Your ultimate training goal might be boosting your bench press PR. And while that’s a worthy goal, especially for powerlifters, your road to a fresh one-rep max might be made a lot easier by one move — the ... Continue Reading
Tactical and Functional — How to Train Like Law Enforcement
A cultural trope exists that police officers are often out-of-shape doughnut-loving public servants. The kinds of characters you may have chuckled at in movies like RoboCop 3 and Die Hard, or animated ... Continue Reading
REP Fitness PR-4000 Power Rack Review
The REP Fitness PR-4000 is one of the most versatile and powerful power racks on the market. Rated to hold 1,000 pounds, and forged with 11-gauge steel, this rack is built to last. Power racks ... Continue Reading
Jacked Factory NITRO SURGE Pre-Workout Review
NITRO SURGE is one of Jacked Factory’s many different pre-workouts. It’s their most generic formula that can help enhance workout performance for both men and women. Jacked Factory does offer other ... Continue Reading
How to Do Dumbbell Lunges for Bigger Legs and Stronger Squats
When looking to build bigger, stronger legs, movements like squats and deadlifts are often great places to start. But if you only work these big movements, you might be leaving gains on the table. Without ... 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
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
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
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
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
Bodybuilder Rafael Brandão Withdraws From 2022 Arnold Classic
IFBB Pro Men’s Open bodybuilder and 2021 Romania Muscle Fest Pro winner Rafael Brandão has officially withdrawn from the 2022 Arnold Classic, scheduled to take place in Columbus, Ohio on the weekend of ... Continue Reading
Bodybuilding Over 50 (with Kevin Malone)
Bodybuilder Kevin Malone joins us to talk about finding competition later in life and how his bodybuilding career took off around his mid-40s. We talk about Kevin's focus on compound movements and heavy ... Continue Reading
Ryan Kent, Lauren Weeks Win 2022 Hyrox North American Championships
HYROX is an international organization that holds competitive hybrid fitness races all over the world. Their competitions feature eight individual workouts with one kilometer runs in between. Events are ... Continue Reading