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Are Hardcore Gains Worth It? Still trying to be the biggest dude in the gym? Once you've reached your muscular potential, your body will fight back. Here's what to do when it does. What’s more important: continuing to pile on muscle or aging well? That’s the question dedicated lifters need to...

Mental health of Olympic athletes is no longer a taboo subject among these elite athletes, thanks in part to those who are willing to speak out about the pressures of competing at the highest level, like gymnast Simone Biles. And so, with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games mere months away, the U.S...

These shoes were originally developed for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. By building up the heel of the shoe in conjunction with creating a stiff and flat sole, these shoes have the ability to maximize ground reaction force while helping the ankles, knees, hips, and spine to explosively...

Pop Quiz: What’s the main difference between you and an Olympic athlete? Genetics? Drugs? Coaching? Facilities? Motivation? Certainly all of these and more factor into the equation, but I’m convinced that the most significant point of difference is consistency. Here’s a quick tutorial on human...

Olympic weightlifting was first contested at the games in 1896, and since then has been a staple since 1920, and there’s no exception in this year Tokyo Olympic Games. These days, there are 14 weight classes, seven for each gender, and athletes must complete two lifts: the snatch and the clean...

Born in Doncaster, England, young Fraer Morrow has competed as a weightlifter all around the world. In 2019, at just 21 years of age, she traveled to Romania and brought home a gold medal and two silvers at the European U23 Championships. Before this, Morrow had picked up valuable lifting...

At 35 years of age, and having won more medals than anyone else in his illustrious Olympic career, you could be forgiven for thinking that family life has slowed down Michael Phelps. Instead, working out at home has created a new wave of positive fitness gains. Now a happily married father of...

By the time most of us reach our twenties, we find that building core strength is an uphill battle. Recreational sports are often dropped to work long, sedentary jobs in an office and provide a taxi service for our children. As our range of motion decreases, the body’s flexibility and balance...

Every pound of bodyweight must be carefully monitored when you’re a record-breaking swimmer like Britain’s Adam Peaty. His approach to nutrition takes careful consideration of the fact that the 25-year-old needs muscle mass to achieve explosive power, while at the same time being acutely aware...

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Doctor fined for injecting steroids into Park Tae Hwan Published Dec 17, 2015 SEOUL (AFP) - A South Korean doctor was fined US$847 (S$1,198) on Thursday for injecting swimming star Park Tae Hwan with steroids, an incident which resulted in an 18-month ban for the former Olympic champion. The...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/ioc-cuts-wrestling-2020-olympics-125709336--oly.html They keep stupid ass water dancing and lame shit like that, but one of the first Olympic sports ever is being barred. WTF! F you IOC I do not support large sports organizations and I...