Foam rolling is a great tool for warming up, cooling down, and improving your mobility. One of the areas on the body that gets excessively tight and painful is the quads. The reason for tight quads is ... Continue Reading
How Weightlifters Should Time Protein and Carb Intake for Maximum Recovery
Protein and carbohydrates are necessary macronutrients for all of us regardless of whether you are a weightlifter or not. For the sake of clarity, the term weightlifter is referring to individuals who are ... Continue Reading
Way Too Early 2021 Mr. Olympia Predictions
The 2021 bodybuilding season is still in its infancy — there are almost five months between this writing and the Mr. Olympia contest — but the lineup is taking shape. Two of the spring contests for the ... Continue Reading
Watch Strongman Odd Haugen Deadlift a 451-Pound Raw Triple At Age 71
Strongman Odd Haugen is considered a legend in the strength sports world. He is the President of Mas Wrestling USA — the strength sport where two athletes fight over a stick — and holds the current Thomas ... Continue Reading
NordicTrack Commercial S22i Exercise Bike Review (2024): One Smooth Operator for Exercise Bike Enthusiasts
When looking at the best exercise bikes on the market, there are a wide range of silhouettes to choose from. Sure, there are affordable bikes with features that mimic the utilitarian profiles you’d find at ... Continue Reading
Anabolic Vs. Catabolic — How to Build Muscle and Keep it
The fitness world is filled with terms that people tend to throw around without actually knowing their meaning — case and point: "anabolic" and "catabolic." How often have you heard people talk about the ... Continue Reading
The 6 Best Pull-Up Bars For Doorways, Kipping And More (2024)
The humble pull-up bar. One of the best pieces of equipment out there. If you don’t have some kind of pull-up apparatus available to you, we strongly encourage you to use this list and get one. Pull-ups ... Continue Reading
Abide By These 5 Rules Of Core Training For Stronger Abs
Having a strong and defined core is a common goal among lifters. Getting abs — Brad Pitt in Fight Club abs — is why many people set foot in the gym, to begin with. Beyond looking good, a strong pair of abs ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Roster
On May 19, 2021, USA Weightlifting revealed the eight athletes — four men and four women — representing America at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The Olympics will take place from July 23 through August 8, ... Continue Reading
The Glute-Ham Raise is a Functional Hamstring Builder
The glute-ham raise is an effective posterior chain exercise to develop strength, hypertrophy, and muscular endurance in the hamstrings, glutes, and lower back. Power, strength, and fitness athletes all ... Continue Reading
How to Increase Your Bench Press Without Benching
Lifters love to brag about having a heavy bench press. Of course, the longer you keep at upping your bench press, the harder it becomes. Eventually, your gains will stall out, and you'll be lucky to add ... Continue Reading
Strongman Brian Shaw Featured Pulling Cars In Hyundai Commercial
The four-time World's Strongest Man champion Brian Shaw stepped away from his training for the 2021 WSM contest recently as he was cast to pull a row of three Hyundai cars for their new commercial airing ... Continue Reading
Brooke Mooney Set the 2,000-Meter Rowing Record at 6:21.1. Now She Wants to Beat it.
On March 25, 2021, United States Rowing Association (USRowing) National Team Member Brooke Mooney blazed the fastest two-kilometer time for a female ever recorded on a rowing machine indoors. Saddled into ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Inverted Row — Variations, Alternatives, Sets and Reps Explained
The pull-up gets a lot of credit for being the ultimate back-building exercise. We’re not going to dispute that claim. But if you’re the type of lifter to shrug off inverted rows as a weakling’s pull-up — ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Gerald Dionio (67.5KG) Lifts All-Time World Record Total of 739.4 Kilograms
The all-time world record raw with wraps total in the 67.5-kilogram weight class once again belongs to Gerald Dionio. On May 15, 2021, at the 2021 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) Apeman Strong ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Lydia Valentin’s First Lift at 87KG Could Be at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) South-American, Ibero-American, and Open Senior Championships in Cali, Colombia, on May 10-14, 2021, was a unique event for Spanish weightlifter and 2012 ... Continue Reading
This City Could Be America’s New Fitness Capital (w/Justin Cotler)
Today we're talking to Justin Cotler, a longtime CrossFit coach and affiliate owner who works with top athletes like Fittest American Woman and CrossFit Games podium finisher Kari Pearce. Justin joins me ... Continue Reading
The 8 Best Foam Roller Exercises For Your Legs
You sit for six and a half hours each day (statistically speaking, that is), and it's doing you no favors in the gym. (1) Whether you sit for work, while you binge Netflix, or to read a book, it's ... Continue Reading
Nick Walker Wins 2021 New York Pro Bodybuilding Show
The New York Pro, one of the top contests in bodybuilding, has seen breakout performances from some of the most accomplished bodybuilders of all time. Past champions include Mamdouh “Big Ramy” Elssbiay, ... Continue Reading
5 of the Greatest Weightlifting Battles of All Time
Ask any competitive weightlifter in the world and they’ll tell you that their main opponent when they’re at a meet is the barbell they have to lift. Weightlifting as a sport isn’t necessarily structured to ... Continue Reading
Sole SR500 Rower Review
Rowing machines — like the Sole SR500 — provide many benefits. Not only do they offer an excellent cardio workout, but since they also involve around 80 to 85 percent of your muscles during any given ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Björnsson Reveals the 3,600-Calorie Diet He Followed to Shed 50 Kilograms
Hafthor Björnsson has had some extremely caloric diets. The 2018 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion would eat 8,000 to 10,000 calories a day on the vertical diet conceived by nutrition coach Stan ... Continue Reading
2021 UK’s Strongest Man — Events, Roster, and Athlete Groups
The 2021 UK's Strongest Man (UKSM) contest is scheduled for May 29-31, 2021, at the Stadium MK in the Bletchley district of Milton Keynes. It is an outdoor event and will feature live spectators and a new ... Continue Reading
Build Muscle Anywhere With the Best At-Home Bodyweight Workouts
Bodyweight workouts deserve a bit more respect if you ask us. If you only rep-out push-ups and lunges when the squat rack is full, then you're doing your muscles and mobility a disservice. Strength ... Continue Reading