You, like so many others who have begun their strength training journeys before you, are trying to get brutally strong. And like so many of those who start or have been strength training for any amount ... Continue Reading
Bench Press Guide With IPF World Champion Taylor Atwood (VIDEO)
A few weeks ago, we had the 2018 IPF World Champion Taylor Atwood in office to walk us through the bench press's form. If there's one thing that Atwood knows for certain, it's moving big weight, so we were ... Continue Reading
Decline Bench Press Exercise Guide
The decline bench press is a pressing exercise that may or may not find its way into your training routine. Bench press variations like the flat and incline bench press both are highly beneficial for ... Continue Reading
Under Armour TriBase™ Reign Cross Training Shoe Review — Hit or Miss?
Functional fitness athletes and cross training shoe fans get ready, Under Armour has created their first ever cross training shoe. The Under Armour TriBase™ Reign is UA's first ever shoe designed ... Continue Reading
So You Wanna Be A Powerlifter? Rules and How the Meet Runs
In our previous episode, we talked about preparation for meet day and things to consider while getting ready for your first meet and when you’re packing. In this episode, we’re going to go over some of the ... Continue Reading
Why Olympic Weightlifting Improves Mixed Martial Arts Athletes
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a multi-faceted combat sport that combines many striking and grappling disciplines such as wrestling, jiu jitsu, judo, and kickboxing. Matches generally consist of 5 minute ... Continue Reading
Should Athletes Try Low Carb Diets?
Fifty percent of the Standard American Diet’s calories comes carbohydrates, 13 percent from added sugar, 6 percent from sugary drinks, and eighty-seven percent of Americans don’t eat enough vegetables.(1) ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Mighty Bear Prints
The seventeenth day in our 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign features the most unique giveaway yet. For this giveaway, we've teamed up with Mighty Bear Prints, the custom strength ... Continue Reading
Fat Loss for Athletes: The Right Way to Approach Calories and Hormones
Whether you’re a strength athlete or a bodybuilder — in fact, even if you’re neither — there’s an extremely good chance that at some point in your life you’ve wanted to lose fat while losing as little ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Kettlebell Kitchen Giveaway
For the fifteenth day in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign we've teamed up with one of our favorite meal delivery services. For today's giveaway, one lucky winner will be walking ... Continue Reading
The Real Mass Gainer Pros and Cons, According to an RD and a Biochemist
A lifelong muscle-building journey can be enjoyable and rewarding, but you’ll likely hit plateaus along the way. After months of training and eating, you may have popped into the supplement aisle to see ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Isopure Giveaway
We have good news and bad news. The bad news is we are officially past the halfway point in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign, so there's only two more weeks of giveaways. The good ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Wags & Weights Giveaway
We are officially at and past the halfway point in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting giveaway campaign and today's gifting is possibly the most unique on our list. Today's giveaway ... Continue Reading
Reebok Has the Perfect Sale for a Strength Athlete On Your Shopping List
If you're like me, then you're probably ridiculously behind on holiday shopping, and you keep putting the event off saying things like, "It's only the beginning of December, I have plenty of time." ... Continue Reading
Three Hour Strongman: How to Stay Strong and Competitive on Limited Training Time
Time. We all have the same amount of this precious commodity but have different demands on how we allocate it. Most people who train for the sport can manage to spend five or six days per week in the gym ... Continue Reading
At-Home Dumbbell Workouts for Powerlifters, Weightlifters, and More
At-home training can be tricky, especially if you don't have the right equipment, tools, and/or loading. For more serious lifters, gaining maximal strength, muscle mass, and sports performance ... Continue Reading
7 Micronutrients That Are Important for Athletes
If you’re looking to build muscle, you probably already know you need to eat a lot of calories. There’s a good chance you’ve got your hypertrophy program figured out, if you’ve really done your diligence ... Continue Reading
The Actual Pros and Cons of the Paleo Diet
One of the hottest and diets around and one that's especially popular among functional fitness athletes, the Paleo diet — sometimes called the Paleolithic or Caveman diet — focuses on nutrient-dense foods ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: IdealFit Giveaway
Apparel and supplement fans get ready. For day ten in BarBend’s 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting giveaway campaign we've teamed up with IdealFit to equip one lucky winner the apparel and ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: IdealRaw Giveaway
For the ninth day in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign we've teamed up with IdealRaw. One lucky winner will be walking away with a tub of IdealRaw Organic Protein Powder and a ... Continue Reading
Low Impact, HIIT 15-Minute Kettlebell Circuit
There are more awesome things about kettlebells than I can list in the fifteen minutes it will take for a lifter to perform this low impact, high intensity interval training circuit. Suffice it to say, for ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Xebex AirPlus Performance Bike
On the eighth day of BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting Get RX'd gave to me...one Xebex AirPlus Performance Bike! Yes, that's right, for our eighth giveaway for our December campaign ... Continue Reading
Why Jack LaLanne Is One of the Most Influential Athletes of All Time
Speaking to reporters in the late 1990s, a then vibrant eighty-three-year-old Jack LaLanne told his bemused audience, ‘I can’t afford to die, it’d ruin my image.’(1) Earlier that morning, LaLanne had ... Continue Reading
What Are the Different Types of Kettlebells?
The kettlebell. A simple, yet incredibly versatile piece of equipment that in our opinion, is underutilized in most gym settings. A lot of gyms have kettlebells present, but not every gym sees them used. ... Continue Reading