As much as every young boy playing basketball wants to be Michael Jordan, realistically it's just not going to happen. Some will lose interest, some will move on to play other sports, and some will play as ... Continue Reading
The New Reebok CrossFit Nano 7.0 Is Now Available
The CrossFit Games made the announcement this morning on their Instagram page: The Reebok CrossFit® Nano 7.0 is now available on Store.CrossFit.com for purchase starting at ... Continue Reading
How Compound Interest Can Amplify Your Strength Gains
Compound interest is one of the most powerful forces in the economic world. On average, you can expect to double your money in about six years in the stock market. When you leave your cash in a sock ... Continue Reading
Why Weightlifters Should Do More Pull-Ups
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 50 years, you may already know all about the power of pulls-ups. Back strength and endurance can improve your posture, muscular development, and help ... Continue Reading
The 5 Strongest Vegans On Earth
Meat consumption is rising faster than ever, but plenty of strength athletes have shattered records without touching the stuff. Check out our list below to learn some of the best known ... Continue Reading
Assess High Bar Back Squat Form to Benefit Your Gains
A great high back squat requires four important aspects: coordination, proper movement mechanics, muscular strength, and neuromuscular efficiency. Coordination: The way the ... Continue Reading
The Shared Meaning of Community Fitness
Editors note: Katie Rose Hejtmanek, Ph.D. is a cultural anthropologist conducting research on the culture of strength sports in the United States. This is the fourth of an in-depth series introducing ... Continue Reading
4 Nutrients Strength Athletes Need More Of After Age 50
Thanks to advances in nutrition and exercise science, strength athletes are able to stay strong and functional for far longer than they ever could before. But just as we need to alter our mobility ... Continue Reading
The Jefferson Curl: Benefits and Proper Form
The spine is a segmented structure (33 bones to be exact, spanning from the vertebral column to the coccygeal region, aka, tailbone), separated by discs, fiberous tissues, fluid, and thousands of nerve ... Continue Reading
This Country Just Voted Weightlifters As Athlete of the Year
It’s always nice to see the sport of Olympic weightlifting being celebrated on a national level, and after Lasha Talakhadze delivered one of the greatest weightlifting performances of all ... Continue Reading
How To Use SMART Goals To Make 2017 Your Strongest Year Yet
The start of a new year adds an extra degree of excitement behind the goals we set. A new year means a fresh start, which means there's a better chance of no initial mishaps to stall progress, aka a clean ... Continue Reading
Jon North Back to Training, Full Olympic Lifts After Cardiac Arrest
When we last saw Jon North in early December, he was getting ready to perform barbell lifts for the first time since his late-September cardiac arrest. In an inspiring display at the Move Fast, Lift Heavy ... Continue Reading
Catching Up with Paul Smith, 22 Year Old Strongman Phenom
Last month, we ran an article entitled 5 Strongman Competitors You Don’t Follow on Instagram (But Should), and amongst those five was one Paul Smith. The young strength sensation who has already ... Continue Reading
6 Tips Every Athlete Should Read Before Starting a New Training Program
When starting any new training program — either after some time off from the gym, following a competition, or rolling into one right after finishing your last — coaches and athletes should adhere to these ... Continue Reading
The 8 Most Badass Feats of Strength from the Ancient World
Since the dawn of time, cultures from all over the world have equated strength with awesomeness. Here are some of our favorite heroes from the ancient world, men who weren’t just known for their ... Continue Reading
6 Weird (But Strangely Effective) Types of Barbells You’ve Never Heard Of
In your typical Globo gym setting there's a good chance you'll never see any of the barbells listed below. For awhile trap bars were seen as strange, but with the continued growth of strength sports ... Continue Reading
Coal Miner Strong: How to Win the World Coal Carrying Championship
You can always rely on drunk men to come up with new ways to test their fitness. “It was an idea that was started fifty-four years ago in a pub with a bit of banter between two men in the village who ... Continue Reading
Maximize Your Split Jerk With These 4 Jerk Variations
The split jerk can be a challenging component of the clean & jerk, one that often separates the best of lifters. When training the jerk, there are numerous variations and assistance exercises ... Continue Reading
6 Useful Things Powerlifters Can Do Between Sets (That Aren’t Looking at Your Phone)
Powerlifters aren’t known for their incredible endurance. That’s not an insult! After all, a few well-regarded studies have shown that the greatest strength gains come from resting a good three to five ... Continue Reading
Cailer Woolam on How He Deadlifts 900 Pounds at 206lbs Bodyweight
In case you missed it, we recently wrote a piece on Cailer Woolam and his impressive 900 lb deadlift. This new max gained a lot of attention because Woolam performed it at 206 lbs and used a hook ... Continue Reading
How To Decide If A Degree In Exercise Science Is Right For You
My December was filled with goodbyes and big hugs as my schooling career came to a close. I was finally saying my farewells to the professors and academic program that helped shape my career into what ... Continue Reading
7 Strongman Lifts for Beginners (and Nearly Every Athlete)
Strongman training is not for the faint of heart. Often, strongmen (and strongwomen) need to showcase unparalleled strength, muscular endurance, and anaerobic capacities while pushing, pulling, dragging, ... Continue Reading
Watch “Stoneland,” Rogue’s New Movie About Competitive Stone Lifting
When we brought you the news of Stoneland earlier this month, Rogue Fitness's second feature documentary about strength sports, it had no release date. So we were surprised and delighted when it was ... Continue Reading
11 Undeniable Benefits of The Bench Press
In the past we've written about the undeniable benefits of squats and deadlifts, but I'm here with a pressing new issue. I'm putting it all on the bench and making a case for the king of the upper body ... Continue Reading