We're three days into this year's IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. This year, the Championships are taking place in Calgary, Canada, and the Masters athletes are just about finished with their ... Continue Reading
How and Why Deadlift Cluster Sets Can Improve Your Pull
Earlier this year, I began experimenting with cluster sets in my training. If you’re not already familiar with them, cluster sets are multiple (usually 6-10) sets performed with very short rest (45-90 ... Continue Reading
5 Highlights from The Washington Post’s Greg Glassman Profile
CrossFit’s founder and CEO Greg Glassman is on a war against soda. Right now it’s his raison d’être, his moral obligation, the fire in his belly. As the guy responsible for popularizing functional ... Continue Reading
Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Jared Enderton’s 305 lb to 193 lb Body Transformation
Yesterday, another CrossFit Games athlete shared their long-term physique progress and transformation with the help of CrossFit-style training via their Instagram page. This athlete is none other than ... Continue Reading
International Weightlifting Federation Set to Defend New Olympic Qualification System
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced in a press release that they're preparing to defend the newly proposed Olympic weightlifting Qualification System in front of the ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Larry “Wheels” Williams Benches 183kg (405 lbs) For 20 Reps
We're about halfway through 2018 and Larry Williams (Wheels) continues to impress on social media. It feels like almost every day we sign on to Instagram we're witnessing Wheels hit a new high-volume ... Continue Reading
3 Effective Ways to Put On Tight Knee Sleeves
Knee sleeves can be great additions to your supportive strength arsenal, but at times, they can be a major pain to get on, especially when they're tight. For most knee sleeve wearing athletes, more than ... Continue Reading
How a 4-Time American Ninja Warrior™ Trains for Victory
Strength sports are awesome, but let’s be honest, it’s still pretty hard to get the average American excited to watch them on TV. They’re still sports that require a pretty intimate understanding of what’s ... Continue Reading
How “Loaded Mobility” Can Combine Strength With Prehab
Move better, that is the credo. In the endless pursuit of physical mastery, the emphasis on bigger, faster, stronger will run its course for an everyday athlete and sooner or later the priority ... Continue Reading
18 Year Old Harrison Maurus Front Squats a Huge 240kg (529 lbs)
When it comes to crazy squat strength, -85kg weightlifting athlete Harrison Maurus continues to blow our minds. It seems like every time we check Maurus' Instagram page he's posting about a new ... Continue Reading
Worlds Ready: Powerlifter Russel Orhii Squats an Easy 283kg (625 lb) Single
Yesterday, the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships kicked off in Calgary, Canada with the first groups of Masters athletes taking the platform. This year, the Championships are running ... Continue Reading
GreenBlender Smoothie Review – Is the Taste Worth the Price?
GreenBlender believes everyone needs more fruits and vegetables, which is something just about everyone involved in health can get behind. That’s why the company came to fruition (get it?), in order to ... Continue Reading
Mueller Report Clarifies Weightlifter Dmitry Klokov Not Involved in Trump’s Russia Dealings
Editor's note, April 19 2019: After the release of the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (better known as the Mueller Report) on April 18, it was ... Continue Reading
Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Chyna Cho’s Impressive Transformation
Besides actually training and improving every day, what's the best part of working out or partaking in a strength sport? Many would argue it's the act of taking that second to look back on the road ... Continue Reading
From the Ground Up: 6 Ways to Cue the Squat for Better Movement
What makes a good cue? What makes a great cue? Individuality. Strength coaching and training is an art. Believe it or not, if you work with athletes or just like lifting yourself, then you're an ... Continue Reading
Clarence Kennedy Smokes Three 215kg (474 lb) Clean Singles
It's been a while since we've written about Irish weightlifter Clarence Kennedy crushing big weight. In fact, it's been over a few months, and the last time we featured Kennedy was back in January ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of the Glute Bridge
Glute training is key for increasing posterior chain strength, power, and performance. While many strength, power, and fitness athletes spend most of their weight training performing squats, deadlifts, ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships (Plus Schedule)
We're less than a day out from the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. This year's Championships are being held in Calgary, Canada and are set to kick off June 6th, then run through June ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Amanda Lawrence Pulls a Big 238kg (525 lb) Deadlift PR
Deadlift PRs and super strong sets of back squats, that sums up -84kg powerlifter Amanda Lawrence's latest Instagram feed. Currently, Lawrence is in prep for the USA Powerlifting Med City Raw Open, ... Continue Reading
Why Dwayne Johnson Is Hip Thrusting 405 Pounds for 11 Grueling Reps
Dwayne Johnson cops flack sometimes for being more focused on bodybuilding than strength training. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with sticking to bodybuilding if that’s your jam, of course, but that ... Continue Reading
Kristy Hawkins Does Cardio With This Set of 200kg (440 lb) x 10 On Deadlifts
If you watch a high rep deadlift set and feel exhausted does that count as secondhand cardio? We hope so, because this set below from Kristy Hawkins tired us and we're not even the ones lifting the weight. ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kjell Bakkelund Smashes His Deadlift World Record in Training With 330kg
Very strong Norwegian man Kjell Bakkelund quietly uploaded a no-big-deal deadlift to his Instagram this week with a gut busting 330 kilograms, or 727.5 ... Continue Reading
BulkSupplements Whey Protein Isolate Review – How’s It Taste?
BulkSupplements.com (the “.com” is part of the company’s name) is based in Henderson, Nevada, and they produce over four hundred different kinds of supplements from herbal extracts to sports supplements. ... Continue Reading
An Academic Study of Powerlifter Ray Williams’ Superhuman Body
If you know powerlifting, you know Ray Williams. He's literally the strongest powerlifter on the planet, at least in the drug-tested International Powerlifting Federation, currently holding the IPF world ... Continue Reading