On March 31, 2022, USA Weightlifting (USAW) shared a press release that announced Phil Andrews' pending resignation as USAW's Chief Executive Officer effective July 15, 2022. Andrews first joined USAW in ... Continue Reading
REP Sabre Barbell Review
A barbell is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment you can have in your home gym, and the REP Sabre Barbell is no exception. While you can certainly rep out your basic back squats and bench ... Continue Reading
2022 CrossFit Quarterfinals Results — Toomey and Medeiros Win Worldwide
The 2022 CrossFit Quarterfinals kicked off on March 24, 2022, and featured the top 10 percent of athletes from each continent on the 2022 CrossFit Open leaderboard. Given that only the top 120 individual ... Continue Reading
10 Different Ways to Burn 100 Calories Quickly
With the constantly rising popularity of smart watches, it seems like everyone is looking for the next best way to burn calories and stay in shape. However, doing the same thing over and over again because ... Continue Reading
How To Watch the 2022 Europe’s Strongest Man Contest
The 2022 Europe's Strongest Man (ESM) contest is scheduled for April 2, 2022, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. The competition will see 13 of Europe's most prominent strongmen attempt to ... Continue Reading
Notable Strongmen Who Declined Their 2022 World’s Strongest Man Invitations
The full roster for the 2022 World's Strongest Man (WSM) was officially completed when the 30th man — Nedžmin Ambešković — confirmed his invite. The roster includes four men who have previously won the WSM ... Continue Reading
Bodybuilder Nick Walker Shares His High-Intensity Back Workout Focused On Lats
Bodybuilder Nick Walker is capitalizing on every workout during the offseason leading up to the 2022 Olympia scheduled for Dec. 16-18, 2022, in Las Vegas, NV. Each workout is performed with high intensity ... Continue Reading
Snatch Grip 101: How to Build Beefier Forearms and a Stronger Pull At the Same Time
Training is a series of choices. There is a broad range of unique bars, grip orientations, and exercises that you can use to get respectably strong. Some choices allow you to make certain gains by ... Continue Reading
Stats With a Story: 3 Baseball Statistics That Could Change How CrossFit Tracks Athlete Performance
Sports statistics has a long history. In baseball, the use of stats goes back to the early 1800s but didn't really start to take shape until 1867 when a man named Henry Chadwick wanted to recognize batters ... Continue Reading
JF Caron On His Career: “I Think Strongman Is Done”
Competitive strongman contests may have seen the last of nine-time Canada's Strongest Man JF Caron. Fellow strongman Laurence Shahlaei interviewed the 2022 Força Bruta champion on Shahlaei's YouTube ... Continue Reading
2022 Australia’s Strongest Man and Woman Results — Jordan Osborne & Alirene Clair Victorious
On March 27, 2022, the strongest men and women in Australia convened in Melbourne to battle it out across six events to determine who is the strongest Australian. Ultimately, Jordan Osborne ascended to the ... Continue Reading
Kyle Kirvay Makes 310.7-Kilogram (685-Pound) Raw Squat For Five Reps Look Easy
Kyle Kirvay's presence is felt in the powerlifting and bodybuilding spheres with his consistently heavy monster lifts in competition and in the gym. On March 27, 2022, the IFBB Pro bodybuilder posted a ... Continue Reading
A Look Back at Louie Simmons’ Greatest Achievements and Contributions to Strength Training & Sport
The strength sports community suffered a great loss on March 24, 2022, when legendary powerlifter and coach Louie Simmons passed away at the age of 74. Few people, living or dead, could claim to hold a ... Continue Reading
Tobias Lautwein and Mirjam Von Rohr Win 2022 HYROX European Championships
The 2022 HYROX European Championships saw Tobias Lautwein and Mirjam Von Rohr emerge victoriously in the Elite Men's and Elite Women's divisions, respectively. On March 26, 2022, the contest occurred at ... Continue Reading
Dr. Jim Stoppani on How To Train To Promote the Most Muscle Growth
The sixth episode of Generation Iron and BarBend's interview series with exercise physiologist and JYM Supplements founder Dr. Jim Stoppani aired on March 28, 2022. Many of the previous episodes thus far ... Continue Reading
The History & Winners of the Masters Olympia Bodybuilding Competition
Back in the golden days of baseball, there was a “legends game” that featured many of the superstars of the past. This event was a treat for old fans, and it introduced icons of the sport to a younger ... Continue Reading
Danny Grigsby (125KG) Scores Powerlifting’s First Ever 1000-Plus Pound Raw Deadlift In a Full Power Meet
History was made at the United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) Virginia Beach Classic 2 on March 26, 2022. Powerlifter Danny Grigsby, competing in the raw 125-kilogram weight class, became the first ... Continue Reading
Fight Right — How to Use Strength Training for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu, or BJJ, is having a moment. The grappling-based martial art — which took shape in the 1920s — gained some popularity in the early-90s when BJJ pioneer Royce Gracie dismantled a series ... Continue Reading
The Best Deadlift Warm-Up — How to Prepare for Strong Pulls
If your goal is to build total-body strength, the deadlift deserves to be your bread and butter. A deadlift is a pull from the floor to the hip, and, perhaps most importantly, allows you to work with ... Continue Reading
Learn the T-Bar Row to Build a Thicker, Stronger Back
Building a bigger, stronger back is something many strength and power athletes are after. When your back is stronger, you can deadlift more, make your squats more stable, and even bench more weight. Not to ... Continue Reading
Breon Ansley Is Leaving the Classic Physique Division Due to the Weight Cap
Bobybuilder Breon Ansley shook the bodybuilding community with his March 19, 2022 announcement on his Instagram page that 2022 will be his last year competing in the Classic Physique division. He went ... Continue Reading
A Look Back At Powerlifter Tiffany Chapon’s (47KG) Unofficial World Record Total of 418 Kilograms
The 2022 Fédération Française de Force (FFForce) French Nationals took place on March 19, 2022, in Albi, France. French powerlifter Tiffany Chapon competed in the 47-kilogram weight class at a bodyweight ... Continue Reading
The Best Unilateral Exercises to Even Out Imbalances and Help You Get Stronger
When you want to build max strength, you’ll typically aim for bilateral exercises. Those are the moves where both sides of your body are doing the same thing at the same time. Think of your basic compound ... Continue Reading
Legendary Powerlifter and Founder of Westside Barbell Louie Simmons Dies at 74 Years Old
Louie Simmons, legendary powerlifter, coach, founder of Westside Barbell, inventor, and the man credited as the mastermind behind conjugate training has reportedly died at the age of 74. At the time of ... Continue Reading