Cross training shoes are designed to be versatile in a variety of environments, and they continue to be developed to further match a strength athlete's needs. These needs include things like breathability, ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Harrison Maurus PRs His Clean at 200 Kilograms
One of the United States' most promising young weightlifters, Harrison Maurus, is getting better every day. The 17-year-old athlete made a pretty significant personal record over the weekend, cleaning 200 ... Continue Reading
Dealing With and Working Past Bad Days In the Gym
We’ve all been there before: You’ve got a big workout coming up. Maybe you’re going to try to hit some big PRs, or maybe you’re starting a new training cycle, or maybe you’ve just been dealing with some ... Continue Reading
The Viking Press: How to Perform and Include Them In Your Workouts
The Viking Press is a Strongman Competition lift that has slowly been gaining popularity in general strength training circles. It is often used in major competitions in a format that is contested with ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Wins 5th Straight Britain’s Strongest Man
Over the weekend, Eddie Hall took home his 5th straight title at the 2018 Britain's Strongest Man. This year's contest was held on January 27th in Sheffield, a borough in South Yorkshire, England. Many had ... Continue Reading
Why Do Some Lifters Screw Their Feet Into the Floor During Deadlifts?
Have you ever seen videos of strength athletes screwing their feet into the floor before deadlifts and various compound movements? This is a cue that can hold different benefits and purposes, which will be ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Releases Live Announcement Venues for 2018 Open
Let the Games (or at least the Open) begin. The 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games season kicks off on February 22nd with the first Live Open Announcement. And CrossFit Games HQ has released the venues for all ... Continue Reading
These Are the (Tentative) Events for the 2018 World’s Strongest Man
We're still not sure when the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition will be held — we don't even know for sure where it will be held — but news has broken with details regarding the events at this year's ... Continue Reading
Universal Creatine Review — Where Is the Creatine From?
Based in New Brunswick in New Jersey, Universal Nutrition has been in the supplements business for over forty years. Perhaps best known for targeting their products at the bodybuilding community, we've ... Continue Reading
What’s an Elite Weightlifter, and How Do You Define It?
The term 'elite' gets thrown around a lot in strength sports, and most of the time haphazardly without a clear cut definition. Although, in defense of the usage of the word, it's tough to clearly define ... Continue Reading
How Much Do Olympic Speed Skaters Squat?
As we head into the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, we’ve been spending a lot of time wondering about how these world class athletes train to reach the pinnacle of their respective ... Continue Reading
Cellucor Cor-Performance Creatine Review — Is Flavored Better?
Cellucor is a Texas-based sports nutrition company and we’ve tried quite a few of their products: their whey protein, their branched chain amino acid supplement, and their flagship pre-workout called ... Continue Reading
4 Tips for Choosing Your Squat Attempts On Meet Day
The ability to accurately and effectively plan and execute your attempts on meet day is as much of a skill as the squat itself. If you don’t arrive on meet day with a plan, then you have already placed ... Continue Reading
Powerbuilding Programs: How to Incorporate Supplementary Work
We’re working on a series here – if you’re new, make sure to check out part one and part two (I think my arms look especially good in part two). But just in case you don’t have time for that, here’s a ... Continue Reading
Master Hollow Rocks for Strength, Stability, and Ripped Abs
Hollow rocks look easy. That is until you sit down, try one and realize you've got the core strength of a jellyfish. You’ll need full-body tension to resist loading and rotational forces on your spine, ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Front Squats 200kg for a Strong 9 Reps
Weightlifter Harrison Maurus has been hitting multiple PRs since the 2017 IWF World Championships. His latest Instagram video highlights possibly the biggest front squat set we've seen yet from the young ... Continue Reading
MusclePharm Core Series Creatine Review — How Pure Is It?
MusclePharm is a Denver-based nutrition company that’s pretty well-known for their inexpensive protein powder Combat Whey and their Combat Crunch protein bars, so named because MusclePharm ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Mayhem Freedom Announces Final Two Teams Rosters
CrossFit Mayhem Freedom recently announced their two final teams rosters for the upcoming 2018 CrossFit Games season. Over the last few months, athletes have wondered who would fill the two respective ... Continue Reading
Dmytro Semenenko (105kg) Squats 405kg (891 lbs) for Two Reps In Wraps
This may be the craziest set of squats we've seen thus far in 2018. If you don't already know Ukrainian powerlifter Dmytro Semenenko, then be prepared to have your mind blown. He competes in the -105kg ... Continue Reading
4 Benefits of Weighted Pull-Ups
In this article we will discuss the weighted pull-up and the specific benefits that it offers strength, power, and fitness athletes in regards to back development overall performance. In an earlier article ... Continue Reading
Is Kratom a Performance-Enhancing Drug?
Kratom is an unusual target in the War on Drugs. A relative newcomer to the American market, kratom hovers in the space between plant-based medicine and prescription drug, and while it’s usually used as a ... Continue Reading
IWF Publicly Announces Anti-Doping Results From 2017 World Championships
As of today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) publicly disclosed initial findings from last year's IWF World Championships anti-doping tests. They report that four athletes have come back ... Continue Reading
Survey Finds the Average American Spends Over $100k On Fitness In Their Lifetime
How much do you spend a month on your fitness? This could include things like gym memberships, supplements, equipment, meals, and so forth. A little over a week ago, the supplement company MyProtein posted ... Continue Reading
BodyCraft Xpress Pro Home Gym Review
BodyCraft is a company that creates multiple pieces of home gym equipment. They produce things like treadmills, benches, racks, full body home gym systems, and much more. What they may be possibly best ... Continue Reading