The Arnold Weightlifting Championships: The Greatest Show in Weightlifting! - by Dan Bell



Weightlifting came to the Arnold Fitness Weekend in 2003 as a new event, given a chance by Arnold Schwarzenegger and his partner, Jim Lorimer, to bring the spotlight back to an Olympic sport in decline in the U.S. Having begun his career as a weightlifter on the Austrian national team, Arnold still has a soft spot in his heart for his first iron-game love. Jim Lorimer, along with lifting and coaching legend Frazier Ferguson, organized and ran the 1970 World Weightlifting Championship here in Columbus, when Vasily Alexiev broke the 500 pound Clean & Jerk barrier. Arnold and Jim wanted to see U.S. weightlifting prosper again and wanted to create something special for the sport. [ more ]

Posted September 16, 2008
Armwrestling Classic Breaks Records!

"Once again it was the masters who dominated the Arnold Classic Armwrestling Challenge. The 2008 Arnold was one of the most exciting events I have ever been o: it was filled with upsets! Only one of the new champions was under 40 years old, and George Iszakouits won a record-breaking sixth Arnold title." - From IronMind Magazine

We have a pdf of the magazine article available here. It is reprinted from MILO: A Journal for Serious Strength Athletes, June 2008, Vol 16, No. 1 with permission from IronMind Enterprises, Inc.
Posted August 5, 2008
Simply "Marvelous" Anthony
Marvelous Melvin Anthony - Internationally Acclaimed Champion Bodybuilder, All - Around Athlete, Dancer, Trainer, Celebrity and Winner of the 2008 Arnold Classic "Most Entertaining Posing Award". Anthony is a mass of pure muscle and a man who made it out of the streets and onto the center stage of every professional men's bodybuilding championship stage.

Melvin Anthony inspires countless athletes, young and old alike, to strive for their personal vision of perfection in everything they achieve. Anthony's inspirational story of overcoming adversity through self awareness and hard discipline had created his hard earned success.

ASF: Melvin you just returned from several weeks abroad traveling in Italy and Kuwait. Tell us about your travels.

Melvin: I just returned from Kuwait where I visited the "Oxygen Fitness Center" one of the best gyms in the world. They have every piece of equipment imaginable. It is a men's gym only with about 10,000 members. Bodybuilding is hugely popular in Kuwait. Dennis James got me involved in the visit to the Oxygen Gym. We met members, signed autographs, and met many people. It was a great trip. I also visited Italy and on later this week leave for Japan. I'm very fortunate.

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Posted June 10, 2008
Melvin Anthony "Most Entertaining" Posing Routine
Marvelous Melvin Anthony - Internationally Acclaimed Champion Bodybuilder, All - Around Athlete, Dancer, Trainer, Celebrity and Winner of the 2008 Arnold Classic "Most Entertaining Posing Award". Anthony is a mass of pure muscle and a man who made it out of the streets and onto the center stage of every professional men's bodybuilding championship stage.

[ See his "Most Entertaining" Posing Routine ]




Posted June 10, 2008
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