Dumbbell racks serve two important purposes. They help you organize your training space and they help with safety because your dumbbells are out of the way and you won’t have to worry about tripping over ... Continue Reading
JamaRR Royster: Find Your “Why” for Endless Motivation (Podcast)
JamaRR Royster is an elite powerlifter, strength coach, and per his Instagram page, the Pancake Gawd. Outside of squatting north of 700 lbs and coaching handfuls of athletes, JamaRR spends his time ... Continue Reading
8 Strength Training Mistakes I See Way More Than I Should
You’ve been lifting for a while and you still enjoy training, but there are times when your gains have slowed and you become frustrated by your lack of results. You think there is something wrong with your ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Eats His Old 15,000 Calorie Strongman Diet
Brian Shaw's strongman diet used to consist of a whopping 15,000 calories in a single day. Even for the 6'8 tall, 440+lb 4-time World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion, that's a lot of food to consume. What ... Continue Reading
Best Preacher Curl Bench: Top Picks for Training Arms and More!
Many people get into weight training for a variety of reasons and one of those reasons is to build their upper arms. There’s a reason the flexed bicep emoji is so popular - the thought of bigger biceps can ... Continue Reading
Ritual’s Essential Multivitamin for Men – Extra Absorbable Nutrients?
Research suggests that over a third of Americans take multivitamins every day and with such a saturated market, it's not surprising there's such a wide variety of multivitamins you can buy — and they're ... Continue Reading
Adaptive Athlete Joe Micco’s Message: Don’t Just Accept Your Prognosis
It was 2011: Joe Micco was 27 and had his whole life ahead of him. A former college and professional football player, Micco had just accepted a coaching position in the Arena Football League, and was ... Continue Reading
How To Go Back To The Gym The Wrong Way
Figuring out when to go back to the gym isn’t about you — it’s about everyone around you. But as gyms reopen in states across the country, getting back to the gym is probably on your mind. When you do ... Continue Reading
Best Vibrating Massage Rollers: Top Picks for Recovery and Mobility
Massage therapy is a great way to recover from exercise and relieve stress. You don’t have to book a regular massage appointment thanks to vibrating massage rollers. The pressure of your body going into ... Continue Reading
150 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles in the United States
150 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles Where you live can have a big impact on how you live. And that’s especially true for fitness-minded folks. Access to outdoor activities, air quality, ... Continue Reading
Connecticut
Connecticut’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 Connecticut’s northeastern charm attracts many families and business people who are pledging to get healthy. Connecticut is putting a ... Continue Reading
Meg Squats: Getting a Barbell Into Every Woman’s Hands
Meg Gallagher, also known as Meg Squats, is a weathered strength coach, powerlifter, and YouTube personality. Currently, Meg has her hands in multiple projects that are all designed to help lifters ... Continue Reading
Colorado
Colorado’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 Healthy living in Colorado is easy when the beauty of mother nature surrounds you. Yogis, hikers, and fitness gurus descend upon Colorado’s ... Continue Reading
California
California’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 With beautiful long beaches, mountains and nature reserves, it’s no wonder that Californians love to get fit. In the Golden State, as much ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Jamal Browner Deadlifts Humongous 455kg/1,003lb
Jamal Browner is absurdly strong. The 25-year-old powerlifter has proved his prowess for the deadlift back in February when he pulled an all-time world record 971lb 440.5kg/971lb in the -110kg weight ... Continue Reading
The 5 Biggest Coaching Misconceptions in Weightlifting
Some of us enter the coaching profession for a livelihood, and many of us do it for free as a hobby, out of pure love. When you love something you want to share it with everyone. It’s just human nature. ... Continue Reading
5 Steps to Effective Remote Individual Program Design
If you have been a personal trainer or group class coach for a while, the thought of remote coaching sounds appealing. For starters, in-person coaching can be pretty exhausting, especially if you’re ... Continue Reading
International Weightlifting Returns with 2020 Online Pan Am Cup
Over this past weekend history was made, as the 2020 Pan American Cup became the first-ever International level Weightlifting Competition held exclusively via the internet. Athletes had cameras setup in ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Does Pull-ups At Over 360 Pounds Bodyweight, Shares Physique Update
2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall has regularly been keeping his fans updated on the shape he is in while training for his September 2021 fight with 2018 WSM Hafthor Bjornsson. On July 19, Hall posted ... Continue Reading
When Someone Tests Positive at Your Gym: Two Owners Share Their Thoughts
On Thursday, June 18, it happened: Rudy Trevino, the owner of the Fit Stop in San Antonio, Texas found out one of his members had tested positive for Covid-19. “We didn’t know what to do,” he ... Continue Reading
Mark Boyd Misses 400 KG Deadlift
The World’s Ultimate Strongman (WUS) Feats of Strength series had featured some of the elite athletes in the sports of strongman and powerlifting attempt to break records over the last two and a half ... Continue Reading
4 Full Body Bodyweight AMRAP Workouts To Maintain Strength
As much as you love barbells (you and me both, my friend), it can be good to return to good old bodyweight moves. They help uncover weak links in movement integrity. Recognizing that slight leftward lean ... Continue Reading
5 Supplements That Might Help With Muscle Soreness
Sore muscles suck. Your WODs are modified, you scale back only to train movements that don’t cause you discomfort, but it’s still not the same as before. Sticking to your physical therapist’s ... Continue Reading
2022 Dakar Youth Olympic Games Postponed Until 2026
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) shared the decision, mutually made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Senegal, to postpone the 2022 Dakar Youth Olympic Games ... Continue Reading