Well-designed, plant-based diets can provide a rich source of phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals. While it’s completely possible to reach your desired protein intake without supplementing, athletes of ... Continue Reading
IdealFit Discount Coupon Code
To get 10% off your order of IdealFit supplements, CLICK HERE and use code BAR10. This discount code/coupon is exclusive to BarBend readers. IdealFit produces a wide variety of nutritional ... Continue Reading
So You Wanna Be a Powerlifter? Attempt Selection During a Meet
In our previous episode, we talked about the rules of a meet and the process by which the meet actually runs. In this final installment of the So You Wanna Be A Powerlifter series, we will go over attempt ... Continue Reading
Perfect Your Conventional Deadlift Setup In 5 Steps (VIDEO)
Much like Rome, a beautiful deadlift is not built overnight. A great deadlift is composed and built with multiple training elements that all work hand-in-hand with one another to manifest an efficient and ... Continue Reading
7 Workout Finishers to Improve Hypertrophy and Conditioning
You walk past the mirror at the gym, sweating and heading to the locker room, and can't help but flex. You would have liked to spend more time on arms today, but you’ve only got 5 or 10 minutes to ... Continue Reading
World’s Strongest Man Martins Licis Shares His Stone to Shoulder Secrets
As the 2018 Arnold Strongman USA was drawing to a finish, Martins Licis needed to complete five reps on the Stone to Shoulder event to tie for the lead in that event and clinch the win. If you saw a look ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle in College
College comes and goes incredibly fast, which means it should be treated as a sacred time for many things. Outside of the budding friendships and career connections being made, college is also a great time ... Continue Reading
Sam Briggs & James Newbury Win Australian CrossFit Championships; Maddie Sturt Also Qualifies for Games
A week after Wodapalooza — the second of this year's Sactional® competition qualifiers for the 2019 CrossFit Games — the Australian CrossFit Championship has wrapped up, complete with the season's first ... Continue Reading
Report: After Albanian’s Doping Ban, Mattie Rogers to Receive Silver Medals from 2017 WWC
According a report from Inside the Games, American weightlifter Martha "Mattie" Rogers is set to receive two silver medals from the 2017 Weightlifting World Championships after Albanian ... Continue Reading
Watch Martins Licis Teach Larry Wheels How to Flip an 1,100 Pound Tire!
We've seen Larry "Wheels" Williams do some seriously insane things on and off the powerlifting platform. The record-holding lifter is known for his ability to lift insane volumes as well as manage ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kimberly Walford Qualifies for 2019 IPF Classic World Championships
It has been an eventful two years filled with ups and down for powerlifting legend Kimberly Walford, although, judging from her last Instagram post hopefully her latest "up" trend continues. Yesterday, ... Continue Reading
Own Part of a Nutrition Company: Ample Is Looking for Investors (Sponsored)
In the crowded, $18 billion meal replacement market, Ample stands out for a few reasons. Sure, it has no artificial ingredients, but what's more unusual about it is that it has a tremendous focus ... Continue Reading
Thailand’s Ability to Host 2019 IWF World Championships In Question After Positive Tests
In a story first covered by Inside the Games, four weightlifters from Thailand have tested positive for banned substances following the 2018 Weightlifting World Championships. The positive tests could ... Continue Reading
Hate Doing Mobility? Here’s How to Do It Between Sets
You should know (by now) that recovering from your training with rest, good nutrition, and the occasional soft tissue massage is essential for a body that not only looks good but performs well ... Continue Reading
The Untold History of Weight Machines
We live in a technological age, and the exercise machines being designed and manufactured today are better than ever. But your muscles were designed by evolution to overcome the pull of gravity rather than ... Continue Reading
The 2019 CrossFit Open Leaderboard Now Offers Customized Hashtags
The CrossFit Games just announced a really cool addition to the 2019 CrossFit Open Leaderboard on their Instagram page. This year, athletes will have the ability to customize and add hashtags to their ... Continue Reading
Pro Strongman Rob Kearney Teaches Us How to Z Press (VIDEO)
The Z Press is a shoulder press variation that can benefit every type of strength athlete and lifter. This shoulder press variation was first popularized in the sport of strongman, and it is often ... Continue Reading
IIFYM (If It Fits Your Macros): Your Ultimate Guide to This Diet
The world of nutrition is awash in different diets and it’s safe to say that many of them hinge on rules surrounding what you can and can’t eat: nothing post-caveman for the Paleo diet, nothing from an ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Athlete Ben Smith Is Concerned About Bias in Sanctionals
There has been a whole lot of commotion in the world of CrossFit these last few months as the format and qualifications process of the annual CrossFit Games have been totally overhauled. The changes to ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey, Patrick Vellner Win Wodapalooza and Earn Invites to 2019 CrossFit Games
In the second competition under the new qualification system for the CrossFit Games, familiar faces once again punched their tickets back to Madison. Two-time defending CrossFit Games Champion Tia-Clair ... Continue Reading
Arnold Strongman USA Results: Licis Wins, 3 More Qualify for Classic in Ohio
The thousands of people who made their way to the Santa Monica Pier to watch the inaugural Arnold Strongman USA competition were in for quite the show. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, and ... Continue Reading
How to Fix Your Weakest Strongman Movements
You can’t be great at everything, but you certainly can get better. Everyone has their least favorite movements and those are usually the ones that do not come naturally. There are a number of techniques ... Continue Reading
Injuries in Training: How to Manage Risk
Nobody plans on getting injured, but it is common and sometimes seems inevitable if you are in strength sports for the long haul. Lifting can certainly beat a body up, especially the ultra competitive who ... Continue Reading
Why Program Hopping Isn’t Always Bad
If you were to ask the top 100 lifters of 2018 what their “secret” is, you might get a lot of different answers, but I bet that a lot of them would say exactly the same thing: Consistency. Consistency is ... Continue Reading