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Study: Weightlifting helps breast cancer survivors

Breast cancer survivors have been getting bum advice. For decades, many doctors warned that lifting weights or even heavy groceries could cause painful arm swelling. New research shows that weight training actually helps prevent this problem.

Robertson Says He Really Leg-Pressed a Ton

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says it is the God's honest truth — he did, indeed, once leg-press a ton when he was almost 73 and had prostate cancer, and he still regularly lifts up to 1,200 pounds with his legs.

India's Weightlifting Team Barred

India's weightlifting team was suspended from international competition after four of its athletes failed doping tests.

Study: Lifting Weights Attacks Belly Fat

By just lifting weights twice a week for an hour, women can battle the buildup of tummy fat that often takes hold with aging, a new study suggests. And they didn't even diet.

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Human weightlifting - it's Odd Box
Source: 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 Blog
Source: 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 Monday
Source: 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.

Final Results From The Arnolds

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.

Towne Athletic Club
Source: MiddletownUSA.com

Health club video in Middletown, Ohio

Anabolic Steroid Abuse

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 …

New Science-Based Guide To Natural Fat-Loss

American consumers have long been skeptical about weight-loss supplements, and rightly so.

Skim milk best for pumping up muscle mass
Source: CNN

Weightlifters who drink skim milk after a workout will build about twice as much muscle as those who rely on soy beverages, a new study suggests.

Casey Burgener- '06 Pan Am Champ Qualifiers
Source: 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.

Technique Analysis of Olympian Oscar Chaplin- '06 Pan Am Champ Qualifiers
Source: Revver

Detailed Technical Analysis of 2000 and 2004 Olympian, 2000 Junior World Champion, Six Time Senior USA National Champion, and Multiple Junior and Senior American Record Holder Oscar Chaplin III in the 2006 Pan American Championship Qualifiers.

Technique Analysis of Olympian Chad Vaughn from '06 Pan Am Champ Qualifiers
Source: Revver

Detailed Technical Analysis of 2004 Olympian and Five Time Consecutive Senior USA National Champion Chad Vaughn in the 2006 Pan American Championship Qualifiers. Visit weightliftingexchange.com for more.

2006 Pan Am Womens Championship Qualifiers
Source: 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 Qualifiers
Source: 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.

Highlights From OIympic Weightlifting Competition
Source: Revver

Highlights from the 2007 Mushtok Potato Open, Venice Florida, 2/3/2007

Study Of An Intermediate Level Olympic Weightlifter
Source: Revver

A Detailed Video Study of Upcoming Olympic Weightlifter John Clutter's Snatch and Clean and Jerk Technique

Will lifting weights make me musclebound?
Source: thefinalsprint.com

Training for strength improves coordination. Your brain is a master switchboard that coordinates your muscles.

Why it's OK to be single....

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 weightlifters
Source: 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.

Part 2-Interview With the World's Strongest Man

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

Gary Roberts gets Physical

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

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