Before reading any further, I have a confession. The title above is a little misleading because the idea of "perfect" isn't really achievable in strength sports and working out. Sure, we can find what's ... Continue Reading
Tom Martin Totals 1,001kg Seven Months Post Bicep Tear
British powerlifter Tom Martin is continuing his meteoric rise in the sport, and his success is all the more impressive given that he experienced a complete tear of his bicep last ... Continue Reading
Bulk Supplements Creatine Monohydrate Review — Go Big or Go Home
BulkSupplements.com is based in Henderson, Nevada, and they sell over 400 supplements including pretty niche offerings like citrulline and beet root powder. It's a pretty popular brand with folks who like ... Continue Reading
BN Labs Vegan Protein Review — What Are the Macros?
BN Labs is based in Irvine, California, and while they have a variety of products under different lines, including your standard whey protein powders and branched chain amino acids, a lot of their ... Continue Reading
Ghost Size Creatine Review — An Endurance-Boosting Supplement?
Ghost is a pretty interesting supplement company that prefers to call itself a “sports nutrition lifestyle brand,” and as such they sponsor both bodybuilders and DJs and their website includes music ... Continue Reading
The Hype Is Real In Jerry Pritchett’s 2018 Road to the Arnold Video
"I want to sit on top of the podium that's the ultimate goal, it's to win the Arnold. It's going to happen, whether it happens this year, or next year...it's going to happen." Let it begin. The series ... Continue Reading
Barbell Clean and Press Alternatives
The barbell clean and press is a very popular movement in fitness, strength, and power sports. While it does differ from the barbell clean & jerk (view comparison article here), the clean and press vs ... Continue Reading
10 Commandments of the Bench Press
Oh man, where do we begin. It's chest day, also known as bench day, also known as that time of the week when you get to walk around the gym with your chest feeling swole. The pecs are poppin' and your ... Continue Reading
Beast Creature Creatine Review — Why 5 Kinds of Creatine?
Beast Sports Nutrition is based in Boca Raton, Florida, and while their products focus on bodybuilding goals like muscle gain and fat loss, they sponsor a couple of powerlifters as well. The sell some ... Continue Reading
How to Work Swimming Into a Strength Cycle
Swimming rarely makes an appearance in conditioning plans, and we’re here to change that. There’s this persistent belief that swimming just isn’t great cardio. Freestyle messes up your shoulders. It ... Continue Reading
The Real Pros and Cons of the Bodybuilding Lifestyle
Over my career, from beginner all the way to the Olympia stage, I heard it all. Every sleazy comment, every myth and misconception about the bodybuilding lifestyle. In my experience the average person, ... Continue Reading
How to Fix Your Overhead Lockout in Strongman
Giant traps, huge glutes, and freaky shoulders can indicate a strong, powerful lifter. When the rubber meets the road in a contest, looks are out the window and the athlete who has a complete game will ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Joe Sullivan Uses Quick Thinking to Avoid Injury After Equipment Failure
Powerlifter Joe Sullivan escaped a sticky situation a couple days ago when he experienced equipment failure during a back squat. His quick thinking and composure under the bar saved him from what could ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting Slows the Aging Process. Here’s Why
Doctors understand aging as a loss of one’s reserves. Here, reserves means abilities – physical and mental. To a doctor, then, we age when we lose physical ability or mental capacity. While we all, of ... Continue Reading
Reebok CrossFit® Nano 8 Flexweave Review
Cross training shoes are becoming increasingly more common in strength sports. These are shoes designed to feel like flexible tennis shoes, but with a strength athlete in mind. This being said, they're ... Continue Reading
R+D Body CRE HD Creatine HCl Review — Cheap for HCl
Based in Manhattan Beach California, R+D Body’s goal is to help you “reach the next level” — that’s the slogan that’s all over their website — and to do that they offer a variety of supplements for ... Continue Reading
Is It Normal for the IT Band to “Pop”?
It’s quite common for our joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments to make popping and cracking noises throughout day-to-day activities and our training routines. These sounds are thought to be caused by a ... Continue Reading
Kipping Pull-Up Injuries – 4 Reasons Why and How They Happen
In this article I wanted to spend some time going through the kipping pull-up, specifically whether or not it is responsible for shoulder and muscular injuries (SLAP tears, labrum issues, muscle strains, ... Continue Reading
Gina Aversa Talks World Records and the Growth of Women’s Powerlifting
If you're plugged into the online powerlifting community, then chances are you've seen the name Gina "Half Wolf" Aversa at one point or another. She's built an incredibly strong resume in the sport of ... Continue Reading
Cyclical Ketogenic Diet: The Best Type of Keto Diet For Strength & Power Athletes?
“Keto” seems to be the new buzzword in the health and fitness industry. Sure, you may have heard the term ketogenic diet, but did you know that there’s more than one type of keto diet? And more ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus PRs His Clean At 205 Kilograms
It was just last week when Harrison Maurus, who currently weighs around 81 kilograms, hit a personal record in his clean with 200 kilograms (441 pounds). At the time, that was 5 kilograms heavier than the ... Continue Reading
NOW Sports Kre-Alkalyn® Creatine Review — Why Buffer Your Creatine?
NOW Sports is a division of NOW Foods, a very well established Illinois-based company that was founded 50 years ago. The line has expanded to include a vast amount of products, including pet vitamins, ... Continue Reading
Kipping Pull-Ups vs Strict Pull-Ups
In an earlier article we discussed the kipping pull-up and some of the exercises from which it is derived. The strict pull-up is one of these variations that is the basis for all kipping pull-ups, often ... Continue Reading
Flat Vs. Heeled Lifting Shoes for Squatting: Choosing What’s Best For You
Fun fact: I own almost two dozen pairs of lifting shoes. In fact, you might say I’m a bit of an expert on the subject – and I get a lot of questions about how I choose which pair to wear when I lift. If ... Continue Reading