Weight training is one of the most versatile types of training anyone can do, but it’s easy to see it as mainly focused on building muscle and losing weight.This traditional style of training focuses on heavy weights, fairly low reps, high intensity and is the type of training used by bodybuilders, powerlifters, and Olympic lifters. …
Watching an Olympic weightlifting competition, it might surprise you to see the build of the competitors. Many of them are large, without the defined muscle we imagine when we think of strength. To the casual observer, it might seem they all have something of a gut.There are many reasons why people choose to lift. For …
Weightlifting has many benefits, the main one being it allows you to build muscle strength. As we age, our joints become stiff, we lose muscle and our posture lapses. Weight lifting targets all of these: it helps build and retain muscles, lubricates joints and reduces stiffness, and strengthens our muscles and bones to reduce the …
There is no specific wage for Olympic weightlifters, and how much one may earn depends greatly on individual circumstance. Potentially, Olympic weightlifters can earn money through entering competitions, sponsorship, coaching, and training. Unfortunately, these options do come with a caveat. Olympic weightlifting is not for those who are looking for gains – at least, not …
When it comes to setting fitness goals and working towards achieving them, you’ll likely need to do a combination of both cardio work and weight training. However, the question of which should ideally come first is a dilemma for many in the fitness industry. In truth, there isn’t concrete evidence pointing either way. Ultimately, what …
A weightlifting belt, much as the name indicates, is a belt specifically designed for use with heavy weightlifting. It essentially has two main purposes and benefits: reducing the stress on your lower back, and preventing hyperextension when you lift the weights over your head. But should you get one? The answer to this depends on …
Finding the right form of exercise is the one of the first steps when it comes to losing weight. What activities are going to be effective, and what will work for you and your personal weight loss needs? It’s actually a common misconception that you have to be doing cardiovascular activity for weight loss. It’s …
There are many different opinions when it comes to whether or not you should use heavy or light weights to gain muscle. Many people believe that the heavier the weight is, the more stress you put on the muscle and, in turn, the bigger it will grow. While others believe that a lighter weight allows …
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There are many different types of lifting that you can do as you work on building up your muscle. Bodybuilding, powerlifting, and Olympic lifting, we want to focus on the later two. These two have a few primary differences that make them so different, which classifies them as very unique sports. Powerlifting focuses on strength …
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If powerlifting or weightlifting is something that you are interested in, or you are someone that wants to get into either type, then you might be wondering what actually makes them different. From an outside perspective, they may look like the same things, but these are two different competitive sports that have many differences. In …
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