The snatch can be your best friend or your biggest foe. To many athletes, the snatch is an elusive movement that requires countless hours of dedicated additional training. Newsflash: Snatches are tough! ... Continue Reading
Watch: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Workout Is a Lot Different than What We’d Expect
Now, this is a “making of” documentary we’re interested in seeing. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who possesses perhaps Hollywood’s most famous physique, had a first today: he let a camera crew film his ... Continue Reading
105kg Strongman Rob Kearney Split Jerks a 207kg Log
Rob Kearney is a professional strongman athlete who competes in the 105kg (231 lb) middleweight division. He's been competing professionally now for four years and continues to prove to everyone ... Continue Reading
Why Strongman Fans Should Pay Attention to the Apollon’s Axle
Louis Uni is a name that probably means nothing to even the most ardent of strongman history buffs, and while his birth name might of fallen into obscurity, his legacy is still going strong. The ... Continue Reading
Is Your Split Jerk Holding You Back? Try These 4 Drills
I recently got into a discussion with a new lifter who came to me asking what he could do to get better at split jerks. While his power jerk was climbing, his split jerk felt foreign, uncomfortable, and ... Continue Reading
Jeremy Hoornstra Is Coming Dangerously Close to a 700lb Raw Bench Press
What do you qualify as a heavy bench press? Most will say a 300, 400, 500 lb bench press, but what about 600+ lbs — raw? This is a strength feat there very few accomplish in lifetimes spent lifting. ... Continue Reading
Organifi Green Juice Review — The Right Dosage?
Organifi is an enormously successful and influential supplement company — they’ve got over two million Facebook likes — and their flagship product is their famous Green Juice, which they describe as a ... Continue Reading
Caffeine Finds Itself Back on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Waiting List
Caffeine lovers, you may want to read on about caffeine's future with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited substance list. This isn't the first time caffeine has found itself in question, or even ... Continue Reading
Is This the Highest Recorded Powerlifting Total in 33 Seconds?
A 2,000 lb powerlifting total is impressive, but what about a 2,005 lb total in 33 seconds? Rob "Da Savage" Hall got to work at the Arnold Classic in the ANIMAL Cage, which is where he put up a crazy 2,005 ... Continue Reading
17.3 Workout Tips from Top CrossFit® Athletes
Week three of the CrossFit® Open is in full swing and it's a workout that's going to test an athlete's endurance, mental toughness, and brute strength. Relatively speaking, this may be the toughest workout ... Continue Reading
Unbroken Designs Knee Sleeves Review — How Did They Fit?
Unbroken Designs is a strength company that makes supportive equipment for the functional fitness athlete, including knee sleeves. Their equipment was designed by functional fitness athletes who ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Matthias Steiner Just Dropped His First Pop Single and It’s Straight Fire
Well, Matthias Steiner can add "pop singer" to his long list of accomplishments — last night, the world-renowned and gold medal-winning Olympic weightlifter dropped his first single, "Zurückgeliebt," ... Continue Reading
Fermented Green Supremefood Review — Is Fermented Really Better?
Of all the greens powders I've reviewed, Fermented Green Supremefood is the first I've seen that focuses on fermented ingredients. Made by the Florida-based Divine Health Nutritional Products, this product ... Continue Reading
ORAC-Energy Greens Powder Review — What Does ORAC Mean?
In the sea of greens powders that are flooding the market, there are all too many that make bold claims about their properties without offering any real way to quantify them. That's a problem that the ... Continue Reading
How Do Your CrossFit® Open Scores Compare to These Celebrities?
The CrossFit® Open is in its third week, and we've seen a rollercoaster of ups and downs for many athletes. Possibly the best perk of the Open is comparing your scores to others nationwide, in your region, ... Continue Reading
3 Simple and Highly Effective Accessory Workouts to Add Size and Strength
After squats, cleans, and mobility work, there is only so much mental capacity (and energy) left to devote to accessory workouts. Many great athletes and coaches will push themselves, with the ... Continue Reading
17.3 CrossFit Open Workout Announced
We're another week closer to reaching the Reebok CrossFit® Games this August. Tonight marks the announce of workout 17.3, the third workout in the CrossFit Open. A lot has happened in the first two weeks ... Continue Reading
Why Some Lifters Bleed During Max Lifts (How Common Is It?)
Many strength athletes have either bled or at least seen another lifter bleed during a maximal lift in their career. It's not very common, and tends to happen most when lifters ... Continue Reading
Nathan Damron Pulls Off a 210kg Block Clean
American weightlifter Nathan Damron lifts heavy and lifts often. Personally, if we’d squatted a personal record of 310 kilograms (683 pounds) this week, we’d have taken some time off. But the ... Continue Reading
Mattie Sasser: The Olympian Weightlifting Fans Need to Know
At the 2016 American Open in Orlando, Florida, Mattie Sasser set a personal record total of 201KG (442lb) in the process of winning the 58KG category. Many weightlifting fans, myself included, considered ... Continue Reading
Watch This 75kg Powerlifter Progress From a 100kg to a 240kg Bench Press
The strength industry’s version of those “before and after” weight loss photos, we really love a good progress video. They’re not just entertaining, they’re important: they drive home the message that we ... Continue Reading
KT Cotton Kinesiology Tape Review — Is It Durable?
Kinesiology tape is an elastic sports and fitness tape designed for pain relief and support of muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Kinesiology tape is an external tool that can be applied to the body along ... Continue Reading
Why Is General Physical Preparedness (GPP) Important for Long-Term Success?
Coaches can play a pivotal role in the overall health and development of athletes of all levels (beginner to elite). Through the inclusion of more generalized training phases throughout one's training ... Continue Reading
Pure Synergy Greens Powder Review
With its mandala-like logo, flowery italics, and the fact that it claims to help regulate your chi energy, Pure Synergy is a greens powder with a strong New Age vibe. Produced by the ... Continue Reading