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
5 Benefits of Deficit Deadlifts
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