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Karen Skalvoll Sets Deadlift World Record Despite Terminal Illness

There were more than a handful of records broken at this year's Arnold Classic. For example, Ray Williams claimed the highest raw squat, while Blaine Sumner squatted the most ever in a single-ply ... Continue Reading

Powerlifter Silent Mike Talks Career Change and Where We Can Find Him Next

Mike Farr, or Silent Mike as most strength athletes know him, is a 28-year old strength coach. For the last few years he's been closely associated with Mark Bell, Super Training Gym, and Sling Shot. If you ... Continue Reading

The Ultimate 2017 Europe’s Strongest Man Preview

Europe’s Strongest Man is a jewel in the strongman calendar, as it has been ever since its inception in the early 80’s. It’s earned a reputation as one of the most eagerly anticipated live ... Continue Reading

3 Common Faults During the Jerk and How to Fix Them

The jerk requires positional strength, posture, timing, and power. Many lifters may find the jerk to be one of the most daunting movements to do after a heavy clean recovery, as one must now hoist hundreds ... Continue Reading

USA Weightlifting Releases Statement in Response to Trump’s Revised Immigration Order

USA Weightlifting released another statement in light of President Donald Trumps revised executive order. In late January this year, Trump signed an executive order that suspended entrance into the country ... Continue Reading

20 Year Old Nathon Damron Squats 310kg and Makes it Look Easy

Nathon Damron, 20, is an American weightlifter who's continuing to impress us with his continued feats of strength. Damron competed in both the 85kg and 94kg weight classes as a junior ... Continue Reading

71kg Kimberly Walford Deadlifts 257.5kg (14.5kg Over Current IPF World Record)

Kimberly Walford, 38, has a powerlifting resume that's possibly as long as the contact list in your cellphone. She's set and holds records in multiple weight classes, and has recently been a ... Continue Reading

Strongwoman History Made at The Arnold Classic

History was made this weekend at the 2017 Arnold Classic. The first all Pro division of Strongwoman competitors battled it out on Friday and Saturday in Columbus, Ohio at the 3 day expo. We have talked ... Continue Reading

The Lifter’s Guide to Theanine

As work and tech encroach further and further into our private lives and the mouse wheel of modern life spins faster and faster, nutrients that promote relaxation are becoming more of a ... Continue Reading

Patriot Power Greens Review

Today I’m reviewing the Patriot Power Greens from Patriot Health Alliance, a supplement company located in Salt Lake City, Utah that is so patriotic, they make donations to the U.S. Armed Forces under your ... Continue Reading

93kg David Woolson Breaks Norris USAPL Raw Deadlift Record With 350.5kg

The Arnold Classic is finally upon us, and if you've been watching highlights, then you may have seen David Woolson's great powerlifting performance. He's a 25-year old, 93kg raw American powerlifter and ... Continue Reading

DIY: How to Build Your Own Deadlift/Olympic Lifting Platform

Whether you own a gym or want to start building out your dream workout space, then this mini-guide can help you construct your own deadlift and weightlifting platforms. Possibly the best ... Continue Reading

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Novaforme CytoGreens for Athletes Review

Novaforme is one of the few supplement companies that have produced a greens supplement that's specifically targeted at athletes. So, what makes it stand out from the crowd? Buy Cytogreens on ... Continue Reading

ExoSleeve 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

Knee sleeves are a common piece of equipment for most power, strength, and functional fitness athletes. They provide the knee with additional support during loaded movements, general warmth around the knee ... Continue Reading

The 8 Most Impressive Feats of Strength By Hollywood Actors

Usually when an actor needs to get a Hollywood Body™ for a role, it means cutting to unbelievable, unsustainable, but admittedly impressive levels of body fat. (Ryan Reynolds is said to have ... Continue Reading

Strongman’s Guide to Odd Objects: Fingal’s Fingers, Max Holds, and Max Distance

There are events in Strongman that even the casual fan or strength sports enthusiast is familiar with: deadlifts of course, yoke walks, farmer carries, stone loads, circus dumbbell, and log press are ... Continue Reading

Wes Kitts’ 201 Kg Power Clean Is One of the Heaviest We’ve Ever Seen

The 105 kilogram weightlifter Wes Kitts has just pulled off the heaviest power clean we've seen from an American in recent memory: 201 kilograms, or 443 pounds.   A post shared by Wes Kitts ... Continue Reading

Are These Two Videos the Most Epic 17.1 Showings Yet? (We Say Yes)

There isn't a whole lot more to say about the first workout 17.1 of the Reebok CrossFit® Open. Besides the deadline recently extending and learning the couplet of dumbbell ... Continue Reading

A Process to Improve Your Strongman Game

Constant measurable progress is every athlete's primary goal. To improve every time you step into the gym may come fast and easy for beginners, but it grows increasingly difficult with every subsequent ... Continue Reading

Returning to Weightlifting After Time Off

Recently, I was asked by a few different athletes how I train to come back to weightlifting after taking time off whether from injury or just a break. In all honestly, I was a little stumped. I’ve had ... Continue Reading

Translated: An Interview With World Weightlifting Champion Artem Okulov

Although he missed out on the Rio Olympics due to the blanket ban of Russian weightlifters, 22-year-old Artem Okulov still has his eye on weightlifting's most celebrated prize. Okulov is perhaps ... Continue Reading

Reflections on Running for 24 Hours Straight

I started my last post on BarBend asking if CrossFit® training would prepare me to run a hundred miles in 24 hours. The answer, as I’m sure many of you guessed before I even started, was a resounding no. ... Continue Reading

Bodyweight Versus Barbell Movements: Is One Really “Better”?

Before we can talk about building strength, let me start by asking you a question: how do you define “strength”? In the world of athletics, the concept of “strength” is rather ambiguous. Take elite ... Continue Reading

17.1 Deadline Extended and Jacob Heppner Withdraws From Open

The Reebok CrossFit® Open is in full swing as workout 17.1 - the first workout of the Open - was released last Thursday. This workout was a grueling ascending ladder couplet that paired dumbbell ... Continue Reading

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