22 year-old powerlifter Ricky Wright absolutely crushed his first-ever powerlifting meet. Wright competed at the Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF) Nationals on June 15th at Glen Stone Lodge in ... Continue Reading
French Throwdown: How to Watch, Roster Breakdown, and More
The CrossFit Sanctionals™ will wrap up with the CrossFit French Throwdown in Paris, France, which takes place between June 28th and June 30th. The French Throwdown is the final competition ahead of the ... Continue Reading
5 Tips to Bust Through an Overhead Press Plateau
Are you dedicated to your overhead press? Making sure you’re getting in upper body compound exercises that aren’t just the bench press? Are you sure your form is beautiful—tight core, tight quads, tight ... Continue Reading
Watch the Trailer for History Channel’s “The Strongest Man in History” With Eddie Hall and Brian Shaw
Who is the strongest man in history? On July 10th, the History Channel will air a new nonfiction series, 'The Strongest Man in History,' which will feature four of the world's strongest men. The four ... Continue Reading
Strongman Adam Derks (105kg) Deadlifts 885lbs For a New World Record
Strongman Adam Derks may have suffered a minor injury, but that didn't stop him from setting a new world record in the -105kg weight class with a massive deadlift of 402kg/885 pounds. Derks pulled 402kg ... Continue Reading
2019 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships Open RECAP
The 2019 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships wrapped up over the weekend in Helsingborg, Sweden, and several athletes in the Open categories set new world records. Each weight class brought ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Mayhem’s Elly Kabboord Tests Positive for a Banned Substance
CrossFit Mayhem Independence member and team captain Elly Kabboord, has tested positive for banned substance, Clenbuterol, at the Reykjavik CrossFit Championship in Iceland. Kabboord is a three-time ... Continue Reading
Push Your Limits and Try These 4 Grueling Squat Challenges
The Squat. Love em or hate em, they are one of the most effective and efficient movements you can do to increase muscle mass, drive anabolic adaptations, and develop serious lower and total body strength. ... Continue Reading
Nathan Epler Is the 2019 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding Champ
If you want an idea of who the stars of bodybuilding will be in the next decade, you can start by looking at the NPC Junior Nationals. Some stars of the IFBB Pro League have made their first mark on the ... Continue Reading
Breaking News: Martins Licis Wins 2019 World’s Strongest Man
After one of the most exciting, back-and-forth competitions in recent memory, we have a new World's Strongest Man: Martins Licis of the United States. With his victory, Licis becomes one of the few ... Continue Reading
These Are Your Finalists for the 2019 World’s Strongest Man (Day 3 Results)
On the last day of the qualifying events for the World’s Strongest Man, the name of the game was Atlas stones. The event was Last Man Standing: the second and third place finishers from each of the five ... Continue Reading
6 Meet Mistakes An Elite Powerlifting Coach Always Sees
Being one of the head coaches for Team Canada Powerlifting since 2012, I’ve worked with hundreds of world-class powerlifters, and have submitted over 4,500 attempts in international competition. With this ... Continue Reading
Laurence Shahlaei and Sigfus Fossdal Both Tear Achilles, Withdraw From World’s Strongest Man
Two Achilles torn, two athletes dropped out. Both Laurence Shahlaei (Great Britain) and Sigfus Fossdal (Iceland) have dropped out of the 2019 World’s Strongest Man event due to injuries sustained on the ... Continue Reading
2019 World’s Strongest Man Day 2 Results
In Bradenton, Florida, the World’s Strongest Man has wrapped Day 2 of its four-day competition and it’s clear that this year’s event is a real nailbiter. After winning last year’s event with a ... Continue Reading
Kimberly Walford Wins Her Seventh IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championship
Yesterday was a huge day for multiple athletes at the IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. Some of the most competitive weight classes at this year's IPF Classic Worlds wrapped up their ... Continue Reading
2019 World’s Strongest Man Day 1 Results
The first day of the qualifying rounds for the 2019 World’s Strongest Man competition has come to a close, with a few surprises. For those unaware, these first three days of the strongman competition ... Continue Reading
IdealShake’s IdealShape Superfood Blend Review – Spinach and Whey?
The company behind IdealShape has an impressive variety of different brands on the market, including the organic-focused IdealRaw, the female-focused IdealLean, and their popular meal replacement ... Continue Reading
6 Reasons Walking Is the Most Underrated Exercise
There’s an eternal chasm between the athletes who think that the only way to do cardio is high intensity interval training and those that think something like jogging or cycling is the way to go. I’m ... Continue Reading
Chinese Seniors Are Throwing Stones Around Like Kettlebells to Stay In Shape
The other day, we stumbled across a viral video on Facebook with the title "Elderly Chinese are Throwing Massive Stone Locks in the Air and at Each Other to Stay in Shape". The video highlights ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Athletes Ben Garard and Manila Pennacchio Test Positive for Banned Substances
Yesterday, CrossFit HQ shared details on two more CrossFit athletes who have tested positive for banned substances. Ben Garard and Manila Pennacchio both tested positive for banned substances on April ... Continue Reading
8 Pressing Variations to Improve Upper Body Power
Upper body power and explosiveness is essential for Olympic weightlifting, athletic sports, and overall functional fitness. Performing standard exercises with constant speeds and tempos can develop ... Continue Reading
Why Are People Annoyed That Chick Fil-A Uses MSG?
The popular fried chicken chain Chick-Fil-A is in hot water this week after somebody read the ingredients list and learned that the tasty breading contains, horror of horrors, monosodium glutamate. (That’s ... Continue Reading
Watch the Epic Powerlifting Showdown Between Maria Htee and Meghan Scanlon
It might be a little premature to say, but this year's IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships have been nothing short of thrilling. Yesterday, we covered Ida Ronn and Kloie Doublin's epic battle for ... Continue Reading
Is Red Meat Bad for You?
A lot of people see the demonization of red meat as a relic of 1980s food science, a time when it was believed that fat made you fat and jogging was the greatest form of exercise on Earth. But even ... Continue Reading