In the world of professional wrestling, the heavyweights battle not only in the ring, but also on the bench! Check out this legendary throwback video below. On the March 29th, 2013 episode ... Continue Reading
IWF Rejects Allegations Made in ARD’s Documentary
German TV broadcaster ARD released a documentary on Sunday, January 5th titled Secret Doping – the Lord of the Lifters that alleges the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and its ... Continue Reading
10 Up-and-Coming CrossFit Athletes to Watch In 2020 and Beyond
Though it’s possible to burst onto the scene and land on the podium at the CrossFit Games in your rookie season—like Rich Froning did in 2010, Mat Fraser in 2014, and Patrick Vellner in 2016—it appears to ... Continue Reading
2020 CrossFit Open National Champions Announced
Almost two months following the final CrossFit Open workout, we finally have the announced National Champions for the 2020 CrossFit Open. Yesterday evening, CrossFit HQ shared a press release that ... Continue Reading
2020 CrossFit Mayhem Classic Sanctional Preview
The CrossFit season is well underway but the first Sanctional of 2020 is set to take place this weekend. The inaugural Mayhem Classic will be taking place January 10-12 in Cookeville, Tennessee and is the ... Continue Reading
Best Lat Pulldown Bars
Lat pulldown bars are important tools for athletes looking to build their back. Lat pulldown bars come in a variety of shapes, designs, weights, lengths, and grips. The one commonality they all share is ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Incline Presses 242 Pound Dumbbells
In a new YouTube video titled “World’s Heaviest Incline Dumbbell Press,” 2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall goes through a chest training session at the Strength Asylum gym in the UK. The video features ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Athletes Call for Donations to Help Fight Australian Bushfires
Sixty-three thousand square kilometers burned, over 2,500 buildings destroyed, 25 people dead, hundreds of millions of animals lost. The smoke is so widespread that it’s darkened the skies of Auckland, ... Continue Reading
German TV Documentary Alleges IWF Corruption and Scandal Cover-Up
A TV documentary titled Secret Doping – the Lord of the Lifters was aired by ARD, a German state broadcaster, on Sunday January, 5th 2020. As reported by insidethegames, the documentary ... Continue Reading
Competing With One Arm, Powerlifter Jay Bonilla Makes Phenomenal 920 lb Total
If you're running a little low on motivation this Monday, then you need to check out adaptive powerlifter Jay Bonilla's latest performance from this past weekend. Bonilla, who competed at the 5th ... Continue Reading
JC Deen: Why It’s Easy to Get Fed Up With Fitness
JC Deen was one of the first online fitness writers and trainers to build his name for a no-BS approach. He joins us to talk about beating fitness frustration, turning to "Doggcrapp Training," and how ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Athlete Dani Speegle Looks to Rewrite Her Breakout Season in 2020
Dani Speegle enjoyed quite a meteoric rise to the top of the CrossFit leaderboard in the 2018-19 season. After back-to-back top 10 finishes at Regionals in 2017 and 2018, the 26-year-old finished fifth in ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Deadlifts 822 Pounds for Reps in New YouTube Video
Two-time and defending Arnold Strongman Classic champion Hafthor Bjornsson has shared a new YouTube video which shared details of one of his latest training efforts on the road to the 2020 ASC in Columbus, ... Continue Reading
7 Ways to Improve Your Rowing Stroke
While becoming an efficient rower will probably never be as exciting to the average CrossFit athlete as getting your first pull-up, muscle-up, or a new clean and jerk PR, it certainly can help you handle ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Prescillia Bavoil (-63kg) Smoke a 215kg Deadlift
Prescillia "Lya" Bavoil of France is the current International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) European Champion in the -63kg weight class. On her way to becoming champion, she pulled a continental ... Continue Reading
Egyptian Weightlifting Officials Jailed Amid Doping Scandal Inquiry
Technical director Mohamed Moussa and coach Mohamed Hosni of the Egyptian national weightlifting team were sent to jail for four days on Sunday December 29th, 2019. As reported by Inside the Games, ... Continue Reading
Watch Johnnie Harris Bench Press 680 lbs Raw at 290 lbs Bodyweight
Johnnie Harris is no stranger to pressing jaw-dropping weight on the bench. In his competitive powerlifting debut at the 5th Annual Maryland State Championship in November 2019, Harris heaved 297kg ... Continue Reading
Zack Bartell: What No One Tells You About Opening A Gym
Zack Bartell is a powerlifter and gym-owner based in Southern California. Bartell opened SoCal Powerlifting to the public at a very young age, and with strategy, a dream, and a business mindset, he has ... Continue Reading
Navigating Bodybuilding and Muscle Dysmorphia, What Researchers Suggest
Editor’s note: The content on BarBend is meant to be informative in nature, but it should not be taken as medical advice. The opinions and articles on this site are not intended for use as diagnosis, ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey to Compete at Wodapalooza 2020
Three-time CrossFit Games Women’s Champion Tia-Clair Toomey is also the 2019 champion of Wodapalooza. The organizers of WZA have announced on their Instagram page that Toomey will be in Miami this year to ... Continue Reading
5 Ways to Make Social Media Improve Your Training
Hi, I’m Emily Beers and I’m a phone addict. I always knew this about myself, but (confession) there was no hiding it this past year, as my phone started letting me know how many times I picked it up and ... Continue Reading
Check Out This Feature On Maral Javadifar, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Strength Coach and Female NFL Pioneer
Some days you visit YouTube and you're pleasantly surprised with a video that falls perfectly in your interests, hooray algorithm. At least, that's exactly how I stumbled onto this awesome feature ... Continue Reading
7 Ways Athletes Can Slash Their Grocery Bills in 2020
A couple weeks ago, I told a friend (who isn’t so into fitness) what I spend each month on groceries. She nearly fell off her chair. If you’re like me, food is probably close to 50 percent of your ... Continue Reading
Best Compression Arm Sleeves
Research has shown that compression arm sleeves can help increase precision and sensitivity around the elbow and wrist joints during physical activity (1). What does that mean? It means that compression ... Continue Reading