In an article published on "The Russells" CrossFit subdomain, Russell Berger announced that the National Strength and Conditioning Association had filed suit against himself, Russ Greene, Greg Glassman, ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Nationals Day 1 Recap (and Derrick Johnson’s Double Bodyweight Snatch)
Day 1 of the USA Weightlifting Senior National Championships is a wrap after a long first day of action in Salt Lake City. The highlight of today’s action was easily the new American Record Derrick ... Continue Reading
Wilde Boldr Review: Better Protein, or Same Old Bar?
There are so many protein bars on the market these days, that it’s nearly impossible to keep them all straight. It takes something snazzy to catch our eye, so when colorfully packaged and meat filled Wilde ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Profiles: U.S.A.’s Jenny Arthur (75 kg)
Leading up to the 2016 Rio Olympics, Jenny Arthur was the only American weightlifter named to the Olympic team before Olympic team trials. BarBend weightlifting correspondent Mike Graber spoke ... Continue Reading
Is This the Heaviest Front Squat of All Time?
The front squat is a lift we rarely — if ever — see tested under "competition" circumstances, but it makes up a big portion of strength training for athletes across disciplines. It's a pillar of ... Continue Reading
Alexandra LaChance on Eating Disorders, Instagram, & the Reality of Recovery
This is a continuation of our interview with 2014 CrossFit Games athlete, American Open competitor, and GRID athlete Alexandra LaChance. You find Part 1 here. Brooke: Last year, you mentioned suffering ... Continue Reading
Muscle-Friendly Dress Clothes: Entrepeneurship and Growth with Mizzen+Main’s Kevin Lavelle
In a few short years, menswear company Mizzen+Main has gone from entrepreneurial concept ("who wants to make clothes that fit meatheads?") to a nationwide brand with some of fitness' biggest ambassadors ... Continue Reading
Cardio for Weightlifters? When Conditioning Is Important for Strength Athletes
As strength, power, and competitive fitness athletes, we are always concerned with the effect of endurance training on our top end strength and power outputs. Despite the plethora of scientific and ... Continue Reading
“School of Champions” Documents Ivan Abadjiev’s 1987 Bulgarian Weightlifting Team
The Bulgarian system of weightlifting generally refers to a style of intense, competition-centric training developed by Ivan Abadjiev in the 1980s and 90s. His Bulgarian team had immense success in those ... Continue Reading
Caffeine and Kilos’ Danny Lehr Accepts Doping Sanction, Warns Against Mystery Supps
In a statement released on Monday, May 2nd, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced weightlifter Daniel Lehr has accepted a four-year competition sanction for a positive doping text. From ... Continue Reading
NPGL Eliminates Age 40+ Athlete Requirement
Though many things stand out in the NPGL — the speed, range of skills, substitutions — one of the more notable particulars was the requirement that all teams must have active athletes (male and female) age ... Continue Reading
Laura Phelps-Sweatt Blows Us Away with 1:07 ‘Isabel’
Photo: Laura Phelps-Sweatt Laura Phelps-Sweatt is one of our favorite powerlifters to follow on Instagram, but calling her just a powerlifter isn't actually fair — she's also an accomplished CrossFit ... Continue Reading
What It’s Like to Compete at Regionals When You’re Not a CrossFit Superstar
You’ve never heard of me. My name never made it into a Regionals Recap, and my photo never graced HQ’s news feed. On the street, I don’t turn heads with my physique like my contemporaries (in name only), ... Continue Reading
Athletes to Watch on CrossFit Regionals Day 1
To say any athlete is going to dominate at CrossFit Regionals is always an iffy proposition; while there are good bets year in and year out, there are at least as many veterans who come up short on a ... Continue Reading
How to Watch USA Weightlifting Nationals and Olympic Trials
Update: NBC has confirmed with BarBend that there will be no TV subscription authentication necessary to watch weightlifting trials; anyone in the U.S. with the app should be able to watch whether or not ... Continue Reading
How Paul Anderson Became One of History’s Strongest Humans
If you mention the name “Paul Anderson” in front of a random group of people, most of them will probably think you’re talking about an unremarkable middle manager of a cereal manufacturer. A “Paul ... Continue Reading
Behdad Salimi Has the World’s Heaviest Power Clean (on Video)
We've seen some pretty big (if slightly unverified, and completed to football weight room standards) power cleans on video, but there's still one that takes the cake — and all sources indicate it's very ... Continue Reading
Jerry Pritchett With the Easiest 900+ Deadlift You’ll Ever See
The question "Would strongman competitors make great powerlifters?" is finally getting answered lift-by-lift, and records are falling as a result. This beautiful lift by World's Strongest Man finalist and ... Continue Reading
2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships Full Results
The 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships have come to a close. The event — held April 21-30 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan — featured a mix of various nations' best, along with plenty of other top ... Continue Reading
Alexandra LaChance on Fitness, Injury, & What She Didn’t Expect at the CrossFit Games
It’s the oldest story in the book: a female athlete comes seemingly out of nowhere to qualify as an individual for the CrossFit Games after only having done CrossFit for a short time. Once the shock (and a ... Continue Reading
Pyrros Dimas to Hold Q&A Session at Olympic Trials in Salt Lake City
To be the best, learn from the best. Attendees at Next week's US Olympic Trials/National Championships will have the chance to ask 3-time Olympic Champion (and 4-time Olympic medalist) Pyrros Dimas their ... Continue Reading
Three Tiers of Responsibility: Which Strength Coach Are You?
There are obviously various levels to being a strength & conditioning coach. Let's break it down and discuss the importance at each level — and the implications thereof. First up we have the amateur ... Continue Reading
Justin Cotler on Coaching, GRID Champs, and the CrossFit Dynamix Superteam
In the world of "competitive fitness," we're getting used to athletes as crossover stars: weightlifters turned CrossFit Games contenders, powerlifters turned GRID competitors, individual CrossFitters ... Continue Reading
Throwback: Chad Vaughn Sets American Record with 190kg Clean & Jerk
Before the days of CrossFit boxes on every block, and before everyone from bankers to soccer moms knew the other definition of "snatch," Chad Vaughn was one of America's top weightlifters. To be fair, ... Continue Reading