For some onlookers, Olympic weightlifting moves like the clean exercise might seem straightforward. You load a barbell and basically throw the weight up. But powerlifters and bodybuilders know this ...
As a personal trainer, I love teaching compound lifts—but few are as dynamic or rewarding as the clean and jerk. This Olympic movement blends power, coordination, mobility, and total-body strength ...
Weightlifting has been a staple of competition since humans developed the cognitive ability to look at each other's glutes, as the echoes of a softly grunted "pathetic" bounced against cave walls, ...
It’s a warm day in June and Olivia Reeves is training at an unassuming gym in Chattanooga, Tenn. It’s tucked away in an industrial park and you could easily miss it. That is, except for the big white ...
FROM Olympic gold to a non-medal finish in the Southeast Asian Games, Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo’s journey has changed dramatically in four years, showing the unforgiving nature of high-level sport. Diaz ...