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, ...

Suwannee captured a double set of trophies for both Olympic and traditional lifts at Saturday's Florida High School Athletic Association boys weightlifting championships inside the RP Funding Center ...

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 ...

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The strongest sport at the Olympics is set to take stage on Wednesday, Aug. 7, in Paris where five Americans eye the podium. Olympic weightlifting, simply known to athletes as weightlifting, is not to ...

It's time to meet The Palm Beach Post's spring sports All-County teams! Boys weightlifting kicks off our annual feature highlighting the best high school athletes from the 2023 spring sports season in ...

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 ...

For Clay County weightlifters, it was a weekend of history makers and record breakers. Middleburg hoisted the Class 2A traditional team championship, Fleming Island won a share of the Olympic lifting ...

At the end of each season, The News-Press and Naples Daily News select All-Area teams honoring the best athletes for every sport. Coaches from area schools are sent nomination forms and are asked to ...

The Marion Athletic Conference girls weightlifting meet at Belleview High School on Jan. 11 was a spectacle of human feats. With each lift, the county’s best strength athletes paved paths to new ...