Home gym equipment and systems are great ways to get a workout in at home, or perform maintenance work when you're crunched on time. Bowflex is one of the popular home gym equipment brands, and the offer ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Hits a 2-Rep Snatch PR of 150kg
When Harrison Maurus won his 77kg weight class at the 2017 Youth World Championships in Bangkok, he set a youth world record in the clean & jerk (192kg) and the total (332kg), but not the snatch. The ... Continue Reading
Pre JYM Pre-Workout Review — Worth the Cost?
JYM is the supplement company founded by Dr. Jim Stoppani, who holds a PhD in exercise physiology with a minor in biochemistry and worked as the science editor at Muscle & Fitness for about ten years. ... Continue Reading
How Often Should You Work Out Your Abs? Plus Tips from Celebrity Personal Trainers
If you got a bunch of aesthetically-focused gym goers in a room and asked them to rank their prized muscle groups, chances are that a six-pack will be fairly high on people’s lists. In pursuit of a ... Continue Reading
Is Dmitry Nasonov’s 440kg Deadlift at 82kg a New World Record?
This weekend saw a lot of incredible world records coming out of the World Raw Powerlifting Federation’s 2017 World Championships in Moscow. We already covered Yury Belkin’s mammoth 440-kilogram deadlift, ... Continue Reading
Stuart Jamieson Deadlifts 286kg at 60kg, Breaking Lamar Gant’s Record from 1981
At the World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) 2017 World Championships this weekend, one of powerlifting's longest standing records finally fell. Scottish strength coach and entrepreneur Stuart Jamieson ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces Final 20 Athletes for World Championships Team
Over the weekend, USA Weightlifting announced the final roster for this year's IWF World Championships team. This year, the Championships are being held on American soil in Anaheim, California, from ... Continue Reading
Evlution Nutriton’s Engn Shred Pre-Workout Review — Boost Fat Loss?
Evlution Nutrition is a Florida-based supplement company that has a wide variety of products that go beyond your standard protein powders and creatines. There are pump enhancers, thermogenic metabolism ... Continue Reading
Deficit Deadlifts vs Rack Pulls
Deficit deadlifts and rack pulls are two popular deadlift variations that can be used to address individual strength limitations and/or increase performance at certain phases of the lift. In this article ... Continue Reading
Yury Belkin Deadlifts 440kg (970 lbs) for a New All Time World Record
When Russian powerlifter Yury Belkin competes, then you know you're in for a show. Belkin recently wrapped up competing at the World Raw Powerlifting Federation's (WRPF) World Championships that are ... Continue Reading
Female Powerlifters Share the Weirdest Things Guys Say to Them
If you follow elite female powerlifters on Instagram, you’re probably familiar with the bizarre comments they get on an everyday basis. There are plenty of positive, supportive comments, too — women ... Continue Reading
Get Into the Halloween Spirit With These 5 Costume Lifting Videos
Halloween is right around the corner, which means two things. One, it's the only time of year you get a pass for dressing up and acting ridiculous. If you do this any other time, then there's a decent ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Makes a 1,003lb Pin Squat After Disc Herniation
There aren’t many people that’ll squat a thousand pounds a couple of months after herniating a disc, but most people aren’t Blaine Sumner. This summer, the world record-holding powerlifter suffered a ... Continue Reading
Watch Gerald Dionio Crush a 410 lb Pause Bench PR at 153 lbs Bodyweight
Gerald Dionio, or "Tiny_n_Tuff" as he goes by on Instagram, is currently in prep for his next meet, and he's putting up big weight. Dionio will be competing alongside some of the best in powerlifting at ... Continue Reading
Travis Mash Talks Hip Thrusts, Hypertrophy, and Teenage Hormones
Travis Mash is one of the most influential figures in contemporary American weightlifting, crafting athlete after nationally competitive athlete at his North Carolina gym Mash Elite Performance. During his ... Continue Reading
Deficit Deadlifts vs Regular Deadlift
In this article we will breakdown two deadlift movements, each offering lifters a great way to increase pulling performance, back and hip strength, and boost your deadlift. Let's examine the deficit ... Continue Reading
5 Tips for Combining Bodybuilding and Powerlifting
Despite some old school bodybuilders calling powerlifters fatties and powerlifters calling bodybuilders weak, the two sports can actually complement each other more than you'd think. Not only this, we ... Continue Reading
The Most Important Strongman Event…Ever?
Something unbelievable is happening, and in one way or another you need to be a part of it. December 15 - 17 are the crucial dates for the future of strongman. The Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina ... Continue Reading
How to Use Exercise As a Jet Lag Remedy
Understatement of the century: jet lag is awful. There are few things worse than spending hours and hours flying to an exotic part of the world only to effectively lose part of the trip to that cursed ... Continue Reading
Cellucor C4 Ripped Review — Do Fat Loss Blends Work?
C4 is the best known product from Cellucor, a Texas-based supplement company that also sells the whey Cor-Performance and the branched chain amino acid supplement Alpha Amino, among other products. ... Continue Reading
Mat Fraser Set to Compete in Central Region for 2018 CrossFit Games Season
Two-time Reebok CrossFit Games Champion Mat Fraser recently made a move that will place him in the Central Region. Fraser has been a consistently dominant force in the Eastern Region, claiming first in ... Continue Reading
Unplug from Technology in the Gym for Bigger Lifts
As a science geek and man who loves data driven solutions, I am always looking for the next great piece of technology to help my lifters take their weights to the next level. If there is a piece of ... Continue Reading
More Weightlifting Changes Speculated for 2020 Olympics
News continues to drop about what to expect for weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Back in June, it was first reported that there would be significant changes to the weightlifting program at the ... Continue Reading
Josh Bridges Does “Murph” On the Great Wall of China
If there’s one thing CrossFit® athletes do when they’re overseas, it’s work out on or near famous monuments. Longtime Reebok CrossFit Games athlete Josh Bridges is enjoying a vacation in China, but that ... Continue Reading