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 ...

Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting are strength sports that use barbells. Here are the differences you need to know, and how to work them in your routine.

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Last year, Martha “Mattie” Rogers became the face of weightlifting’s resurgence in the U.S. by posting a video to Twitter. In it she hoists a heavy barbell above her head, loses control of ...

Founded this past June, Freedom Barbell Club is a free after-school program that teaches youth the ins and outs of Olympic weightlifting as well as STEM education and leadership skills.