Articles tagged "olympic weightlifting"

Some Advice On Reading "The Weightlifting Encyclopedia"

A Time Of Unprecedented Opportunity In Weightlifting

Fallacy #7: The athletes of any one country (eg, the US) can't beat the athletes from another (e.g. Russia).

Fallacy #6: Weightlifting muscles make you "musclebound."

Fallacy #5: Drug usage is rampant in the sport of weightlifting.

Fallacy #4: Weightlifting "stunts" your growth and has a very high injury rate.

Fallacy #3: Bodybuilders, football players, wrestlers, powerlifters, etc. are stronger than weightlifters.

Fallacy #2: Everyone who lifts weights is a "Weightlifter".

Some Common fallacies About the Sport of Weightlifting , Fallacy #1 Bigger ''muscles'' are strong muscles.

Why become a weightlifter?

What is Weightlifting?

What weightlifting is all about - it may not be what you think!