As any fitness enthusiast knows, there are dozens of ways to lift weights for strength training. However, the sport of weightlifting recognizes just two lifts for competition: the snatch and the clean ...

Discs are loaded identically on either side of the bar in order to ensure the bar is perfectly balanced at the center. Weighing 2.5kg (5.5 lbs) each, a collar is placed on either end of the bar to ...

Olivia Reeves won her first world weightlifting title, four months after becoming the first American to take Olympic gold in the sport since 2000. Reeves, a 21-year-old from Chattanooga, Tennessee ...