You may be one of the many athletes currently stuck at home and without access to a gym due to the coronavirus pandemic. If so, you might be concerned about those precious gains turning to steady ... Continue Reading
14 CrossFit Games Women Reveal Their Daily Macros
While you can’t paint all elite CrossFit women with the same dietary brush, I thought I’d investigate to find out how similar, or different, their diets really are. BarBend spoke with 14 female athletes ... Continue Reading
8-Time Fitness Olympia Champion Adela Garcia Will Return
While the early portion of the 2020 IFBB Pro League season has been placed on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, the news and developments of the 2020 Olympia is still happening and another announcement ... Continue Reading
How Exercise Reduces Cabin Fever (Plus Home Workouts to Get Started)
The coronavirus has caused a big pause button to be pushed on our everyday lives. Gyms are closing, workplaces and schools are closing, and the news coverage is focused on the virus 24/7. And a lot of ... Continue Reading
4 Ways to Make Bodyweight Training Harder (Time to Get Creative!)
Unlike loading up the barbell or grabbing heavier dumbbells, bodyweight training isn't an easy to modify to increase intensity in the form of load. Granted, you can technically add weight to any bodyweight ... Continue Reading
When Bodybuilding Met Wrestling: The Bizarre Tale of the World Bodybuilding Federation
The recent rebirth of the XFL has reminded the sporting world that Vince McMahon, a man synonymous with World Wrestling Entertainment, is a man of many interests. Given his larger than life TV persona, ... Continue Reading
2020 Strongman Events Canceled or Postponed Due To Coronavirus (Updated)
The coronavirus pandemic is causing a multitude of strongman events to be canceled, postponed, or otherwise forced to adjust the events accordingly. We at BarBend decided it would be helpful to ... Continue Reading
5 Ways to Cope With Missing Your Workout Buddy
Even if you’re not concerned at all about personally catching COVID-19, limiting your travel and people time can be a really important way to protect folks who are immunocompromised and more susceptible to ... Continue Reading
2020 Powerlifting Events Canceled or Postponed Due To Coronavirus (Updated)
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as characterized by the World Health Organization (WHO) last week is causing a multitude of powerlifting events to be canceled, postponed, or otherwise forced ... Continue Reading
Gyms Set to Close In New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
Earlier today, it was announced that New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut would be collaborating in a regional effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by closing gyms, movie ... Continue Reading
So Your CrossFit Box Is Closed? Adapt With A Week of At-Home Workouts
On March 15th, COVID-19 became a lot more real for those of us in France. The French government announced restaurants, entertainment venues and all non-non-essential stores would close as of midnight. The ... Continue Reading
3 Most Common Push-Up Mistakes (With CrossFit Athlete Meg Reardon)
Multi-time CrossFit Games athlete and coach Meg Reardon knows a thing or two about push-up form. She sees way too many people make these three common push-up mistakes in her CrossFit classes, and ... Continue Reading
Arnold Australia and South America Events Postponed
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt across the globe. As a result sporting and fitness events worldwide have been getting either postponed to a date to be determined or cancelled ... Continue Reading
Managing Strength Training Through Menopause
“We don’t quit playing because we age, we age because we quit playing.” - George Bernard Shaw A beautiful quote indeed, but tell that to a woman going through perimenopause or menopause, and she might ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Breaks Down How to Do the Car Deadlift
One of the appealing aspects of strongman is the unique ways in which the athletes display their power. Lifts like the car deadlift are simply more interesting than a barbell version. While the visual is ... Continue Reading
2020 Weightlifting Events Canceled or Postponed Due To Coronavirus (Updated)
The coronavirus pandemic is causing multiple Olympic weightlifting events to be canceled, postponed, or otherwise affected. We at BarBend decided it would be helpful to have a continuously updated ... Continue Reading
2020 CrossFit Events Canceled or Postponed Due To Coronavirus (Updated)
With more and more events being either canceled, postponed, or otherwise affected by the coronavirus pandemic, we at BarBend decided it would be helpful to have a continuously updated list of CrossFit ... Continue Reading
6 Great Bodyweight Exercises for Powerlifters (Try These At Home!)
What happens when we're matched with a time frame where equipment might be slightly limited and we have a need for a routinely high training stimulus? We find ourselves trying to as creative as ... Continue Reading
Krzysztof Wierzbicki (-100kg) Deadlifts All-Time World Record 433.5kg/955.7lb
The 28 year old Polish powerlifter, Krzysztof Wierzbicki, has done it again. Known as "Mr. Deadlift", Wierzbicki is notorious for pulling some of the heaviest weight around. He has a tendency to not only ... Continue Reading
Best Men’s Compression Shorts
Compression shorts are a piece of apparel that often go unseen; similar to underwear, compression shorts often sit underneath layers of shorts or pants. However invisible they may be, they can play a ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Josh Gregory Deadlifts 344kg/760lb for a Smooth Triple
Powerlifter Josh Gregory somehow flies under the radar despite an exceptional competitive record and ability to pull a large number of plates off the floor with relative ease. The 25 year old, who ... Continue Reading
Brian Alsruhe: Lifting Through Rock Bottom (Podcast)
Brian Alsruhe is a champion strongman athlete who has overcome an astounding list of setbacks: two back breaks, a brain tumor, parasites, and a bone marrow infection, to name just a few. After finding help ... Continue Reading
Coronavirus Pandemic Triggers 2020 CrossFit German Throwdown Postponement
The World Health Organization (WHO) made the assessment on March 11th that the coronavirus (COVID-19) can be considered a pandemic. Multiple CrossFit Sanctionals™️ competitions have already made the ... Continue Reading
Is This Common Ab Training Mistake Limiting Your Progress? How to Fix It
The biggest mistake I see beginners make with ab training is not doing too many isolation movements: it’s the failure to isolate the targeted muscle. Now, in most situations, this isn’t all that ... Continue Reading