Increasing your lower body power has huge carryover into everything from Olympic lifts and squats to success on the football field or basketball court. And while training for your favorite strength sport ... Continue Reading
2022 Shaw Classic Results — Trey Mitchell Defends His Title
The 2022 Shaw Classic, taking place on the weekend of Aug. 13-14 in Loveland, CO, is in the history books, and the champion is again Trey Mitchell. Mitchell and promoter Brian Shaw went head-to-head ... Continue Reading
2022 Texas Pro Bodybuilding Results — Andrew Jacked Wins Men’s Open Title
The 2022 Texas Pro bodybuilding show is in the history books, and the Men’s Open contest was one of the closest shows of the 2022 season. The top four contenders in the lineup — Chinedu Andrew Obiekea ... Continue Reading
Reigning Ms. Olympia Andrea Shaw Breaks Down Her Off-Season Workout Program
When the Ms. Olympia competition finally returned in 2020 after a six-year absence, the sport of women’s bodybuilding needed a new face to lead the division into the future. Andrea Shaw answered the bell, ... Continue Reading
Strongman Oleksii Novikov Pulls 1,210 Pounds For New Hummer Tire Deadlift World Record
The 2022 Shaw Classic started on Saturday, Aug. 13, in Loveland, CO, and 2020 World’s Strongest Man Oleksii Novikov, has already set a world record. The Ukrainian strongman successfully pulled 549 ... Continue Reading
7 Hamstring Curl Variations to Spice Up Your Next Leg Day
It’s leg day, and you’ve decided to give the backs of your legs the love they deserve. Unfortunately for your hammies, everyone else in the gym has had the same idea. You have a training schedule to stick ... Continue Reading
6 Ways to Speed Up Muscle Strain Recovery
You often know the second it happens — there’s a tell-tale pinching or popping sensation as the muscle is pushed past its limit. And then the pain, swelling, and stiffness start to set in. Suddenly, all ... Continue Reading
Rogue Echo Bumper Plates Review
When looking for new weight plates to add to a home gym, most athletes will want to snag some bumper plates, like the Rogue Echo Bumper Plates. Because of the rubber coating, the Rogue Echos can ... Continue Reading
Steroids Vs. Natural Bodybuilding — Mike O’Hearn Addresses Viral Interview With KENNY KO
The 11th episode of The Mike O'Hearn Show presented Generation Iron kicked off with a bang. The episode's cold open was a montage of people saying various things to the effect of O'Hearn being ... Continue Reading
These Are 10 of the Strongest Wrestlers of All Time
Wrestling has a long lineage of relying on famous celebrities to boost viewership numbers. Boxers Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather both appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Dennis Rodman and ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2022 Shaw Classic
On Aug. 13-14, 2022, the third edition of the Shaw Classic will take place in Loveland, CO, at the Budweiser Center. It will feature 15 strongmen clashing in the return of epic events, like the Hummer Tire ... Continue Reading
2022 Texas Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview
The 2022 Texas Pro bodybuilding show will take place in Irving, TX, on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Four Men’s divisions and four Women’s divisions will be contested. As is the case with all International ... Continue Reading
7 Benefits of the L-Sit Pull-Up to Pull Your Core Training Up a Notch
You’ve labored for years to be able to do a solid strict pull-up, and — finally — one of the toughest bodyweight moves is coming easily to you. You’re ready to up the ante, but you’re not quite sure how. ... Continue Reading
NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe Bench Presses 365 Pounds for Reps at 54 Years Old
Few NFL players were as dominant as Shannon Sharpe during the ‘90s and early 2000s. As a tight end for the Denver Broncos, Sharpe made seven Pro Bowls and helped lead the team to Super Bowl titles in 1998 ... Continue Reading
The 2022 CrossFit Games Introduced These New Movements
The 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games marked a new era of programming. For the first time in Games history, former General Manager of Sport Dave Castro did not design the Games workouts and run-of-show. Instead, ... Continue Reading
Watch Brett Wilkin Train Back With Bodybuilder Martin Fitzwater Before the 2022 Texas Pro
Men's Open bodybuilders Brett “The Butcher” Wilkin and Martin “The Martian” Fitzwater hit a full-back workout together at Destination Dallas Gym in Dallas, TX. They filmed their session together when ... Continue Reading
The 21s Workout Method Can Incite Ridiculous Muscle Growth
You want a more intense workout, but you don’t necessarily want to load more weight onto the bar. Or you’re pressed for time and can’t afford to add even more sets to up your training stimulus and volume. ... Continue Reading
Retaining Muscle During a Cut: Jeff Nippard’s Take on Volume Versus Intensity
Professional drug-free bodybuilder and powerlifter Jeff Nippard knows a thing or two about maintaining muscle mass. Having earned the title of Mr. Junior Canada for natural bodybuilding in 2012, he’s ... Continue Reading
Theragun Prime vs. Hyperice Hypervolt 2
Percussive massage guns like the Theragun Prime and Hyperice Hypervolt 2 are a great way to work out soreness you may experience from a long gym session — or even a long day at the office. For those ... Continue Reading
George Sulaiman Victorious at 2022 Strongman Champions League Portugal
The 2022 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Portugal contest was held on Aug. 6, 2022. Twelve of the world's elite strongmen converged on Esposende, Portugal, to compete in five events — Deadlift, Frame ... Continue Reading
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Arm Workout, Explained and Remixed for All Experience Levels
A bodybuilder’s arms are their calling card. You could make a case for other muscles being more important in the eyes of a judge at a physique show, but nothing drops jaws and turns heads like a pair of ... Continue Reading
How Your Metabolism Really Works (with Josh Clemente)
Today we're talking to Josh Clemente, Founder and President of Levels, a company producing wearable tech so users can track blood glucose in real time to maximize diet and exercise results. It’s a new ... Continue Reading
Kristján Jón Haraldsson Wins 2022 Iceland’s Strongest Man
The 2022 Iceland's Strongest Man (ISM) contest took place from Aug. 6-7, 2022, in Reykjavík, Iceland. The results of elite strongman contests throughout 2022 in Iceland feature the same headline: ... Continue Reading
How to Perform the Push-Up — Tips, Tricks, & Variations
The push-up is one of the first exercises most people ever perform. While commonly (and rightfully) considered a beginner’s exercise, there’s more to it than meets the eye. If you’ve been trying to pack ... Continue Reading