The Russian Cup is currently in full swing and it has three cameras streaming live. Currently there are two platform cameras and one camera on the warm-up room. To check out the stream follow this ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Squats 1,080 lbs for Speed
There are few things in the sport of powerlifting that are as beastly as Blaine Sumner "The Vanilla Gorilla's" squat strength. He's known for frequently putting up 1,000+ lb squats, but this year Sumner is ... Continue Reading
Andy Bolton: Back to Training After Cancer and Kidney Failure
“I mean yesterday I maxed out at 440, I just can’t imagine what it feels like to pull a 1000lbs” “No. You can’t.” Fortunately both my deadlift and interviewing skills have improved a lot since the first ... Continue Reading
3 Back Exercises Every Weightlifter Should Be Doing Weekly
Before you start skimming the article to find three new, trendy, and “magical” back exercises, stop real quick and ask yourself one honest question… “Do I do strict pull ups, bent over rows, and back ... Continue Reading
Kianoush Rostami Wins IWF’s Lifter of the Year, Two Days After Being Dropped From National Team
One day after the Kianoush Rostami was dropped from Iran's national weightlifting team, the International Weightlifting Federation has named him 2016's male Lifter of the Year. The award is decided by a ... Continue Reading
Dan Green Presses 374 for an Easy 11-Reps Post-Surgery
Dan "The Boss" Green, 34, is one of the more elite powerlifters in both the 110kg and 100kg weight class. As of recently, Green has been a little more quiet on social media and unless you follow him ... Continue Reading
Rich Froning, Josh Bridges, and Dan Bailey Have Started a Coffee Company
Coffee and fitness go together like peanut butter and jelly, and some of the biggest names from the Reebok CrossFit Games have teamed up to create their own company to power WODs around the world. Josh ... Continue Reading
What It’s Like to Compete in Powerlifting As a Transgender Male
The sport of powerlifting has a deeper connection to the transgender community than a lot of other sports. When the record-breaking powerlifter Matt Krocazelski publicly came out as Janae Marie Krocazelski ... Continue Reading
Natalie Hanson Squats 3x Her Bodyweight and Sets a New American Record
A week ago at the USA Powerlifting Wisconsin State Open, Cooper Wage wasn't the only powerlifter putting up big lifts. Natalie Hanson was also leaving her mark by setting a new Open American squat ... Continue Reading
College Versus High School: Where Should Weightlifting Athletes Start?
Editors note: This article is an op-ed. The views expressed herein are the authors and don’t necessarily reflect the views of BarBend or USA Weightlifting. Claims, assertions, opinions, and quotes have ... Continue Reading
7 Strategies to Improve Recovery and Adapt from Hard Training
Recovery and adaptation at the physiological level (muscles, cells, endocrine system, etc) is critical for every athlete, especially when determining the differences between an elite lifter versus a very ... Continue Reading
Amazing Grass Green Superfood Review
Greens powders get a lot of buzz among health and fitness enthusiasts as potential replacements for multivitamins and even certain foods. I tried out the most-reviewed greens powder on Amazon, Greens ... Continue Reading
Learn How to Pattern a Stronger, Healthier Squat with These 3 Movements
When preparing for squats and other movements, primer exercises can be highly beneficial for reinforcing and developing the correct neural patterning needed to promote the intended movement ... Continue Reading
You Can Now Search for Any WOD In the History of CrossFit.com
The official website for CrossFit, Inc. has an unusual history for a company that one Forbes writer estimates may generate nearly 9 figures in revenue. We say unusual because it once had a long ... Continue Reading
Which Event Really Finds the World’s Top Strongman?
“A monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.” When famed American economist Thomas Sowell declared the above, I sincerely doubt that he was talking about strongman. That doesn’t stop it ... Continue Reading
Breaking: Kianoush Rostami Removed from Iran’s National Weightlifting Team
Kianoush Rostami, perhaps the number one Olympic weightlifter in Iran, has been dropped from Iran’s national weightlifting team after allegedly failing to show up for training sessions. At the time of ... Continue Reading
Stan Efferding Deadlifts 600 lbs on Shark Tank and Makes a Deal
On a recent episode of Shark Tank, Stan "The White Rhino" Efferding appeared looking to make a deal. He was seeking to partner with one of the sharks for $50,000 in exchange for 15% equity of his ... Continue Reading
Watch 77kg Weightlifter Jeison Lopez 5-Second Pause Hang Snatch 130kg
Professional Colombian weightlifter Jeison Lopez, 17, is the definition of a powerful teenage athlete. He competes in the youth 77kg weight class and continually pushes new limits. Lopez has his eyes set ... Continue Reading
Reebok Legacy Lifters Review
The Reebok Legacy Lifters were constructed and designed with pure Olympic weightlifting in mind, making these shoes Reebok’s first true weightlifting shoe in some time. The Reebok Legacy Lifters were ... Continue Reading
The Heaviest Raw Bench Presses of All Time
“What’s your bench?” Like it or not, it’s often the first question people ask when they meet a powerlifter — there’s something about the bench press translating to brute strength. Regardless of the sport, ... Continue Reading
19 Year Old Ashton Rouska Deadlifts 765 lbs
We've seen a fair share of strong teenagers in the last few months, so it's only fitting we take the time to add Ashton Rouska to the list. Rouska is only 19 years old and has already built an ... Continue Reading
Dr. Andreo Spina on How to Improve Your Mobility Each Time You Work Out
For many of us, mobility isn’t a process. We go into the gym, and start our movements, roll with a foam roller, get to working out, and when it’s time for the next workout, we do it all over again. If ... Continue Reading
10 Things Every Beginner and Intermediate Olympic Weightlifter Should Learn
Weightlifting is a lifestyle. It takes years of dedicated hours, reps, and methodical training to develop yourself into a stronger, more power, and technically-improved lifter. The snatch and clean and ... Continue Reading
John Cena: The Bench Press Is “A Worthless Test of Skill”
The debate as to whether or not the bench press is functional, useful, or worth the injury risk still rages today. It's seldom implemented in functional fitness workouts and it's a touchy ... Continue Reading