Knee sleeves are useful pieces of supportive strength equipment for a variety of reasons. First, they can help keep the knee joint warm, which is a plus for those using longer rest periods. Second, they ... Continue Reading
Jaroslaw Olech Wins His 17th IPF World Title, Breaks World Deadlift/Total Records
If you haven’t heard Jaroslaw Olech’s name before, you should know that he may in fact be one of the most accomplished powerlifters of all time. At the IPF Open World Championships that are being held all ... Continue Reading
Bonica Lough Squats 312.5kg (687.5 lbs) for a New World Record
Bonica Lough, aka @bubblypowerlifter on Instagram, is finishing 2017 with some outstanding performances. In mid-October, Lough squatted 273kg (601 lbs) at USAPL Raw Nationals, which was an unofficial world ... Continue Reading
Animal Fury Pre-Workout Review — Effective With Few Ingredients?
Animal is a supplement company that's about 35 years old and caters directly to the bodybuilding crowd with a wide array of muscle volumizers, testosterone support, joint support, and other products. ... Continue Reading
How to Do Jumping Lunges for More Powerful Legs
You want more powerful legs. We get it. Explosively strong tree trunks can propel you quickly toward the basketball hoop, straight up for that high box jump, or help you drive your legs down into the ... Continue Reading
2 Weeks Out From Worlds: CJ Cummings Puts Up Strong Squat Jerks
We're only two weeks out from this year's IWF Weightlifting World Championships, and CJ Cummings is still squat jerking. In the first week of October we first wrote about Cummings squat jerking 170kg, ... Continue Reading
Check Out These Epic 4x+ Bodyweight Squats At the IPF Open World Championships
Currently, the IPF Open World Championships are taking place in Pilsen, a city in the western Czech Republic. The Championships started Monday and will go through Saturday, November 18th. If you're late to ... Continue Reading
Think You Have What It Takes to Take On Mat Fraser and Rich Froning?
Things are continuing to get interesting in Cookeville, Tennessee at Rich Froning's CrossFit® box CrossFit Mayhem. We've known for a few weeks now that Mat Fraser has moved to the town, and that Froning ... Continue Reading
Ring Dips Progressions
The ring dip is a fundamental bodyweight movement seen in competitive fitness events, gymnastics, and bodywight training. Performing dips on rings forces the body to create tension, stability, and increase ... Continue Reading
Interview: Eddie Hall Discusses Acting Ambitions and Breaking His Deadlift Record
Eddie Hall is the strongest human being on the face of the planet. Even before he won the 2017 World's Strongest Man he had made a variety of historic firsts in strength sports including the heaviest ... Continue Reading
2018 Arnold Strongman Classic Roster and Events Announced
The roster and event schedule for the 2018 Arnold Strongman Classic was just released, and it's going to be an epic event. In March, the Columbus, Ohio-based Arnold Classic acts as finals for the Arnold ... Continue Reading
IWF Sport Programme Commission Suggests Weightlifting Changes for 2020 Olympics
By now, chances are you've heard about potential changes for the sport of weightlifting, and more specifically weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In recent years, international weightlifting has ... Continue Reading
Brooke Ence Weighs In On Controversial Justice League Costumes
Hollywood continues to pump out the high demand superhero movies, and the latest block buster is set to drop tomorrow. DC Comics' "Justice League" will be making a big screen appearance and features a ton ... Continue Reading
Ma Jianping Talks Differences In Competing After Taking 3 Decades Off
It’s taken a fair amount of time, but 1984 Chinese Olympian Ma Jianping (Coach Ma) -known to his peers as Coach Ma - came back and conquered the platform. Coach Ma’s last high profile competition was at ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Prowler Push
In this article we will discuss the prowler push, a versatile piece of equipment to train muscle hypertrophy, leg strength, metabolic conditioning, and more. We will cover five benefits of prowler pushes ... Continue Reading
Ruslan Albegov Provisionally Suspended for Potential Anti-Doping Violation
Russian superheavyweight weightlifter Ruslan Albegov has been provisionally suspended from international weightlifting competition after being charged by the IWF with an anti-doping policy ... Continue Reading
Kianoush Rostami to Auction Olympic Gold Medal for Earthquake Victims
On Sunday, Iran experienced an earthquake that was deemed the deadliest of 2017 so far. The Iranian government and surrounding countries have mobilized into action to provide immediate earthquake relief. ... Continue Reading
If You’re a Strength Athlete, Stop Using the Word ‘Fix’
So often, I hear athletes say things like “I’m going to come in to fix my Jerk”, or “Can you fix my snatch?” STOP! This is implying that one cue, one exercise, or even within one day that you can ... Continue Reading
Insane Powerlifting Record: Vilma Ochoa Squats 218kg at 52kg Bodyweight
Ecuadorian powerlifter Vilma Vargas Ochoa has set a new world record in the equipped squat with an incredible 218 kilograms (480.6 pounds) at a weight of 52 kilograms (114.6 pounds). That’s 4.2 times her ... Continue Reading
123 lb Stefi Cohen Deadlifts 495 lbs to Extend Her All Time World Record
Stefi Cohen has had an electric 2017, and if you're in the strength sports community, then by now you've more than likely heard of her. Cohen competes in the 123 lb weight class and holds the all time ... Continue Reading
Marc Pro Review — Different Than Other EMS Devices?
Marc Pro — an acronym stands for "Muscle Activated Recovery Cascade" — is one of the biggest names in electronic muscle stimulation (EMS) devices. Based in California, the brand is used by a ton of ... Continue Reading
Standing Russian Twists – Muscles Worked, Benefits, and Exercise Demo
In this article we will discuss the standing Russian twist, a core/oblique exercise variation that can promote muscle hypertrophy in the obliques and abdominals; but not without some potential drawbacks as ... Continue Reading
James Hall, Strongman Eddie Hall’s Brother, Sets World Record in the Ski Erg
It looks like record-breaking feats run in the Hall family. James Hall, the brother of 2017’s World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall, is an incredibly accomplished athlete in his own right: he’s been a ... Continue Reading
Check Out Junior Powerlifter Yi-Chun Lin’s 4.5x Bodyweight Deadlift
It's Monday morning and we've already written three articles on epic deadlifts, and that's not a bad way to start the week. Currently, 2017 the IPF Open World Championships are taking place in Pilsen, ... Continue Reading