Any kind of strength training is fantastic for overall health, but one of the great things about Olympic weightlifting is that it builds more than just strength and power. To successfully execute the lifts ... Continue Reading
How to Watch CrossFit Open Workout 18.5 (Plus 18.5 Vote & Leaderboard)
Well, if you've been tuning in every week to the 2018 CrossFit Open live announcements, congratulations, you made it through the stressful highs and lows of anticipation. For those tuning in for the first ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Athlete Jacob Heppner Will Not Qualify for Regionals
It's been a rough couple of years for three-time CrossFit Games athlete Jacob Heppner. Last year, he had to withdraw from the 2017 CrossFit Open after 17.1 due to bursitis in his knee. Now, he's shared on ... Continue Reading
10 Kinds of Creatine and What They All Mean
When did creatine get so complicated? Once upon a time creatine monohydrate was the only kind available, but supplement companies have hit the market with seemingly endless varieties. It absorbs better, it ... Continue Reading
Why Good Powerlifters Get Bad Coaches
There are nearly 37,000 gyms in the U.S. as of 2016, and over 66 million Americans made over 5.5 billion visits to those gyms in that year alone. Why, then, is it so hard to find a good ... Continue Reading
Struggling to Stay On Track With Your Diet? These 3 Tricks Could Help
Heads up! This article is about diet tricks – not fundamentals. These can be really useful for people who already have a sound diet planned, and are having a little difficulty sticking to it (for whatever ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Open Workout 18.4 Fastest Times (Plus Who Tops the Leaderboard)
Four weeks down, and one to go. So far, the 2018 CrossFit Open workouts could best be described as a series of extreme ups and downs that have helped push a majority of CrossFit athletes to new levels. ... Continue Reading
Good Morning vs Deadlift – Pros and Cons for Strength and Muscle Building
In this article we will compare and contrast the good morning vs the deadlift to help coaches and athletes determine which is best for building strength, muscle hypertrophy, and boost sports performance. ... Continue Reading
Yes4All Vinyl Coated Kettlebell Review
Yes4All is a strength company that designs multiple types of training equipment. One of the types of equipment they design that's slightly different from competitors is their vinyl coated kettlebells. ... Continue Reading
Dates and Venue Confirmed for 2018 World Weightlifting Championships
Late last week there was some confusion in the weightlifting community when South Korean weightlifting fan Shin Yong Jin — who regularly posts weightlifting news and training clips — uploaded the following ... Continue Reading
Optimum Nutrition Opti-Women Multivitamin Review
Opti-Women is a multivitamin specifically for active women. Created by the sports-supplement brand Optimum Nutrition, this multi is meant to meet the unique needs of active women who want the best for ... Continue Reading
Vlad Alhazov Squats a Massive 505kg (1,113 lbs) Raw. Is It a Record?
If you felt the earth shift a little bit Sunday, there's no need for alarm, it was most likely due to Russian super heavyweight powerlifter Vlad Alhazov's most recent squat. Chances are you've seen ... Continue Reading
6 Effective Good Morning Exercise Alternatives
A stronger posterior chain — which is made up of your glutes, lower back, and hamstrings — is imperative for most exercises. These muscles drive your hips forward for kettlebell swings, help you lockout a ... Continue Reading
How Including More Narrow Stance Squats Could Improve Your Lifting
How often do you change your stance in your squats? I'm in the camp of lifters who squat with their toes slightly angled out with their stance roughly wider than shoulder width. This feels natural and ... Continue Reading
How to Train for Better Focus in Workouts
Everyone accepts certain facts about the mind’s role in your workout. “Mindset is critical to any sport.” OK, sure. “You need to really focus on contracting the muscle.” Sure, a lot of studies show ... Continue Reading
Try These 3 Bench Press Variations to Improve Your Pressing Power
It only makes sense to wrap up the “Variations You Should Know” series with the bench press. Full disclaimer, though: while I consider myself an expert on the squat and deadlift, I can’t say the same about ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Crushes a 226kg Seated Log Press, 2kg Shy of World Record
While he doesn’t appear to be competing in this year’s World’s Strongest Man contest in Manila, Eddie Hall still has a big year ahead of him. In multiple interviews with Hall — like ours, you should ... Continue Reading
3 Things You Must Avoid in Strongman Training
Everyone is always asking me for tips and help with their training. I’ve been coaching the sport for over a decade and have worked with countless people that went on to compete at different levels or ... Continue Reading
18.4 CrossFit® Open Workout Tips from Top Athletes and Coaches
Can you believe we're already four weeks into the 2018 CrossFit® Open? Last night, Dave Castro announced CrossFit Open Workout 18.4, which is composed of two descending couplets with a 9-minute time ... Continue Reading
CrossFit® Open Workout 18.4 Announced
With just two more weeks left in the 2018 CrossFit Open, the worldwide Leaderboard has started to settle into place with some very familiar names toward the top. The first three weeks of this year's Open ... Continue Reading
EMG Differences Between the Deadlift, Hex Bar Deadlift, and Barbell Hip Thrust
If deadlifts, hex bar deadlifts, and hip thrusts frequent your workout program, then we have some good news. A recently published study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning explored the ... Continue Reading
Just 17% of Rx’d Athletes Got to Round Two of CrossFit Open Workout 18.3
We know that every time an Open workout is announced people call it brutal, but the CrossFit Open’s 18.3 workout was pretty darn brutal. With its AMRAP triplet of toes to bar, hang clean & jerks, ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Superstars Sara Sigmundsdottir and Bjorgvin Gudmundsson Try MMA
OK, but what is fitness? The standard response from many CrossFit® athletes is something along the lines of "constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity across broad time and modal ... Continue Reading
How Strength Training Is Helping This Adaptive Athlete Prepare for the Ironman® World Championship
Imagine later today you’re walking around as normal, then out of nowhere you’re struck by a car and the life that you’ve become adapted to living changes in a split second. You wake up in a hospital bed ... Continue Reading