In honour of David Rigerts Birthday (12th March), here is an excerpt from The Greatest Weightlifters of All Time Vol 1 – Men, which is available from our USA Store and Europe Store. Lifters like David Rigert of the USSR were well ahead of their time. Not only were they crazily strong, but they were …
http://www.sportivnypress.com This website, run by Bud Charniga, has a lot of interesting weightlifting content, including translations of classic Russian information and historical information. Several translated Russian books are available from their store.
This amazing site, maintained by Arthur Chidlovski, is a treasure trove of information about weightlifting. It features competition results, records and stories about the lives of weightlifters going back decades. It also includes some fantastic photographs. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/