At age 15, Coby Rhodes of Deland, Florida, is a three-time national weightlifting champion and recently qualified to represent the United States at the International Weightlifting Federation’s Youth World Championship in March 2019. Coby (61 kg) is dedicated to learning all elements of weightlifting and is on track to achieve great things within the sport. [...]
Tim Swords, coach of Sarah Robles, 2017 World Champion and bronze-medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, shares what it takes to build an Olympian: Pursue your Passion. When Coach Swords was a young boy, he visited a drug store with his mother. At the store, he spotted a fitness magazine with a man [...]
Breakfast has been touted as the most important meal of the day. So what do youth weightlifters eat for breakfast? Six members of USA Weightlifting's 2019 Youth World Team share what they eat for breakfast. Ryan Grimsland (67 kg), age 16, of Mash Mafia earned best youth male lifter at the 2018 American Open 3 [...]
Caden Cahoy is our latest featured athlete! Caden is a 14-year old weightlifter from Jacksonville, Florida who currently competes in the 49-kg weight class. Caden won the championship title in the 44-kg weight class (14-15 age group) at USA Weightlifting's 2018 Youth Nationals in Grand Rapids, Michigan in June 2018 and was recently invited [...]
New lifters often regard ripped hands as evidence of their hard work, proudly displaying them in social media posts or parading them around the gym for everyone to see. More experienced lifters, however, know that damaged hands just slow you down. When the hands are torn or tender, barbell work becomes painful and difficult to [...]
Seth Tom is our latest featured athlete! Seth is a 16-year old weightlifter from San Francisco, California who currently competes in the 55 and 61 kg weight classes. Seth won the championship title in the 56-kg weight class (16-17 age group) at USA Weightlifting's 2018 Youth Nationals in Grand Rapids, Michigan in June 2018. [...]
Steroids. Testosterone. Human Growth Hormone. These performance enhancing substances are prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) when present in the body in high concentrations. Did you know that you can reap the benefit of these and other performance-enhancing substances, however, in a completely legal--and healthy--way through food? Here are 15 performance enhancing foods to [...]
Olympic weightlifting requires more than strength. It requires mobility, or flexibility through a range of motion. An athlete with limited mobility can still lift weights, but the athlete cannot reach his full potential as a weightlifter. For instance, an athlete who struggles to maintain an upright torso in the bottom of a squat can compensate [...]
What do kids like? According to Shiloh Ellis, youth athlete and coach, "Kids like games." At 12-years old, Shiloh is likely the youngest CrossFit and weightlifting coach in the United States. Shiloh is so passionate about coaching that he completed a CrossFit Level 1 course and received a special certificate for his efforts. Shiloh recently [...]
I recently observed an athlete perform 20 power jerks, 10 split jerks, 25 clean and jerks, 6 minutes of plank holds, and then finish by completing 120 dumbbell thrusters at 60% of bodyweight. All of the athlete's work was technically sound, and the athlete made no misses despite going up to 90% on the clean [...]
