The History of Weight Lifting

The history of weight lifting depicts that in prehistoric tribes the testing of manhood was done by weight lifting. They have lifted heavy stones such as Blue stones of old Dailly, Dinnie Stones and Inver stone to show their power. It was the matter of prestige to the tribal kingdom in ancient age however, it is not possible to find the exact date of the first weight lifting championship.

The testing of human strength is very old. Lifting heavy object images are shown in ancient Egyptian records, which are in scripted, in Chinese text and Greek carvings.

Weight lifting is a sport in which participants attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel and barbell. Precisely, the execution of which is a combination of flexibility, power, concentration, will power, skills, discipline, athleticism, fitness, technique, physical and mental strength. Weight lifting trains the athlete for functional strength, utilizing the body's major muscle groups.

Weight Lifting (extreme Sports)

Weight lifting plays an important role in the success of many athletes, however, when not done according to the proper method, it can cause many problems concerning your health. Technique is the most important part in lifting the weight, and without proper method, weight lifters will get hurt before they have the opportunity to receive the benefits from weight lifting.

Considering the available facts, the history of weight lifting first began in Europe in the late 1880 and the champion of the competition was crowned in 1891. On those periods, there were no other sub division and the crown went to the man able to lift the maximum weight. Weight lifting competition was clubbed as a part of athletics in 1896; however, weight lifting was excluded in the 1900 games. Again, the art of weight lifting was noticed in 1904, but the game was not included in Olympics until 1920, weight lifting has been accepted as a game and provided with its own right.

In those periods, the Olympics introduced some strange weight lifting programs such as, one and two handed lift with no weight division however, rules where changed in 1932 and five sub divisions had been established and that form three disciplines for the competition snatch, press, and clean and jerk.

In snatch, the weight lifter lifts the weight above the head in one fast-uninterrupted movement however, in the clean and jerk movement the weight is brought to the shoulders and after that weight is jerked above the head. Later in 1972, press division was abolished and only snatch and clean jerk where accepted as the sports to the Olympic discipline.

As a revolution in 2000, women also put their feet in this powerful event in Sydney. Hence, the history of weight lifting shows the journey of the powerful game to attain a high level place in the world of Olympics.