January 16, 2013 News & Features » Features

Heavy Lifting 

Olympic weightlifting: not just for muscled-up meatheads anymore

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I'm looking for the white lights to know I'm still alive. My trainer whispers into the stat keeper's ear, "One hundred kilograms." As the attempt is announced to the crowd, the loaders put more round weights on each end of the barbell…

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