The inclusion of carbohydrate supplementation post-workout and/or during strenuous training sessions has repeatedly been shown to increase muscle glycogen levels, enhance protein synthesis, and increased ... Continue Reading
A Weightlifter, Powerlifter, Bodybuilder, and CrossFitter Face Off: Who Will Win?
Strength fans rejoice, we have another lifting competition series to watch on YouTube, and this time it's taking a slightly different spin. As opposed to making similar athletes go head-to-head in a ... Continue Reading
Kettlebells USA Metrixx® Classic E-Coat Kettlebell Review — What’s E-Coating?
Kettlebells USA is a company that designs a variety of different pieces of fitness equipment. As their name states, one area of equipment they specialize in is kettlebell production. Their company offers a ... Continue Reading
Check Out Blanca Viloch’s Crazy 6-Month 200kg (440 lb) Deadlift Progress
In terms of #TransformationTuesday posts on social media, we feel that lifting focused posts are some of the most interesting transformations to watch. This provides motivation to not only the athlete ... Continue Reading
Aleksey Lovchev Hits a 200kg Axle Clean Thruster
The axle clean & thruster isn’t a move you see performed on stage very often, but Aleksey Lovchev probably just made a record in the lift. The twenty-eight-year-old Russian posted this clip of a ... Continue Reading
Watch 65 Years Young Atilio Casanova Deadlift 206kg (455 lb) for 6 Reps
At BarBend, we love seeing videos of older athletes pushing, pulling, and pressing big weight. In a sport that's extremely physically demanding, longevity is one of the biggest concerns for many athletes ... Continue Reading
The Hype Is Real: Check Out Ahston Rouska’s Latest 365kg (804 lb) Deadlift
The hype is real in lead up to this year's Kern US Open. By now, if you're a powerlifter or an avid BarBend follower, then more than likely you know this invite only meet is set to take place May ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Dennis Cornelius Makes a Massive 925lb Squat As Kern US Open Approaches
Dennis Cornelius just keeps getting stronger. The Tulsa based -120kg powerlifter routinely makes it to BarBend’s powerlifting section because the man just won’t stop adding weight to his squat. His latest ... Continue Reading
Here Are Your 2018 World’s Strongest Man Finalists
Meanwhile in Manila, Philippines... The strongest athletes in the world have been facing off over the last few days battling it out event by event to make it to the 2018 World's Strongest Man finals. ... Continue Reading
90kg Powerlifter Andrey Sapozhonkov Benches 260kg Raw, Breaks 32 Year Old Record
In the sport of powerlifting, it's become increasingly more rare to see athletes break records that have stood for more than two decades. This is mostly because with the growth of powerlifting over the ... Continue Reading
John Haack Hits a Big 230kg (507 lb) Raw Bench PR In Prep for Kern US Open
Powerlifter John Haack, or "USA" as he's commonly referred to within the sport of powerlifting, has been perusing through his training in prep for the Kern US Open taking place May 12-13th. We're less than ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Amanda Lawrence Squats 204kg (450 lbs) for 7 Reps With Ease
Powerlifter Amanda Lawrence has been hitting some strong lifts in prep for her next meet, which will be the USA Powerlifting Med City Raw Open being held on June 16th. Lawrence lifts in the -84kg weight ... Continue Reading
Watch Weightlifter Wes Kitts Barely Miss a 221kg Clean & Jerk
Wes Kitts is one of the brightest jewels in California Strength’s crown, routinely lighting up Instagram with his feats of strength. His latest: an excellent clean followed by an almost jerk of 221 ... Continue Reading
Vega One All-in-One Shake Review — Is It Totally Natural?
Vega is one of the best known names in vegan nutritional supplements, stating that “you shouldn’t have to choose between clean, plant-based nutrition and on-the-go convenience” They were founded in 2004 ... Continue Reading
19 Year-Old Weightlifter Meso Hassona Clean & Jerks a Monstrous 221kg (487 lbs)
Over the last ten days, the 2018 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships took place in Urgench, Uzbekistan. This competition hosted 248 lifters from 22 countries and included a couple firsts, ... Continue Reading
Box Squat vs Regular Squat – Which Is Best for Your Goals?
In this article we will compare the training outcomes between the box squat vs the regular squat, both of which are widely used throughout strength, power, and fitness sports training. In the sections ... Continue Reading
Watch 16 Year-Old Football Player Jake Wolfe Push a 1,368 lb Sled
At BarBend, we love heavy sled pushes. In our eyes, they're a movement similar to the squat and deadlift, a pure performance of strength that test an athlete's grit and tenacity. The best part about ... Continue Reading
How 5 World-Class Strongmen Are Prepping for World’s Strongest Man
Strength athletes around the world have been on the edge of their seats waiting for the 2018 World’s Strongest Man contest to kick off — and the athletes have never trained harder. This may be the ... Continue Reading
Two Ways Forward Banded Deadlifts Can Improve Your Pulling Strength
One training modality that's often sought out to support working through sticking points and correcting lifting postures is accommodated resistance. This additional resistance often used in the form of ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Names Team for 2018 World University Championships
The 2018 FISU World University Weightlifting Championships will be held this September, and USA Weightlifting has released the names of their squad. The World University Games, also called the ... Continue Reading
Watch JP Price’s Unreal 1,003 Pound Squat (With Bonus Walkout)
Very strong person JP Price has hit one of the heaviest squats of his career with a mighty 1,003-pound (455-kilogram) raw lift, which the superheavyweight made yesterday at a gym in Kansas City. The lift ... Continue Reading
More Legs, More Protein: Why You Really Should Eat Insects
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that at least two billion people worldwide regularly consume insects, which is to say that it’s weird but not that weird.(1) Humans, after ... Continue Reading
Reverse Band Box Squat – Muscles Worked and Benefits
Band training is an advanced technique often to increase strength, neural drive, and rate of force development for more advanced strength athletes/lifters. One method of of band training is the reverse ... Continue Reading
2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals Hint: Handstand Obstacle Courses
CrossFit® fans and Regional competitors get ready. Dave Castro has announced one of the first hints for this year's CrossFit Regionals competition, which are set to begin May 18th and extend through June ... Continue Reading