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
PharmaFreak Greens Freak Greens Powder Review
With promises like one scoop delivering the antioxidants of a dozen serves of vegetables, the greens powder industry seems intent on replacing the multivitamin. Made from the freeze-dried or light-dried ... Continue Reading
Russia Withdraws Its Appeal of One-Year Doping Ban
After a meeting between the new president of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (Maksim Agapitov) and the head of the International Weightlifting Federation (Dr. Tamas Ajan) in Budapest on Wednesday ... Continue Reading
5 Steps for Restful Sleep After Late Night Workouts
If you're someone who works out at night and constantly fights the battle of having a restful night's sleep afterwards, you're not alone. For a lot of strength athletes, the night is the only time to ... Continue Reading
Should Olympic Weightlifters Bench Press?
Bench pressing is often a touchy subject when we talk about accessory training for Olympic weightlifters. Many coaches and athletes feel that bench pressing can lead to tightness in the pecs and shoulders ... Continue Reading
Elisabeth Akinwale Talks Body Image and a Problem with With “Strong Is the New Sexy”
Elite CrossFit® athlete Elisabeth Akinwale knows fitness. Not only is she a five-time CrossFit Games competitor and two-time North Central Regional champion in the sport, she also has three USA ... Continue Reading
How to Train for the Truck Pull
If you ask the average person what strongman is, they’ll probably reply with, “The guys that pull trucks, right?” Of all the strongman events it might be the most iconic, and it’s typically the focal ... Continue Reading
Behind the Scenes with Slovenian Strongman Matjaz Belsak
At 24 years old, most of us were lucky if we’d even discovered the free weights section of the gym, let alone started lifting in there. Matjaz Belsak, though, isn’t your average 24 year old, nor is he your ... Continue Reading
Old Training Footage Shows 77kg Lu Xiaojun Deadlift/Clean Pulling 270kg Beltless
Very few athletes possess the same level of what seems like unlimited raw strength as 77kg Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun. He's as decorated as he's strong with two Olympic medals in the last five ... Continue Reading
Post-Retirement Matthias Steiner Is Way Slimmer, Still Lifting Heavy
Few athletes have a story as inspiring as Matthias Steiner. Diagnosed with diabetes on his 18th birthday, Steiner was told to quit weightlifting but went on to become a four-time Austrian National ... Continue Reading
Watch 66kg Powerlifter Rodrigo Manzo Pull 4.2 Times His Bodyweight
Juggernaut Training Systems held their second USA Powerlifting event this past Sunday on January 22nd. This event was called the Juggernaut Winter Open and offered the chance for youth to masters ... Continue Reading