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The Arnold Sports Festival is quickly approaching. Weightlifting is but one of many sports, but the Arnold has given us a great platform to promote the sport of weightlifting. Ask any competitor that has lifted in the Arnold Weightlifting Championships and they will tell you the crowds provide a whole new atmosphere for competing.

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When I first got involved with the sport of Olympic Style Weightlifting, I was easily enamored by the Russians and their dominance of the bigger weight classes during the 90’s.

With that being said, I too decided to buy a ‘Russian’ belt just like the ones I saw on all those videos of them dominating with big ole clean & jerks as I watched on my 36” state of the art TV that weighed 400lbs.   The nice shiny buckle and red ...

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(Columbus, Ohio) – The Arnold Sports Festival, the largest multi-sport event in the nation, will host the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Weightlifting and the 2012 National Weightlifting Championships in Columbus, Ohio from March 2-4.

The U.S. Olympic Team Trials and the National Championships will highlight the Arnold Weightlifting Championships, an event that debuted in ...

The Russian technique model is the best way to go for US lifters when attempting to learn how to perform the Snatch and Clean & Jerk. In a hundred years, when most of us will not be walking on this planet, the Russians will still have lifters performing the Olympic Lifts at a high degree of skill level compared to their counterparts. While there are a myriad of strength systems ...

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