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  • Training Program Update 13 Dec 2021

    Objectives The main objective for all athletes over the next 3 weeks is simply ‘maintenance’. The program download below advises you to keep the first week’s training well below weights…

  • 2021 Australian Youth and Under 15 Weightlifting Championships

    Align Fitness and Massage / Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania, Saturday 03 – Sunday 04 July, 2021 Change of Competition Format The Australian Youth and Under 15 Championships will go ahead…

  • Weightlifting competitions in Tasmania

    To those who are not aficionados, it is hard to describe the experience of participating in a Weightlifting competition and why, despite the perils of the day, it is such…

  • Caleb Lucas secures 105Kg in the Clean & Jerk.

    Presidents Cup Round 6

    Saturday 7 September, 2019, saw a great day’s competition at the southern event of the Presidents Cup Round 6 which was held at the Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania / Align…

  • Weightlifting Tasmania Costume

    Weightlifting Costumes

    Order your Weightlifting Costumes now! The delivery wait is 5 weeks. You will need to provide measurements. Please guide for how to measure to measure: Download the Measuring guide for Weightlifting…

  • Christmas and New Year Opening Hours

    Christmas and New Year Opening Hours for Training and Coaching at the Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania, Hobart.

  • Stephanie Pickrell of the Weightlifting Academy of Sport snatches 56Kg at the Australian Championships 2017

    Open Weightlifting Competition 16 June 2018

    Weightlifting competition at the Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania, 18 Knoll Street, Glenorchy. This competition is a part of the “Presidents Cup” run by Weightlifting Tasmania. Here is the SECOND draft…

  • Ideas for School Projects in Weightlifting

    Weightlifting is an excellent sport for a school science project. Here are some questions for students to ponder: Using the ‘principle of the lever’, explain why it is good technique…

  • Youth Weightlifting Program

    The Youth Program of the Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania is in full swing as our youngest athletes prepare for the Australian Youth Championships which will take place in Sydney on…

  • New Record for Competition Participants

    Round 5 of the Presidents Cup which will be held at the Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania on Saturday 15 August 2015, will have a record number of entrants. The competition is…