Naked Nutrition is a Florida-based nutritional supplement company and per their name, they’re pretty well known for stripped back products. That doesn’t just mean they eschew artificial flavors and ... Continue Reading
Strongman Iron Biby Breaks Human Shoulder Press World Record
There are few things better than starting your day by watching a professional strongman athlete smash a Guinness World Record. The latest strongman to stake his claim in the Guinness Worlds Records book is ... Continue Reading
Second Qualifier for 2019 CrossFit Games Announced
Well, the floodgates seem to have broken for the announcements of the newly structured 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games qualifiers/official sanctioned events. In case you're late to the party, we'll catch you up ... Continue Reading
Why Kate Vibert Is the Next Big Name to Watch for USA Weightlifting
Based out of Michigan, Team USA weightlifter Kate Vibert has had an explosive past few years on the national stage for the sport of weightlifting. This year alone, Vibert has demonstrated that her progress ... Continue Reading
Greg Glassman Reveals More Changes to the CrossFit Games in New Interview
The CrossFit Games is in a state of uncertainty at the moment. In a lengthy article published by The Morning Chalk Up a couple of weeks ago, CrossFit’s CEO and founder Greg Glassman started to reveal ... Continue Reading
The Ideal Body Fat Percentage for Powerlifting
If you read my last article, you know that the Pioneer Tribute meet didn’t go all that well for me. And you know that I believe it didn’t go well because I tried to diet too hard, got too lean, and ended ... Continue Reading
Strongman Nick Best Deadlifts 600 lbs for 16 Reps
Over the last few months, it seems like a lot of strength athletes have been pulling big weight for high rep sets, and they've all been impressive, but professional strongman Nick Best's latest deadlift ... Continue Reading
Will the Rogue Fitness .50 Cal Trolley Change the Power Rack Game?
With an undying love for barbell sports, comes an undying love for lifting equipment. At times with lifting equipment, it can seem like you don't really need something, until you see it. The next item ... Continue Reading
Beltless Deadlifts: Their Benefits and How to Use Them
The question of beltless training, specifically for the deadlift, is a pretty great topic in strength training. Everyone has an idea that beltless deadlift training can be beneficial for their gains, ... Continue Reading
6 Reasons You Suck at Powerlifting Meets
You did it: you took the journey and brought your friends and family along – you competed in a powerlifting meet. Leading up to it, you posted training video after training video on social media, snapped ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Sarah Lewis Deadlifts An Easy 215kg Beltless Triple
Meanwhile at Armor Gym in Knoxville, Tennessee, powerlifter Sarah Lewis is moving big weight with absolute ease. Yesterday, Lewis shared a ground shaking deadlift triple on her Instagram page that reminded ... Continue Reading
Transparent Labs Mass Gainer Review – What’s “Natural” About It?
The Utah-based supplement company Transparent Labs is making some serious waves in the industry. Unsurprisingly (given the name) they have a big commitment to transparency in their products — there are no ... Continue Reading
Grip Training Tips from a Dinnie Stones World Record Holder
Grip training is always an interesting topic in strength sports. For starters, it's a limiting factor in lifts and sports, which mean you'll always capped to what your grip can handle, even if something ... Continue Reading
Check Out Strongman Eddie Hall’s Crazy Beltless Deadlift Challenge
Social media challenges can take multiple forms. Sometimes they're easy like sharing a photo with a particular hashtag, other times they raise awareness and money like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Breaks Another Weight Over Bar World Record
Over the weekend, the 153rd Scottish Highland Gathering and Games took place in Pleasanton, California. Every year, the Games bring thousands of event-goers together to celebrate a weekend of heritage ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Wins 2018 Kazakhstan National Weightlifting Championships
For the first time since 2015, Ilya Ilyin has competed on a platform of any significance. Competing at the 2018 Kazakhstan National Championships, Ilyin snatched 172KG and lifted 208KG in the clean and ... Continue Reading
First Qualifier for 2019 CrossFit Games Season Announced
Late this afternoon, the first official sanctioned CrossFit Qualifier for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games season was announced in a press release on PR Newswire. The first announced CrossFit Qualifier is ... Continue Reading
Interview: Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet Hopes to Compete at Tokyo Olympics
There aren’t many women who have been crowned the Fittest Woman on Earth™ and Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet remains one of the strongest forces in the sport of CrossFit. One of the few athletes to have competed ... Continue Reading
Isabella von Weissenberg Walks Us Through Her Squat Warm-Up
A great warm-up is more than a cluster of movements, it's a battery of exercises that's designed specifically for one's needs. Needs can be defined by many things, and we'll dive into a few of those below. ... Continue Reading
Eric Lilliebridge Is Squatting Back In the Thousands, Hits 461kg Easily
We're about six and half weeks out from the ProRaw Big Dogs 3 powerlifting meet, which is taking place in Melbourne, Australia on October 14th, and Eric Lilliebridge is progressing on his normal pre-meet ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kelsey Horton Squats a Big 191kg PR
When it rains PRs, it pours, at least that seems to the squat theme of this week. The other day we wrote about powerlifter Amanda Lawrence smoking two big squat PRs in training, and today, we're covering ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting: 3 Things I Learned Getting Injured In Meet Prep
Over the weekend, I competed at Pioneer’s Tribute meet in San Antonio, Texas. I live in Texas, and I truly believe in Pioneer and what that company does for powerlifting, so I was really excited for this ... Continue Reading
Reebok and CrossFit, Inc. Come to Agreement Over Licensing Dispute
Earlier today, it was announced that Reebok International Ltd. and CrossFit, Inc. have reached an agreement over a licensing dispute that was publicized in mid-June 2018. In the press release published by ... Continue Reading
Watch Sly Stallone Flip a 250lb Tire Training for Rambo 5
Real talk: who wouldn’t want to be as strong as Sylvester Stallone at 72 years old? The veteran awesome person has a pretty active Instagram account where he shares a lot of interesting glimpses into his ... Continue Reading