A crowd, gathered at the South Recreation Field, watches as a man raises a wide black log over his head. His face turns red, his teeth clench together and a low guttural sound escapes from his throat.

Weightlifting has been a staple of competition since humans developed the cognitive ability to look at each other's glutes, as the echoes of a softly grunted "pathetic" bounced against cave walls, ...

World's strongest man Lasha Talakhadze will miss the world weightlifting championships after winning the last 10 combined ...

China's Li Wenwen eased to victory Sunday in the women's heavyweight class to give her nation a fifth gold in the Olympic weightlifting competition in Paris -- hoisting her coach in the air to ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A new power lifting event has come to Myrtle Beach, giving power lifters a chance to come together and compete. The power lifting competition was held in the Crabtree ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Two local teenagers qualified and competed last month in the USA Weightlifting National Championships in Colorado Springs, the largest national weightlifting competition. Decker ...

LAKELAND — Ava Jowdy partially attributes her leg strength to power skating, as opposed to powerlifting. More than a decade's worth of hockey played on the outskirts of Boston gave Jowdy a base upon ...