Patience, Passion Fuels Daniel Camargo
It wasn’t that long ago that USA Weightlifting senior international coach Danny Camargo was putting fliers on cars in mall parking lots, doing free demonstrations…
Category Archives: Weightlifting
Robles’ Redemption
There were times Sarah Roles felt her morality and integrity were called into question, two long years of sitting on the competition sidelines waiting and…
Olympic Memories: Cara Heads Slaughter
By: Cara Heads Slaughter (as told to Athlete Daily) Cara Heads Slaughter, part of the 2000 Olympic Team in weightlifting (75 kg), snatched 102.5 kg (a…
Hybrid Performance: Merging Weightlifting and Powerlifting
Hayden Bowe didn’t intend to be a powerlifter. But when he tore his patellar tendon last year, Bowe, a national-level weightlifter, had a slow recovery…
Nutrition Series: Olympian Morghan King
This is part of Athlete Daily’s series highlighting high-level athletes across the world of strength training and functional fitness, and how they approach diet and…
Fix Your Ankles
Mobility is great. It’s taught us to be accountable for our own body and recovery and that, with a little time, we can put ourselves…
Houston’s Lift
In a suburb of Houston, a non-descript, one-story house is nestled on the corner of a quiet neighborhood. It’s easy to drive right by the…
Tara Nott: The Only U.S. Female Weightlifter to Ever Win Gold on Self-Talk and Training Your Mind
For a long time Tara Nott Cunningham’s gold medal was in a junk drawer. Cunningham, the first United States weightlifter to win Olympic gold since…
