Over on r/CrossFit, the internet's elite exercisers are asking the big questions, and they're not settling for run-of-the-mill answers like freaking Charizard or Pikachu or whatever. They're putting in ... Continue Reading
Get 1% Better: Shoulder Blade Isolation
Healthy shoulders are a key to staying active and doing all the things you love to do. One way to ensure they stay strong and injury free are these two drills we review in the video below. Using a band ... Continue Reading
Pete Rubish’s 10 Second Pause Deadlift Blows Our Minds (and Hamstrings)
Pete Rubish is a 220/242 pound powerlifter who posts some truly crazy sets on Instagram, including sets of 10 back squat and glute ham raises using training partners as extra weight. But his most ... Continue Reading
Which Men Will Represent USA Weightlifting at the Rio Olympics?
The final start list has been published, and American Weightlifting is one month away from the men’s trial session at the 2016 Senior National Championships. Unlike the woman’s team, the men do not have ... Continue Reading
Abbye “Pudgy” Stockton Is The Reason Why Women Lift Weights
While social media is great for telling us who broke a world record or who failed a snatch and broke their gym's doors, the constant influx of the latest trends can make us forget how we got here in the ... Continue Reading
Didn’t Make It to Regionals? Mid-Week Fitness Motivation for the Rest of Us
Look, most CrossFitters won't make it to Regionals (unless you're from Iceland), most weightlifters won't make it to Nationals, most strongmen and women won't make it to the Arnold (unless you're from ... Continue Reading
Want to Watch a Huge Powerlifter Try Snatching? Chad Wesley Smith Has You Covered
Chad Wesley Smith is a very strong man: American Record Holding powerlifter, professional strongman competitor, founder of Juggernaut Training Systems, and author. Oh, and he deadlifts in boat shoes, so ... Continue Reading
Want a One-Day Pass to the CrossFit Games? You’re Out of Luck
Want to see the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games events for just one day? Unless you're friends or family with a headlining competitor, you may be out of luck. Earlier this week, CrossFit released their updated ... Continue Reading
Vasiliy Polovnikov Has a New Exercise for You, But Maybe Start with Less Weight
Vasiliy Polovnikov is training out of the Norwood Training Center near Boston, and he's up to his usual antics: lifting heavy things and making it look easier than it should. Check out this assistance ... Continue Reading
Val Voboril Declines Her Regionals Invite, Remains a Hugely Underrated Athlete
Val Voboril is one of the most underrated CrossFit athletes out there. The 37 year old training out of Southern California has three top-5 CrossFit Games finishes, including a third place finish in 2013. ... Continue Reading
#WiggleMeOff Is the Next Big Thing in Silly Gym Games
We're not sure EXACTLY where it started or WHO came up with such an idea, but get ready, because #wigglemeoff is about to be the stupid new gym game your friends are constantly playing. Basically, two ... Continue Reading
Which Women Will Represent USA Weightlifting at the Rio Olympics?
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