Walk into any commercial gym and you’ll notice most guys do a lot of pushing exercises like the bench press, pushup, military ...

There are several different safety squat bar designs and manufacturers, so size and weight may vary. Some companies make the ...

A SEVENTEEN-year-old champion powerlifter was crushed to death by her own 270kg barbell which snapped her neck in a gym. Yashtika Acharya, from Rajasthan, western India, was a promising young ...

If you have larger hands, any normal barbell should be fine—that usually ... so you can see exactly how I do it. (I'm sure every lifter has their own idiosyncrasies, but mine should be a solid ...

The snatch, traditionally contested first in Olympic competition, is a two-armed lift during which the athlete must raise the barbell overhead in one fluid motion, then rise to an upright standstill.

Witnesses to the event reported that, during her second attempt to lift the barbell, the young athlete lost her balance, and the load fell on her neck. Despite the immediate efforts of her coach ...