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Olympic weightlifting is often seen as an elite sport, but this special brand of weight training is not just for elite athletes; it’s a training discipline that anyone who is looking to help transform their physique and enhance overall fitness should start embracing and incorporating into their...

Frederick Carlton Lewis a.k.a Carl Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won an Olympic event. He is one of only...

Born in Doncaster, England, young Fraer Morrow has competed as a weightlifter all around the world. In 2019, at just 21 years of age, she traveled to Romania and brought home a gold medal and two silvers at the European U23 Championships. Before this, Morrow had picked up valuable lifting...

At 35 years of age, and having won more medals than anyone else in his illustrious Olympic career, you could be forgiven for thinking that family life has slowed down Michael Phelps. Instead, working out at home has created a new wave of positive fitness gains. Now a happily married father of...

By the time most of us reach our twenties, we find that building core strength is an uphill battle. Recreational sports are often dropped to work long, sedentary jobs in an office and provide a taxi service for our children. As our range of motion decreases, the body’s flexibility and balance...

Every pound of bodyweight must be carefully monitored when you’re a record-breaking swimmer like Britain’s Adam Peaty. His approach to nutrition takes careful consideration of the fact that the 25-year-old needs muscle mass to achieve explosive power, while at the same time being acutely aware...

Picture this: You’re in the middle of a lift, let’s say the clean and jerk, and you realize that you’ve either put on too much weight or that your form is a little off. What would you do? Most people would probably just drop the barbell and start over. But if you’re Russian powerlifter Chingiz...