210kg Snatch, 250kg Clean and Jerk, 920lb raw deadlift, 2,221 raw total, 3rd at 2010 World’s Strongest Man and 19’ 56# weight over bar, quite a list of accomplishments and they all belong to one man, Mikhail “Misha” Koklyaev. Misha is undoubtedly the most well-rounded strength athlete of all-time, the only one who can lay [...]

Juggernaut would like to congratulate Colin Burns on his selection to the US Team for the Pan/Am Games! Way to go Colin!! The snatch is quite possibly the most technical lift in all of weight training.  The combination of strength, power, timing, and mobility is quite unique to this movement.  For most, the greatest are [...]

Unless you are at least a national level competitor, weightlifting is generally not considered a seasonal sport.  Therefore it may seem counterintuitive to plan off-season training for a weightlifter.  However, I have found that brief cycles of a GPP bias in training serve my lifters well.  It breaks the monotony, serves to increase work capacity [...]

Throwing is one of the most overlooked sports of Strength Sports.  There is minimal info, compared to Powerlifting, Strongman or Weightlifting, regarding on how to train for it and of the info out there, very little of it addresses how to properly train to throw farther.  I wrote Training LAB to address this issue.  I [...]

By Courtney Gould So many people these days see the images of people on the internet, in person, and in magazines and get this need and desire to live up to that image.  How much do these air brushed images affect the way you see yourself and what you don’t like about yourself? If you’re anything like me… [...]

Welcome the newest member of Team Juggernaut, Olympic Lifter, Colin Burns! Name: Colin Burns Age: 29 Height/Weight: 5’9”, recently made the move from 94kg to 85kg Hometown: Monroe, WI Current City: Grand Rapids, MI Years Training: 17 years Years Competing: around 3 years PRs in relevant lifts/events: 155kg snatch, 175kg clean and jerk Where you Train: Currently I train at Crossfit 616 here in [...]

Simply put, Shane Hamman is the greatest American Olympic lifter ever. Hamman is the American Record holder in the 105+kg class in the Clean & Jerk (237.5kg), Snatch (197.5kg) and Total (430kg). In addition to his Olympic lifting prowess and two appearances on the Olympic team, Hamman is also the IPF World Record holder in [...]

Check Out the Darkside Crossfit Training Log Here Last Sunday, we took 5 lifters to the worst most digusting city ever… Lexington, to compete in a USAW meet. For 3 of our lifters, Nathan, Lauren, and Lauren, it was their first meet. Lauren C. – Lauren has been about to shit herself with nervousness all [...]

Check Out Courtney’s Training Log Here I was informed Friday afternoon that my Coach wasn’t going to be able to make it the meet.  I let him know that was fine, it was a long drive, and I would be just fine on my own. After sitting in the sauna for 3 hours, I was [...]

Check Out Courtney’s Training Log Here Name:Courtney Gould Age: 26 Height/Weight: 135lbs/5’2” Hometown: Oroville, WA Current City: Portland, OR Years Training: 8ish years Years Competing: 7 Months PRs in relevant lifts/events: Current Best Lifts: Snatch: 63kgs Clean: 79kgs Clean & Jerk: 70kgs Squat: 250lbs Bench: 145lbs Deadlift: 330lbs Where you Train: Elite Performance Center & [...]