American Record Holder Quiana Welch: 12 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
Quiana Welch is one strong woman. She holds the American Record in the snatch (108 kg/238-lb) and she clean and jerks 119 kg ( 262-lb), competing…
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K-Mighty: Meet the Special Needs Mom who’s a World Record Weightlifter
Kristi Brewer is a wife, working mother of two and a world record-holder masters weightlifter. No wonder Brewer, who just picked up the sport two…
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…
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…
Lifting 101: Dave Miller on Fixing the Snatch and Clean
The snatch and clean can be uniquely frustrating lifts. The combination of speed, patience, explosiveness, technique, mental toughness, strength and agility is one that leaves…
Nutrition Series: National Champion Weightlifter Anthony Pomponio
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
