Joe Yoon, probably better known as "Joe Therapy" through his massive social media following, is a trainer and massage therapist who's one of the fitness industry's most visible personalities when it comes ... Continue Reading
Best Heart Rate Monitors
Heart rate monitors, whether wrapped around your torso or your wrist, can give you an accurate assessment of how many beats per minute your heart is pumping at any point during the day. Most heart rate ... Continue Reading
7 Barbell Back Exercises That Are NOT the Deadlift
The barbell is an excellent training tool. You can load it up with a lot of weight, control it with two hands, and perform a myriad of moves with it. Yet, when when it comes to heavy barbell lifting, most ... Continue Reading
Chad Vaughn: At-Home Training for Weightlifters
Chad Vaughn is a multi-time Olympian and one of the most accomplished weightlifters in American history. He joins the BarBend Podcast to discuss how weightlifters can stay strong, mobile, and fast when ... Continue Reading
3 Dumbbell Complexes to Help You Burn More Fat at Home
It’s a misconception that you need a lot of equipment for a great workout. Especially when access to the gym is limited and you don’t have a lot of time to train. (Or both.) Be creative instead and ... Continue Reading
Jake Boly: Building Muscle and Strength At Home (Podcast)
If you're training in powerlifting or weightlifting, nothing can perfectly replicate the stimulus of a barbell. But smart at-home training with minimal or no equipment CAN make an impact. And in an ... Continue Reading
8 Muscle-Building Home Workouts from Top Athletes and Coaches
Over the next few months, the idea of hitting the gym is looking pretty bleak for many across the globe. With no idea when gym access will be granted again, it can be pretty stressful when thinking about ... Continue Reading
Catch Up On These 20 Fitness Must-Reads While You’re Stuck At Home Daydreaming About The Gym
Whether you’re injured, recovering from surgery, or socially isolating to protect yourself and the immunocompromised folks from COVID-19, you might suddenly find yourself unable to go to the gym. If ... Continue Reading
Check Out The Creativity Of These 4 Homemade Squat Stands
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to mass quarantines and in many states, closures of non-essential businesses including gyms. This has led to an increased demand for at home gym equipment and ... Continue Reading
5 Best Protein Chips of 2026, Expert-Approved Protein-Packed Snacks
Chip conglomerates, beware — no longer must we sacrifice our nutrition to enjoy your irresistible crunch. As some of the best protein snacks on the market, protein chips are formulated to help you reach ... Continue Reading
Best Over-The-Door Pull-Up Bars
Over-the-door pull-up bars are a very convenient way to get in a quick workout in the comfort of your home gym. Pull-up bars offer a variety of exercise opportunities for the user. While this of course ... Continue Reading
The 6 Best Workout Streaming Services for Strength Athletes
Sometimes you’re without a gym. Like, right now, for example, because of the explosive spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, but fortunately the “people wanting to work out at home” demographic has always been ... Continue Reading
Arnold Schwarzenegger Shares His Favorite No-Gym Workout From His Youth
We're all stuck inside, we're all trying to figure out how to avoid losing our strength and muscle while the gyms are closed and the barbells are gathering dust, and Arnold Schwarzenegger has come to the ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall May Face Off Bodybuilding Style
You’ve seen Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall are very familiar with each other when it comes to competitions. They’ve competed at the elite level of strongman. Shaw won the 2016 World’s Strongest Man for his ... Continue Reading
Stability Vs Strength: Why Language Matters
This article is indebted to the work of Dr. Jordan Shallow. Check him out at The Muscle Doc and consider taking one of his courses. How can I fix the hip shift while squatting? What ... Continue Reading
Best Fitness Trampolines
For many, the worst part of a cardio workout is the tedium. Those wary of hitting the exercise bike or the treadmill yet again, may want to consider an alternative manner to get their heart rates up. ... Continue Reading
How I Cope With My Missing-the-Gym Anxiety
One of the hardest things for a lot of strength athletes to do is slow down. For many of us, the idea of not being able to lift can be legitimately inspire fear. When I was a teenager, I had surgery ... Continue Reading
Eugen Loki: Blending Art and Fitness to Educate (Podcast)
Eugen Loki is personal trainer based in Rome, Italy. More than likely you’ve seen his Instagram page Pheasyque on multiple occasions that has more than 600 thousand followers. On his page, he creates ... Continue Reading
Best Agility Discs
For athletes training for a sport, individuals looking to build up their own speed and agility, or coaches and physical education teachers simply looking to mark points on a field, agility discs are a ... Continue Reading
4 Household Items That Can Double As Fitness Equipment
You may be one of the many athletes currently stuck at home and without access to a gym due to the coronavirus pandemic. If so, you might be concerned about those precious gains turning to steady ... Continue Reading
14 CrossFit Games Women Reveal Their Daily Macros
While you can’t paint all elite CrossFit women with the same dietary brush, I thought I’d investigate to find out how similar, or different, their diets really are. BarBend spoke with 14 female athletes ... Continue Reading
4 Ways to Make Bodyweight Training Harder (Time to Get Creative!)
Unlike loading up the barbell or grabbing heavier dumbbells, bodyweight training isn't an easy to modify to increase intensity in the form of load. Granted, you can technically add weight to any bodyweight ... Continue Reading
When Bodybuilding Met Wrestling: The Bizarre Tale of the World Bodybuilding Federation
The recent rebirth of the XFL has reminded the sporting world that Vince McMahon, a man synonymous with World Wrestling Entertainment, is a man of many interests. Given his larger than life TV persona, ... Continue Reading
So Your CrossFit Box Is Closed? Adapt With A Week of At-Home Workouts
On March 15th, COVID-19 became a lot more real for those of us in France. The French government announced restaurants, entertainment venues and all non-non-essential stores would close as of midnight. The ... Continue Reading