If you're in the market for a green superfood powder, there's a good chance you've considered AG1 and Macro Greens. AG1 is quite possibly the most famous of the two and deservedly so: it's got ... Continue Reading
Our Favorite Men’s Lifts From the 2017 Chinese National Weightlifting Championships
The 2017 Chinese National Weightlifting Championships came to a conclusion today. This year’s competition was held over the span of two weekends, with the women competing April 8-11th and the men April ... Continue Reading
How to Find Your Mentor in Strength Sports
To the strength athlete, there are few things as vital to progress as a mentor. Throughout my career in athletics I have experienced a wide variety of coaches, teammates, competitors, etc. whom I looked to ... Continue Reading
In Weightlifting, There’s No Such Thing As an Overnight Success
Editors note: This article is an op-ed. The views expressed herein are the authors and don’t necessarily reflect the views of BarBend. Claims, assertions, opinions, and quotes have been sourced exclusively ... Continue Reading
What It REALLY Means to Build a Functional Fitness Community
In the modern era of exercise, health, and wellness, functional fitness is the new craze. Many of the old powerhouse “globo gyms” have seen a large drop off in memberships to smaller, community based ... Continue Reading
Zercher Squats vs Deadlift – What’s Best for Building Strength?
It’s not always easy deciding which total body barbell movements one should do to develop maximal strength, muscular size, and have those then apply to their sport; this is especially true when comparing ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Stacy Burr Breaks the 148-Pound Total Record By 58 Pounds
This weekend, the 2017 CETC US Open Powerlifting Championships took place at Del Mar Fairgrounds, San Diego, and with over $200,000 in cash prizes available, many consider it to be one of the biggest ... Continue Reading
Tian Tao Clean & Jerks 221kg for an Unofficial World Record
The 2017 Chinese National Weightlifting Championships are wrapping up in the next couple days. This year's competition was held over the span of two weekends with the women competing April 8-11th, and the ... Continue Reading
Can Hafthor Bjornsson Dethrone Brian Shaw at the 2017 World’s Strongest Man?
In 2016, only two points separated Hafthor Julius Bjornsson from the World’s Strongest Man title, then won by Brian Shaw. And in 2014, “Thor” was only half a point away from tying Zydrunas Savickas’ ... Continue Reading
Iron Bull Strength 7mm Knee Sleeves Review
Your knees can only take so much squatting before buckling. Knee sleeves like Iron Bull 7mm Knee Sleeves ease the pain, providing compression, warmth, and stability during lower-body workouts and heavy ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Lifting Shoes
Supportive strength gear has grown in popularity in the last few years, and weightlifting shoes experienced an especially big spike in visibility. There are now multiple major brands that carry and ... Continue Reading
Larry “Wheels” Williams Falls During 793 lb Squat at CETC US Open
Currently, the CETC US Open Powerlifting Championships are underway at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego, California. The championships are being held today and tomorrow and if you're interested in ... Continue Reading
Log Lift Champion Rob Kearney Breaks Down the Split Jerk
There's no denying the fact that split jerking in a lot of cases can be considered a work of art. It requires perfectly dialed in concentration, coordination, balance, and strength to execute properly. ... Continue Reading
Zercher Squats vs Leg Press – What’s Best for Strength and Hypertrophy?
Lifters today are confronted with infinite options to choose from for leg strength, muscular hypertrophy, and movement. Whether you are strength, power, fitness, or aesthetic athlete, both the Zercher ... Continue Reading
Odd Haugen Talks Mas Wrestling Haters and Deadlifting 750 Pounds at 67 Years Old
The word "legend" gets thrown around a lot in the strongman world, but Odd Haugen's footprint on the sport is indelible. Raised in Norway and known for his monstrous grip strength, Haugen was crowned ... Continue Reading
5 Moves to Help Prevent Tennis Elbow in Strength Athletes
There aren't many conditions with as misleading a name as "tennis elbow." Also (and more accurately) known as lateral epicondylitis, it's caused by the overuse of muscles and tendons in the ... Continue Reading
Freddi Smulter Bench Presses 130kg for 48 Reps
Freddi Smulter might have just claimed the heaviest bench press record with 130 kilograms (286 pounds). You might be thinking, "130kg isn't heavy," and you're right, it's not that heavy at the elite level, ... Continue Reading
George Hackenschmidt: The Father of the Bench Press and Hack Squat
George Hackenschmidt, like Milo Steinborn, was a strength pioneer who had a huge influence on the way we lift. While Steinborn is often considered one of the founding fathers of how we squat ... Continue Reading
The One-Ring Muscle-Up Challenge Is Going Viral
Why use two when you can use one? After watching Dmitry Klokov PR his one-armed snatch and Yury Tikhonovich manage a one-armed muscle-up this week, we knew we had to post this when we ... Continue Reading
Mona Pretorius on South African Weightlifting, CrossFit, and Sports Psychology
The psychology of an athlete plays a big role in their potential successes or lack thereof on the playing field. I remember from my own weightlifting career: If I hit a Personal Record (PR) lift in ... Continue Reading
Masters Athlete Trevor Bachmeyer Disqualified from CrossFit Games, Banned for 4 Years
*Update 4/13/17: CrossFit Games HQ released® part of Bachmeyer's video submission (featured below) within their CrossFit Games Update show. CrossFit® Games HQ recently released a news story that ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Molly Mullikin Deadlifts 500 Pounds for an Easy 2 Reps
Molly Mullikin is a -75kg/165lb powerlifter who has some crazy deadlift strength and continues to prove so in her training. She recently shared a video on her Instagram page pulling 500 lbs conventionally ... Continue Reading
WWE Wrestler Braun Strowman Flips an Ambulance: Is That Humanly Possible?
A recent YouTube clip shared on WWE's YouTube page has me speculating about what the human body can really do. Wrestling has its levels of reality and drama, so when I saw their video of Braun Strowman ... Continue Reading
Amazing Grass Vs. Green Vibrance — Which Greens Superfood Powder Is Better?
Amazing Grass is a supplement company based in Orange County, California, and their greens powder is the most–reviewed greens powder on Amazon.com. Vibrant Health, on the other hand, is based in ... Continue Reading