Human weightlifting - it's Odd BoxSource: BBC News
A snowboarding dog, human weightlifting and a very expensive bottle of brandy.
It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
New Concerns Over Dietary Supplements - At War BlogSource: The New York Times
"All that deployed guys can do in their spare time is eat, read and pump iron," said Mr. Gatlin, who now works for a veterans assistance group. "Smoking, drinking and using supplements may not be very healthy, but neither is a 90-minute firefight."
The 14-year-old who can lift three times her own body weight Source: the Mail online
Think of a weightlifter and the image that comes to mind is of a musclebound hulk with thighs like treetrunks.
Think again.
Petite 14-year-old Zoe Smith has staked her claim to be the strongest girl in Britain after lifting almost two-thirds more than her bodyweight.
Rings: Beijing Air Thick on MondaySource: The New York Times
Erinn Smart, a fencer on the U.S. team, saw the thick haze blanketing this city Monday morning and knew it would mean trouble. Soon after, she felt a tickle in her throat, and the inevitable began.

The Arnold Sports Festival, brainchild of actor and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, wrapped up March 3 after three days of competition in 18 different sports, from armwrestling to fencing to bodybuilding and weightlifting.

Persistent reports of anabolic steroid abuse by professional athletes, many of whom are regarded as role models by young people, highlight the fact that we are now facing a very damaging message in our society—that bigger is better, and being the best is more important than how …

American consumers have long been skeptical about weight-loss supplements, and rightly so.
Casey Burgener- '06 Pan Am Champ QualifiersSource: Revver
Detailed Technical Analysis of 2006 Senior USA SuperHeavyweight National Champion, and Multiple Junior American Record Holder Casey Burgener in the 2006 Pan American Championship Qualifiers. Visit weightliftingexchange.com for more.
2006 Pan Am Womens Championship QualifiersSource: Revver
Highlights from the 2006 Womens Pan American Championship Qualifiers, with most of the stars from Olympic weightlifting in the USA. Visit weightliftingexchange.com for more.
2006 Pan Am Mens Championship QualifiersSource: Revver
Highlights from the 2006 Pan American Championship Qualifiers, with most of the stars in Olympic Weightlifting from the USA. Visit weightliftingexchange.com for more.

It seems like society makes you feel like you are lonely if you aren't married by the time you are thirty. And if you don't even have a girlfriend, you are in even worse shape. Screw that. If the right girl comes around, I would be all for it.
Record-breaking weightliftersSource: CNET News.com
Two Kingsford men won titles and set records at the AWPC World Powerlifting championships. Jeff Rebera, at a body weight of 198, deadlifted 600 pounds while setting three sub-master world records with his 733-pound squat, 490-pound bench and 1,823-pound total.

If you missed Part 1 here it is Now here's the second half of my conversation with WWE Superstar Marc Henry:

Gary Roberts is like a Terminator machine driving a Hummer hopped up on Energizer batteries.