If you've been following American weightlifting online for the past few years, chances are you've stumbled across Tom Sroka in any number of videos from California Strength and (the now defunct) ... Continue Reading
How to Avoid the False Visualization Trap in Strength Sports
Visualization is an extremely important tool athletes can use in the development of the mindset necessary to achieve long and short term goals. The process involves remembering or imagining yourself ... Continue Reading
4 Grip Strengthening Exercises Borrowed From Rock Climbers
Whether you're a powerlifter, weightlifter, CrossFitter, strongman athlete, or just trying to open a jar of pickles, you'll never progress if you can't hold onto the bar (or kettlebell, or log, or ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Nathan Damron Squats 300kg (660lbs), Just 2.5kg Off Powerlifting World Record
American weightlifter Nathan Damron is taking some time to focus on his back squat strength, and it seems to be paying off with new PRs almost every week. Now, the 20 year old training out of Mash Elite ... Continue Reading
Rubets Oleksandr, Squats 416kg, Breaks IPF Junior and Open Records at Just 20 Years Old
At just 20 years old, Ukrainian powerlifter Rubets Oleksandr has absolutely demolished the previous IPF Junior squat record and set a new Open record in the process. At the Sub-Junior and ... Continue Reading
NPGL’s DC Brawlers Suffer First-Ever Loss, Knocked Out of Playoffs by Boston Iron
In the three-year history of the National Pro Grid League, the DC Brawlers have absolutely dominated their competition, going undefeated through two seasons (and two championships) and winning their first ... Continue Reading
ASICS Releases LIFT MASTER LITE Training Shoe. Would You Try Them for Lifting?
Though ASICS is no stranger to weightlifting shoes — their blue suede 727 model is the stuff of legend at this point and is still a go-to shoe for elite lifters from countries including North Korea — ... Continue Reading
I’m a Deaf CrossFit Athlete. Here’s How I Navigate Fitness and Classes to Reach My Goals
Editor's Note: Robert is a Deaf CrossFitter who lives and works out in New York City. We asked him to tell us his story and share some of fitness experiences with us. Below is the letter and photos we ... Continue Reading
Brooklyn Barbell Is Teaching Life Lessons Through Olympic Weightlifting
Winning and losing is how athletes are typically evaluated. In strength sports, such as Olympic weightlifting, there is perhaps more subjectivity in regards to what success can mean. An athlete who ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Releases Qualifying Totals for Anticipated New Weight Class
Yesterday, USA Weightlifting (USAW) released a statement regarding the IWF's proposal to introduce a new women's weight class, bringing to total number of weight classes for women to eight (equal with the ... Continue Reading
How Top Strongwoman Competitors Are Already Outlifting Some Male Athletes
I had the pleasure of being the live stream broadcaster for a first-ever event this weekend (August 27th-28th); Strongman Corporation’s Strongest Woman in the World. After watching some of the most amazing ... Continue Reading
Here Are the 2017 Canadian Weightlifting National Championships Qualifying Totals
Breaking news out of Canada, the qualifying totals for the 2017 Canadian Senior National Championships for 2017 have been released, and they have increased over the 2016 Totals. (Click here to ... Continue Reading
4 Resistance Band Exercises to Get You Strong Without Using Big Weights
Trying to get strong or maintain your strength on the road? Maybe you're injured and avoiding weights? Or perhaps you're just bored and looking to mix up your training? Grab one of those giant rubber ... Continue Reading
IOC Officially Disqualifies 5 Beijing Weightlifters, Requests Return of Three Medals
Though we've known about their provisional suspensions since earlier this summer, earlier today the International Olympic Committee officially announced the disqualification of five weightlifters from the ... Continue Reading
How to Mentally & Physically Prep for Your Next Personal Record: The 24-Hour Approach
f“Failure to plan is planning to fail.” Like most feats, setting a personal record takes proper preparation over months of sport-specific training, nutrition, focus, and practice. Often, beginners and ... Continue Reading
Russian Athletes and Events Announced for Second Annual Klokov Power Weekend
In early July, Dmitry Klokov announced his second-annual Power Weekend, a Moscow-based event where international lifters (both active and retired) come together to put on some feats of strength we ... Continue Reading
Report: Romania’s Gabriel Sincraian, Rio 85kg Bronze Medalist, Fails Doping Test
According to Romanian language media outlet Stiripesurse.ro, Rio Bronze Medalist Gabriel Sincraian has tested positive for a banned substance and will subsequently lose his medal and award; the exact ... Continue Reading
Can You (and a Friend) Beat the “TailPipe” World Record?
It's a deceptively brutal partner workout, but one we can't not keep trying: TailPipe. The workout originated with the Gym Jones crew nearly a decade ago, and it's named after the feeling one gets toward ... Continue Reading
Can OpenBarbell Start a New Wave of Data-Obsessed Strength Training?
When I last visited S& S Barbell in Williamsburg, what stuck out most weren't the Oly platforms, power racks, and competition plates stacked and sorted into every crevice; it was the tech. ... Continue Reading
Fore! Fitness “Golf” Is the Latest Way to Structure Your WOD
Forget AMRAPS and MetCons for time; Fitness Golf is the newest way to mix up your usual WOD routine. Some mad genius has taken the general idea of par and applied it to workouts, which makes for a fun way ... Continue Reading
Watch The Praelium LIVE Courtesy of BarBend.com!
Watch Team Oly Concepts present The Praelium, live on BarBend's Facebook page! We'll also be embedding the live streams of Sunday's sessions below. ... Continue Reading
5 Minute Mobility: This Stretching Routine Is Perfect When You’re Low on Time
Life is short. We are all busy. If you have a few hours a day to train and stretch and get massages, that is awesome! For the rest of us, we are lucky to get 5 minutes a day to improve our ... Continue Reading
Ray Williams Hits Massive 975lb Raw Squat in Training
Ray Williams set a new IPF raw squat record at the IPF Classic this past June (check out that massive lift here). For awhile, it looked like his 438kg/~963.6 pound lift from that competition ... Continue Reading
5 Tips to Break Through Weightlifting Plateaus
Everyone who trains in one sport long enough will eventually reach a plateau — that point where no matter what you do or how hard you work, nothing seems to improve. It can be frustrating and discouraging, ... Continue Reading