AMRAP, if you’re not familiar with functional fitness terminology, stands for “as many reps as possible” or “as many rounds as possible.” AMRAP Nutrition has the latter written on their products. The ... Continue Reading
How to Wear and Use a Lever Belt
Belts are used by a variety of lifters and come in multiple styles. Some of the most popular belt styles include velcro, single-prong, double-prong, and lever. Each of these styles will benefit ... Continue Reading
8 Tips For Improving Your Rope Climb
What used to be a staple of 1970s gym classes has become a common test of gymnastic skill, coordination, upper body endurance, and grip strength for CrossFit Regionals and Games athletes. The rope climb ... Continue Reading
Kinesiology Taping for Hip Pain
Hip pain, whether chronic or acute, can be a troublesome problem for strength athletes. Lower body power and strength based movements are often heavily influenced by the hips, and their abilities to ... Continue Reading
Why You Should Add Crawling To Your Warm-Up and Workout Routine
Contrary to the belief of time-constrained lifters, stretching and warming up are not the same thing, and passive stretching is not enough to ready the body for weightlifting. A proper warm-up increases ... Continue Reading
Contraband Women’s Weightlifting Gloves Review
Lifting gloves can be used for a variety of reasons, but most commonly it's to protect the hands from wear and tear. Typically functional fitness and calisthenic athletes, along with bodybuilders will ... Continue Reading
What’s the Difference Between Grass-Fed Whey Vs. Regular Whey?
If you’re even vaguely interested in healthy eating, you’ve probably come across people extolling the benefits of grass-fed whey, beef, and dairy versus the conventional (and cheaper) grain-fed ... Continue Reading
AllMax Aminocore BCAA Review — Do You Need These B Vitamins?
AllMax is a supplement company that's based in Nevada, and they sponsor a variety of bodybuilders and figure athletes in an effort to corner that market. They sell fat burners, mass gainers, and protein ... Continue Reading
Olympic Weightlifting or Calisthenics? Why You Should Do BOTH!
Olympic weightlifting and calisthenics: at a glance, they may seem like disciplines on complete opposite sides of the strength training spectrum. One involves lifting an external object through space, and ... Continue Reading
Kipping Ring Dips — Exercise Guide and Technique Tips
Before you decide to jump on a set of rings to give kipping dips a go, be sure to master the strict and stable versions first, only adding the kip after you have shown control and strength in strict ... Continue Reading
How Finger Length and Hand Size Relate to Grip Strength & Athleticism
The body has some pretty unique ways of telling us things about ourselves. For example, there are various areas of research that have made suggestions about our motor abilities, cognitive function, and ... Continue Reading
MAN Sports ISO-AMINO BCAAs Review — Is Basic Better?
MAN Sports is based in Texas and their name is actually an acronym: it stands for "metabolic augmenting nutrition" and they promise "hand-crafted, hand-bottled, microbatch" supplements — phrasing that ... Continue Reading
Prowler Push Alternatives
The simple act of pushing loads across the floor using the legs, core, and upper body as one that demands the utmost strength, muscular endurance, and cardiovascular fitness, no matter who you are. In ... Continue Reading
Harbinger Training GripHarbinger Training Grip® Gloves
Strength athletes can utilize lifting gloves for a variety of reasons, which will vary depending on an athlete's needs. Bodybuilders, functional fitness, and calisthenic athletes are typically the ... Continue Reading
Naked Whey Protein Review 2025, Personally Tasted and Tested
Whey protein powders are one of the most popular workout supplements, with a $22.6 billion market worldwide in 2025 – and it’s easy to see why. (1) From muscle gain to workout recovery, supplementing with ... Continue Reading
Kirill Sarychev Shows the Real Reason He Doesn’t Do Weightlifting
Kirill Sarychev is one of the most influential powerlifters of all time, but he’s no hybrid athlete. The man who holds the world record for the heaviest raw bench press ever (738.5 pounds, or 335 ... Continue Reading
Who Are the Strongest Women in Strongman?
The sport of strongwoman is one that is slowly garnering more attention. It isn’t on the same level of visibility as the men’s version, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t any less competitive. The athletes ... Continue Reading
Sled Push Alternatives
Let’s suppose you find yourself eager to get started with sled pushes, yet find yourself without a sled. While this can easily be avoided by investing in any of the sleds for a few bucks, sometimes you ... Continue Reading
Dymatize Nutrition BCAA Complex 2200 Review — More Than a BCAA
Dymatize is a popular sports nutrition company and while they produce an enormous variety of workout supplements, they're probably best known for their surprisingly cheap hydrolyzed whey protein powder, ... Continue Reading
How Sports and Teammates Built My Powerlifting Mindset
Editor’s note: This article is Part Two of a three part series that will share insight into Charles Okpoko’s lifting career. The series will cover Okpoko’s athletic beginnings, his developing and changing ... Continue Reading
How to Master the Clean Pull Under
The clean pull under is an exercise to help learn, strengthen, and develop speed pulling under the bar (as if that wasn't already obvious from the exercise name), as well as develop that feel and skill of ... Continue Reading
6 Benefits of Sled Pulls
Few exercises are as simple and effective as the sled pull. Nearly everyone can perform them, regardless of ability level, background, and/or goal. They work to increase power, strength, muscle mass, and ... Continue Reading
Watch Tian Tao (85kg) With Close Attempts at 222kg and 223kg Clean & Jerks!
The 2017 Chinese National Games are underway, and competition — held once every four years — is often called "the Olympics of China." It's a multi-sport event that features the countries top athletes, and ... Continue Reading
Check Out 69kg Shi Zhiyong and Liao Hui’s Epic Clean & Jerk Battle
The Chinese National Games are underway, and the men's portion of the weightlifting competition is in full swing. These Games host a variety of sporting events, and are often considered China's version of ... Continue Reading