On May 24, 2021, national LGBTQ+ nonprofit The OUT Foundation announced its partnership with fitness apparel and accessories company PUMA to release a new collection for Pride Month (June 2021). Per their ... Continue Reading
How Tempo Training Can Progress Your Workouts
Few workout protocols fit the bill for pretty much any problem or goal you have in your exercise regimen: but tempo training is one of those protocols. If you’ve hit a plateau in your lifting, want to get ... Continue Reading
2021 California Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview
So far in May, there have been two bodybuilding shows to kick off the 2021 season. Justin Rodriguez snagged the opening show in Indianapolis, and rising star Nick Walker took the New York Pro title. As of ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Andrew Hause Squat 456.3 Kilograms (1,006 Pounds) With Insane Speed
Powerlifter Andrew Hause possesses world-class strength. The 23-year-old took to his Instagram on May 24, 2021, to share a video wherein he squats a titanic 456.3 kilograms (1,006 pounds) raw with ... Continue Reading
How Plyometric Push-Ups Can Improve Pressing Strength
Push-ups have been around for ages and are a widely embraced movement used to test upper body strength and fitness. Plyometric training has some amazing benefits — more power and strength — yet only with ... Continue Reading
To the Paris Olympics and Beyond (w/Meredith Alwine)
Today I’m talking to American weightlifter Meredith Alwine, the current Pan American champion in the women’s 71kg category. I first met Meredith back in 2016 - in the early days of BarBend - while doing ... Continue Reading
Tbilisi 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup Results
The 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup took place from May 20-23, 2021, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The host country was able to post seven medals with nine competitors to finish only behind Kazahkstan, which ... Continue Reading
Strongwoman Annabelle Chapman Sets New Axle Clean & Press World Record of 290.3 Pounds
Another strongwoman world record has fallen. The Tamworth's Strongest Man contest took place on May 23, 2021. In addition to the main competition, strongwomen Annabelle Chapman and Rhianon Lovelace made ... Continue Reading
Best Foam Roller Exercises For the Quads
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 (2025): 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 (2025)
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
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
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
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