Name: David Urovish Age: 16 (17 on November 22nd) Height/Weight: 5’8”/100kg Current City: Staten Island, NY Gym: My Garage Occupation: Student Competition PRs: Snatch- 120kg, Clean And Jerk- 156kg Tell us about your athletic background, how you got into weightlifting, and…
This article was written by Marilyn Chychota A former pro athlete in equestrian show jumping, cycling, and triathlon, Marilyn Chychota discusses her transition to Masters weightlifting and offers advice for others to do the same A question I’ve been asked…
Interview with Marilyn Chychota How long have you been training as a weightlifter now, and how did you find Matt Foreman as your coach? I got into weightlifting through CrossFit, like a lot of people. I always knew about weightlifting…
In 2000, Tara (Nott) Cunningham became the first American weightlifter to win an Olympic gold medal in 40 years. This was also the inaugural year for women’s weightlifting as an official Olympic sport, making Tara the first women’s Olympic gold…
Ursula Garza Papandrea currently coaches for Texas Barbell Club, which won the Men’s Team Champion title at 2014 USAW Nationals. She is a two-time Senior National Champion, two-time Olympic Festival Champion, five-time World Team Member (1992-1996), for former record holder…
I’d imagine a lot of skills would transfer from throwing to weightlifting. Was there anything that you found particularly challenging when you shifted your focus to weightlifting, and what did you do to address it? Strength training was a big…
To say I had a “crazy weekend” would not even begin to describe my experience these past few days. I was at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, which hosted the 2015 USA Weightlifting American Open and the USA Powerlifting…
Iron Athlete and CoreCrossFit are excited to announce that we will be joining forces! The Woodshed Weightlifting Club at Core CrossFit will become part of The Iron Athlete Club. Iron Athlete Weightlifting Coach Matt Foreman will continue to coach the…
Age: 16 years old Height/Weight: 5’ 8”; 62kg (136.4lbs) Current City: Charleston, IL Competition PRs: 88kg (193.6lb) Snatch; 108kg (237.6lb) Clean and Jerk Tell us a bit about your athletic background and what brought you to Olympic weightlifting I was a pretty…
As an introduction for our readers, could you speak a little about your athletic background and what brought you to weightlifting? I had an older brother who was a college football player, and he was extremely strong. He introduced me…