In a time before powerlifting meets, organized weightlifting competitions, and bodybuilding shows, strength athletes often showcased their talents at circuses and in vaudeville acts. Strength was more ... Continue Reading
2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships Full Results
Continental weightlifting in Asia has flown under the radar for the past year or so, but things were not low key at the 2023 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Asian Weightlifting Championships ... Continue Reading
Sole E20 Elliptical Review
Finding a solid elliptical for your home gym can be essential for those who want to skip out on the stress that running can have on your joints, and one of our favorites is the Sole ... Continue Reading
The Best Fruit and Vegetable Supplements for Taste, Probiotics, Fiber, and More
We all know that kids don’t always like to eat their fruits and vegetables, and that preference can carry on into adulthood. Some simply dislike the taste, while many others find the texture off-putting. ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Jamal Browner Shows a Full Day of Eating As He Preps for His Strongman Debut
Powerlifter Jamal Browner is undeniably one of the best deadlifters on the planet. The 27-year-old phenom has pulled everything from 426.4 kilograms (940 pounds) to a milestone 500 kilograms (1,102 pounds) ... Continue Reading
What Is TDEE? Your Guide to Total Daily Energy Expenditure
What you do in the kitchen and what you do in the gym are intrinsically linked. Nutrition for athletes is the physical fuel behind everything from bodybuilding workouts to finally cracking the strength ... Continue Reading
2023 Musclecontest International Ireland Pro Classic Physique Show Preview
The 2023 Musclecontest International Ireland Pro show is set to take place on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick, Ireland. One division will be featured at this event, the ... Continue Reading
2023 Musclecontest California Night of Champions Pro Bikini Division Show Preview
Four pro bodybuilding contests will occur on the second weekend in May. One of them will take place in the Golden State: the 2023 IFBB Pro League Musclecontest California Night of Champions Pro Bikini ... Continue Reading
2023 Tropicarium Budapest IFBB Pro League Show Preview
Four Men's Physique athletes and 13 Bikini division competitors will step onstage in Budapest on Sunday, May 14, 2023, at the IFBB Pro League's 2023 Tropicarium Budapest Pro in Budapest. The winners of ... Continue Reading
2023 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Preview
The 2023 IFBB Pro League Pittsburgh Pro is scheduled for the weekend of May 12-13, 2023, in Pittsburgh, PA. Six pro divisions are featured in this contest, and 100 athletes from 18 different countries will ... Continue Reading
The Murph CrossFit Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Experience Level
Every Memorial Day, CrossFitters emerge from their boxes ready to rumble. Totaling a two-mile journey — plus 600 bodyweight reps while wearing a weighted vest — the Murph CrossFit workout will challenge ... Continue Reading
Try Six-Time Figure Olympia Champ Cydney Gillon’s 3-Exercise Ab Workout
Bodybuilder Cydney Gillon has one of the most well-defined midsections in the IFBB Pro League. She's utilized that conditioning to six consecutive Figure Olympia titles, including her most recent defense ... Continue Reading
Dr. Layne Norton Explains: Is Ice Cream Healthy?
In the May 2023 issue of The Atlantic, an article written by David Merritt Johns titled "Nutrition Science's Most Preposterous Result" made waves through the fitness world. The most noteworthy part ... Continue Reading
Do the Hex Press for Next-Level Chest Gains
If you train your chest seriously, you’ve probably done plenty of barbell bench pressing. And dumbbell bench pressing. Oh, and you can’t forget the incline press for those upper pecs, of course. And then ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Blocks vs. the Hang: The Differences & When to Use Each
The barbell starts motionless on the floor at every weightlifting competition and ends up at arm’s length overhead. That’s the game; get an object from point “A” to point “B” as quickly and efficiently as ... Continue Reading
Bowflex C6 Exercise Bike Review
Exercise bikes are an excellent way to implement cardio into your workout routine without putting excess stress on your joints. While they come in many forms, the Bowflex C6 Exercise Bike ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Shane Hunt (125KG) Deadlifts a 420-Kilogram (926-Pound) Triple PR In Training
You can tell an athlete is deadlifting some serious weight when the barbell starts to bend with each rep. And that's exactly what happened when 125-kilogram powerlifter Shane Hunt pulled a 420-kilogram ... Continue Reading
Heather Connor (47KG) Deadlifts More Than Her Raw World Record Twice in Training
Elite 47-kilogram powerlifter Heather Connor is training for the upcoming International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) 2023 Classic World Championships. She shared some training lifts on her Instagram page ... Continue Reading
NASM Certified Personal Trainer Course Review
NASM launched the seventh iteration of their Certified Personal Trainer course (CPT) in 2021, which includes evidence-based approaches to client relations, assessment, exercise technique, program design, ... Continue Reading
ISSA Certified Personal Trainer Certification Review
Personal training can be a lucrative and fulfilling career path as it allows you to help others find their passion for fitness. The International Sports Science Association (ISSA) is a well-known personal ... Continue Reading
Learn 2023 World’s Strongest Man Mitchell Hooper’s Tips for Maximizing Recovery
Despite winning the World's Strongest Man (WSM) contest two weeks ago, Mitchell Hooper is already back to educating fans who dream of getting stronger. On May 2, 2023, Hooper published a video on his ... Continue Reading
Daria Rusanenko (84KG) Squats New IPF World Record of 276 Kilograms (608.5 Pounds)
Daria Rusanenko is the new queen of the equipped squat at 84-kilograms. The 22-year-old lifted in the Open class at the 2023 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Equipped Championships in ... Continue Reading
Best Ellipticals in 2025, Tested and Picked by Experts
When it comes to low-impact cardio training, ellipticals can be tough to beat. Serving as one of the best cardio machines, these units can be ideal for taking some stress off your joints while also ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Tian Tao (89KG) Sets 222-Kilogram World Record Clean & Jerk at 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships
The ink had hardly dried before it was wiped away. On May 10, 2023, Tian Tao returned to the weightlifting stage for the first time in over three years at the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships (AWC). ... Continue Reading