Competitive sports often require special spaces or equipment, and that’s true of most strength sports. Weightlifting (the kind they do in the Olympics) requires bouncy bumper plates and a gym that won ...

Exercise tips: Structured strength training, when done correctly, helps in improving muscle strength, bone density, and fitness in youngsters and teenagers (Image: Canva) Powerlifting is often ...

Jun. 19—Claude Welcome, the ageless strongman, powered his way to a national championship. After more than a year of uncertainty because of the COVID-19 pandemic and few competitions, the 69-year old ...

Claude Welcome, the powerlifting coach at Abington Heights who has helped establish the sport in Northeast Pennsylvania, keeps pushing up the heavy weights. He represented the United States and ...

Most people have heard the phrase "everything is bigger in Texas," but many may not have realized that includes Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Tim Matthews. On Facebook Thursday, the North ...

17-year-old Abington Heights sophomore Matt Devine puts in a few more reps on the bench press. It was last march in Texas at nationals where Devine shined in the freshman/sophomore division. Weighing ...

A neurosurgeon has shared crucial gym safety advice after a 55-year-old Brazilian man died when a barbell slipped during a ...

Spokane nurse practitioner Marie Brenden can lift heavy loads. In April, doctors implanted a pacemaker, and a month later the 59-year-old grandmother did what few other people can do: She bench ...

Claude Welcome, the ageless strongman, powered his way to a national championship. After more than a year of uncertainty because of the COVID-19 pandemic and few competitions, the 69-year old won the ...