Regardless of sport, research suggests most athletes can benefit immensely from adding unilateral training into their current training routine. Often, training regimens include a slew of bilateral ... Continue Reading
Here’s How (and Why) You Can Donate to USA Weightlifting on #GivingTuesday
It's #GivingTuesday across the internet, and in the American strength sports community, there are a few causes getting a lot of attention. One very near and dear to our hearts involves one of our favorite ... Continue Reading
Woodchopping Is the Best Strength Workout You’ve Never Tried
Swinging a bladed weapon in a fatigued state isn’t what most people would call a healthful activity, but those people don’t know the truth about woodchopping. It’s an astoundingly effective combination of ... Continue Reading
John Cena Shows Off His Weightlifting Skills By Hitting a 304 lb Snatch
When you think of John Cena, what’s the first thought that comes to mind? I’m going to guess it’s probably professional wrestler or actor. What about Olympic weightlifter? That’s right: John Cena is ... Continue Reading
How to Maximize Effectiveness When Strength Training Solo
Let's assume that you are serious about improving as an athlete, are fully invested in learning to become better, but either cannot afford a coach, can only afford programming/online coaching, or do not ... Continue Reading
On Injuries, Recovery, and the Fight Ahead: CrossFit Games Hopeful Kristine Andali
In my opinion, qualifying for The Reebok CrossFit Games is one of the hardest tasks in fitness. And it's a rare feat to accomplish the first time you try (though there are, of course, exceptions). But even ... Continue Reading
5 Strength and Positioning Exercises to Improve the First Pull
Snatches and cleans are complex movements, ones that require coaches and athletes to have a thorough understanding of the individual components of each movement; and how one tiny fault can lead to missed ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Squats 759 lbs For 6 Reps With No Belt or Sleeves
Strongman Eddie Hall is known for a lot of things in the strength world, but in recent years, powerlifting hasn't been first and foremost among them...yet. In Hall’s most recent video, ... Continue Reading
Are You Strong? Building Strength Standards Across Five Key Movements
When you see it you certainly know it, yet defining just what counts as strong is surprisingly tricky. When I first started lifting, I was pretty sure I knew what it meant to be strong. To me it was being ... Continue Reading
16 Year Old Harrison Maurus Clean & Jerks 400 lbs
Harrison Maurus, 16 years old, continues to push the envelope in the American Youth weightlifting world. In his most recent video shared on Instagram, Maurus hits a clean & jerk of 400 lbs. This ... Continue Reading
Aleksey Ni Steps Down As Head Coach of Kazakhstan’s National Weightlifting Team
According to outlet Vesti.kz, longtime Kazakhstani National Coach Aleksey Ni is stepping down as head of his country's weightlifting team. Ni officially stepped down on November 25th. Aleksey Ni Ni ... Continue Reading
Harbinger Cotton Padded Lifting Strap Review
Harbinger was founded in 1988 by an inventor named David McCrane, who at the time teamed up with 8-time Mr. Olympia, Lee Haney. Initially, these two worked together to create lifting wrist assists and ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Profiles: Nikolay Varbanov of Canada, 69kg
In any sport, it is rare to find high level talent that directly spans generations in the same family. In America, we can relate to the Vardanian family, where in recent years Norik Vardanian has set new ... Continue Reading
Anderson Squat – How It Benefits Your Training
Squatting strength and performance is arguably one of the most vital attributes for strength, power, and functional fitness athletes. Often, athletes may find themselves and their squat performance ... Continue Reading
Russian Weightlifting Federation Elects New President
In an article released this week on the website of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF), Maxim Agapitov has been elected as the new permanent President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation. He ... Continue Reading
Nathan Damron Clean & Jerks 205kg, 10kg Above Junior American Record
Twenty year old American weightlifter Nathan Damron continues to make a run at big numbers after moving up to the 94kg weight class (we think permanently; he switched back and forth between 85kg and 94kg ... Continue Reading
10 Simple Plank Variations for a Stronger Core
Too many people go about core strength the wrong way. They sit at a computer all day, hunched over in flexion, then head to the gym to put themselves in more flexion through ... Continue Reading
10 Crazy Impressive Videos of Humans Lifting Humans
Lately I’ve been seeing a ton of videos of lifters using humans for weights and it makes me so happy. In most cases, these videos are lifters performing multiple reps with humans, which is even more ... Continue Reading
2 Exercises That’ll Get You a One-Armed Chin-Up
There are elite circles of the strength world where even the ability to squat triple your bodyweight won't get you through the door. We’re talking about the peaks ... Continue Reading
Report: Ilya Ilyin Ordered to Return Olympic Medals, Plans to Retire
On November 23rd, two articles from Kazakhstani news outlet Kazinform announced that weightlifter Ilya Ilyin had been ordered to return his two Olympic gold medals (Beijing 2008 and London 2012) following ... Continue Reading
6 Lateral Stability Exercises for the Functional Athlete
Strength athletes usually lift things up and put them down. And it's awesome. But there's sometimes an issue among powerlifters, Olympic lifters, and functional fitness athletes when ... Continue Reading
6-Time CrossFit Games Athlete Marcus Filly Talks Training, Nutrition, and Recovery
Every year, qualifying for the Reebok CrossFit Games gets more difficult. The athlete pool grows, talent increases, and physical challenges climb in difficulty (in all aspects). While I learned a lot in my ... Continue Reading
How to Learn from 6 Common Strongman Mistakes So You Can Make More Lifts
All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. -Winston Churchill As a coach, watching errors being made by talented athletes can be heart wrenching. Being strong is no longer ... Continue Reading
Don’t Fear the Half Squat: How to Use This Underrated Training Tool
I have always had the firm belief that everything has its place, regardless of how despised it might be. Take bicep curls: many a strongman has laughed off bicep curls as a vanity exercise, but oddly they ... Continue Reading