Wrist braces, or sometimes sleeves, wrap around or cover the wrist joint for support. Examples of support can be maintaining alignment or alleviating pressure when bearing weight. They can differ in design ... Continue Reading
Want to Build a Resilient and Strong Body? Try Using Bulletproof Trisets
If you are a strength training junkie, then you eat, sleep, and live for a heavy barbell in your hands. There is no doubt about it, locking out a heavy deadlift makes you feel like the strongest person on ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Blaine Sumner Squats a World Record Shattering 515kg (1,135 lbs)
If you're in need of a jaw dropping feat of strength, then look no further than Blaine Sumner's latest performance at the USA Powerlifting Arnold Grand Prix by SBD that took place at this year's ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Classic Saturday Night Results
There was an elephant that was hanging around every room in Columbus, Ohio when the Arnold Sports Festival started. The expo was cancelled and spectator restrictions were enacted due to the risk of the ... Continue Reading
Olga Liashchuk Wins 2nd Straight Arnold Pro Strongwoman Title
The 2020 Arnold Sports Festival can go down as a landmark event in the sport of strongwoman. Earlier in the weekend, Kristin Rhodes and Andrea Thompson both performed 600 plus pound deadlifts. And now the ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Strongman Classic Day 2 Recap and Final Results
At the end of the first day of the Arnold Strongman Classic, it appeared to be a contest between two men: Hafthor Björnsson and Mateusz Kieliszkowski. Björnsson is the reigning champion of this contest, ... Continue Reading
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Wins Timber Carry, Sets World Record
Strongman Mateusz Kieliszkowski of Poland seems to perform his best when faced with incredible adversity. After all, he is the man won the 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman in Dubai with a torn ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Classic Friday Night Results
The first night of the 2020 Arnold Classic saw many of the world’s best fitness athletes take the stage and showcase their elite physiques and talents. Every competitor in each lineup were winners in their ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Wins Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift Event
Hafthor Bjornsson pulled some epically large deadlifts in training heading into the Arnold Strongman Classic this weekend; the event he won the last two years in a row. He deadlifted 455kg/1,003lbs for a ... Continue Reading
Asian Weightlifting Championships Postponed; Olympics May Prohibit Spectators
Two developments in the coronavirus outbreak surfaced late this week. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwjTRf2gLKM/ The Asian Weightlifting Championships Postponed First up, the Asian Weightlifting ... Continue Reading
Check Out Hafthor Bjornsson’s Training Diet, 10,000 Calories Per Day
Hafthor Bjornsson, the 2018 World's Strongest Man champion, is known for eating a lot of calories per day during training. He has shared his 8,000 calorie training diet which utilizes the vertical ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Strongman Classic Day 1 Recap
Ten of the strongest men in the world made it to Columbus, Ohio looking to leave this weekend as the Arnold Strongman Classic Champion. Only one of these men, Hafthor Bjornsson, has had the title and goes ... Continue Reading
2020 Dubai CrossFit Championship Will Have New Format
Per ArmenHammerTV's exclusive, the 2020 Dubai CrossFit Championship (DCC) will have a significantly different format from not only years' past championships, but also from almost any other CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
Heaviest Competition Snatch and Clean & Jerk in American History
Did you know one athlete has both the heaviest competition snatch and clean & jerk in American history? Shane Hamman is a multi-time Olympian who represented the United States in the 2000 Sydney and ... Continue Reading
After MS Diagnosis, Alex Ortiz Turned His Life Around Through Fitness
One morning in March 2018, Alex Ortiz woke up and couldn’t move his body. “I was completely paralyzed on the left side of my body,” said Ortiz, now 37. Stubborn, he didn’t go to the doctor for five ... Continue Reading
Elite Powerlifter Jen Thompson Explains Her Diet
The name Jen Thompson has become synonymous with a strong bench press. Right now it's her squat that graces the top of the IPF’s records page and this -132lb athlete is very talented at all of the big ... Continue Reading
Arnold Sports Festival Spectators Were Allowed, Then Prohibited Again In Confusing Series of Announcements
The circumstances and communication surrounding the four-day 2020 Arnold Sports Festival, which began today in Columbus, Ohio have caused significant confusion over the past couple of days. Here is a ... Continue Reading
Kazakhstan and Bolivia National Champions Receive CrossFit Games Invites
CrossFit HQ shared a press release yesterday confirming that the male and female national champions of both Kazakhstan and Bolivia are eligible to compete at the 2020 Reebok CrossFit Games in August and ... Continue Reading
4 Forgotten Exercises That Can Deliver Serious Gains
Strength training has been around for a long time, dating all the way back to Milo in the 6th century. Fads have come and gone since then, but the barbell has stood the test of time. You want to get ... Continue Reading
Jessica Buettner Dominates CPU National Championships, Sets Unofficial World Records
It is almost expected that when Jessica Buettner is making waves in the powerlifting world, it is because she just deadlifted some obscenely heavy weight or flawlessly crushed a competition. She ... Continue Reading
Katherine Nye Will No Longer Compete At the Arnold Sports Festival
Team USA weightlifter Katherine Nye has announced her withdrawal from the American Open Series 1, also known as the Arnold Weightlifting Championships. The event is scheduled to take place at the ... Continue Reading
Long-Time IWF President Tamás Aján Resigns IOC Honorary Membership Amid Corruption Investigation
According to a press release shared on the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)'s website, longstanding IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján is resigning his International Olympic Committee (IOC) honorary ... Continue Reading
Watch Strongman Luke Richardson Axle Bar Deadlift 380kg/838lb For a Triple
Luke Richardson is at it again. The youngest ever athlete to total 1000kg/2,204lb raw has been putting in really impressive work in the gym this past week and showing off a bit with some massive axle bar ... Continue Reading
5 Best Prehab Exercises for Strength Athletes (with Joe Yoon)
Looking to improve your mobility for better weightlifting, powerlifting, and more? Joe Yoon (better known as @JoeTherapy) joined us to demonstrate his 5 favorite prehab mobility exercises for strength ... Continue Reading