The question of beltless training, specifically for the deadlift, is a pretty great topic in strength training. Everyone has an idea that beltless deadlift training can be beneficial for their gains, ... Continue Reading
6 Reasons You Suck at Powerlifting Meets
You did it: you took the journey and brought your friends and family along – you competed in a powerlifting meet. Leading up to it, you posted training video after training video on social media, snapped ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Sarah Lewis Deadlifts An Easy 215kg Beltless Triple
Meanwhile at Armor Gym in Knoxville, Tennessee, powerlifter Sarah Lewis is moving big weight with absolute ease. Yesterday, Lewis shared a ground shaking deadlift triple on her Instagram page that reminded ... Continue Reading
Transparent Labs Mass Gainer Review – What’s “Natural” About It?
The Utah-based supplement company Transparent Labs is making some serious waves in the industry. Unsurprisingly (given the name) they have a big commitment to transparency in their products — there are no ... Continue Reading
Grip Training Tips from a Dinnie Stones World Record Holder
Grip training is always an interesting topic in strength sports. For starters, it's a limiting factor in lifts and sports, which mean you'll always capped to what your grip can handle, even if something ... Continue Reading
Watch Bradley Martyn’s 265lb Power Snatch
Bradley Martyn is perhaps best known as an talented physique athlete, social media celebrity, and the owner of a Los Angeles gym called Zoo Culture. But the guy actually has a pretty long history as an ... Continue Reading
Check Out Strongman Eddie Hall’s Crazy Beltless Deadlift Challenge
Social media challenges can take multiple forms. Sometimes they're easy like sharing a photo with a particular hashtag, other times they raise awareness and money like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Breaks Another Weight Over Bar World Record
Over the weekend, the 153rd Scottish Highland Gathering and Games took place in Pleasanton, California. Every year, the Games bring thousands of event-goers together to celebrate a weekend of heritage ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Wins 2018 Kazakhstan National Weightlifting Championships
For the first time since 2015, Ilya Ilyin has competed on a platform of any significance. Competing at the 2018 Kazakhstan National Championships, Ilyin snatched 172KG and lifted 208KG in the clean and ... Continue Reading
Which Events Should Strongman Athletes Train the Most?
As far as sports go strongman is hard going. It’s fun, don’t get me wrong, but that doesn’t make it any less tough. If you need any proof just think about the Husafell stone for a moment, an implement so ... Continue Reading
First Qualifier for 2019 CrossFit Games Season Announced
Late this afternoon, the first official sanctioned CrossFit Qualifier for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games season was announced in a press release on PR Newswire. The first announced CrossFit Qualifier is ... Continue Reading
Interview: Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet Hopes to Compete at Tokyo Olympics
There aren’t many women who have been crowned the Fittest Woman on Earth™ and Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet remains one of the strongest forces in the sport of CrossFit. One of the few athletes to have competed ... Continue Reading
Isabella von Weissenberg Walks Us Through Her Squat Warm-Up
A great warm-up is more than a cluster of movements, it's a battery of exercises that's designed specifically for one's needs. Needs can be defined by many things, and we'll dive into a few of those below. ... Continue Reading
Eric Lilliebridge Is Squatting Back In the Thousands, Hits 461kg Easily
We're about six and half weeks out from the ProRaw Big Dogs 3 powerlifting meet, which is taking place in Melbourne, Australia on October 14th, and Eric Lilliebridge is progressing on his normal pre-meet ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kody Blazek Totals a Huge 1,923 lbs At 179 lbs Bodyweight
Over the last couple days, we've written about a handful of big powerlifting performances from the past weekend. First, we wrote about Stefi Cohen breaking the all-time highest Wilks Score in sleeves at ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kelsey Horton Squats a Big 191kg PR
When it rains PRs, it pours, at least that seems to the squat theme of this week. The other day we wrote about powerlifter Amanda Lawrence smoking two big squat PRs in training, and today, we're covering ... Continue Reading
Chen Wei-Ling (47kg) Is Back to Training, Squats 185kg With Ease
When it comes to being successful in multiple strength sports, few athletes compare to Taiwanese athlete Chen Wei-Ling. At the age of 36, Chen has competed in both powerlifting and weightlifting with major ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting: 3 Things I Learned Getting Injured In Meet Prep
Over the weekend, I competed at Pioneer’s Tribute meet in San Antonio, Texas. I live in Texas, and I truly believe in Pioneer and what that company does for powerlifting, so I was really excited for this ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces 2019 Qualifying Totals
Yesterday evening, USA Weightlifting announced the qualifying totals for the national 2019 competitive weightlifting season. Last year, we saw qualifying totals increase slightly in some weight classes due ... Continue Reading
Amanda Lawrence Squats a Crazy Strong 236kg In Nationals Prep
Another day, another PR closer to this year's USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals. We're about about a month and half out from the kickoff of Nationals that are taking place in Spokane, Washington on October ... Continue Reading
Reebok and CrossFit, Inc. Come to Agreement Over Licensing Dispute
Earlier today, it was announced that Reebok International Ltd. and CrossFit, Inc. have reached an agreement over a licensing dispute that was publicized in mid-June 2018. In the press release published by ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Vs. Larry Wheels: See Who Wins the Shoulder Press AMRAP
What do you get when you combine one of the world's strongest powerlifter/bodybuilders and the 2018 World's Strongest Man? An absolutely ridiculous amount of weight moved and a dynamic duo that could ... Continue Reading
Watch Sly Stallone Flip a 250lb Tire Training for Rambo 5
Real talk: who wouldn’t want to be as strong as Sylvester Stallone at 72 years old? The veteran awesome person has a pretty active Instagram account where he shares a lot of interesting glimpses into his ... Continue Reading
Marianna Gasparyan Squats 3.7x Bodyweight Raw, Breaks Highest Wilks Score
Alright, now that the dust has settled from a huge weekend in powerlifting, we can take a step back and recognize another monstrous powerlifting feat that hasn't received nearly enough attention. While the ... Continue Reading