When it comes to warming up, the first thing that usually comes to mind for many of us is jumping jacks, planks, and doing a couple of hamstring stretches, or leg kicks. Over the past few years, as my main ... Continue Reading
10 Time Ms. Olympia Iris Kyle to Return to Olympia Stage in 2020
The 2020 Olympia Weekend has already had multiple champions announce their returns to competition. Now the most decorated female bodybuilder of all-time has added herself to the list of competitors that ... Continue Reading
Garrison Redd: Para Powerlifting’s Next Big Thing? (Podcast)
Today we're talking to para powerlifter and motivational speaker Garrison Redd. As a high school football player, Garrison had aspirations of going pro. But when he lost the use of his legs after being ... Continue Reading
Emmy Ballot Actor Laith Nakli Was a Champion Bodybuilder
Laith Nakli is a hopeful Emmy nominee for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his role as Uncle Naseem in the 2019 Hulu series Ramy. Ramy is about "a first-generation American ... Continue Reading
Professional Fitness Athletes’ Association To Give Competitors a Unified Voice
The Professional Fitness Athletes' Association (PFAA) has been established. As reported by Morning Chalk Up, 3-time Fittest Woman on Earth Tia-Clair Toomey, 2020 Rogue Invitational champion Patrick ... Continue Reading
Banned from Reopening, New York Gyms Are Planning to Sue the State
Hundreds of New York gyms are unhappy that they’ve been removed from the state’s list of businesses that are allowed to resume operations. Most of the state (except New York City) is now in Phase 4 of ... Continue Reading
Larry Wheels Hits a Massive 420kg/926lb Equipped Deadlift PR
Since the COVID-19 pandemic mandated stay-at-home orders, Larry Wheels found unique ways to train — like that time he overhead pressed a ladder with two human beings hanging from the outer rungs poolside ... Continue Reading
Meet the Man Who Just Made the Heaviest Bench Press of All Time
No big deal, just the heaviest bench press of all time. In late June, 35-year-old Will Barotti made a jaw-dropping multiply equipped bench press of 1,105 pounds (501.2kg) and the biggest bench in ... Continue Reading
How To Watch World’s Strongest Man: Home Edition Finale
Since early May, World's Strongest Man (WSM): Home Edition — an episodic series on Snapchat — has seen strongmen from all over the globe vying for votes from an audience watching them perform ... Continue Reading
2020 Mayhem Madness Preview: New Dates for Rich Froning and Crew’s Team Competition
Update: In a post from July 7th, the CrossFit Mayhem team announced the event would be postponed until late August at the earliest. From their post: "Travel bans have eliminated our ability to host the ... Continue Reading
VYBE V2 Massage Gun Review | Strongest On the Market?
VYBE is a company that focuses their attention on building quality percussive massage tools. They make handheld devices and also have products geared towards the feet and ankles. In the percussive massage ... Continue Reading
NBC’s The Titan Games Episode 7 Recap: Alvarez, Palicia Advance
Last week on The Titan Games, we saw reigning Titans of the West Region Margaux Alvarez and Noah Palicia defend their spots on Mount Olympus. This week was the West Regional Finals where former Titans ... Continue Reading
How To Watch Adam Bishop Vs J.F. Caron Deadlift For Reps World Record
This coming Saturday, July 11th, the 2020 Britain's Strongest Man champion Adam Bishop will take on 7-time Canada's Strongest Man Jean-François (J.F.) Caron in a one-on-one deadlift for reps ... Continue Reading
Ashley Svendbye: Can Powerlifters and Weightlifters Get Along? (Podcast)
Today we're talking to weightlifter, powerlifter, and gamer Ashley Svendbye. After discovering strength training, Ashley trained as a powerlifter for a number of years before making the switch to ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Integrates HIIT Into His Boxing Prep
Eddie Hall recently shared what a full day of eating looks like for him on his adapted 6,000 boxing diet. Normally, that kind of eating was paired with multiple training sessions at the gym that focused on ... Continue Reading
“The Last of Us 2” Lead Character’s Body Modeled After Colleen Fotsch
In the world of gaming, many female characters are often portrayed with a particular body type — delicate features, narrow waist, hourglass figure, etc. According to Polygon, that design, when paired ... Continue Reading
Andrea Thompson Sets Log Lift World Record
Over the course of the World Ultimate Strongman “Feats of Strength” series, the log press had been featured on two different occasions. Luke Stoltman was unable to claim the world record while Rob Kearney ... Continue Reading
OPOVE M3 Pro Massage Gun Review | Best On a Budget?
While a lot of massage gun companies boast a full line-up of products, OPOVE focused on delivering a smaller line of products. Their main massage gun the OPOVE M3 Pro is pretty popular in the world of ... Continue Reading
Does Powerlifting Improve Jiu-Jitsu Performance?
Brazilian jiu-jitsu and deadlifts are about the coolest ways to spend your time, but should you train them both? Probably not. Why? We’ve roped in Chad Wesley Smith to answer this hotly debated ... Continue Reading
Teddy Willsey: Move Better for Life (Podcast)
Today we're talking to Dr. Teddy Willsey, a sports rehab and performance specialist who works with athletes of all levels in building strong, resilient movement patterns. Dr. Willsey is one of the go-to ... Continue Reading
NOBULL Mesh Runner Review | Are They That Good for Running?
NOBULL continues to innovate their shoe line with new models to tackle more and more activities. They came to market with their signature cross-trainer and have since branched into weightlifting shoes, ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw and Robert Oberst Perform the NFL Combine Bench Press Test
Two of the stars of “The Strongest Men in History,” Brian Shaw and Robert Oberst, have collaborated in a different test of strength than those that were featured on The History Channel. A new video on ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson: Iceland’s Strongest Man “Likely My Last Strongman Show”
The 2020 Arnold Strongman Classic victory and setting the world record deadlift at 501kg/1,104lb hasn’t been enough for Hafthor Bjornsson. As he shared recently, he is preparing for the 2020 Iceland’s ... Continue Reading
The Unbelievable Life of Naim Süleymanoğlu, the Strongest Pound-for-Pound Weightlifter Ever
On screen there is a man, a man possessed of incredible athletic ability. In other countries he would be revered and celebrated but here, he is caught between two worlds, two countries, and two systems of ... Continue Reading