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2025 World’s Strongest Man Live Results & Leaderboard

Breaking: Rayno Nel is your 2025 World's Strongest Man champion! Stay tuned for more coverage! The 2025 World's Strongest Man (WSM) is underway May 15-18, 2025, in Sacramento, CA, at the California ... Continue Reading

Mark Philippi Brings a Legacy of Strength to the Chicago Bears

It is not typically breaking news when an NFL team hires a new coach. However, the Chicago Bears announced in early 2025 that they brought on Mark Philippi as their new strength and conditioning coach for ... Continue Reading

Phil Heath’s Reaction to the 2025 Pittsburgh Pro Results

The 2025 Pittsburgh Pro, held in Pittsburgh, PA, from May 10-11, marked its largest edition. For the first time, the event featured a Men’s Open division. Traditionally reserved as a guest posing ... Continue Reading

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Adidas Releases the Training Spezial – A Functional Throwback Redesigned for High-Level Sport

At the 2024 French Throwdown, Laura Horvath took to the competition floor clad in emerald green Adidas trainers. At that moment, viewers’ virtual shopping carts began filling with the 1980s ... Continue Reading

Siria Meha

Siria Meha Chases Lifelong Dream; Leads CrossFit Semifinals 

Since she was a little girl watching sports on TV, Siria Meha has dreamed of becoming a professional athlete.  Now, that dream seems to be coming true for the 26-year-old: Meha currently holds first ... Continue Reading

The Legend of O.D. Wilson — the Uncrowned World’s Strongest Man

It is easy for strength fans to rattle off the names of World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champions or many elite powerlifters, but other strength legends left their mark without winning the biggest ... Continue Reading

New Study for Bigger Biceps Says to Curl How You Want

“A curl is a curl” is an outdated maxim misaligned with evidence of different growth outcomes via angle variety. In May 2025, House of Hypertrophy (HoH) added a new study to their ongoing analysis of the ... Continue Reading

Why Andrew Jacked Trains Calves on Push Day

2025 Arnold Classic heavyweight bronze medalist Chinedu Andrew Obiekea (Andrew Jacked) garnered attention for his hulking physique. Four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler believes Jacked has the physique that ... Continue Reading

Will Tennyson’s Journey to Earning His WNBF Pro Card

Content creator Will Tennyson documented his journey to becoming a professional natural bodybuilder. On May 9, 2025, Tennyson shared the final hours of prep and competitive debut highlights from ... Continue Reading

The winners of the 2025 French Throwdown on the podium.

4 French Throwdown Performances You Might Have Missed

While most of the sport's top names competed at the World Fitness Project (WFP) Tour Event I in Indianapolis, IN, over the weekend, many of Europe’s CrossFit Games hopefuls gathered in Montpellier, France, ... Continue Reading

2025 Ireland’s Strongest Man Results

The 2025 Ireland's Strongest Man (ISM) contest occurred on May 5, 2025, in Belfast, Ireland. The single-day competition featured 16 athletes battling through five events: Bar Bending, Incline Log Press, ... Continue Reading

Alex Gazan

Alex Gazan Wins World Fitness Project, Sets Sights on NorCal Next 

Three-time CrossFit Games veteran Alex Gazan is on a quest to achieve the goal she and her coach, Justin Cotler, set for this season:  This past weekend, she took a big first step, nabbing first place ... Continue Reading

The Perfect Pre-Workout Meal According to Science 

Why do some workouts feel epic while others suck? Diet habits can make or break progress. Fueling performance is more nuanced than many realize, and you shouldn’t wing it.  Renaissance ... Continue Reading

How to Watch the 2025 World’s Strongest Man

The 2025 World's Strongest Man (WSM) contest will be held in Sacramento, CA, from May 15 to 18, 2025. For the first time in three years, the contest will return to the California State Railroad ... Continue Reading

Eddie Hall, Tom Stoltman, and Zydrunas Savickas.

Every Winner of the World’s Strongest Man Competition

Since 1977, the World’s Strongest Man (WSM) contest determines the crème de la crème in the sport of strongman. What started as a unique series of strength tests has evolved into an annual event watched by ... Continue Reading

2025 China DMS JiangYin Pro Bodybuilding Show Results

The 2025 China DMS JiangYin Pro was held in JiangYin, China, and it was one of three IFBB Professional League events taking place on the weekend of May 10-11, 2025. This contest served as ... Continue Reading

Jonne Koski

Jonne Koski Brings a Decade of Experience to the WFP Stage

Jonne Koski traveled to Carson, CA, in 2014 to compete in his first CrossFit Games at 19 years old.  He had been training with his friends and fellow 2014 CrossFit Games rookies Lukas Hoberg and ... Continue Reading

Nick Walker Officially Declares for the 2025 New York Pro

The 2025 New York Pro is scheduled for May 17 in Teaneck, NJ. The contest features nine divisions: Nick Walker is the defending champion in the Men's Open division. He officially announced his entry ... Continue Reading

2025 Kokeny Classic Hungary Pro Bodybuilding Show Results

The 2025 Kokeny Classic Hungary Pro occurred in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday, May 10. Three 2025 Olympia qualifications were on the line for the 212, Classic Physique, and Bikini divisions. The winners ... Continue Reading

HYROX signs above a crowd

CrossFit HQ Gives HYROX a Nod – Here’s Why It Matters

CrossFitters, from everyday gym-goers to the elite (think Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr and Justin Medeiros), have begun to explore HYROX racing. However, until very recently, CrossFit as a brand hasn’t expressed ... Continue Reading

2025 Pittsburgh Pro Bodybuilding Show Results

The 2025 Pittsburgh Pro was held on May 10-11, 2025, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. This event was deemed the largest edition of the show to date, thanks to ... Continue Reading

Men’s Open Bodybuilder Regan Grimes 3,000-Calorie Prep Diet

Men’s Open bodybuilder Regan Grimes has fine-tuned his diet for the 2025 New York Pro, set for Saturday, May 17, 2025. With his sights on victory and 2025 Olympia qualification, Grimes shared his ... Continue Reading

Mitchell Hooper’s Deadlift Pyramid Training and 3 Accessory Exercises for 2025 World’s Strongest Man Prep

The 2025 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) competition occurs in Sacramento, CA, from May 15-18. The contest features some of the strongest athletes on the planet. Among them is Mitchell Hooper, a ... Continue Reading

World Fitness Project

Alex Gazan, Austin Hatfield Take WFP Tour Event 1 in Down-to-the-Wire Finishes

After a close battle at the top of the leaderboard, Alex Gazan and Austin Hatfield came out victorious at the World Fitness Project (WFP) Tour Event I in Indianapolis, IN. Rounding out the top three ... Continue Reading

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