The seventh day of the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships just concluded in Pattaya, Thailand, and the 96kg A session was one of the best overall sessions in recent history. Heading into the 96kg A ... Continue Reading
Strongman Eddie Hall Hangs Out With His Childhood Hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Strongman Eddie Hall could hardly contain his excitement before heading to a gym session with bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since Hall was a kid, he had always looked up ... Continue Reading
Professional Football Legend Shannon Sharpe Shows Off Insane Bench Press Strength
From the looks of it, Shannon Sharpe is still approaching gym sessions like he's after another Super Bowl ring. The former professional football legend showed off an impressive upper body training session ... Continue Reading
Lu Xiaojun Overcomes Injury To Set New World Records And Win His Fifth Weightlifting World Championship
Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun swept his fifth International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships with a world record breaking performance. Lu dominated the men’s ... Continue Reading
Deng Wei Wins Her Fifth Weightlifting World Championship With Record-Setting Performance
Chinese weightlifter Deng Wei went six for six at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships to defend her title as World Champion in the women's 64kg weight ... Continue Reading
Roelly Winklaar Wins Yamamoto Pro Cup Bodybuilding Show
One of the annual bodybuilding traditions is the post-Olympia bodybuilding tour that includes various destinations around the world. The first stop on this year’s tour was Padova, Italy for the Yamamoto ... Continue Reading
Maria Htee (-57kg) Sets Two IPF World Records At Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships
We knew Canadian powerlifter Maria Htee would come to the Commonwealth Championships hungry. The -57kg athlete was coming off a first place performance at the International Powerlifting Federation ... Continue Reading
From NASA to Fitness with Brandon Heavey
Brandon Heavey's story is epic: He's a former NASA engineer who, after a personal fitness revelation, decided to change careers and become a fitness trainer. Heavey swapped Mars rovers for squat cycles and ... Continue Reading
Katherine Nye Sweeps Gold, Sets Junior World Record At Weightlifting World Championships
It was an electric day for the Team USA -71kg women's athletes at the 2019 IWF World Championships. Heading into this year's World Championships, Katherine Nye and Mattie Rogers were on everyone's "who to ... Continue Reading
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Wins Arnold Strongman Europe
Mateusz Kieliszkowski has been on quite a roll this strongman season, and that trend continued in Barcelona, Spain. Coming off clinching the World’s Strongest Man Arena Tour title at Giants Live ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Rich Froning’s Diet
On an average workout day, Rich Froning eats somewhere in the area of 200 grams of protein, 500 grams of carbs, and 100 grams of fat — between 3,500 and 4,000 calories per day. But what makes up ... Continue Reading
10 Questions You’ve Always Had About Kettlebells, Answered
You want to start working with kettlebells because you’ve seen other people swinging ‘em around and let’s be real: they look badass. Or you have worked with kettlebells before, but you’re looking to take ... Continue Reading
Best Ankle Weights
Ankle weights are an accessory used to improve the intensity of different exercises. Often the purpose of strapping on ankle weights is to add extra weight that your body has to adjust to and work with. ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 3 Recap
The third day of the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand has concluded with a rarely seen record setting performance by Uzbekistan’s Adkhamjon Ergashev. The twenty year old set ... Continue Reading
Study: A Healthier Gut Could Mean More Muscular Strength
Actually absorbing the nutrients in protein and calories is really key when you're looking to gain muscle. Think about it: what would be the point of drinking countless protein shakes and shoveling down ... Continue Reading
What Do Lifters Mean When They Say “Bend the Bar” In the Bench Press?
There are a ton of different cues lifters use for the bench press and one of the most popular you hear is "bend the bar," or perhaps more usefully, "separate the bar", but what exactly do they ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 2 Recap
The second day of competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand has concluded with the Chinese Weightlifting team setting and resetting four World Records ... Continue Reading
How Reebok CrossFit Games Athlete Kristin Holte Plans to Attack the 2020 Season
Kristin Holte takes a sip of her coffee, eats breakfast, and writes out her training goals and plan for the day. In August, the Norwegian CrossFit Games veteran finished in second place at the 2019 Reebok ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Cailer Woolam Smokes a 425kg/937 lb Deadlift
The Doctor will see you now. It seems like we've written about Cailer Woolam pretty frequently over the last couple months, but hey, we don't think anyone is complaining. Most recently, we covered the ... Continue Reading
How to Grow Stubborn Calves and Forearms
Most lifters, unless they’re genetically gifted, have a stubborn muscle group that refuses to grow. No matter what you do and what you throw at it, it still looks the same. It’s almost enough to make ... Continue Reading
James Newbury: What It Takes to Succeed in CrossFit
James Newbury is the 5th Fittest Man on Earth, a 4-time Australia's Fittest Man, and one of the most cerebral athletes we've ever spoken with. Learn about the changes to training, nutrition, and recovery ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
The first day of competition has concluded in Pattaya, Thailand at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. The highlight of the day came in the men’s 55KG category, where North Korea’s Om Chul Yun ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Shows Off An Insanely Smooth 120kg No Contact Muscle Snatch Triple
The 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships are officially underway, and +109kg world record holding weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze has already gotten our ... Continue Reading
Om Yun-Chol (55kg) Clean & Jerks 166kg And Totals 294kg For New World Records
The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea's Om Yun-Chol (-55kg) has kicked off the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships on top with a massive 166kg clean & ... Continue Reading