One of the appealing aspects of strongman is the unique ways in which the athletes display their power. Lifts like the car deadlift are simply more interesting than a barbell version. While the visual is ... Continue Reading
6 Great Bodyweight Exercises for Powerlifters (Try These At Home!)
What happens when we're matched with a time frame where equipment might be slightly limited and we have a need for a routinely high training stimulus? We find ourselves trying to as creative as ... Continue Reading
Best Men’s Compression Shorts
Compression shorts are a piece of apparel that often go unseen; similar to underwear, compression shorts often sit underneath layers of shorts or pants. However invisible they may be, they can play a ... Continue Reading
Brian Alsruhe: Lifting Through Rock Bottom (Podcast)
Brian Alsruhe is a champion strongman athlete who has overcome an astounding list of setbacks: two back breaks, a brain tumor, parasites, and a bone marrow infection, to name just a few. After finding help ... Continue Reading
Is This Common Ab Training Mistake Limiting Your Progress? How to Fix It
The biggest mistake I see beginners make with ab training is not doing too many isolation movements: it’s the failure to isolate the targeted muscle. Now, in most situations, this isn’t all that ... Continue Reading
Best Elbow Support
Elbow support braces are worn by a wide range of people. Some athletes who have hurt their arms in the past may absolutely need an elbow brace to help ease their minds. There are also athletes who are ... Continue Reading
7 Tips to Avoid The Dreaded Kettlebell Forearm Flop
You want to improve your strength, conditioning, power, and grip strength, and you know that kettlebells can do it all. But you have visceral memories of forearm pain from the dread kettlebell flop: ... Continue Reading
Sling Shot Extreme “X” Vs SBD Knee Sleeves | Who’s the Winner?
There are a lot of different knee sleeve options on the market and it can be overwhelming at times finding the perfect pair for your needs. Factor in that most sleeves come with a fairly hefty price tag ... Continue Reading
Elite Gymnast Shares Core Training Progressions and Tips
There are a lot of ways to train your core with a lot of the industry's top coaches giving their input. The type of core training any given athlete decides to incorporate into their training can ... Continue Reading
The Best Exercise Dice
One of the hardest things about working out, no matter your age, skill level, or the type of fitness you practice, is the monotony of it. Everyone should give themselves as many opportunities to be excited ... Continue Reading
Best Wrist Support Braces
Wrist braces, or sometimes sleeves, wrap around or cover the wrist joint for support. Examples of support can be maintaining alignment or alleviating pressure when bearing weight. They can differ in design ... Continue Reading
Want to Build a Resilient and Strong Body? Try Using Bulletproof Trisets
If you are a strength training junkie, then you eat, sleep, and live for a heavy barbell in your hands. There is no doubt about it, locking out a heavy deadlift makes you feel like the strongest person on ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Classic Saturday Night Results
There was an elephant that was hanging around every room in Columbus, Ohio when the Arnold Sports Festival started. The expo was cancelled and spectator restrictions were enacted due to the risk of the ... Continue Reading
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Wins Timber Carry, Sets World Record
Strongman Mateusz Kieliszkowski of Poland seems to perform his best when faced with incredible adversity. After all, he is the man won the 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman in Dubai with a torn ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Wins Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift Event
Hafthor Bjornsson pulled some epically large deadlifts in training heading into the Arnold Strongman Classic this weekend; the event he won the last two years in a row. He deadlifted 455kg/1,003lbs for a ... Continue Reading
Check Out Hafthor Bjornsson’s Training Diet, 10,000 Calories Per Day
Hafthor Bjornsson, the 2018 World's Strongest Man champion, is known for eating a lot of calories per day during training. He has shared his 8,000 calorie training diet which utilizes the vertical ... Continue Reading
After MS Diagnosis, Alex Ortiz Turned His Life Around Through Fitness
One morning in March 2018, Alex Ortiz woke up and couldn’t move his body. “I was completely paralyzed on the left side of my body,” said Ortiz, now 37. Stubborn, he didn’t go to the doctor for five ... Continue Reading
4 Forgotten Exercises That Can Deliver Serious Gains
Strength training has been around for a long time, dating all the way back to Milo in the 6th century. Fads have come and gone since then, but the barbell has stood the test of time. You want to get ... Continue Reading
5 Best Prehab Exercises for Strength Athletes (with Joe Yoon)
Looking to improve your mobility for better weightlifting, powerlifting, and more? Joe Yoon (better known as @JoeTherapy) joined us to demonstrate his 5 favorite prehab mobility exercises for strength ... Continue Reading
Missing Equipment? The CrossFitter’s Guide to Movement Substitutions
So you finally bit the bullet and hired a coach who wrote you an individualized training program. Or maybe you bought a more generic program online. And now you have a dilemma: Either your home gym, or ... Continue Reading
The Bodyweight Skull Crusher Is An Underutilized Tool for Building Strong Arms
When the average gym-goer thinks about training their triceps in isolation, the pieces of equipment that come to mind are barbells, dumbbells, and cables (or bands for you CrossFitters). What if I told you ... Continue Reading
Alex Uslar: Overcoming Addiction and Creating Opportunity (Podcast)
Alex Uslar wears a lot of different hats with Hybrid Performance Method. At Hybrid, Alex serves as the General Manager, Director of Operations, run Hybrid Apparel, and per Instagram is also Stefi Cohen’s ... Continue Reading
Best Thigh Compression Sleeves
Thigh compression sleeves offer a wide array of benefits to athletes. The most significant benefit being improved blood flow (1) which can potentially lead to better injury prevention, improved athletic ... Continue Reading
5 TRX Exercises to Build a Rock Solid Upper Back
While on the battlefield way back in 1997, Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick came up with the first version of what is now called the TRX®. Because dodging bullets and staying alive wasn’t enough. He wanted to stay ... Continue Reading