Zack Telander

The inclusion of transgender athletes in sport is a difficult topic to understand and prescribe rules for, not least in a sport like weightlifting where the difference in ability between men and women...

2 Mars 20201h 26min

Potentially the most eventful week of weightlifting in years outside of major competition. Not only has the coronavirus forced a location change for the Asian Championships, but it has forced the canc...

26 Feb 202036min

I do not believe that there is a better podcast out there on cutting weight for competitions. Danny Lennon is an absolute legend in the nutrition department, hosting arguably the best sports nutrition...

24 Feb 20201h 21min

An Athlete Advisory Council has been proposed at an IWF ‘think tank’ meeting. The Advisory Council proposal would see two athletes, one male and one female, from each continent sitting on the council ...

19 Feb 202019min

Jon North never fails to bring energy to any conversation, and this was no exception. After a quick review of Jon's current favourite Netflix shows, we ended up deconstructing the pull and talking arm...

17 Feb 20201h 10min

I wanted to go through the data on Sohrab Moradi and Kianoush Rostami's current Olympic bid, to see whether it was possible to draw some likely conclusions and predictions. The International Solidarit...

13 Feb 202037min

This week's Morning Brew was so fun and interesting that we decided to release it to you all! We spoke about when to make a program more complicated, the Roma WWC, training for just 30 minutes a day, ...

10 Feb 20201h 34min

An extraordinary week in the weightlifting world. The entire Thai board resigned from their positions due to claims of corruption, Richard McLaren was hired to to investigate claims made by the recent...

5 Feb 202036min