With more and more people ditching vitamins for greens powders, I decided to test out Ormus Super Greens, the "probiotic greens superfood." The product is manufactured by Sunwarrior, a Utah-based health ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Hints at Dumbbells in 2017 CrossFit Open
Get ready for the dumbbells, folks. After all, "You've Been Warned." Earlier today, CrossFit Games Director Dave Castro posted an Instagram image of 50 and 35 pound dumbbells with the chalk caption ... Continue Reading
Watch Kara Webb Pistol Squat 42 Reps For a World Record
Reebok is on a mission to break multiple Guinness World Records with some of their top athletes. Their mission is part of an activation movement that they plan to role out in four cities including: ... Continue Reading
Ranking the 2017 Britain’s Strongest Man Performances
New athletes shining, the return of old favorites, a few upsets, a few surprises, and Eddie Hall showing that he’s more than a static monster. This past Saturday’s Britain’s Strongest Man had it all and ... Continue Reading
4 Fundamental Strongman Movements Every Athlete Can Add Into Their Training
Strongman training can offer the average gym goer the opportunity to diversify their strength potentials in varying, highly functional movement patterns and positions. For lifters with minimal strongman ... Continue Reading
Is It Bad If My Knees Click When I Squat?
We’re all lumpy, burpy, gassy organisms that make a lot of weird, loud, and gross noises. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s what animals do. Biological functions are messy and awkward. That’s a fact ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Versus Strongman: 605 lb AMRAP Deadlift Competition
One of the age old questions within every gym is, "Who's the strongest athlete?" Or for this specific scenario, "What type of strength athlete is the strongest?" These questions are older than Broses ... Continue Reading
James Hobart Won’t Be Competing with CrossFit Mayhem This Year
When it comes to Reebok CrossFit Games teams spearheaded by well-known athletes, CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (also known as just CrossFit Mayhem) is among the top of the list. This team gained a lot of ... Continue Reading
Matt Sohmer Sets an Unofficial Jr. World Record With 804.5lb Deadlift at 120kg
At a meet held at Pro-Fit Deer Park in Long Island, 23-year-old Team USA athlete Matt Sohmer just entered a new class of elite lifters with a raw deadlift of 804.5 pounds (365kg) at 264.5lb (120kg) ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Gabrielle Tucker Deadlifts 405×3 at 132 lbs
Gabrielle Tucker's powerlifting career didn't start like the traditional powerlifter. She began her career thanks to Reddit and has since become a 57kg champion and record holder. Yesterday ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting, USOC Release Statements on President’s Immigration Order
On Friday, January 27th, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that, among other stipulations, suspends admissions for Syrian refugees and limits the flow of other refugees and entrants from ... Continue Reading
How to Improve Running Without Sacrificing Strength
Functional fitness typically attracts two groups of people: those who like to lift weights, and those who like to do cardio. So every time the coach writes up a running WOD on the whiteboard, you're likely ... Continue Reading
The 2017 Arnold Classic Strongman Preview: Athletes to Watch
In just a few short weeks, Columbus, Ohio will play host to the largest gathering of strength sport athletes on the planet. Everyone who considers themselves a serious weight training fan or athlete knows ... Continue Reading
Watch Yury Belkin Finish Five 300kg Squats Weighing ~100 Kilograms
In the chilly far Eastern Russia city of Khabarovsk, just thirty kilometers from the Chinese border, Yury Belkin is squatting up a storm. Usually weighing somewhere in the vicinity of 225 pounds, Belkin's ... Continue Reading
Watch ~75kg Molly Mullikin Deadlift 430 Pounds for Twelve Reps
Los Angeles-based ~75kg powerlifter Molly Mullikin is not messing around. In a workout at Long Island’s Metroflex Gym that would put a lot of recreational lifters to shame, Molly just completed two sets of ... Continue Reading
Watch 16-Year-Old CJ Cummings Power Clean and Pause Front Squat 170kg
2017 is off to an incredible start for the person the Wall Street Journal dubbed “the LeBron James of weightlifting.” Competing at 69kg, 16-year-old weightlifting wunderkind CJ Cummings began the year ... Continue Reading
Cooper Wage Competed Raw For the First Time and Squatted 380kg Easy
Cooper Wage is typically an equipped lifter, but he competed raw last weekend for the first time at the USA Powerlifting Wisconsin State Open. Currently Wage is ranked fifth in the Top 20 Equipped ... Continue Reading
Harbinger Contoured FlexFit™ Belt Review
Harbinger is a company that makes supportive strength gear for multiple types of athletes. Whether you're a powerlifter, weightlifter, or a recreational lifter, chances are Harbinger makes a piece of ... Continue Reading
19 Year Old Artur Polutranko Deadlifts 300kg (660 lbs)
Artur Polutranko is a German strength athlete who competes in bodybuilding. Nine months ago Polutranko took third at the German Nationals Juniors +75kg weight class in bodybuilding. He's now in ... Continue Reading
63kg Jennifer Thompson Benches 317.5 lbs for New IPF World Record
For two weeks in a row we've been fortunate enough to see 43 year old elite powerlifter Jennifer Thompson bench press big numbers. Last week, we saw Thompson bench a personal best of 325 lbs at ... Continue Reading
How High Should Your Elbows Be In the Jerk?
“Elbows Up!” We have all heard this cue (elbows up, meaning 90 degrees/perpendicular to the torso) during the jerk, where a coach or fellow lifter repeatedly urges the lifter to drive their elbows up ... Continue Reading
How Strongman Athletes Can Enhance Recovery and Progress Outside Training
In my preceding article I discussed how taking more than just your training seriously could have major benefits to your long term gains. By compounding the interest of proper recovery and minimization of ... Continue Reading
Harbinger 4″ Padded Leather Belt Review
Harbinger is a company known for supportive strength gear. Their equipment can be found in most gyms, regardless of the strength sport. Weightlifters, powerlifters, and even recreational gym goers have ... Continue Reading
BREAKING: Eddie Hall Wins Four-Peat at Britain’s Strongest Man
The Giants Live Britain's Strongest Man event just wrapped up in Doncaster, England. This event is known for bringing out out some of the strongest athletes in the sport, which ... Continue Reading