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LaLanne recalls the initial reaction of doctors to his promotion of weight lifting: People thought I was a charlatan and a nut. The doctors were against me—they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive. [11]
Other weightlifting sports include stone lifting, powerlifting, kettlebell lifting, and para powerlifting—the weightlifting sport practiced at the Paralympic Games. Different weightlifting sports may be distinguished by the different ways of lifting a weight, and/or the objects lifted. Weightlifting events are key elements of strength athletics.
[4] [47] He felt he had to compete in the "Super Bowl of weight lifting"—the Arnold Strongman Classic—in honor of his mother, who gave him his first weight set when he was a child. [ 47 ] Four months prior to the contest, Henry began lifting the heaviest of weights and trained for the first time since 1997 for a major lifting competition ...
Jourdan Elizabeth Delacruz (/ ˈ dʒ ɔːr d ən ˈ d ɛ l ə k r uː z / JOR-dən DEL-ə-krooz; born May 20, 1998) [1] [2] is an American weightlifter.She is a bronze medalist at the World Weightlifting Championships and a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.
Caine Morgan Wilkes (born July 10, 1987) is an American weightlifter. [2] He is a three-time gold medalist in his event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. He also won the silver medal on four occasions. Wilkes represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
[8] [9] A few months later, Reichardt won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. [10] She also won the silver medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events. Reichardt competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi ...
Like his contemporary and future rival Doug Hepburn, Anderson quickly identified the squat as the most important exercise for developing strength. [8] On December 27, 1952, he set a new world record of 660.5 lb (299.6 kg) at the Chattanooga and Tennessee Weightlifting Championships, done at a bodyweight of 285 lbs (129.3 kg).
Tham "Thammy" Nguyen Gough (née Nguyen; / θj æ m w ɪ n /; Vietnamese: Nguyễn Thẩm, [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥˦ tʰaːm˧˩]; born 15 September 1996) is an Irish retired weightlifter who is known for being the first Irish weightlifter to win a senior medal at the European Weightlifting Championships.