With so many deadlift and pulling (snatch and clean pull) variations to choose from, it can often be overwhelming which one to choose based on your needs, weaknesses, and individual goals. The deficit ... Continue Reading
GAT Nitraflex Review — Highest Caffeine Content?
GAT, which stands for “German American Technologies,” has been around for about 20 years and sells a huge variety of niche bodybuilding products like fat burners, testosterone boosters, mass gainers, and ... Continue Reading
Chinese Whistleblower Claims Over 10,000 Athletes Were Doped in 80s and 90s
A former doctor for the Chinese Olympic team during the 1980s and 1990s has turned whistleblower. Xue Yinxian, now 79 years old, claims that during her tenure, over 10,000 Chinese athletes, including ... Continue Reading
10 Elite Powerlifters Share Why They Started Lifting
As a strength sports writer I'm continually learning the unique qualities of each sport, along with how each athlete thinks and acts. One of my favorite questions for strength athletes and average ... Continue Reading
Watch 4x World’s Strongest Man Brian Shaw Try On Lululemon Clothes
Have you ever worn trendy athletic apparel before? If so, then you can probably sympathize with the fact that while some companies make their clothes out of quality material, they don't always make their ... Continue Reading
Are Pistol Squats Bad for Your Knees?
In general, NO, the pistol squat is not bad for your knees, just like squatting isn't bad for your knees. Rather, a poor pistol squat is bad for your knees… In an earlier article I discussed five ... Continue Reading
Jezza Uepa Squats 470kg (1,036 lbs) at Brisbane Open
Sit back and hold on to your seats, because we may be witnessing something very special in the sport of powerlifting in the very near future. It's not a secret that USA's Ray Williams and Nauru's Jezza ... Continue Reading
Vlad Alhazov Deadlifts 442.5 kg (975.5 lb) After a Knee Replacement
Russian powerlifter Vlad Alhazov has been flying under the radar for the past few years, and with good reason: in 2008, his knee caved inward trying to pull off an equipped squat of 590 kilograms (1300 ... Continue Reading
Brad Schoenfeld’s 3 Evidence Based Guidelines of Hypertrophy Training
Hypertrophy in strength training is both a natural and sought out characteristic of strength training. By definition, muscular hypertrophy is the enlargement of our skeletal muscle through two components, ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Breaks the Partial Deadlift World Record With 536 Kilograms
He may have said he was retiring from World’s Strongest Man, but it looks like Eddie Hall hasn’t retired from smashing world records. The British behemoth recently made a partial deadlift of 536 kilograms ... Continue Reading
Suspension Starts for Nine IWF Member Federations
One-year suspensions of nine IWF member federations took effect this weekend as a result of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. The countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, ... Continue Reading
Onnit Total Strength + Performance Review — Caffeine-Free Pre-Workout?
Onnit is a unique fitness company. On the equipment side, they focus less on barbells and more on off-balanced workout equipment like kettlebells, maces, and clubs. Their supplements are known for ... Continue Reading
Pistol Squat Progression For Beginners – 7 Exercises
Pistol squats are a very challenging bodyweight unilateral movement that most athletes could benefit from. In an earlier article we discussed the 5 benefits of the pistol squat, and decided to make an ... Continue Reading
Stefi Cohen Deadlifts 525 Pounds At 123 Pounds Bodyweight
Forget the Instagram-famous #roadto500 — powerlifter Stefi Cohen wants much, much more. Back in August, Cohen pulled 485 pounds in a meet for a new all-time World Record in her weight class. Then in ... Continue Reading
Sohrab Moradi (94kg) Breaks World Record Clean & Jerk in Training
When we last heard about Iranian 94kg weightlifter and 2016 Olympic Champion Sohrab Moradi, he was breaking the World Record for the total in his weight class. Now, less than a month later, Moradi is ... Continue Reading
BiPro Whey Protein Isolate Review — No Fat, No Carbs
Based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, BiPro does some unusual things with whey. For instance, they sell protein-laced water and they also offer a high tryptophan whey that's intended to help you sleep. Their ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus (77kg) Hits New PR Snatch at 155kg
It was less than a month ago when we reported 77kg American lifter Harrison Maurus hit a new PR snatch at 150kg. And since we've come to accept remarkable progress from the lifting prodigy, it shouldn't be ... Continue Reading
The History of the Deadlift: How Did This Lift Become So Popular?
The deadlift is the simplest of the compounds, yet it's one of the most rewarding to perform. There's something about the grit and tenacity that comes with picking up a dead heavy weight from the ground; ... Continue Reading
4 Essential Exercises for a Stronger Neck
Editor’s note: The content on BarBend is meant to be informative in nature, but it should not be taken as medical advice. The opinions and articles on this site are not intended for use as diagnosis, ... Continue Reading
The Truth About Rhabdo: You Really Can Exercise Too Much
If there’s such a thing as the boogeyman of the fitness industry, it’s rhabdo. You could even take that statement literally, since many functional fitness gyms (and occasionally the CrossFit Journal) are ... Continue Reading
Could Weight Distribution Be the Reason You’re Missing Olympic Lifts?
Weightlifting technique is built off of cause and effect principles. Very simply put, when you push down, things move up. You push forwards, things move backwards. Unfortunately, we lose sight of basic ... Continue Reading
Is Strongman Terry Hollands the World’s Strongest Bodybuilder?
Veteran strongman Terry Hollands may take his newly sculpted physique out for a foray into the bodybuilding world. “…if I can get the dates to fall right next year, I think I'll get on stage at some ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Pistol Squats
In this article we will discuss one of the most challenging unilateral leg exercises out there. Regardless of sport or goal, the ability to perform pistol squats with control and integrity can lead to ... Continue Reading
Are the Somatotypes Ectomorph, Mesomorph, and Endomorph Relevant In Training?
Most athletes have heard about the three different somatotypes used to classify different body types. These include the terms ectomorph, mesomorph, and endormorph. Each somatotype ropes everyone into these ... Continue Reading