In this article we will discuss two topics that are circling the minds of strength, power, and fitness athletes alike these days... Intermittent fasting and glycogen depletion. Below, we will briefly ... Continue Reading
Breaking News: Hafthor Bjornsson Wins 2018 World’s Strongest Man in Manila
He may have achieved international stardom for portraying "The Mountain" on HBO's Game of Thrones, but now 29 year-old Hafthor Julius Bjornsson has yet another claim to fame: The title of World's Strongest ... Continue Reading
Are Deep Squats Bad for Your Knees?
“Ha! Look at these goobers thinking their 300-pound ass-to-grass squats are better than my 400-pound parallel squats. I’m lifting more weight and being smarter about my injury risk. Don’t they know deep ... Continue Reading
Ensure Original Nutrition Powder Review – Complete Ingredients?
Ensure has a solid reputation as liquid meal replacement. It’s often used by people on the go and in hospitals for patients who have trouble meeting their calorie and micronutrient ... Continue Reading
Football Is Back: Check Ole Miss’ Rossino Donelly’s 272kg (600 lb) Raw Squat
If you love strength and you love football, then you probably already know we're heading into one of the best times of the year for big lifts in the weight room. May tends to be the best month to see ... Continue Reading
Glycogen Depletion – Signs and Symptoms
In an earlier article we took a very deep look at what glycogen is, the benefits it can provide strength, power, and fitness athletes, and how you can maximize its ergogenic effects. Sometimes, however, an ... Continue Reading
Nike Metcon 4 Vs. Nike Free x Metcon — What’s the Difference?
So far, 2018 has been a great year for cross-training shoes with two new releases from Nike alone. In late December and early January we had the release of the Nike Metcon 4, then on April 1st we had the ... Continue Reading
What Is Glycogen and How Does it Help Build Muscle?
The inclusion of carbohydrate supplementation post-workout and/or during strenuous training sessions has repeatedly been shown to increase muscle glycogen levels, enhance protein synthesis, and increased ... Continue Reading
Kettlebells USA Metrixx® Classic E-Coat Kettlebell Review — What’s E-Coating?
Kettlebells USA is a company that designs a variety of different pieces of fitness equipment. As their name states, one area of equipment they specialize in is kettlebell production. Their company offers a ... Continue Reading
Aleksey Lovchev Hits a 200kg Axle Clean Thruster
The axle clean & thruster isn’t a move you see performed on stage very often, but Aleksey Lovchev probably just made a record in the lift. The twenty-eight-year-old Russian posted this clip of a ... Continue Reading
Here Are Your 2018 World’s Strongest Man Finalists
Meanwhile in Manila, Philippines... The strongest athletes in the world have been facing off over the last few days battling it out event by event to make it to the 2018 World's Strongest Man finals. ... Continue Reading
90kg Powerlifter Andrey Sapozhonkov Benches 260kg Raw, Breaks 32 Year Old Record
In the sport of powerlifting, it's become increasingly more rare to see athletes break records that have stood for more than two decades. This is mostly because with the growth of powerlifting over the ... Continue Reading
Watch Weightlifter Wes Kitts Barely Miss a 221kg Clean & Jerk
Wes Kitts is one of the brightest jewels in California Strength’s crown, routinely lighting up Instagram with his feats of strength. His latest: an excellent clean followed by an almost jerk of 221 ... Continue Reading
Vega One All-in-One Shake Review — Is It Totally Natural?
Vega is one of the best known names in vegan nutritional supplements, stating that “you shouldn’t have to choose between clean, plant-based nutrition and on-the-go convenience” They were founded in 2004 ... Continue Reading
Box Squat vs Regular Squat – Which Is Best for Your Goals?
In this article we will compare the training outcomes between the box squat vs the regular squat, both of which are widely used throughout strength, power, and fitness sports training. In the sections ... Continue Reading
Watch 16 Year-Old Football Player Jake Wolfe Push a 1,368 lb Sled
At BarBend, we love heavy sled pushes. In our eyes, they're a movement similar to the squat and deadlift, a pure performance of strength that test an athlete's grit and tenacity. The best part about ... Continue Reading
How 5 World-Class Strongmen Are Prepping for World’s Strongest Man
Strength athletes around the world have been on the edge of their seats waiting for the 2018 World’s Strongest Man contest to kick off — and the athletes have never trained harder. This may be the ... Continue Reading
Two Ways Forward Banded Deadlifts Can Improve Your Pulling Strength
One training modality that's often sought out to support working through sticking points and correcting lifting postures is accommodated resistance. This additional resistance often used in the form of ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Names Team for 2018 World University Championships
The 2018 FISU World University Weightlifting Championships will be held this September, and USA Weightlifting has released the names of their squad. The World University Games, also called the ... Continue Reading
More Legs, More Protein: Why You Really Should Eat Insects
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that at least two billion people worldwide regularly consume insects, which is to say that it’s weird but not that weird.(1) Humans, after ... Continue Reading
Reverse Band Box Squat – Muscles Worked and Benefits
Band training is an advanced technique often to increase strength, neural drive, and rate of force development for more advanced strength athletes/lifters. One method of of band training is the reverse ... Continue Reading
Strongman Eddie Hall Sets a New 100 Meter SkiErg World Record
You may not have known this, but professional strongman Eddie Hall has been the owner of the 100 meter SkiErg world record for 30-39 age group for the past few months. Although that record has since been ... Continue Reading
Double and Tandem Deadlifts Are On the Rise. Here’s How to Choose the Perfect Partner
Double deadlifts, or tandem deadlifts, are back on the rise in popularity, and a lot of that could probably be credited to social video sharing in the strength community. The double deadlift is an act ... Continue Reading
Barbell Shoulder Press & Military Press – Muscles Worked, Benefits, and Sport Considerations
The barbell shoulder press/military press is a compound barbell movement that builds serious upper body mass, strength, and can boost performance for strength, power, and fitness athletes. In this article ... Continue Reading