Manu Bhaker scored a medal in shooting at the Paris Olympics 2024! Find out about Manu Bhaker’s fitness routine and how she stays focussed. ‘Shooting star’ Manu Bhaker shot her way to victory and cemented her name in history by becoming the first Indian woman to score a medal in shooting at the ongoing Paris […]
Explosive, technical, and exciting; Olympic weightlifting movements look sexy and fun. The question is then, what are the benefits of using these movements in your own training? Let’s dig in. A Brief History Olympic weightlifting as we know it made its entrance into the Olympic Games in 1920. Prior to that, …
Main | Inspiring Olympic Physiques | Meet the Olympic Weightlifting Team | Shi Zhiyong’s Dominant Lifting | Hidilyn Diaz Wins Gold | There’s No One Like Lasha Talakhadze | Hammer Throwers Spin Iron into Gold If your only experience with the hammer throw is visions of Miss Trunchbull tossing fictional school children in the popular children’s book and movie “Matilda,” it …
Main | Inspiring Olympic Physiques | Meet the Olympic Weightlifting Team | Shi Zhiyong’s Dominant Lifting | Hidilyn Diaz Wins Gold | Caine Wilkes Preps for First Olympics | Olympic Sprinters Announce a New Era of Speed While every event in the Olympics is thrilling, there’s a special electricity surrounding the 100-meter dash. This race determines the so-called “fastest human on …
Athletes from around the world are getting ready to take on the Tokyo Olympics. Inspiring work ethic and intense dedication shows up in the body and mind of each and every one of these Olympic athletes, and we’re here to celebrate everything they’ve achieved as they prepare to compete on the global stage. Troy …
What is Olympic Lifting | Learn the Olympic Lifts | Olympic Lift Variations | | How to Master the Olympic Lifts | USA Weightlifting Nationals The eight incredible lifters representing Team USA at this year’s Olympics in Tokyo, are just like the rest of us in some ways. They’ve spent the last year or …
What is Olympic Lifting | Learn the Olympic Lifts | Olympic Lift Variations | Olympic Lifting and Bodybuilding | How to Master the Olympic Lifts The beauty of Olympic weightlifting is its simplicity. There are only two lifts, so if you’re getting better at them, you’re getting better period. But the downside of weightlifting, as anyone who has gotten deep into the sport can tell you, is that …
A common misconception about Olympic weightlifting is that it’s just made up of two lifts, the snatch and the clean and jerk. Anyone who takes this sport seriously can attest that plenty of their most productive training time is actually spent doing numerous broken-down and re-arranged parts of those two main lifts. Considering getting serious about Oly lifting? Richard LaFountain’s guide …
What is Olympic Lifting | Learn the Olympic Lifts | Olympic Lift Variations | Olympic Lifting and Bodybuilding Learning the Olympic lifts is a game-changer for a lot of lifters. Yes, the clean and jerk and the snatch require coordination, timing, mobility, and explosiveness. But here’s the thing: the full Olympic-grade snatch and clean …
What is Olympic Lifting | Learn the Olympic Lifts | Olympic Lift Variations | Olympic Lifting and Bodybuilding Lifters tend to shy away from the Olympic lifts, the barbell snatch and the clean and jerk, because they look complicated and require a great deal of technique. But in those two challenges lie their biggest benefits. With time and …
Despite our best intentions, it’s inevitable that we compare athletes from different strength disciplines and wonder who’s “best.” So, why resist it? Instead, have fun with it! That’s what the team at the online training site Brute Strength Training did when they created the four-episode web series “The Brute Strength Showdown.” Four top athletes from […]
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]