Building muscle takes a lot of time and dedication — it’s not quite as easy as Hollywood makes it seem. Most people understand this when they step into a gym for the first time. Yet undoubtedly there’s ... Continue Reading
Is a High Protein Diet Really Bad for Your Kidneys?
If there’s one thing popular opinion is good at, it’s scaring you off of doing healthy things. If it’s not mid-20th century doctors warning that lifting weights would lead to heart problems and low sex ... Continue Reading
Ambronite Drinkable Supermeal Review – Naturally Complete Nutrition?
Manufactured in Finland, Ambronite straight up says that it's "the most complete meal replacement available" and contains "everything your body needs." Those are some pretty serious claims, and they're ... Continue Reading
Program Comparison: Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 Vs. StrongLifts 5 x 5 Vs. Starting Strength
How do you choose the best program for your needs? There are so many workout programs out there it's nearly impossible to definitively brand one as superior to another without context of an athlete's ... Continue Reading
How I Peaked for the Kern US Open Using “Unconventional” Methods
If you follow me on social media, you know I decided to compete in the US Open this year. It was a pretty late decision to compete, for a few reasons. First, I’ve been focusing on bodybuilding – which I ... Continue Reading
2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals Week 1 Recap
One down, two to go. The first weekend of the 2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals competition has come and gone, and we now have the first 15 individual competitors for the 2018 Reebok CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Sarah Robles Earns Two Golds and a Silver At Pan Am Weightlifting Championships
Today marks last day of the 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships. Earlier today, +90kg weightlifter Sarah Robles secured multiple medals for Team USA. Robles ended up going 5/6 on the ... Continue Reading
Terry Hollands Sets a New Bus Pull World Record
After competing in the qualifying events Terry Hollands didn’t make it to the finals of this year’s World’s Strongest Man, but the thirty-eight-year-old has shown that he’s still a world class ... Continue Reading
-105kg Weightlifter Wes Kitts Wins Gold at 2018 Pan Ams
Wes Kitts has done it. After earning silver at last year’s Pan American Weightlifting Championships, the 27-year-old weightlifter returned to the contest to take first place in the extremely competitive ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Puts Up Big Numbers In First International Competition At 85kg
The 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships are currently taking place in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Championships kicked off on the 12th and run through the 18th, so if you're ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting’s Mattie Rogers (69kg) Takes Silver At 2018 Pan Ams
Yesterday, we wrote about USA Weightlifting's athletes CJ Cummings and Caitlin Hogan putting on stellar performances at the 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships. Without giving too many ... Continue Reading
Canadian Weightlifting National Championships: Who and How to Watch
The strongest athletes in Canada will be competing this weekend, May 19 & 20th, at the Canadian Weightlifting National Championships in Mississauga, Ontario at the University of Toronto – Mississauga ... Continue Reading
Glute Bridge vs Hip Thrust
Glute training is a key for increasing strength and power in movements like squats, deadlifts, sprinting, and the Olympic lifts. Strength, power, and fitness athletes can perform glute/hip specific ... Continue Reading
The Fascinating Story of the First Bodybuilding Show
Astute fans of the Mr. Olympia contest will note that the statuette given each year resembles a stocky mustachioed man of yesteryear. The man in question is Eugen Sandow, a Prussian born physical culturist ... Continue Reading
The Surprising Benefits of Salt for Strength Athletes
Sodium is a lot more useful for strength and performance than you’ve been told. If you’re a fan of strongman, you might have seen Brian Shaw pouring many, many times the recommended daily intake of salt ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Sets American Records, Caitlin Hogan Takes Silver At Pan Ams
Currently, USA Weightlifting is in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic competing at the 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships. The competition kicked off May 12th and runs through May 18th, ... Continue Reading
Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Plant-Based Protein Review – Do Gums Matter?
Optimum Nutrition is one of the best-known names in the supplement industry, and with good reason. Their ubiquitous whey protein, Gold Standard Whey, may be the best-known and most widely consumed protein ... Continue Reading
PlantFusion Complete Plant Protein Review – The Most Hypoallergenic?
Based in Edison, New Jersey, PlantFusion was founded by two guys who already worked in the nutrition industry. One created a popular chain of health food stores and the other a "nutritional innovation ... Continue Reading
Klokov Press vs Military Press
Shoulder training is key for better performance in weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman, and competitive fitness sports. When determining which exercises to perform to build strength and muscle mass ... Continue Reading
Elbow Tuck and Flare In the Bench Press: How to Find the Perfect Amount
In the last few weeks, the bench press has gotten a ton of attention across the internet and social media. Strength athletes from all walks of life are searching and talking about the bench press more than ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2018 CrossFit Games Regionals
It’s that time already: the 2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals. We’ve had a truly unprecedented Open — well, there was one precedent. The final workout of the Open, 18.5, was a repeat of 11.6. But even that ... Continue Reading
Do Fitter Dads Have Smarter Offspring? New Study Explores the Topic
If you know that your personal exercise schedule could create smarter offspring, would you do more in the gym? An interesting study published from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in ... Continue Reading
Sprout Living Epic Plant-Based Protein Review – Where Are the Vitamins?
Sprout Living is a supplement company that strongly believes in the potential benefits of an organic, plant-based diet, writing on their site that it "can help act as the foundation for a healthy life ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Rostislav Petkov Sets New World Record Total
Bulgarian-born powerlifter Rostislav Petkov had a good weekend. A force to be reckoned with in the -165lb weight class, he competed at the hotly anticipated Kern US Open and became the lightest man to ever ... Continue Reading