Update: After the 2016 USA Weightlifting Nationals & Olympic Trials in Salt Lake City (May 5-8th), we know which women will represent the US in weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympics. They ... Continue Reading
This 200kg Snatch Is Our Favorite Weightlifting Troll Move
This video is more than a few years old, but it's only gotten better with age: A Chinese superheavyweight lifter pumps up the crowd, takes the stage for a snatch attempt, and absolutely sticks the weight ... Continue Reading
BarBend Presents: Adams Strong, Episode 1
In Episode 1 of our new profile series, BarBend goes in-depth with Liz and Jay Adams as they prepare for the upcoming CrossFit Regionals (and potentially CrossFit Games) season. Check out the video below ... Continue Reading
Pump Up Your Protein With An Easy Pan Sauce
As an athlete with a strict, clean diet, it can be hard to make the same food satisfying day after day...especially when your Instagram is blowing up with the latest 48oz steak or bottomless brunch. Last ... Continue Reading
The Shirtless Chef’s Kitchen: Better Korean Barbecue
Shirtless Chef Andre Crews proves you can make protein-packed, Korean-inspired barbecue from the comfort of your own home! [For more from Andre, make sure to follow him on Instagram and check out his ... Continue Reading
IWF Unveils Tbilisi Junior Worlds Logo, Which Is Actually Pretty Cool
The IWF and Georgian Weightlifting Federation have unveiled their new logo for the 2016 Junior World Championships. (Well, technically the Georgian Federation launched it, and the IWF approved it.) We ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Wins Arnold Classic Strongman Brazil
Big Z may have won in Columbus, but Thor could not be denied for long. After an impressive victory in Australia, Hafthor Bjornsson has made it back-to-back victories in international strongman competition ... Continue Reading
Why Fitness Athletes Should Focus on Hypertrophy
Like it or not, hypertrophy training (sometimes only seen as bodybuilding programs) can be very beneficial to fitness athletes and CrossFitters, possibly even necessary for long-term muscular ... Continue Reading
Charis Chan Suspended from Competition by CrossFit Games
While she hasn't been officially sanctioned or suspended by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), on April 1st the CrossFit Games website announced Charis Chan was suspended from CrossFit ... Continue Reading
It’s Only April. Why Are American Weightlifters Going to Brazil?
Have you noticed over the last year how multiple international weightlifting events have popped up aside from the normal World Championships and Pan American Championships? These have happened already at ... Continue Reading
Your Favorite CrossFit Games Athletes Were Once Mere Mortals
About a year ago, a video of four time CrossFit Games athlete Julie Foucher's early barbell workouts surfaced on the internet. She's wearing a bright yellow oversized tee shirt, bike shorts down to her ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson’s Heavy Bubbles Is the Strongest April Fools’ Prank Yet
The fitness industry is known for some bad - BAD - April Fools' Day pranks, but we've finally seen one that gets our laugh (and click). Strongman competitor, actor, and Icelandic good guy Hafthor ... Continue Reading
All The Current Olympic Weightlifting World Records (Infographics)
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games coming in the summer of 2021, competitors across every division will be vying for a spot on the podium, a weightlifting world record, or both. As with every Olympic ... Continue Reading
Catalyst Athletics to Close California Gym, Relocate to Oregon
In an announcement on both their website and social media outlets, Catalyst Athletics has announced they'll be closing their Sunnyvale, California gym effective April 30th. PART 1: ... Continue Reading
TBT: Check Out Zydrunas Savickas at His First Powerlifting Competition from 1998
Zydrunas "Big Z" Savickas has had a long career in strength sport, and most are familiar with his accomplishments in strongman. The 40 year old strongman has won the World's Strongest Man 4 times, the ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Does Bodyweight Training, So Should You
Bodyweight exercises are cool, effective, and even fun. And hey, they may even make you stronger. Just ask two-time Olympic weightlifting champion Ilya Ilyin, who's having no problem knocking out some ... Continue Reading
European Weightlifting Championships Start List Features Big, Surprising Names
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships are right around the corner, with lifting running from April 10th through April 16th in Førde, Norway (though meetings and prep begin April 8th). It's ... Continue Reading
The Full Circle of Strength Sports: An Interview with Jared Enderton
When weightlifters make the transition to CrossFit, do they lose their top-end strength? For Jared Enderton, the answer — at least so far — is no. Enderton has competed in strength sport more times than ... Continue Reading
One Of These Kids May Win The 2032 CrossFit Games
While you and I are still rolling around on the floor after 16.5, the next generation of fitness athletes are training hard in between naps and diaper changes. With a little help from their ... Continue Reading
Is D’Angelo Osorio’s 211kg Clean & Jerk Attempt a Sign of Things to Come?
D'Angelo Osorio has been around American Weightlifting for awhile, having taken up the sport back in 2008. Now, the 105 kilogram lifter (who rose to Internet fame as a 94 kilo junior) has started breaking ... Continue Reading
Behdad Salimi Resumes Training After ACL Surgery, Still 50/50 for Rio
Update: At the Asian Weightlifting Championships on April 27th, BarBend correspondent Mike Graber spoke to the Iranian delegation regarding Salimi's status. They say he's resumed training but is still ... Continue Reading
Don’t Miss These Important Powerlifting Dates in 2016
It's a great year so far for powerlifting, including some World Record performances and the emergence of Blaine Sumner as one of the sport's greats (and potential all-time greats). But there's still plenty ... Continue Reading
Motivate Your Training Partner with This World Record Tandem Clean & Jerk
Mondays are hard, so a little motivation can go a long way. And if you want to get your training partner hyped as well, show them this video of German superheavy weightlifters Almir Velagic and Matthias ... Continue Reading
Fire Breaks Out at Eleiko, But Production and Headquarters Remain Operational
Over the weekend, Swedish news outlet Hallandsposten reported a large fire broke out in an industrial area of Halmstad, destroying an Eleiko warehouse in addition to several other properties from area ... Continue Reading