When you think about strength athletes that act, you probably think of the reigning World's Strongest Man™ Hafthor Bjornsson's role as The Mountain on Game of Thrones. Beyond that, well... ... Continue Reading
No Cow Protein Bar Review — Best Tasting Vegan Bar?
In this review, we'll be taking a deep dive look into the No Cow Protein Bar. No Cow protein bars are a non-dairy vegan friendly protein bar that made their name by not only matching niche nutritional asks ... Continue Reading
Russel Orhii Hits An Easy 301.5kg Squat, 2.5kg Over World Record
In just under a month, over 1,100 of the nation's top powerlifters will be making their way to Spokane, Washington to compete at the 2018 USAPL Raw Nationals. One of the athletes who will be competing in ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting World Record Holder Kevin Oak Talks Weightlifting Goals
It's always interesting watching elite level strength athletes try out different strength sports, especially when they're at the top of their respective sport. As of recently, powerlifter Kevin Oak has ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Just Barely Misses a 180kg Clean & Jerk Double
American weightlifting phenomenon CJ Cummings is not showing any signs of slowing down. In a recent training video (embedded below) the junior athlete who holds every single Senior American record in the ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Escapes 1,025 lb Squat Fall, Forced to Withdraw From Worlds
Last night, powerlifter Blaine Sumner experienced what many lifters would describe as one of their worst nightmares. Sumner, who was lifting in prep for the IPF World Open Powerlifting Championships, had a ... Continue Reading
Turkish Get Up Exercise Guide
The Turkish get up is a movement that can benefit athletes of all levels and sporting goals. Strength, power, and fitness athletes alike can increase overhead strength, core and shoulder stability, and ... Continue Reading
Brent Fikowski Goes to The CrossFit Games In This New, Surprisingly Funny Documentary
When’s the last time you saw a documentary that took you right into the heart of the Reebok CrossFit Games, but wasn’t an official documentary produced by CrossFit HQ? It doesn’t happen often, ... Continue Reading
Ian Daniel Destroys a Huge 408kg Trap Bar Deadlift PR
When you break a personal record on a single lift, it's often by a few extra kilograms, granted, sometimes it can be a little more and fall in the ranges of something like 10-20kg. But rarely is a PR jump ... Continue Reading
Athletic Greens Vs. Organifi – Which Superfood Powder Wins Out?
If there's ever been an ultimate face-off between titans of the green superfood powder industry, this is it. These two companies are enormously influential and many consider them the default option when ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Andrew Hause Squats An Easy 388kg Triple At 20 Years Old
The weight is moving at the Carolina Fitness Center based in Monroe, North Carolina. Junior powerlifter Andrew Hause recently hit a huge squat triple that definitely deserves a little more attention. ... Continue Reading
Martin Tye Deadlifts a Record 500kg to Win World’s Strongest Disabled Man
When you hear “500-kilogram deadlift” you probably think of 2018’s World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall, who became the first man to lift that weight in 2016. But he’s not the only person to hold 500 kilos in ... Continue Reading
New Elimination Style Format Coming to 2019 CrossFit Games
Over the weekend, Armen Hammer released a video that revealed more details and further clarification for some the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games changes. In the report from the video on ArmenHammerTV's YouTube ... Continue Reading
The Carnivore Diet: Does Eating 100% Meat Work?
If you’d thought extreme low-carb regimes had peaked with keto, remember that the human appetite for weird diets knows no bounds. Enter 2018’s fastest-growing nutrition trend and easily one of the most ... Continue Reading
Eliminate Shoulder Discomfort In Seconds With This Squatting Tip
Shoulder pain is a common complaint among powerlifters, and for good reason: the shoulder joint is enormously complex, and it’s placed under a lot of stress during bench presses, low-bar squats, and even ... Continue Reading
First Looks At 2019 Arnold Sports Festival Schedule, Plus New Events
Strength sports fans get ready, because a large portion of the 2019 Arnold Sports Festival's schedule has been released. If you love attending or streaming any of the strength sports that take place at the ... Continue Reading
Junior Powerlifter Kostiantyn Musiienko Smashes Open Bench Press World Record By 39 Pounds
Ukrainian powerlifter Kostiantyn Musiienko isn't crazy famous, but he's responsible for some of the most impressive records we’ve seen in the equipped division. A prodigious bench press specialist, ... Continue Reading
Less Naked Mass Review – How Many Carbs for a Mass Gainer?
Naked Nutrition is a Florida-based nutritional supplement company and per their name, they’re pretty well known for stripped back products. That doesn’t just mean they eschew artificial flavors and ... Continue Reading
Strongman Iron Biby Breaks Human Shoulder Press World Record
There are few things better than starting your day by watching a professional strongman athlete smash a Guinness World Record. The latest strongman to stake his claim in the Guinness Worlds Records book is ... Continue Reading
Second Qualifier for 2019 CrossFit Games Announced
Well, the floodgates seem to have broken for the announcements of the newly structured 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games qualifiers/official sanctioned events. In case you're late to the party, we'll catch you up ... Continue Reading
Why Kate Vibert Is the Next Big Name to Watch for USA Weightlifting
Based out of Michigan, Team USA weightlifter Kate Vibert has had an explosive past few years on the national stage for the sport of weightlifting. This year alone, Vibert has demonstrated that her progress ... Continue Reading
Greg Glassman Reveals More Changes to the CrossFit Games in New Interview
The CrossFit Games is in a state of uncertainty at the moment. In a lengthy article published by The Morning Chalk Up a couple of weeks ago, CrossFit’s CEO and founder Greg Glassman started to reveal ... Continue Reading
The Ideal Body Fat Percentage for Powerlifting
If you read my last article, you know that the Pioneer Tribute meet didn’t go all that well for me. And you know that I believe it didn’t go well because I tried to diet too hard, got too lean, and ended ... Continue Reading
Strongman Nick Best Deadlifts 600 lbs for 16 Reps
Over the last few months, it seems like a lot of strength athletes have been pulling big weight for high rep sets, and they've all been impressive, but professional strongman Nick Best's latest deadlift ... Continue Reading