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Aimee Leann Delgado Wins 2024 San Diego Championships Pro Bikini Division Show

IFBB Pro League Bikini competitor Aimee Leann Delgado has her first pro win of the 2024 season. She scored gold at the 2024 San Diego Championships Pro in San Diego, CA, on March 30, 2024. The Bikini ... Continue Reading

Long Length Partials Feature

Opinion: Long-Length Partial Reps Are Overrated for Bodybuilding

At my gym, (and probably at yours, too) there’s an older gentleman who spends his workouts idling on various machines, performing quarter-range-of-motion everything before heading home. Good on him for ... Continue Reading

Ri Song Gum 221KG World Record Total

Weightlifter Ri Song Gum (49KG) Sets 221KG Total World Record at 2024 IWF World Cup

North Korean weightlifters may not be eligible for the 2024 Olympic Games, but that isn't stopping the People's Republic from rewriting the record books. On Apr. 1, 2024, during the Women's 49-kilogram ... Continue Reading

Hou Zhihui 97 Kilogram Snatch World Record

Weightlifter Hou Zhihui (49KG) Sets 97KG Snatch World Record at 2024 IWF World Cup

Team China is in top form. With only a few short months until the 2024 Paris Olympics, the most dominant weightlifting team in the world — thanks to athletes like 49-kilogram Hou Zhihui — is putting on a ... Continue Reading

One of the Best Exercise Bikes for Under $1000.

The 7 Best Exercise Bikes Under $1,000 of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

If you’ve got cash burning a hole in your pocket and you’re looking for the best exercise bikes that money can buy, we salute you. Congratulations on your wealth, please adopt me. As for those on a budget, ... Continue Reading

Looking at one of the Best Exercise Bikes for Tall Riders.

The 6 Best Exercise Bikes for Tall Riders of 2025, Ridden and Approved by Our Experts

Whether they’re shopping for shoes, clothing, or tiny houses, taller consumers can often find their options lacking — and at-home fitness equipment isn’t always that much more accommodating. Thankfully, ... Continue Reading

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CAROL Bike Review (2025): Efficient AI-Powered Cardio — For a Price

Sure, artificial intelligence may very well take over the world, eliminate our jobs, and destroy humanity, but we love what it’s capable of when integrated with one of the best exercise bikes we’ve tested. ... Continue Reading

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Does Creatine Help You Lose Weight? Your Questions Answered by Our Experts

Creatine is a popular dietary supplement used to build muscle and improve athletic performance. Many of the best creatine supplements are popular amongst bodybuilders, Olympic weightlifters, ... Continue Reading

Won Hyon Sim Triple World Records 2024 IWF World Cup

Weightlifter Won Hyon Sim (45KG) Sets Triple World Records at 2024 IWF World Cup

Things started off with a bang at the 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup, thanks to weightlifter Won Hyon Sim. Sim, the inaugural world record holder in the Women's 45-kilogram ... Continue Reading

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Is Pilates the Key to Strength Training Stability? Here’s the Classic Pilates Workout, Explained by an Instructor

If you’re a barbell devotee, you may be quick to dismiss quieter forms of exercise like walking, yoga, and Pilates. But that would be to the detriment of your routine. These low-impact forms of working out ... Continue Reading

A person doing treadmill workouts for weight loss.

The Best Treadmill Workouts for Weight Loss, Directly From a Personal Trainer

To build your squat, you’ll need to squat — makes sense. Adding mass means hitting high-intensity sets targeting specific muscle groups — all in all, fairly simple. But the logistics of weight loss are a ... Continue Reading

Mitchell Hooper and Dr. Mike Israetel Dissect Training for Size Versus Strength

On March 28, 2024, the reigning World’s Strongest Man (WSM) and Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC) champion Mitchell Hooper published a video on his YouTube channel featuring an interview with exercise ... Continue Reading

Jake running on the treadmill.

Are Treadmill Dancing Workouts Serious? Yes. A Treadmill Specialist Explains How to Do it Right

If you’re a pure strength athlete, you may have never been much of a cardio enthusiast. Your tendency has always been to look at cardio as a necessary evil that you need for your heart health. That’s when ... Continue Reading

2024 Houston Tournament of Champions Pro Wellness Division Show Preview

The 2024 Houston Tournament of Champions Pro show will occur in The Woodlands, TX, on Saturday, March 30, 2024. The headline of this event will be the IFBB Pro League Wellness division, and eight athletes ... Continue Reading

Strength Weekly 3/29

1047 Pound Squat DOUBLE! (And Nick Walker Is Back) — Strength Weekly 3/29

Strength Weekly is bringing you all the news from around the barbell game. This week, we're covering: Here's our run of show: 00:57 Run of show 02:13 Zahir Khudayarov's massive squat 06:18 Nick ... Continue Reading

A man lifting weights in a Major Fitness home gym.

7 Reasons to Buy an All-in-One Gym Machine

Like much of the world, you're now working from home three days a week and can sneak in a quick workout mid-day. If only your gym weren't a 15-minute drive away. So you continue to train after work at ... Continue Reading

2024 San Diego Championships Pro Bikini Division Show Preview

The 2024 San Diego Championships Pro is slated for Saturday, March 30, 2024, in San Diego, CA. The show will feature the IFBB Pro League Bikini division. Sixteen athletes will compete for the win and ... Continue Reading

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Mountain Dog Training: Understanding John Meadows’ Philosophy for Maximum Muscle Growth

John “the Mountain Dog” Meadows passed away on Aug. 8, 2021. He was 49 years old. Meadows’ death sent ripples around the globe as the bodybuilding community at large mourned the passing of a titan. ... Continue Reading

2024 Klash Series Championship Pro Bikini Division Show Preview

Twenty-four IFBB Pro League Bikini division athletes are set to compete at the 2024 Klash Series Championship Pro show in Orlando, FL, on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Those athletes will try to earn ... Continue Reading

A person doing lunges as one of the best stretches to do before a run.

The Best 8 Stretches to Do Before a Run, According to a CPT

The sun is shining, you’re lacing up your running shoes, and you’re ready to head out and clear your mind on a run. Before you go, taking a few minutes to do a dynamic warm-up can help you prepare your ... Continue Reading

Opinion: The Sport of Weightlifting Sucks to Watch in 2024

By the numbers, weightlifting is thriving: The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships hosted more competitors than in any year prior. A few weeks after that, Bulgarian prodigy Karlos Nasar set social media ... Continue Reading

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The 11 Best Triceps Exercises and Workouts, Recommended by a CPT

The biceps get too much credit. Don’t get us wrong; training your biceps is a must for bigger and stronger arms. But your triceps make up two-thirds of your upper arm mass and cover the entirety of the ... Continue Reading

A person doing the bench press, following one of the bench press programs.

The 5 Best Bench Press Programs to Help You Lift More

Everyone likes to bench — us included. But let’s be honest, unless you’re a beginner, you won’t get far by waltzing into the gym, loading up a barbell, and mindlessly pounding away at set after ... Continue Reading

How Pro Bodybuilders Tefani-Sam Razhi and Melissa Brodsky Build Shoulders With Coach Joe Bennett

On March 25, 2024, Joe Bennett, known as the Hypertrophy Coach, published a video on his YouTube channel wherein he led Wellness pro Tefani-Sam Razhi and Figure pro Melissa Brodsky through a ... Continue Reading

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