Cross training shoes continue to grow in popularity among both serious and recreational strength athletes. These shoes are designed with versatility in mind and have become a staple for any weight bearing, ... Continue Reading
Force USA Coupon and Discount Code
Force USA manufactures some of the best power racks, squat stands, and leg machines we've tested. The flagship of their fleet, however, is their all-in-one trainers, which can link together up to 14 ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Dave Hoff Squats a Mind Blowing 1,234 lbs
Over the weekend, Westside Barbell powerlifter Dave Hoff competed in the World Powerlifting Congress WPO Championships and put up some monstrous numbers. The WPC WPO Championships were a multi-ply meet, ... Continue Reading
Should Weightlifters Do Lunges/Split Squats?
Olympic weightlifting requires great amounts of leg strength to produce successful snatches, cleans, and jerks. Movements like back squats, front squats, and pulls are the main movements used to acquire ... Continue Reading
West Coast Classic Announced As 2020 CrossFit Games Qualifier
The latest CrossFit Games sanctioned event (qualifier) has been announced for the 2020 CrossFit Games season. The event is set to take place in March of 2020 in Del Mar, California and is being coined the ... Continue Reading
Kristy Hawkins Breaks Four All-Time World Records In One Meet
Over the weekend, powerlifter Kristy Hawkins had an absolutely phenomenal performance at the Slingshot Record Breakers meet. The meet was held at CSA gym in Dublin, California and hosted a ton of big named ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Training for Football Players
Olympic lifts have been shown to be one of the most effective ways to increase peak power output. In a 2001 study that surveyed 28 professional NFL (National Football League) strength and conditioning ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Training for Distance Runners
Strength and conditioning programs are key in distance running programs to increase leg strength, correct muscular imbalances and asymmetries, and improve overall performance. Weightlifting, in the form of ... Continue Reading
Ritual Versus Care/of Vitamins Review — How Do Top Brands Compare?
There’s no shortage of multivitamin brands popping up on my Instagram feeds that promise to amp-up my health-game one supplement at a time. But thanks to their aesthetically pleasing packaging, ... Continue Reading
The Benefits of Using Resistance Bands and Chains for Accessory Exercises
Ever found yourself halfway through a set of lat pulldowns after some hard benching or deadlifting wondering something along the lines of, "Why the hell am I doing this?" You’re not alone. Oftentimes, ... Continue Reading
5 Big Changes After 30 Days Of Cold Water Immersion
As longevity seems to be one of this year’s hot topics, it comes to no surprise that cold water immersion ranks pretty high on the list. Although this practice has been around for centuries, its popularity ... Continue Reading
The Underutilized Strongman Movement: Log Viper Press
When the average Joes and Janes think of strongman competitions there are events that always jump to mind, “Oh, it’s the competition where guys and gals flip cars, pull trucks, lift rocks, and press ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Andrew Hause Totals Over 1,000kg At 20 Years Old
On Saturday, powerlifter Andrew Hause etched his name in the history books with his latest performance. At the RPS Braggin' Rights powerlifting meet held in Greenville, North Carolina, Hause became the ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Training for Baseball Players
Olympic lifts have been shown to increase athletic potential. Most arguments for and against the usage of Olympic lifts for baseball players are not over the effectiveness of Olympic lifts making better ... Continue Reading
Mattie Rogers Wins Bronze for the United States at World Weightlifting Championships
There’s no denying that Martha “Mattie” Rogers is one of the United States’ most popular weightlifters, and with good reason. Before the IWF instituted new bodyweight categories earlier this year she held ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Sets a New American Clean & Jerk Record in Ashgabat
Eighteen-year-old Olympic weightlifter Harrison Maurus has not only set a junior American record, his monstrous clean & jerk at the World Weightlifting Championships is a a new senior American record ... Continue Reading
Quest Vs Isopure – Which Low Carb Protein Powder Is Best?
Today we’re hosting a battle of the low carb protein powders: Isopure and Quest. They’re both very popular names in the supplement industry but for different reasons. Isopure has a well-deserved ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Lu Xiaojun Wins Gold, Sets New World Record at Ashgabat
At the Weightlifting World Championships in Turkmenistan, Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun has won gold and set a new world record in the extremely competitive -81kg weight class… at 34 years old. Lu, ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Sets Two Junior World Records At Weightlifting World Championships
Over the weekend, Team USA weightlifter CJ Cummings had a stellar performance at the 2018 Weightlifting World Championships and ended up breaking two Junior Weightlifting World Records. This year's ... Continue Reading
Olympic Champion Yurik Vardanian Passes Away At Age 62
In sad news coming out of California, Armenian news sources and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) are reporting that Olympic weightlifting champion Yurik Vardanian has passed away; he was 62 ... Continue Reading
Why Olympic Weightlifting Will Make You a Better Sprinter
As an athlete, life is easier when you are fast. In many sports, sprinting speed is one of the predominate physical characteristics that differentiates an athlete’s level of playing ... Continue Reading
The Hip Thrust Mistake Everyone Keeps Making
Last week, I posted a video of some hip thrusts on Instagram. As you can see, even with the awesome machine from Sorinex, they weren’t easy! I struggled with just 80 ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Keith Correa Deadlifts a Huge 4x+ Bodyweight PR
Out in California the weight is absolutely flying. A few days ago Keith Correa, a Hawaii and California based powerlifter, hit an absolutely monstrous conventional deadlift milestone and PR. After his ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Windmill – Muscles Worked, Variations, and Benefits
Movements like the kettlebell windmill offer coaches and athletes both stability and mobility training benefits across most joints and tissues of the human body. Strength, power, and finess athletes can ... Continue Reading