lite athletes today are bigger, stronger, and can lift heavier weights than ever before. Even in the lowest weight classes, they lift two, three, or even five times their own body weight.

I digress.) I—like many people who played sports growing up—was erroneously told by many strength and conditioning coaches that “you should only be lifting weights you’re able to grip,” ...

The 21-year-old had been using an aerobic step to perform calf raises while on a piece of weight-lifting equipment called a Smith machine. CCTV showed Mohammed slipping off the step, which caused ...