The walking lunge is a heavily prescribed but often dreaded lower body exercise that makes you love to hate leg day. It has undeniable benefits, but it’s not without the quintessential burn that a solid ... Continue Reading
12 BarBend Articles That Keep Our Readers Coming Back
The other week we held a BarBend wrist wrap giveaway on our Instagram page. In order to win, athletes had to do two things: Share their favorite article with us, then state why it was their top pick. Our ... Continue Reading
Fit Active Sports Weight Lifting Gloves Review
Lifting gloves can be useful to a variety of strength athlete and gym-goers. Like most supportive strength equipment, gloves are tools used to protect and enhance performance across multiple strength ... Continue Reading
Sarah Robles Makes a Huge 205kg Front Squat As She Prepares for Worlds
Team USA weightlifter Sarah Robles is gearing up to smash some PRs at the World Weightlifting Championships later this month. One of the strongest active American weightlifters, she just posted a clip ... Continue Reading
The Genius Brand’s Preworkout Review — No Stimulants?
The Genius Brand consider themselves a nootropic company, meaning they specialize in substances that may improve cognitive function. They sell about a dozen different supplements, from branched chain amino ... Continue Reading
Upright Rows Exercise Guide – Muscles Worked, Benefits, Variations, and Exercise Demos
The upright row can be used by strength, power, and fitness athletes to build shoulder strength, muscle hypertrophy, and reinforce proper positions and technique in more advanced weightlifting ... Continue Reading
4 Tips for Dating Someone Who Works Out At Your Gym
Dating someone who works out at your gym could relate back to the old saying that goes, "Don't foul your own nest." This saying essentially means, don't do something that could have negative ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Is Getting Scary Close to His 1,000 lb Squat Goal
In another impressive squat video, Hafthor Bjornsson, aka "The Mountain" is taking another step closer to reaching his 1,000+ lb squat goal. In early October, Bjornsson projected that we'd be seeing a ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Bench Presses 496 Pounds for 10 Reps
Eddie Hall has stated he's retired from the World’s Strongest Man competition, but he’s still maintaining some seriously elite pressing strength. In a YouTube video casually dropped on the International ... Continue Reading
North Korea Will Not Compete at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships
North Korea, officially The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, will not be entering a team in this year's World Weightlifting Championships in California. While they were previously expected to ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Smokes a 195kg Clean & Jerk (3kg Over His Senior American Record)
American 77kg weightlifter Harrison Maurus is currently on a war path, as he continues his prep for the 2017 IWF World Championships. With less than four weeks remaining before Worlds kicks off, Maurus is ... Continue Reading
Pistol Squat vs Barbell Squat
In this article we will compare the pistol squat vs the barbell squat, both known to increase leg strength, stability, and performance in popular competitive sports such as Olympic weightlifting, ... Continue Reading
Pacific Team Wins Their First-Ever Title At 2017 Reebok CrossFit Invitational
Coming into the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Invitational, the Pacific Team had never ended up better than third (out of four) after one of the sport's annual all-star events. But this year — competing for the ... Continue Reading
MRM Driven Pre-Workout Boost Review — Pros & Cons?
MRM is a supplement company based in Oceanside, California, and their name stands for “Metabolic Response Modifiers.” They take a more "holistic" angle with their supplements and claim to be “dedicated to ... Continue Reading
Why Does the Sumo Deadlift Get So Much Hate?
If you're a regular social media user, then you're probably accustomed to the frequent flack the sumo deadlift receives. No matter what - even when the weight is crazy impressive - it always seems like ... Continue Reading
Old School Labs Vintage Blast Review — A Two-Stage Pre-Workout?
Old School Labs is a relatively new supplement company and it's one of the fastest growing online. As the name suggests, they've got this old school manliness vibe — their supplements are emblazoned with ... Continue Reading
First Event Announced for the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Invitational
We're less than two days away from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Invitational, and the news highlighting what events we can expect is starting to drop. Earlier today, the CrossFit Games Instagram gave us a ... Continue Reading
How to Start Powerlifting After 40
Plenty of people think the squat, bench, and deadlift are timeless movements, eternal truths that will forever be fundamental to the strength and wellbeing of the human body. Powerlifting exercises are ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Discusses His Suspension and a Potential Comeback In a New Interview
Men’s Health is among the most popular men’s magazines on Earth and they’ve got 35 different editions worldwide, including one in Kazakhstan. This week, MensHealth.kz published in an in-depth interview ... Continue Reading
These Are the First Images of the Nike Metcon 4s (Plus Tentative Release Date)
It's that time of year again, where newly updated show models begin to surface around the internet. Often times, these images come a little earlier in the year, but hey, we really can't complain about ... Continue Reading
Ghost Pre-Workout Review (2025): A Unique Zest of Energy and Flavor
Turning to one of the best pre-workout supplements for a burst of energy before a workout is an old habit for many, but there’s something that can be refreshing about formulations putting flavor ... Continue Reading
Walking Lunges vs Lunges
Lunges (stationary) and walking lunges are two common unilateral movement to increase movement patterning, body conditioning, and more. Below we break down both movements and determine which one is best ... Continue Reading
Bowflex Xtreme 2 SE Home Gym Review
Home gym equipment is useful for anyone who's looking to achieve a full workout at home, or have equipment readily available to maintain their current fitness level. Bowflex is one of the leaders in home ... Continue Reading
Jason Legrand Quietly Broke the 242 lb All Time Squat World Record
Jason "Hulk" Legrand just hit a huge powerlifting accomplishment, and it almost went under the radar in the community. And thank you to Wesley Colston for bringing this strength feat to our attention. Over ... Continue Reading