competition will be streamed live here.
The...
Pan American Championships 2019 – Day 3
Women's 64 kg
Considering this is an Olympic category, it was surprising that there were no Robi scores of...
Pan American Championships 2019 – Day 1 and Day 2
The Pan-American Championships has a packed schedule, so there was plenty of action on the first couple of days, including lots of...
Asian Championships 2019 – Day 1
Men's 55 kg
Mansour Abdulrahim Al Saleem came into this group hoping to win Saudi Arabia's first gold medal...
Pan American Championships 2019 Schedule
The planned schedule is pretty packed, with up to five A sessions per day. Sessions will happen from early morning to evening...
Asian Championships Start List
The start book for the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships has been made available.
Indian Team for Asian Championships 2019
India will send a team of eight men and four women to the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships.
While the...
Iran Women Set For Asian Championships
Iran will send a team of seven women to the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships, in a sign of a continuing commitment to...
Oscar Figueroa Barred From Pan-American Championships
The 2016 Olympic Champion in the Men's 62 kg category, Colombia's Oscar Figueroa, has been told that he cannot compete at the...
European Championships 2019 – Day 8
Men's 102 kg
Dmytro Chumak (UKR) won this group comfortably, taking a five-kilo lead from the snatch and extending...
European Championships 2019 – Day 7
Women's 81 kg
There wasn't a huge amount of interest in this non-Olympic category – apparently, it was shown...
Former Asian Champion Tests Positive
Rustam Djangabaev, the Uzbekistan super-heavyweight, has tested positive for use of human growth hormone and faces a ban from sport.
European Championships 2019 – Day 6
Men's 89 kg
This group was a battle between Revaz Davitadze (Georgia), who had huge home support, and Hakob...
Kazakhstan Team for Asian Championhips 2019
Kazakhstan has announced their team for the 2019 Asian Championships, to be held later this month in Nigbo, China.
European Championships 2019 – Day 5
Women's 71 kg
It's fairly unusual for medals to be won from the B group of a category but...