Jennifer Thompson secured her place in powerlifting history a long time ago, but she’s still pushing the sport’s limits. This weekend she set yet another IPF world record in the bench press with a ... Continue Reading
2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals Week 1 Recap
One down, two to go. The first weekend of the 2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals competition has come and gone, and we now have the first 15 individual competitors for the 2018 Reebok CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Sarah Robles Earns Two Golds and a Silver At Pan Am Weightlifting Championships
Today marks last day of the 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships. Earlier today, +90kg weightlifter Sarah Robles secured multiple medals for Team USA. Robles ended up going 5/6 on the ... Continue Reading
Terry Hollands Sets a New Bus Pull World Record
After competing in the qualifying events Terry Hollands didn’t make it to the finals of this year’s World’s Strongest Man, but the thirty-eight-year-old has shown that he’s still a world class ... Continue Reading
-105kg Weightlifter Wes Kitts Wins Gold at 2018 Pan Ams
Wes Kitts has done it. After earning silver at last year’s Pan American Weightlifting Championships, the 27-year-old weightlifter returned to the contest to take first place in the extremely competitive ... Continue Reading
James Hobart Is Out of the 2018 CrossFit Regionals
Everyone who was pumped to see James Hobart’s triumphant return to CrossFit Regionals will have to wait a little longer. Or maybe they’ll never see it at all, who knows, but James Hobart is officially out ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Puts Up Big Numbers In First International Competition At 85kg
The 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships are currently taking place in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Championships kicked off on the 12th and run through the 18th, so if you're ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting’s Mattie Rogers (69kg) Takes Silver At 2018 Pan Ams
Yesterday, we wrote about USA Weightlifting's athletes CJ Cummings and Caitlin Hogan putting on stellar performances at the 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships. Without giving too many ... Continue Reading
Canadian Weightlifting National Championships: Who and How to Watch
The strongest athletes in Canada will be competing this weekend, May 19 & 20th, at the Canadian Weightlifting National Championships in Mississauga, Ontario at the University of Toronto – Mississauga ... Continue Reading
How to Pick Contests That Improve Your Strongman Abilities
In the quest to become a better strongperson athlete, a smart athlete will plan out a road that will lead to their long term success. But in an effort to acquire hardware, many athletes will often pick ... Continue Reading
Glute Bridge vs Hip Thrust
Glute training is a key for increasing strength and power in movements like squats, deadlifts, sprinting, and the Olympic lifts. Strength, power, and fitness athletes can perform glute/hip specific ... Continue Reading
Brute Showdown Finale: Does the Bodybuilder, Weightlifter, CrossFitter, or Powerlifter Win?
"Actually, I really suck at soccer. I got kicked out when I was about 9 years old, the coach said I was too aggressive with the other kids when they'd come after the ball, so I think the last time I ... Continue Reading
The Fascinating Story of the First Bodybuilding Show
Astute fans of the Mr. Olympia contest will note that the statuette given each year resembles a stocky mustachioed man of yesteryear. The man in question is Eugen Sandow, a Prussian born physical culturist ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Isabella von Weissenberg “Accidentally” PRs her Deadlift at 495lb
There are few powerlifting fans today who don’t know Isabella von Weissenberg’s name. The Swedish IPF athlete is a bona fide phenomenon in the sport, regularly setting world records on the stage and ... Continue Reading
The Surprising Benefits of Salt for Strength Athletes
Sodium is a lot more useful for strength and performance than you’ve been told. If you’re a fan of strongman, you might have seen Brian Shaw pouring many, many times the recommended daily intake of salt ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Sets American Records, Caitlin Hogan Takes Silver At Pan Ams
Currently, USA Weightlifting is in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic competing at the 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships. The competition kicked off May 12th and runs through May 18th, ... Continue Reading
Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Plant-Based Protein Review – Do Gums Matter?
Optimum Nutrition is one of the best-known names in the supplement industry, and with good reason. Their ubiquitous whey protein, Gold Standard Whey, may be the best-known and most widely consumed protein ... Continue Reading
PlantFusion Complete Plant Protein Review – The Most Hypoallergenic?
Based in Edison, New Jersey, PlantFusion was founded by two guys who already worked in the nutrition industry. One created a popular chain of health food stores and the other a "nutritional innovation ... Continue Reading
Klokov Press vs Military Press
Shoulder training is key for better performance in weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman, and competitive fitness sports. When determining which exercises to perform to build strength and muscle mass ... Continue Reading
Elbow Tuck and Flare In the Bench Press: How to Find the Perfect Amount
In the last few weeks, the bench press has gotten a ton of attention across the internet and social media. Strength athletes from all walks of life are searching and talking about the bench press more than ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Discusses Injury Leading Up to 2018 World’s Strongest Man
Right off the bat, professional strongman Brian Shaw makes it evident that his latest video isn't intended to be seen as an excuse for the results at the 2018 World's Strongest Man, but to be taken as a ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2018 CrossFit Games Regionals
It’s that time already: the 2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals. We’ve had a truly unprecedented Open — well, there was one precedent. The final workout of the Open, 18.5, was a repeat of 11.6. But even that ... Continue Reading
Do Fitter Dads Have Smarter Offspring? New Study Explores the Topic
If you know that your personal exercise schedule could create smarter offspring, would you do more in the gym? An interesting study published from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in ... Continue Reading
Sprout Living Epic Plant-Based Protein Review – Where Are the Vitamins?
Sprout Living is a supplement company that strongly believes in the potential benefits of an organic, plant-based diet, writing on their site that it "can help act as the foundation for a healthy life ... Continue Reading