Fifty percent of the Standard American Diet’s calories comes carbohydrates, 13 percent from added sugar, 6 percent from sugary drinks, and eighty-seven percent of Americans don’t eat enough vegetables.(1) ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Mighty Bear Prints
The seventeenth day in our 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign features the most unique giveaway yet. For this giveaway, we've teamed up with Mighty Bear Prints, the custom strength ... Continue Reading
Fat Loss for Athletes: The Right Way to Approach Calories and Hormones
Whether you’re a strength athlete or a bodybuilder — in fact, even if you’re neither — there’s an extremely good chance that at some point in your life you’ve wanted to lose fat while losing as little ... Continue Reading
Mat Fraser & Sam Briggs Win Dubai CrossFit® Championship, Qualify for 2019 Games
For one athlete, it was further proof of dominance, starting yet another season well ahead of the competition. For another, it was a return to form after a season dampened by injury. And ultimately, two ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Kettlebell Kitchen Giveaway
For the fifteenth day in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign we've teamed up with one of our favorite meal delivery services. For today's giveaway, one lucky winner will be walking ... Continue Reading
The Real Mass Gainer Pros and Cons, According to an RD and a Biochemist
A lifelong muscle-building journey can be enjoyable and rewarding, but you’ll likely hit plateaus along the way. After months of training and eating, you may have popped into the supplement aisle to see ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Isopure Giveaway
We have good news and bad news. The bad news is we are officially past the halfway point in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign, so there's only two more weeks of giveaways. The good ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Wags & Weights Giveaway
We are officially at and past the halfway point in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting giveaway campaign and today's gifting is possibly the most unique on our list. Today's giveaway ... Continue Reading
World Record Holder Emily Hu’s Favorite Bench Press Tips (VIDEO)
A few weeks ago, we had the current 123 lb all-time world record holding bench presser Emily Hu in office. Besides chatting about the industry, being on the Titan Games, and her future aspirations in the ... Continue Reading
Reebok Has the Perfect Sale for a Strength Athlete On Your Shopping List
If you're like me, then you're probably ridiculously behind on holiday shopping, and you keep putting the event off saying things like, "It's only the beginning of December, I have plenty of time." ... Continue Reading
Three Hour Strongman: How to Stay Strong and Competitive on Limited Training Time
Time. We all have the same amount of this precious commodity but have different demands on how we allocate it. Most people who train for the sport can manage to spend five or six days per week in the gym ... Continue Reading
At-Home Dumbbell Workouts for Powerlifters, Weightlifters, and More
At-home training can be tricky, especially if you don't have the right equipment, tools, and/or loading. For more serious lifters, gaining maximal strength, muscle mass, and sports performance ... Continue Reading
7 Micronutrients That Are Important for Athletes
If you’re looking to build muscle, you probably already know you need to eat a lot of calories. There’s a good chance you’ve got your hypertrophy program figured out, if you’ve really done your diligence ... Continue Reading
The Actual Pros and Cons of the Paleo Diet
One of the hottest and diets around and one that's especially popular among functional fitness athletes, the Paleo diet — sometimes called the Paleolithic or Caveman diet — focuses on nutrient-dense foods ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Tom Kallas Grinds for an Epic All-Time World Record Squat
Earned not given, that's probably the best way to explain powerlifter Tom Kallas' latest all-time world record squat (with & without knee wraps). It always seems like whenever we cover an all-time ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: IdealFit Giveaway
Apparel and supplement fans get ready. For day ten in BarBend’s 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting giveaway campaign we've teamed up with IdealFit to equip one lucky winner the apparel and ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: IdealRaw Giveaway
For the ninth day in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign we've teamed up with IdealRaw. One lucky winner will be walking away with a tub of IdealRaw Organic Protein Powder and a ... Continue Reading
Low Impact, HIIT 15-Minute Kettlebell Circuit
There are more awesome things about kettlebells than I can list in the fifteen minutes it will take for a lifter to perform this low impact, high intensity interval training circuit. Suffice it to say, for ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Xebex AirPlus Performance Bike
On the eighth day of BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting Get RX'd gave to me...one Xebex AirPlus Performance Bike! Yes, that's right, for our eighth giveaway for our December campaign ... Continue Reading
Why Jack LaLanne Is One of the Most Influential Athletes of All Time
Speaking to reporters in the late 1990s, a then vibrant eighty-three-year-old Jack LaLanne told his bemused audience, ‘I can’t afford to die, it’d ruin my image.’(1) Earlier that morning, LaLanne had ... Continue Reading
Annie Thorisdottir Withdraws From Dubai CrossFit Championship, More Workouts Announced
Yesterday, elite CrossFit athlete Annie Thorrisdottir announced that she'd be withdrawing from the Dubai CrossFit Championship. This news comes only four days after we covered the first workout for the ... Continue Reading
What Are the Different Types of Kettlebells?
The kettlebell. A simple, yet incredibly versatile piece of equipment that in our opinion, is underutilized in most gym settings. A lot of gyms have kettlebells present, but not every gym sees them used. ... Continue Reading
Why Your Workouts Need More Good Mornings
The good morning is one of the oldest and most effective movements a strength athlete can perform. It’s also one of the most controversial. Here’s why. The exact origin of any barbell exercise is pretty ... Continue Reading
Chest Workouts You Can Do at Home with Minimal Equipment
At-home workouts are anything but easy, with many strength, power, and fitness athletes and coaches maximizing their performance from the comfort of their own home. Strength superstars like Brian Shaw ... Continue Reading