How have your 2018 gym goals gone? Hopefully they went really well, and by really well, we mean as well as powerlifter Russel Orhii's goals. Yesterday, Orhii shook the internet and the social media ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
Well, we've reached our final day of giving in the second annual BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting. For our final giveaway, we're giving away the perfect gift for pretty much anyone, and ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Under Armour Cross Training Shoe Giveaway
We are down to the final days in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign and today's giveaway is one of the best yet. Why is that? For today's giveaway, we're giving one lucky winner a ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Vlad Alhazov Squats 525kg (1157lbs) Raw with Wraps
After squatting 525kg in training earlier this year, Vlad Alhazov cemented himself on our radar as one of the top powerlifters to watch heading into 2019. It turns out, his next jaw-dropping performance on ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: 5.11 Tactical Giveaway
Only three days remain in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign and today's giveaway is one of our favorites from the month. For our twenty third giveaway, we've teamed up with 5.11 ... Continue Reading
IWF Announces Positive Retests from 2012 Olympics; Torokhtiy and Nurudinov Among Named
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced on its website recent doping retests from the 2012 London Olympic Games have produced an additional five positives for banned ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Uesaka Training Bumper Set Giveaway
There are only four days left in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign and we have a great giveaway for you today. For the second time this month, we're teaming up with the barbell ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Reebok Shoe and Apparel Giveaway
On the twenty first day of Christmas my favorite strength site BarBend gave to me, a sweet Reebok Froning shoe and apparel package! For today's giveaway in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting ... Continue Reading
Low on Time? Why Rest-Pause Training Gets You Strong Faster
You, like so many others who have begun their strength training journeys before you, are trying to get brutally strong. And like so many of those who start or have been strength training for any amount ... Continue Reading
Vestibular Training: The Essential Way to Maintain Balance as You Age
Odds are you haven’t given much thought to this system when you’re crushing your fifth set of biceps curls while making faces in the mirror. (Because curls don’t count unless they’re done in front of ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Diamondback Fitness Giveaway
There are five more days until Christmas, which means we have less than a week left of BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign. Today's giveaway is our biggest yet, and we're super ... Continue Reading
My Five Thoughts on Strongman for the Close of 2018
While still a very small sport, our passion has grown by leaps and bounds in the last three years. It has been fun to watch it grow and become slightly more mainstream and more inclusive of women. Many ... Continue Reading
Watch Weightlifter Tao Wenli Smoke a 3.6x Bodyweight Front Squat
If you needed an end of the week pick me up to get you through your next training session, then look no further. Yesterday, Lawrence (@larrior) on Instagram, shared a ridiculous front squat video of ... Continue Reading
Getting Stronger Isn’t Complicated. It’s Difficult. There’s a Difference
It’s pretty frustrating for me to watch all these men and women in the gym who so desperately seem to believe there’s this secret — some program, some technique change, some drug — that’s going to ... Continue Reading
Bench Press Guide With IPF World Champion Taylor Atwood (VIDEO)
A few weeks ago, we had the 2018 IPF World Champion Taylor Atwood in office to walk us through the bench press's form. If there's one thing that Atwood knows for certain, it's moving big weight, so we were ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Under Armour Giveaway
Welp, are are officially closing in on the three week mark of BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign, which means two things. One, there are only a few more days to enter in awesome ... Continue Reading
Decline Bench Press Exercise Guide
The decline bench press is a pressing exercise that may or may not find its way into your training routine. Bench press variations like the flat and incline bench press both are highly beneficial for ... Continue Reading
Under Armour TriBase™ Reign Cross Training Shoe Review — Hit or Miss?
Functional fitness athletes and cross training shoe fans get ready, Under Armour has created their first ever cross training shoe. The Under Armour TriBase™ Reign is UA's first ever shoe designed ... Continue Reading
New to the Movement, Larry Wheels Hits a 500lb Snatch Grip Push Press
Larry Williams, better known to the strength community as Larry Wheels, is an enormously successful powerlifter and bodybuilder who has achieved world record totals in the 242 pound class (2,171) and the ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter John Haack Comes Back After Injury to Total All-Time World Record
Over the weekend in Miami, Florida, Hybrid Performance Method hosted the first ever Hybrid Showdown, which was a USPA hosted powerlifting meet. This meet was absolutely stacked with elite powerlifters and ... Continue Reading
So You Wanna Be A Powerlifter? Rules and How the Meet Runs
In our previous episode, we talked about preparation for meet day and things to consider while getting ready for your first meet and when you’re packing. In this episode, we’re going to go over some of the ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Ascent Protein Giveaway
For the eighteenth day in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign we've teamed up with the self-proclaimed sponsors of hard work: Ascent Protein. If you don't already know the ... Continue Reading
Why Olympic Weightlifting Improves Mixed Martial Arts Athletes
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a multi-faceted combat sport that combines many striking and grappling disciplines such as wrestling, jiu jitsu, judo, and kickboxing. Matches generally consist of 5 minute ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Puts Up Big Total At Powerlifting Meet
Over the weekend, the 2018 World's Strongest Man and Game of Thrones star Hafthor Bjornsson competed in Thor’s Powerlifting Challenge, which took place during the Iceland Open expo in Laugardalshöll, ... Continue Reading