Short-term strength training shows health gains even without weight loss. Andrew Masterson reports.

Thailand has voluntarily banned itself from all weightlifting, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, because of its recent doping record but will still host the ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Thailand has volunteered to ban itself from Tokyo Olympic Games weightlifting next year because of doping, another blow to a sport ...

The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 run July 24-Aug. 9, 2020, and while they may be nearly 20 months away there's a lot to learn on your quest to becoming the ...

Weightlifting champion Sathish Kumar Sivalingam on his training regimen, future pursuits and the journey towards recovery.

WINTER HAVEN — Jaharie Martin was a district champ and then he wasn't.The Lakeland senior won the 238-pound district weightlifting division title after ...

American Weightlifting history was made this week in Las Vegas. The 2019 Youth Weightlifting Championships concluded on Friday, and the American team ...

LAS VEGAS – Dade Stanley started weightlifting when he was 11 years old in an effort to compliment his football training and increase his strength on the field.

The reported number of athletes involved in the 2019 IWF Youth World Championships in the US stands at 179 weightlifters of 33 countries, while the IWF ...

Romania's achievement in winning 12 medals at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships in Las Vegas has been tempere...

In February of last year, the U.S. Center for SafeSport found that American weightlifter Colin Burns had committed “non-consensual sexual acts” with another ...

USA weightlifter Morghan King is a pioneer for powerful women – and, after a magical Rio 2016, is hoping her attempts to qualify for Tokyo 2020 will inspire ...

Iowa offensive lineman Tristan Wirfs of Mt. Vernon, Iowa put on an amazing display in the Iowa football weight room while his teammates cheered him on.

The Suwannee High boys weightlifting team captured the District 5-Class 1A Weightlifting Championship on Thursday. The Bulldogs defeated six other teams to ...

Stanfield's weightlifting team may have been surrounded by some serious competition, but that didn't stop them from showing their strength during Saturday's ...

The U.S. wrapped up a historic IWF Youth World Championships ever Friday in Las Vegas. The event was first held in 2009 but it wasn't until 2016 that a U.S. ...

Resistance exercise, such as weightlifting, benefits cognitive abilities like attention, reasoning and memory, according to a new study from the University of ...

Newtown came in second at the ShopRite Nutmeg Games 6th Annual High School Football Weight Lifting Competition, at New Britain High on March 8.

A few years ago, Emma Frick and Emma Borgstrom used exercise to break down their bodies. Frick, a sophomore kinesiology major, and Borgstrom, a freshman ...

Loud, clanking metal weights shake the ground. Gym goers lift gargantuan-sized plates above their heads, threatening to collapse under the intense pressure ...

Broc Peterson and Maddie Holm were the top male and female lifters in the 29th annual Sertoma Sunrise Warrior Liftathon March 5-6 in the Brainerd High ...

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) announced Thursday the classifications for girls weightlifting for the following 2019-20 and 2020-21 ...

SWEAT DC, Washington's judgement-free, inclusive and challenging group-personal fitness gym, is honoring Women's History Month by offering a female-only, ...

Matt Karstetter, Owner & Founder of The Foundation Gym, talks about how his gym receives misconceptions about who all can join his gym. Cassandra Beattie ...

LIVE OAK — The Suwannee High boys weightlifting team played host to 15 other schools on Friday for the Suwannee Invitational.

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — In high school, Crystal Pittman set local weightlifting records, but it wasn't until years later in the Army that she began competing in ...

The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Weightlifting Federation has set up a _GoFundMe_ page in a last-ditch effort to ensure it has a team at the 2019 P...

Three weightlifters from Winona won Gold at Saturday's Last Chance Olympic Weightlifting Meet on Saturday at the Integrated Wellness Center at Winona State ...

Union County High School weightlifter Mahailya Reeves has now gone viral, after setting weightlifting records.

The cameras are here, that means we're gonna have a heavy lifting day.” That's what Phil Johnson told his Olympic weightlifting club at the beginning of its Feb.

The published study showed evidence resistance exercise improves mental and physical health.

Union County High School weightlifter Mahailya Reeves has now gone viral, after setting weightlifting records.

This fall, our favorite time of the week has been when Brute Strength publishes another installment of their hugely popular YouTube series, “Brute Showdown.”.

CORDELE— Crisp County High School hosted the GACA Area 1 weightlifting competition on Saturday morning in the high school gym, and several Cougar ...

Even Pierre Ngo, the assistant strength coach of the NFC North champion Chicago Bears, came out for the sessions at Tinley Park High School.

With few local schools choosing or able to employ a full-time strength and conditioning coach, it's cause for concern to experts who know the dangers of ...

Weightlifting athletes and fans will likely see Rogue barbells in more and more international competitions in the coming months.

The annual Carroll County High School Powerlifting Meet took place Feb. 23, 2019 at Westminster High School.

By KEVIN ROBERTS. STAFF WRITER. The Nutmeg State Games held their sixth annual high school football weightlifting competition this past Saturday, and it ...

Kiwi transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will return to international competition next month, when she contests the Arafura Games in Darwin.

Editor's note: This is the first of two stories investigating SafeSport's process for handling athlete complaints of sexual abuse. The second part will look at the ...

MATTOON -- Hannah Alvis, a Mattoon senior, ditched balance beams for barbells. All the transition took was an accidental discovery and a sport in between.

Dr. Atif Iqbal, chief of the section of colorectal surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, shares some of his healthy habits.

Five local student athletes have cemented their places on Team USA.

Punam, who had clinched the gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, won in the 81 kg category on Monday.

North Salinas senior Lexi Gama traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the Nike National University & Under-25 Championships Friday morning.

In her first world championships, Wellington High School's Elle Fields showed she belonged as she placed ninth overall. Fields, 15, represented the United ...

THE University of Cebu (UC) won two gold medals, while guest team Sisters of Mary School-Boystown had three in the boys' division in the Cebu Schools ...

Performance Initiatives Incorporated is a non-profit in Savannah that helps at-risk youth through weightlifting.Five of their members secured a spot as part of ...

Northview defeated Jay, Fla. 56-28 in a weightlifting meet on March 4. Coach Derek Marshman said the meet, which was a dual weightlifting meet, was held at ...

The 8th World Junior Weightlifting Championship finished in Las Vegas (USA). More than 200 athletes from 50 countries took part in the competition, Report ...

Boca Raton's Sophia Graff has no regrets after finishing eighth in the recent FHSAA Class 2A girls state weightlifting tournament at Arnold High School in ...

The Northview Chiefs defeated the Jay Royals Monday afternoon in a dual-weightlifting meet at Jay by a score of 56-28. Results were as follows: 119-lb. class: ...

Paul Anderson, at age 22, made Soviet audiences gasp as he smashed records before their eyes.

Katherine Nye put on a stellar performance at the 2019 USA Weightlifting Nationa Junior Championships!

In basketball, Pensacola High and Booker T. Washington will no longer be a district rivalry.

Local news for Navarre, Navarre Beach and Gulf Breeze area in Northwest Florida panhandle.

PUNTA GORDA. The Venice and Charlotte High boys weightlifting teams finished tied for first place and shared the district title Wednesday, at the Class ...

What happens when a weightlifter, bodybuilder, powerlifter and CrossFit athlete walk into an arena?

Vishal Solanki's well-measured and blemish-free display earned him the men's 109kg gold medal.

A newer sport for the Rockmart Yellow Jackets has the team members heading off to the state level after placing well in sectionals competition in past days.

Every team hopes to win a championship, but some never reach that goal. That is not the case when it comes to Baker School's boys weightlifting team.The team ...

Strength fans, we've been waiting a long time for this series premiere — and it's finally here. Brute Strength has published the first video of their new series ...

Earler today, USA Weightlifting announced the teams that will be competing at the 2019 Pan American Championships.

The Charleston Southern men's basketball team has accepted a bid to play in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).

With around 500 days for the Tokyo Games, India will be weaving renewed hopes for Mirabai Chanu to add another feather to the cap.

Sanford Power held its first USA Weightlifting combine on Saturday.

By Steve Stein. Weightlifter Jeff Ellis moved into a new age group for competitions this year, but he's still collecting medals and breaking records. Ellis, who will ...

A group of gym-goers made a man\u2019s dying wish come true in Davis County over the weekend.

Moving into the new 500 square-foot space in the basement of a church last week was no easy task as the non-profit group had thousands of kilos of high-end ...

Weightlifter to speak to Curbstone Coaches. Beaver Township. National weightlifting champion Mike Cerbus will be the guest speaker at Monday's luncheon ...

The U.S. Center for SafeSport banned U.S. and Pan American champion weightlifter Colin Burns for 10 years last year for sexually assaulting a female ...

Weightlifter Mike Cross of Ooltewah looks back upon a career of competition including 8 national titles, 140 First Place Awards and a world record.

The late Quake Raddock was inducted into the 2019 Fiji Sports Hall of Fame on Friday night. His wife Susan Raddock received the award during the ceremony, ...

Shirlee Petrat of Summerland will be competing at the B.C. Masters Weightlifting Championships in two weeks' time, hoping she'll qualify for the 2019 IWF World ...

Vets Gets Help Through Ohio Innovation Event - Lakewood, OH - Challenge America is partnering with the Cleveland Clinic and St. Edward High to help six ...

Almost a year since shocking elbow injury, controversial transgender weightlifter returns for New Zealand.

So far at tournament, Turkish weightlifters have won 5 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze medals - Anadolu Agency.

Keeping your blood pressure under control is important when you have an aneurysm. But that doesn't mean you need to avoid exercise and all other physical ...

If you want to exercise and feel great while being in the safety of your home, a treadmill is one of the best purchases you can do!

Teenager Achinta Sheuli lifted a combined total of 300kg to clinch the gold in the National Weightlifting Championships held in Visakhapatnam on Monday.

Brute Strength has had a spectacular second season of their Brute Showdown series. If you missed it, last year was the first season that pitted a bodybuilder ...

The CNMI Weightlifting Team's participation in the 2019 Pacific Games is in jeopardy as the group is having a hard time raising funds for the competition.

Brute Strength had tremendous success last year when they pitted a male weightlifter, bodybuilder, powerlifter, and CrossFit® athlete against one another to see ...

Spirits are high in the Ridgefield dugout these days.

Michigan weightlifter Ryan Belcher appeared on "Fox & Friends" Monday to tell the story of how he saved a man's life by pushing a 2 ton SUV.

Iowa offensive lineman Tristan Wirfs put on an eye-popping display of strength recently in the Hawkeye weight room. Wirfs, a Mount Vernon native who stands ...

What was a vege garden and a pile of old concrete is now producing New Zealand weightlifters. Foxton Beach man and weightlifting coach Shayne Nation has ...

The high school freshman from Union County, Florida, has otherworldly power that has gone viral, and it's growing almost as fast as her desire to do good.

The Suwannee High boys weightlifting team will compete against 15 other schools on Friday in the Suwannee Invitational.

A weightlifter from Belleville is being credited for lifting a wrecked SUV off a motorist following a crash.

Try these 5 techniques to soothe the body and the mind.

Norfolk County Register of Deeds William P. O'Donnell recently announced the Registry will give a “lift” to InnerCity Weightlifting, a nonprofit organization whose ...

Indians, North Port crown 4 district champions each.

Old warhorse K. Ravi Kumar, a 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medallist in 69kg, put up a sensational display to claim a National title after eight years ...

Not a part of the TOP scheme anymore, the 26-year-old also said he's focusing hard on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.

IWF - The Egyptian weightlifting champion, Neama Said, is competing in the 2019 IWF Youth World Championships held in Las Vegas, the United States, in the ...

The following awards were presented: MVL — Most Valuable Lifter — Hailey Harigel MVL -Most Valuable Lifter — Chanalei Auelua Spirit — Destiny Cleckler

Florida and coach Mike White expect to be going to the NCAA Tournament every year. It's one of the goals that's understood for the Gators. That doesn't mean ...

New 20000 square foot space opens March 27 It's almost done. Gym-goers have been teased for months by *fresh* squat racks and state of the a.