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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).
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.
Charles Atlas (born Angelo Siciliano; October 30, 1892 – December 24, 1972) [2] was an American bodybuilder best remembered as the developer of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program which spawned a landmark advertising campaign featuring his name and likeness; it has been described as one of the longest-lasting and most memorable ad campaigns of all time.
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.
[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 ...
At the Texas High School Powerlifting Championships in April 1990, Terry Todd, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin and former weightlifter, spotted Henry and persuaded him to go to Austin after he graduated to train in the Olympic style of weightlifting. [28]
Henderson bench pressed unequipped in the strictest meaning of the word - without belt, without elbow bandages and even without wrist wraps - in just a T-shirt and a singlet. Although Shear'Ree was the first man to bench press 700 pounds (317.5 kg), Henderson has his place in the record books as the second ever to press 700 pounds raw, without ...
Coan started out as a skinny kid being picked on at school, and decided to take up bodybuilding in his basement using old iso-kinetic cord machines. He eventually moved on to an Olympic weightlifting set owned by a friend, guided by the exercise instructions in Arnold Schwarzenegger's book: Education of a Bodybuilder.