Bars and Belles

Sophia Louise / 22 /New York City + Los Angeles / Weightlifter for Waxman's Gym / XO / insta @lilmitrop

[thebarbelles]

Stoned at training like 🧚🏼‍♀️

[thebarbelles]

Snatch Magazine presents: A Love Letter to the Iron Game, a collaboration with Strong Strong Supply Co. Available tomorrow (Valentine’s Day) at thesnatchmagazine.com 💞

[rajasconqueso-deactivated201508]

Repeat after me: - Veganism is not affordable - Veganism is not cruelty free - Veganism is not the best choice for everyone

[caged-freedom-deactivated201702]

Repeat after me -I’m an idiot and wrong. -Veganism can be made affordable. -Veganism is fucking cruelty free. That’s what it’s all about. - Veganism is the best choice for everyone, if everyone did it. -I’m a fucking asshole for making this completely wrong text post and should shut the hell up now.

[latinagabi]

Exploiting undocumented immigrants, and other workers is cruelty free? Nearly 500,000 children as young as six harvest 25 percent of US crops.

But I guess brown people don’t fucking matter. 

[sissikuk]

People are literally starving in South America because all the Quinoa crop is being exported mainly for white vegans who want to live “cruelty-free” but don’t care about brown people as much as they do about animals.

[thequantumqueer]

plus, 4 of the 8 most common food allergies (soy, wheat, peanuts, and tree nuts) are common vegan substitutes.

[faethorne]

hello i am also here with The Science™ to back up the fact veganism is NOT even the most sustainable dietary option for humanity, like not even in the ballpark of close

[accras]

Serena Williams in the 2017 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

[thenordroom]

Art studio ideas // requested by anonymous.

Hope these pictures help! ♥

[getthickerandthicker]

Quiana Welch broke the American Record in the Snatch with 108kg/238# in the 75kg/165# class on her way to Gold in the total at the American Open Championships.

[90stvqueen]

my body: blease…. i beg ofyou,,,,, give me vegetal

me, shoveling handfuls of macaroni and cheese into my mouth:

[thebarbelles]

ATTN: WOMEN WHO WEIGHTLIFT

I’m in the process of creating the next issue of Snatch Magazine and I’m still looking for submissions!

Snatch Magazine is all about navigating the world as a woman who lifts. I’m looking for writing of any length about the topic of Olympic Weightlifting, sport, femininity or any combination! (It can even be stuff you’ve posted on Tumblr). I believe that all women in the sport have something of value to say and I want to create the platform for that to happen.

Please message me for more info! Or send stuff to [email protected] !! 

[weightliftingcanadian]

“Pancaked Good Mornings” from Sasha Nievas (58kg) and Joana Palacios (63kg) from Argentina. You won’t catch me doing these because I don’t have the mobility to maintain a neutral spine, but it’s so crazy to see lifters that do.

[hustleformuscle-deactivated2026]

Nationals 2017 is done!

It was a really, really bad day for me and I ended up learning a lot. Despite the shitty situation I still managed to come away with second in my weight class. Happy with the result but not happy with my performance. Either way, I have plenty to focus on and I’m looking forward to putting some time and effort in to training before my next comp in December.

Thank you to everyone who has messaged and who watched the webcast while I was going through a real rough patch. Your support means so much to me. 

[wrestlingisbest]

Vlad Rigert, son of Olympic and 5 x World Champion Dave Rigert

[pichelle]

The unfrilly, full-bodied version to my Olympic Xiaolin Showdown/Chronicles bbs post here. 

Oodles & oodles of doodles mode.

[midnightwingedraccoon-deactivat]

2011 World champion 62 kg lifter Zhang Jie snatching

[mastrength]

From the “Somewhere in China there’s a little girl warming up with your max” folder. Here is rep 3 of a 140kg back squat triple by 14 yo Luo Xiaoling (58kg). She did multiple sets at this weight in China’s National Training Base aka ‘Champion Factory’. This was during her afternoon session, she had snatched, deadlifted, and pulled in the morning session.

[barbellsandfortitude]

The truth is most of you won’t ever start because you don’t want to be seen starting at the bottom.

(via barbellsandfortitude)

[ruinedchildhood]

[biggerthan-thewholesky]

Pink’s speech after receiving the Video Vanguard Award at the 2017 VMAs x