Your knees can only take so much squatting before buckling. Knee sleeves like Iron Bull 7mm Knee Sleeves ease the pain, providing compression, warmth, and stability during lower-body workouts and heavy ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Lifting Shoes
Supportive strength gear has grown in popularity in the last few years, and weightlifting shoes experienced an especially big spike in visibility. There are now multiple major brands that carry and ... Continue Reading
Zercher Squats vs Leg Press – What’s Best for Strength and Hypertrophy?
Lifters today are confronted with infinite options to choose from for leg strength, muscular hypertrophy, and movement. Whether you are strength, power, fitness, or aesthetic athlete, both the Zercher ... Continue Reading
5 Moves to Help Prevent Tennis Elbow in Strength Athletes
There aren't many conditions with as misleading a name as "tennis elbow." Also (and more accurately) known as lateral epicondylitis, it's caused by the overuse of muscles and tendons in the ... Continue Reading
George Hackenschmidt: The Father of the Bench Press and Hack Squat
George Hackenschmidt, like Milo Steinborn, was a strength pioneer who had a huge influence on the way we lift. While Steinborn is often considered one of the founding fathers of how we squat ... Continue Reading
WWE Wrestler Braun Strowman Flips an Ambulance: Is That Humanly Possible?
A recent YouTube clip shared on WWE's YouTube page has me speculating about what the human body can really do. Wrestling has its levels of reality and drama, so when I saw their video of Braun Strowman ... Continue Reading
Amazing Grass Vs. Green Vibrance — Which Greens Superfood Powder Is Better?
Amazing Grass is a supplement company based in Orange County, California, and their greens powder is the most–reviewed greens powder on Amazon.com. Vibrant Health, on the other hand, is based in ... Continue Reading
Mava Sports Elastic Knee Supports Review
Joint compression, heat, and circulation are all expressed benefits of supportive knee gear for most lifters and athletes. By doing so, athletes can expect increased knee support and stabilization, ... Continue Reading
Hookgrip Knee Sleeves 2.0 Review
Hookgrip is a popular photography and video brand in the world of Olympic weightlifting, and they've emerged on the supportive gear scene offering knee sleeves (non-neoprene and neoprene alike), ... Continue Reading
The Mistakes You Should Avoid When Recovering From an Achilles Tear
Note: This article is not intended to replace the advice of a qualified medical professional. Please follow your medical professional's advice in order to maximize the effectiveness of recovery ... Continue Reading
The Best Squat Stretch Routine: Great Exercises to Prepare for Squats!
Building a strong, healthy squat takes time, often more than many lifters think. While some lifters are blessed with beautiful limb lengths and levers, many of us are left to work through old injuries, ... Continue Reading
Shakeology Vs. Athletic Greens — Which Superfood Powder Is Healthier?
There are dozens of different brands of greens powders, but few reach the level of popularity enjoyed by Athletic Greens and Shakeology. When attempting to explain why so many people love them, we'll be ... Continue Reading
Sumo Deadlift vs Romanian Deadlift: Differences and Benefits
With numerous ways to deadlift based upon goals of strength, hypertrophy, and/or application to sport, lifters and coaches must best determine the most well-suited deadlift for optimal progress. In this ... Continue Reading
Green Vibrance Vs. Macro Greens — Which Comes Out On Top?
Vibrant Health and MacroLife Naturals are two of the underdogs in the supplement industry, but that gives them something of an edge — both companies want to prove themselves. Their greens ... Continue Reading
Should You Eat Fat After a Workout?
There seems to be a general aversion to fat consumption post-workout for strength athletes. Although post-workout fat avoidance is not as common as the recommendation to drink a protein shake ... Continue Reading
Single Leg Romanian Deadlift: How, When, and Why It Should Be in Your Training
Nearly every athlete can benefit from performing unilateral leg training. Increased neuromuscular control, joint and muscular function, and muscular hypertrophy and endurance are just a few of the expected ... Continue Reading
April Mathis Squats 320kg (705lbs) RAW to Set New World Record
The word "legendary" could be one way to describe April Mathis and her powerlifting career. She's been a dominant force in the powerlifting world, has set multiple records, and continues to do so with no ... Continue Reading
BurgaBox Cheat Day Champion Review — Is It Good for Athletes?
The popularity of pre-cooked and ready-to-cook food delivery services has grown in the last few years. Meal services such as these have become increasingly popular in the busy health conscious population ... Continue Reading
Split Squat vs. Bulgarian Split Squat: Which Is Best for You?
In an earlier article I discussed the distinct differences between three main lower body unilateral movements and how lifters and athletes can better choose which is right for them. In this ... Continue Reading
The Best Strength & Fitness Deals from Around the Web: April 3rd
Whether you're a weightlifter, CrossFitter, powerlifter, or strongman/strongwoman, all strength athletes have one thing in common: An eye for good deals. This week, we've rounded up some of the biggest ... Continue Reading
How to Build Your Own 1-Rep Max Calculator
A useful skill that every strength athlete, coach, and trainer should possess is how to build calculators in Excel. This provides one with the ability to find their 1-rep max and easily program percentages ... Continue Reading
The Easiest Ab Exercises You Can Do Right Now
The article below is part of our in-depth April Fool's coverage. April Fools! If this post gives you some serious planche envy, check out our ultimate guide to doing an actual, real-life, ... Continue Reading
4 Movements to Improve Your Thoracic Mobility
The importance of thoracic spine mobility — the area of the spine that runs from the base of the neck to just beneath the rib cage — can easily be overlooked. With low back pain being the most ... Continue Reading
Bear Komplex 7mm Knee Sleeves Review — Did the Four Seam Design Fit?
Bear Komplex makes supportive knee sleeves and other gear (belts, bands, hand grips) targeted towards functional fitness athletes, all offered in various designs and colors. While these sleeves were ... Continue Reading