If you’ve been following CrossFit for a while, there’s a chance you’ve noticed a significant change in the company’s focus in the last year or so. We’re not exactly talking about the changes made to the ... Continue Reading
The Bodyweight Skull Crusher Is An Underutilized Tool for Building Strong Arms
When the average gym-goer thinks about training their triceps in isolation, the pieces of equipment that come to mind are barbells, dumbbells, and cables (or bands for you CrossFitters). What if I told you ... Continue Reading
Alex Uslar: Overcoming Addiction and Creating Opportunity (Podcast)
Alex Uslar wears a lot of different hats with Hybrid Performance Method. At Hybrid, Alex serves as the General Manager, Director of Operations, run Hybrid Apparel, and per Instagram is also Stefi Cohen’s ... Continue Reading
Paralympian Siamand Rahman Has Passed Away At Age 31
Paralympic powerlifter Siamand Rahman passed away on Sunday March 1st, 2020 in his hometown, Oshnavieh, Iran, after suffering a heart attack. He was 31 years old. Rahman made his powerlifting debut ... Continue Reading
Reports: Arnold Sports Festival to Screen Athletes for Coronavirus
The Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio is expecting an estimated 22,000 athletes and over 200,000 people from over 80 different nations to attend their annual fitness festival, which is scheduled to ... Continue Reading
Best Thigh Compression Sleeves
Thigh compression sleeves offer a wide array of benefits to athletes. The most significant benefit being improved blood flow (1) which can potentially lead to better injury prevention, improved athletic ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Pro Strongwoman Preview
The eyes of the fitness world will be focused on Columbus, Ohio during the first weekend of March for several reasons. Bodybuilding, powerlifting, and strongman are just a few of the strength sports that ... Continue Reading
The 2020 IWF Junior World Championships Have Been Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Two weeks before it was scheduled to take place, the 2020 International Weightlifting Federation Junior World Weightlifting Championships have been cancelled, with the outbreak and global spread of the ... Continue Reading
5 TRX Exercises to Build a Rock Solid Upper Back
While on the battlefield way back in 1997, Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick came up with the first version of what is now called the TRX®. Because dodging bullets and staying alive wasn’t enough. He wanted to stay ... Continue Reading
How to Watch Weightlifting at the 2020 Arnold Sports Festival
The Arnold Sports Festival, also just called “The Arnold,” is arguably the biggest event on the strength sports calendar. The Arnold holds big time competitions for many strength sports, bringing ... Continue Reading
Elite Gymnast Jaime Da Silva Teaches 4 Move Pull-Up Progression
There is no debate that the pull-up is one of the greatest upper body building exercises. Pull-ups should be incorporated into your training because, among many benefits, they can help ... Continue Reading
Meet Heather Pivoras and the CrossFit Coach Who Helped Transform her Life
When Heather Pivoras arrived at CrossFit Murray in Kentucky seven years ago, she was down and out. “I was in an abusive relationship. My self-esteem was at an all-time low. I had a hard time looking in ... Continue Reading
The Right Way to Prime Your Muscles for a Great Workout
When you’re painting furniture, cupboards, or the exterior of your house, you want it to look good. And for it to look good, you can't just slap a coat of paint on. You need to prepare the surface for the ... Continue Reading
The Heaviest Women’s Snatch and Clean & Jerk Ever Made in Competition
In the world of weightlifting, all records are cool, but heaviest EVER is just so much fun to talk about. So who holds the marks for heaviest women's snatch and clean & jerk of all time? When ... Continue Reading
East Asian Weightlifting Championships Postponed Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Probably the strength sport most affected by the spread of the coronavirus is Olympic weightlifting. Given the highly regulated nature of the sport, the frequency of its competitions, the huge number of ... Continue Reading
Joey Szatmary: Building a Home for Strongmen and Powerlifters (Podcast)
Building ANY community is tough. So building a space and community for people obsessed with strength brings its own special challenges. And no one knows more about that than Joey Szatmary. Joey is a ... Continue Reading
Eddie Halls Performs “Isabel” and Claims New World Record (Update)
2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall was at the European Championships (CrossFit) in Colchester, England on February 23 to take part in a personal challenge. It may be strange to some that a strongman ... Continue Reading
Coronavirus Threatens Cancellation of 2020 Olympic Games
About two weeks ago, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Inspection Team, John Coates, said at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan after meetings with organizers of the 2020 Olympic Games, ... Continue Reading
5 Functional Exercises to Improve Warmups, Movement, and Overall Fitness
Functional training became a hot topic in 2019 and keeps gaining momentum in mainstream fitness. But what is functional training really? Functional movement or training, has it all in the ... Continue Reading
7 Kettlebell Accessories to Integrate into Your Powerlifting Off Season
One of my favorite things to do after a powerlifting meet is dive back into the wide world of kettlebells. The kinds of power-based, heavy ballistic moves that I love to do with kettlebells don’t often ... Continue Reading
Pro Gymnast vs. Journalists: Max Pull-Up Challenge
How many strict pull-ups can you do in one set? Five? Ten? Maybe fifteen? We here in the BarBend office do, contrary to some YouTube comments, lift, and we were fairly confident that in a test of pull-up ... Continue Reading
Meet the Filipino National CrossFit Champion Robin Jaramillo
Robin Jaramillo has competed in the CrossFit Open every single year since 2013, always competing for the United States. This year, 29-year-old Jaramillo—a citizen of the Philippines, whose parents were ... Continue Reading
5 Fitness Trends That Need to Go Away…FOREVER
The world of fitness continues to evolve, adapt, and change as more and more professionals share their thoughts and knowledge on particular topics. Studies continue to improve and be more specific, ... Continue Reading
Chris Duffin: Squatting 1,000 Pounds and More Impossible Feats
Chris Duffin is an inventor, record-setting powerlifter, author, and founder of Kabuki Strength Labs. He's also one of the strongest humans on the planet, becoming the first person to deadlift 1,000 pounds ... Continue Reading