The TRX® Home2 is a strap system that can be used to exercise most muscles throughout your body. These exercises include mountain climbers, chest flyes, explosive squat jumps, and a wide ... Continue Reading
Bringing Back Old Timey Strength (w/Mike Aidala)
Today I’m talking to performance coach and athlete Mike Aidala, who is perhaps best known online for helping resurrect some strongman lifts from a bygone era. Mike’s done immensely impressive things like a ... Continue Reading
Lay the Smackdown on Your Core Workouts with Medicine Ball Slams
There are no shortcuts to developing a strong, lean, and powerful core. However if there was one exercise that could fast-track you to chiseled abs while boosting performance along the way, it might just ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kristy Hawkins (75KG) Scorches 280-Kilogram Raw Deadlift in Training — 14.5KG Over World Record
What a week it has been for 75-kilogram deadlifters. On Sept. 9, 2021, the current deadlift world record holder in that weight class, Brianny Terry, blitzed past her current raw deadlift world record by ... Continue Reading
Trap Bar Vs. Barbell Deadlift — Comparison and Application
When it’s time to pull heavy weight, your options include two very different pieces of equipment – the trap bar and the barbell. Both implements are meant to be loaded up with plates and help you build ... Continue Reading
Phil Heath Vs. Kai Greene and 9 Other Fiery Bodybuilding Rivalries That Shaped the Sport
Bodybuilding advances through its rivalries. Across the field of professional athletics, where genetics, aging, or injury can define a career, bodybuilding stands apart as one of the few sports where a ... Continue Reading
Lauren Weeks, Tobias Lautwein Win 2021 HYROX World Championships
On Sept. 11, 2021, HYROX World held its World Championship of Fitness event in Leipzig, Germany. This annual competition aims to determine which competitive functional fitness athletes are the best in the ... Continue Reading
The Best Bodyweight Workouts for Muscle, Beginners, Mobility, and More
Whether you don’t have access to a gym or want to spice up your training routine, consider bodyweight training. It might not seem like much compared to tossing a loaded barbell on your back, but training ... Continue Reading
2021 IWF World Championships and Electoral Congress Set for December in Uzbekistan
On Sept. 9, 2021, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board announced that the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) will take place on Dec. 7-17, 2021 in Tashkent, ... Continue Reading
Getting Calisthenic — Strongman Oleksii Novikov Trains With Streetlifting World Champion Vitaliy Feschuk
The strength sports world is vast. You've probably heard of powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting, strongman, bodybuilding, and CrossFit, but you may not be as familiar with streetlifting. Like its strength ... Continue Reading
Dumbbell Vs. Barbell Bench Press — Which is Best for Strength, Size, and Performance?
It’s upper body push day, but all the bench press stations are taken. Will you be depriving yourself of gains if you forsake the barbell and take a pair of dumbbells off the rack instead? When you’re ... Continue Reading
Turn Your Training On Its Head With the Handstand Push-Up
The handstand push-up (HSPU) is a challenging bodyweight exercise seen in many gymnastics, functional fitness, and bodyweight training programs. While typically performed with one's own bodyweight, ... Continue Reading
Iain Valliere Deadlifts 675 Pounds for 5 Reps Just 3 Weeks Before 2021 Arnold Classic
Bodybuilders are known for displaying their muscles onstage, but once in a while they like to remind us all that they know how to use them too. On Sept. 6, 2021, Tampa Pro and Texas Pro Champion Iain ... Continue Reading
Sick Angles for the World’s Best Weightlifters (w/ Steve Galvan)
Today I’m talking to weightlifter, coach, and photographer Steve Galvan. Steve is a multi-talented force in weightlifting, and for both the Rio and Tokyo Olympic Games, he was the official International ... Continue Reading
The Lateral Raise is the Major Key to Big Delts
There are few muscles that are exemplary both in a t-shirt and on the beach, but an impressive pair of deltoids are one of them. The lateral raise can be tricky to perfect, but, when mastered, becomes the ... Continue Reading
Luke Stoltman Takes the Title — 2021 Europe’s Strongest Man Recap
On Sept. 4, 2021, some of the best in the business competed at the 2021 Europe's Strongest Man (ESM) competition in Leeds, England. Prior to the commencement of the event, 2021 World's Strongest Man (WSM) ... Continue Reading
How to Train and Diet for Natural Bodybuilding
There are some facts we have to come to grips with as we get older: WWE matches are pre-determined, sumo deadlifts aren’t cheating, and many top-tier bodybuilders have taken or do take steroids. Don’t take ... Continue Reading
The Best Core Workouts for Strength, Muscle, and Power
Even if you're actively chasing a six-pack, there are plenty of other reasons to strengthen your core. If you want to PR in your deadlift and bench press or pack on muscle mass, training your core ... Continue Reading
Trey Mitchell Wins 2021 Shaw Classic — Results, Event Recaps & Prize Money
The second annual Shaw Classic took place on August 27-28 in Estes Park, CO. Promoter and inaugural champion Brian Shaw was hoping to see two successful events in a row capped by a second straight Shaw ... Continue Reading
Active Recovery Explained — How to Make Gains While Resting
Active recovery days are the golden ticket for many top athletes. Healing from intense workouts is not just about ice baths and deep tissue massages, or taking care of your nutrition or sleep habits. But ... Continue Reading
Actor Frank Grillo Gives an Inside Look at His Paleo Diet and Training Routine
What does it take to achieve the physique of an action movie star? For Marvel Cinematic Universe member and star of The Purge franchise Frank Grillo, it's a fridge full of foods that support his paleo ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Lu Delin (81KG) Snatches 190 Kilograms From Blocks Ahead of Chinese National Games
Team China seems to have a bottomless pit of world-class weightlifters at their disposal. On Sept. 1, 2021, Lu Xiaojun Barbell posted a video on Instagram showcasing 81-kilogram weightlifter Lu Delin ... Continue Reading
Pro Jym Protein Powder Blend Review — Does the Science Hold Up?
Pro Jym is the brainchild of Dr. Jim Stoppani, a man with a Ph.D. in exercise physiology and a long tenure in fitness media. He was the senior science editor at Muscle & Fitness and Flex for over 10 ... Continue Reading
These Researchers Reveal the Right Way to Train for More Muscle Mass
When it comes to gaining muscle, everything your local gym bro told you is right. Ok, that's not entirely true, but a position paper from the International Universities Strength and Conditioning ... Continue Reading