When news broke earlier this week about USA Weightlifting's brand new talent development camps, the organization was flooded with questions from hopeful young athletes wanting to attend and seasoned ... Continue Reading
What It’s Like to Always Be Hungry from Lifting
Constantly picking up heavy stuff is awesome, but the hunger that comes with it can be...umm...frustrating at times. Why? Well, while we're opening up new windows by working out like improved ... Continue Reading
Watch Mat Fraser Snatch 132kg at the 2012 USAW National Championships
Through a strength athlete's career, it's likely they'll partake in multiple forms of lifting as they learn and grow. For example, it's common to see weightlifters excel in CrossFit® competition due to ... Continue Reading
Cable Pull Through Alternatives for Strength and Coordination
In an earlier article we covered in great detail the cable pull through, and why most lifters and athletes can benefit from them. Whether for glute development, warm up and/or corrective routines, or ... Continue Reading
Watch the 17.2 Documentary Starring Froning, Davidsdottir, Sigmundsdottir, and More
As the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games approach, we haven't just been enjoying the coverage from the Reebok CrossFit Games' Update Studio, hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the occasional comedy sketch, and ... Continue Reading
Important: There’s an Instagram of People Snatching Snack Food
Rubbing our eyes and wearily sipping our morning coffees, the BarBend team sat at our desks this morning and opened our laptops. As the screens flickered to life and we began our morning ritual of looking ... Continue Reading
Reichardt and Delacruz Win Medals at Junior Pan American Weightlifting Championships
Picking up where she left off in 2016, Hayley Reichardt has won the first medals for Team USA at the 2017 Junior Pan American Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Reichardt, who represents the Garage ... Continue Reading
Catching Up With Sopita Tanasan, Rio Gold Medalist and IWF Weightlifter of the Year
Everything changed for Sopita Tanasan in Rio de Janeiro. While the then 21-year-old had been competing internationally in weightlifting for years — she had medaled at four World Weightlifting ... Continue Reading
USA Brings Home 54 Weightlifting Medals at the 2017 World Masters Games
Last weekend concluded the final day of the 2017 World Masters Games. This year marked the ninth games, and they were held in Auckland, New Zealand. The weightlifting event took place from April 22-29th. ... Continue Reading
AllMax IsoFlex Whey Protein Review – Worth the Price?
AllMax is a supplement company that sponsors a lot of bodybuilders and figure athletes, which is why while they sell many kinds of protein, a lot of online discussion focuses on their mass gainers and fat ... Continue Reading
ORAC-Energy Greens Vs. Green Vibrance — Antioxidants or Probiotics?
There’s a very clear spectrum when it comes to greens powders. On one end, there are those that promise to improve your body in a lot of pseudoscientific ways without providing much evidence, and ... Continue Reading
What Are Your Thoughts on the Nike Romaleos 3 Freedom?
As we head into the spring and summer, it only seems fitting that Nike drop a new color scheme for the Nike Romaleos 3 geared towards representing the USA. We're not sure if this was done in an attempt to ... Continue Reading
James Hobart Explains Why He’s Not Competing in the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
A veteran of eight CrossFit Games, a three-time Affiliate Cup Champion, and former member of CrossFit Mayhem, James Hobart is a fixture in the sport of CrossFit. That's why it was a little surprising to ... Continue Reading
Isopure Low Carb Protein Powder Review — Most Nutritious Whey?
Isopure is best-known for their low-carb and zero-carb products, and it’s a particularly popular brand among athletes following ketogenic diets. While their zero-carb protein powder is their most famous ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces Development Camps to Identify Top Youth Athletes
Yesterday, USA Weightlifting made an exciting new announcement in regards to youth level weightlifting. They're launching development camps across the nation to help introduce new athletes ... Continue Reading
NOBULL Lifters Review
The NOBULL Lifters are the first model in NOBULL's weightlifting shoe line. They were released last year to the surprise of many NOBULL fans. Before this release, they made cross training shoes, which have ... Continue Reading
StrengthTape Kinesiology Tape Review
StrengthTape is a producer of kinesiology tapes and kits already precut and measured for specific body parts (knees, shoulders, elbows, etc), and touts themselves as the official tape of the Ironman ... Continue Reading
Karen Skalvoll Competes at Powerlifting Nationals Under Oxygen Therapy
Earlier this year in March, we reported on a Norwegian adaptive strength athlete named Karen Skalvoll. She competed and set a world record under oxygen therapy at this year's Arnold Classic Disabled ... Continue Reading
Watch Travis Williams Finish Isabel In Under a Minute
After the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games, Travis Williams became the nineteenth fittest man on Earth, but we think he might have just completed the fastest Isabel in history. The workout is simple: thirty ... Continue Reading
Kevin Gray Squats More Than 4 Times His Bodyweight to Set New World Record
Australian powerlifter Kevin Gray had an eventful weekend at the Pacific Invitational in Sydney. This year's Invitational was held during the Australian Fitness Show, which took place over the weekend on ... Continue Reading
4 Simple Steps to Get More Out of Your Weightlifting Training
Athletes play sports because it is fun. If it wasn’t fun then you would quit. You know what else is fun? Having success in that sport. It doesn’t matter what phase of your sport you are in (beginner, ... Continue Reading
Catching Up with Luis Mosquera, the Fastest Weightlifter in the Western Hemisphere
In the world of Olympic weightlifting, and specifically the Pan American Region of the world where the United States is a prominent member, few weightlifters have had the type of success at all age levels ... Continue Reading
8 Questions Strength Athletes Should Ask About Their Diets
I’m about to do something very difficult; rewrite an article that hundreds of authors have already taken on and challenge something that is on a steady rise to stardom in the strongman society. This ... Continue Reading
TheraBand Kinesiology Tape Review
TheraBand's kinesiology tape is actually a joint collaboration between Cramer, an established sports medicine brand established in 1914, and TheraBand, which is probably best known for their ... Continue Reading