Squats, pulling, pressing, and the Olympic lifts find their way in all weightlifting programs, regardless of who you are and where you are from. Past the surface layer, we find many unique variations and ... Continue Reading
Emily Abbott Shuts Down Dating App Match Who Said He Prefers a “Real Woman”
Even if you’re a world-class athlete, it's hard to catch a break on dating apps. Emily Abbott, a three-time Reebok CrossFit Games athlete and the eighth place finisher at the 2015 Games, is currently ... Continue Reading
Harbinger 4″ Classic Oiled Leather Belt Review
Harbinger is known worldwide for their supportive strength gear. Their strength equipment covers a variety of needs including powerlifting, weightlifting, bodybuilding, and recreational lifting. ... Continue Reading
Watch Hafthor Bjornsson’s Road to the Arnold 2017 by Rogue Fitness
Any time elite strength athletes and Rogue Fitness come together to create videos, there tends to be a unique outcome. We saw that when Rogue Fitness posted their Stoneland video, and now we're seeing ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Update: Sara Sigmundsdottir Is Moving to California
The five weeks of the 2017 CrossFit Open won't begin until February 26, but Games season is (basically) fully in swing, with athletes around the globe dialing in their training, nutrition, and ... Continue Reading
Can You Use Olympic Weightlifting to Get Better at Boxing?
There’s an old Hungarian proverb that goes, “A man with one ass can’t ride two horses.” If you want to be great at something, don’t try to be great at anything else – pick a goal and focus. ... Continue Reading
3 Intense Hypertrophy Workouts for Serious Functional Fitness Athletes
When it comes to metabolic conditioning workouts, there can be a wide array of rep schemes, exercises, and expected training outcomes. Functional fitness athletes must have great work capacity, strength, ... Continue Reading
Throwback to When Arnold Schwarzenegger Worked at Gold’s Gym
The Arnold Classic is roughly three weeks away. This year the festivities are kicking off March 2-5th in Columbus, Ohio (similar to previous years). The Arnold is one of the biggest strength expos of the ... Continue Reading
The Russia Weightlifting Cup Is Currently Streaming Live
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