Angel Flores — a 22-year-old USA Powerlifting (USAPL) gold-medalist in the MX division — was excited to compete in the United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) Violet Crown Classic at her home gym, ... Continue Reading
10 Kettlebell Exercises for Bodybuilders to Improve Stability, Bolster Mobility, and Build Muscle
If you want to be a bodybuilder — either recreationally or competitively — it makes sense that your first instinct might be toward barbells, dumbbells, and cable-based exercises. After all, these are the ... Continue Reading
What Top Lifters Want in a Pre-Workout Stack (Brought to You by Kaged)
With the mountains upon mountains of supplements available to gym-goers these days, it can be challenging to decide which is best for your goals. Finding the right pre-workout with the optimal ... Continue Reading
Build an Unstoppable Core and Upper Body with the Bear Crawl
Ever since you were a baby, you’ve had the ability to crawl around on all fours. Although that’s probably not how you get from place to place nowadays, it could be beneficial to add a bear crawl back into ... Continue Reading
Luke Stoltman Squats Lifetime PR of 738 Pounds for a Double
The Stoltman Brothers — Tom and Luke — are locked in on both the 2022 Britain’s Strongest Man (BMS) contest and the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC). The BSM will be held on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, at ... Continue Reading
Feeding the Frasers with Sammy Moniz
Today I’m talking to Sammy Moniz, an athlete, chef, and now cookbook author perhaps best known as the mastermind behind Feeding the Frasers, now a book in addition to a popular social media ccount. Sammy ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Tiffany Chapon (47KG) Lifts a 410-Kilogram Total in Training
Tiffany Chapon is doing her part to make sure the powerlifting world is on notice. On Jan. 30, 2022, the 47-kilogram powerlifter posted video clips on Instagram that feature her hitting some pretty big ... Continue Reading
Chris Bumstead Squats 405 Pounds For 15 Reps in Training
It's been a while since the reigning three-time Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead performed squats at the gym. After his recent recovery from COVID-19 during the holiday season, the ... Continue Reading
The 10 Best Posture Exercises to Help Ease Back Pain
People spend a lot of time hunched over. A study published in JAMA surveyed 6,000 people and a quarter of them reported sitting for more than eight hours a day. (1) And all that sitting can wreak havoc on ... Continue Reading
10 Men’s Open Bodybuilders With Championship Quality Calves
There's no room for error on the bodybuilding stage. Every angle of one's physique must be pristine to capture gold; no muscle can be left untouched and neglected in the training room. The chest, arms, and ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Overhead Triceps Extension for Big Triceps and Stronger Presses
Even if you're main focus is picking up heavy weight, you shouldn't let your arm training fall by the wayside. Bigger triceps often result in stronger upper body lifts. The triceps are responsible for ... Continue Reading
5 of the Best Dumbbell Arm Workouts for Strength, Size, and Time-Saving
Wanting big, strong arms is somewhere on the list of goals for just about everyone who hits the iron regularly. From filling out a t-shirt to supporting your entire body during a push-up or plank to ... Continue Reading
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Walking for Strength Athletes
There’s an eternal chasm between the athletes who think that the only way to do cardio is high-intensity interval training and those who think jogging or cycling is the way to go. However, as with so many ... Continue Reading
Shed Some Weight and Increase Your Gas Tank With This Kettlebell Circuit for Fat Loss
Regardless of your specific goals in the gym, kettlebell training can get you there. You can swing, snatch, and clean kettlebells quickly to increase power output. Row and press heavy kettlebells (like you ... Continue Reading
One Month Into 2022 and Mark Wahlberg is Undergoing Another Physique Transformation
When the silver screen calls for a physique transformation, actor and producer Mark Wahlberg heads to the gym to meet the challenge. In an Instagram post from Jan. 13, 2022, the Academy Award-nominated ... Continue Reading
Watch Terrence Ruffin’s Heavy Push Day During His Prep to Defend the Arnold Classic Title
With just over a month until the 2022 Arnold Sports Festival, featuring the Arnold Classic, taking place March 3-6, 2022, in Columbus, OH, the defending Classic Physique champion Terrence Ruffin is ... Continue Reading
Put Your Back Strength to the Test With the Chest-To-Bar Pull-Up
Pull-ups are a foundational movement for training your back. While they work just fine as-is, you can ante up your training stimulus by increasing your range of motion. The chest-to-bar pull-up is an ... Continue Reading
2022 World’s Strongest Man Scheduled for May 24-29 in Sacramento, CA
The 2022 World's Strongest Man (WSM) competition has a home. Thirty of the most elite strongmen worldwide will converge on Sacramento, CA, from May 24-29, 2022, for the 45th edition of the WSM ... Continue Reading
Interview: Noah Ohlsen on Winning Wodapalooza 2022, Battling COVID-19, and a Decade at the CrossFit Games
Noah Ohlsen is on the pursuit. On Jan. 16, the 2019 runner-up Fittest Man on Earth® handily won the team division of the 2022 Miami Wodapalooza (WZA) as part of his new competitive cohort "The Boys" ... Continue Reading
Watch 64-Kilogram Weightlifter Loredana Toma Power Clean and Push Press 120 Kilograms
When it comes to the sport of weightlifting, it's all about power. And when Romania's Loredana Toma lifts, power is on display. The four-time European Champion recently posted a video to Instagram ... Continue Reading
What You Need to Consider Before Trying Two-a-Day Workouts
Since you first started in the gym, you've probably been on a pretty standard routine. Most workout plans involve training between three and five times per week for an hour or two each day. It's ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Bill Gillespie Sets All-Time World Record Equipped Bench Press of 512.5 Kilograms (1,129.9 Pounds)
The all-time world record bench press has fallen again. On Jan. 22, 2022, at the 2022 365Strong New Year Power Bash in Charlotte, NC, superheavyweight powerlifter Bill Gillespie surpassed the previous ... Continue Reading
Danial Zamani Bench Presses Monstrous 350 Kilograms (771.6 Pounds) In Training
The current world record raw bench press is a mind-bending 355-kilograms (782.6 pounds) scored by Julius Maddox at the Hybrid Showdown III on Feb. 20, 2021. Before that (and many previous) world records, ... Continue Reading
Larry Wheels Deadlifts 745 Pounds Raw For 11 Reps For a Turbo-Charged PR
Hitting new personal records in the gym is not uncommon for powerlifter, strongman, bodybuilder Larry Wheels. Successfully locking out absurdly heavy lifts that raise onlookers' eyebrows is also fairly ... Continue Reading