Itty Bitty Behemoth: The Smallest, Strongest Lifter You’ve Never Heard Of
At 4 feet 11 inches, Alyssa Ritchey’s intimidation factor is low. She walks out onto the platform and grips the loaded barbell, head down as…
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Up and Cummings
Weightlifter CJ Cummings has been poked and prodded, hooked up to electrodes and high speed cameras monitoring every kind of human performance indicator one can…
Reaching New Heights
Elite Raw powerlifter LS McClain will be the first to admit he does some weird accessory work. “I toss human beings,” said McClain, a 93kg…
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…
