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CrossFit Games Expert Predictions

Experts Predict Winners for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games: Agree with Their Picks?

The 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games are upon us, which means it's time to set your own predictions for the Women's and Men's podiums. The 2019 iteration of Games — which run from July 31st to August 4th in ... Continue Reading

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Squats Causing You Low Back Pain? Try This Unilateral Leg Workout

Ah, the pains of low back pain. You set up under the barbell, get tight, unrack, and physically feel those vertebrae compressing under the weight. Sometimes it’s not even an injury; sometimes, no matter ... Continue Reading

Yangsu Ren

Powerlifter Yangsu Ren Beltless Deadlifts 745lbs for a Massive Triple

Powerlifter Yangsu Ren (-83kg), aka “Deadlift Panda”, just casually deadlifted 745lbs/337.93kg for a triple. To understand just how impressive this is, in 2017 Ren set the American raw deadlift record ... Continue Reading

Bench Press

15 Steps to Nailing Your First Powerlifting Meet

At my first powerlifting competition, I bombed. This means that I wasn’t able to complete at least one attempt of either the squat, bench press, or deadlift. In my case, it was the bench press, which was ... Continue Reading

Overhead Press Grip Width

5 Overhead Press Mistakes, Why They Happen, and How to Fix Them

The overhead press is a compound upper body movement that develops serious strength and mass. Powerlifters, strongman athletes, weightlifters, and general fitness-goers alike will benefit from including ... Continue Reading

Weightlifter Cheryl Haworth

Podcast: Weightlifting’s Future with Olympic Medalist Cheryl Haworth

It's almost impossible to talk about the history of USA Weightlifting without Cheryl Haworth's name popping up. She's one of America's most accomplished lifters, with accolades that include: Three ... Continue Reading

Bodybuilder Mohamed Shaaban

Portugal Pro Bodybuilding Results: Mohamed Shaaban Wins

When you look at a bodybuilding lineup for a pro show, you might see the biggest names and predict that one of them will take the victory. This is especially true if you only see one or two big names and ... Continue Reading

Lifting and Technology

Is Technology Hurting Or Helping Your Training? 4 Rules to Help You Decide

If you’re anything like me, you have a pretty set routine that you follow before you begin training. I like to get to the gym, spend a few minutes chatting to help rid myself of the pre-workout jitters, ... Continue Reading

Gino Caspari squats a sheep

Swiss Archeologist Squats Sheep for 104 Reps, Becomes First Foreign Champion in 1,000 Years

As first reported by The Daily Mail, for the first time in 1,000 years, a foreigner has won a sheep squatting contest in the remote Russian republic of Tuva. The ancient tradition features contestants ... Continue Reading

Kate Nye

Weightlifter Kate Nye Jerks 145kg/319lb for a Big PR a Week Out From Pan American Games

It has been a week of personal records for Team USA weightlifter Kate Nye. But given how successful her year has been, we can't say we're surprised that her strength is continuing to increase. Nye ... Continue Reading

CrossFit Games

Watch the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games Live on BarBend

BarBend will be streaming the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games on our site! The Reebok CrossFit Games kick off on July 28th in Madison, Wisconsin, with a formal competition running from Thursday, August 1st ... Continue Reading

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On His 80th Birthday, This CrossFit® Trainer Finished a Workout That Would Humble Anyone

Jacinto Bonilla, a CrossFit® trainer based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, celebrates his birthday every year by performing a seriously impressive workout of the day (WOD). For the last 13 years, Bonilla has ... Continue Reading

Bench Press

Bench Press Vs Push-Up: Which Is Best for Strength, Mass, and Power?

Bench press or push-ups? Which is best for developing upper body strength and muscle mass? Many lifters would probably agree that the bench press is King for these goals, however, some research suggests ... Continue Reading

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3 Types of Workouts That Help Powerlifters to Improve Work Capacity

As a powerlifter, my main concern is getting stronger. And as a human who’d like to live a real long time, my main concern is developing cardio capacity that’ll keep my heart doing its thing long enough ... Continue Reading

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Study: Fruits and Vegetables May Help Switch Off Genes Responsible for Obesity

A new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is giving some weight to the old adage that “Nobody got fat eating too much broccoli.” OK, fruits and vegetables contain calories and ... Continue Reading

Toomey

Tia-Clair Toomey Officially Signs with NOBULL

Two-time defending CrossFit Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey officially signed with NOBULL, the company announced on Tuesday. NOBULL announced the partnership with Toomey on their Instagram, and Toomey ... Continue Reading

Patrik

What Vegan Strongman Patrik Baboumian Eats in a Day

Strongman Patrik Baboumian's diet looks completely different than that of your typical strongman. When most of the world's strongest men are consuming copious amounts of meat and eggs, Baboumian could not ... Continue Reading

Benefits of Leg Press

Op-Ed: There Is No Such Thing As the “10 Best Lifts”

Recently, BarBend author Nick English wrote an op-ed titled “These Are the 10 Best Lifts, Fight Me” — one of which, weighted planks, even featured yours truly! Since Nick asked for it, I’m gonna offer my ... Continue Reading

Julius Maddox

Powerlifter Julius Maddox Bench Presses 610 Pounds for Eight Reps

Less than a month after setting a new American bench press record, super heavyweight powerlifter Julius Maddox has no interest in slowing down. Maddox beat the American raw bench press record by 1.1 ... Continue Reading

Bodybuilder Hadi Choopan

Hadi Choopan Wins Vancover Pro Bodybuilding Competition

There was a lot of buzz leading up to the Vancouver Pro about one bodybuilder in particular. Hadi Choopan is from Iran and has been unable to compete in the United States because of travel and visa ... Continue Reading

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CrossFit HQ Announces Daily Schedule for 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games

The highly anticipated daily schedule for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games is finally here. CrossFit HQ announced that the Games will formally kick off on Thursday, August 1st at 9 a.m. in Madison, ... Continue Reading

Bodybuilder Shawn Rhoden

Bodybuilder Shawn Rhoden Banned from Olympia

On July 12th, The Deseret News reported that 2018 Mr. Olympia Shawn Rhoden has been charged with one count of rape, one count of object rape, and one count of forcible sexual abuse in the state of Utah. ... Continue Reading

The History of Vince Gironda, Low Carb Pioneer and Bodybuilding Great

Entering a North Hollywood gym, a six foot European bodybuilder, soon to become one of the sport’s greatest ever athletes, is told that he looks like a ‘fat f***’. Cue gasps: a young Vince Gironda had just ... Continue Reading

Green Vibrance + CBD Review – Is This Enough CBD?

We named Green Vibrance as one of the best green powders on the market and now the Connecticut-based company Vibrant Health has produced a new version of their supplement that includes CBD oil. CBD (or ... Continue Reading

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