History has been made. Yesterday morning, junior powerlifter Dalton LaCoe took to the platform to complete an historic strength feat at this year's IPF World Classic Powerlifing Championships. LaCoe ... Continue Reading
Reebok Speed TR Review — Best for Speed Training?
When it comes to cross training shoes and Reebok, many athletes associate WODs, metabolic conditioning workouts, and versatile workouts with the Reebok Nano. And while the Nano has definitely staked its ... Continue Reading
Sympathetic Vs Parasympathetic: Why Every Athlete Needs to Understand the Difference
What if you could will yourself to absorb food better? OK, that sounds like magic, but — and we promise there’s science supporting this — in two minutes and without leaving your chair you can purposefully ... Continue Reading
How and Why Deadlift Cluster Sets Can Improve Your Pull
Earlier this year, I began experimenting with cluster sets in my training. If you’re not already familiar with them, cluster sets are multiple (usually 6-10) sets performed with very short rest (45-90 ... Continue Reading
3 Effective Ways to Put On Tight Knee Sleeves
Knee sleeves can be great additions to your supportive strength arsenal, but at times, they can be a major pain to get on, especially when they're tight. For most knee sleeve wearing athletes, more than ... Continue Reading
How “Loaded Mobility” Can Combine Strength With Prehab
Move better, that is the credo. In the endless pursuit of physical mastery, the emphasis on bigger, faster, stronger will run its course for an everyday athlete and sooner or later the priority ... Continue Reading
GreenBlender Smoothie Review – Is the Taste Worth the Price?
GreenBlender believes everyone needs more fruits and vegetables, which is something just about everyone involved in health can get behind. That’s why the company came to fruition (get it?), in order to ... Continue Reading
Mueller Report Clarifies Weightlifter Dmitry Klokov Not Involved in Trump’s Russia Dealings
Editor's note, April 19 2019: After the release of the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (better known as the Mueller Report) on April 18, it was ... Continue Reading
From the Ground Up: 6 Ways to Cue the Squat for Better Movement
What makes a good cue? What makes a great cue? Individuality. Strength coaching and training is an art. Believe it or not, if you work with athletes or just like lifting yourself, then you're an ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of the Glute Bridge
Glute training is key for increasing posterior chain strength, power, and performance. While many strength, power, and fitness athletes spend most of their weight training performing squats, deadlifts, ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships (Plus Schedule)
We're less than a day out from the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. This year's Championships are being held in Calgary, Canada and are set to kick off June 6th, then run through June ... Continue Reading
BulkSupplements Whey Protein Isolate Review – How’s It Taste?
BulkSupplements.com (the “.com” is part of the company’s name) is based in Henderson, Nevada, and they produce over four hundred different kinds of supplements from herbal extracts to sports supplements. ... Continue Reading
An Academic Study of Powerlifter Ray Williams’ Superhuman Body
If you know powerlifting, you know Ray Williams. He's literally the strongest powerlifter on the planet, at least in the drug-tested International Powerlifting Federation, currently holding the IPF world ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Chakera Holcomb Deadlifts 282kg (622 lbs), Breaks All-Time Raw Wilks
When describing Chakera (C.C.) Holcomb's powerlifting career, where do we begin? Well for starters, we can talk about how only two weeks ago Holcomb competed at the Kern US Open and set three all-time ... Continue Reading
NOW Eve™ Softgels Superior Women’s Multi-Vitamin Review
Eve™ Softgels Superior Women's Multi is a women’s multivitamin that is made by NOW Health Group Inc, which is a brand you may have heard of— they sell natural foods and teas in addition to supplements. ... Continue Reading
On to the Games: 2018 CrossFit Games Regionals Week 3 Recap
With this weekend's epic conclusion, we now know who's officially moving on the to 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin. It seems like only yesterday the 2018 CrossFit Open was kicking off, ... Continue Reading
Optimum Nutrition Opti-Fit Shake Review – Chickpea, Oats, and Whey
Optimum Nutrition is one of the best known supplement companies in the world, and there's one reason: Gold. Standard. ON's Gold Standard Whey is probably the most popular whey protein powder on the market, ... Continue Reading
Do Compression Boots Actually Do Anything?
If you’ve been a fan of CrossFit for some time, there’s a good chance you’ve seen someone like Annie Thorisdottir or Noah Ohlsen lounging on a chair in a pair of enormous, electric trousers. Of all the ... Continue Reading
What Does It Mean When Athletes Maintain Three Points of Contact in Lifting?
The idea of maintaining three points of contact for an athlete's stance in lifts, also called a tripod position, is focused around the concept of displacing pressure evenly across the foot in three places ... Continue Reading
The Pros and Cons of Using a Hook Grip (Plus 4 Grip Strengthening Exercises)
I’ve read a lot of comments from those curious about my decision to switch to mixed grip in the middle of the US Open. I missed my first attempt, at 733 pounds, using hook grip, and then made 733 and ... Continue Reading
Dynamic Warm-Up for Weightlifting
Olympic weightlifting is a very explosive sport that requires strength, mobility, timing, confidence, and precision. Often, we only read about training programs, exercise variations, and recovery ... Continue Reading
GNC Total Lean Shake Review – Pretty Nutritious, But What About the Taste?
GNC is an enormously popular chain of supplement stores that has thousands of locations in the United States and stores in fifty other countries around the world. Because they own their own stores and ... Continue Reading
Win a Modular Power Rack with Attachments from Force USA!
BarBend and Force USA are teaming up to give one lucky winner our biggest giveaway prize yet: Their very own Power Rack with some amazing attachments! This prize package is valued at nearly $1,200, ... Continue Reading
Foods Every Strongman Athlete Should Eat
In addition to being a strength and conditioning coach I hold a certification in Sports Nutrition as well. To help the athletes I work with, I combine my knowledge from both fields. Together they create ... Continue Reading