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Alex Polish, NASM-CNC, ACE-CPT, SITA-SIFS

About Alex Polish, NASM-CNC, ACE-CPT, SITA-SIFS

Alex Polish (they/them) is a SITA-certified Size-Inclusive Fitness Specialist, an American Council on Exercise-certified personal trainer, and a NASM-certified nutrition coach focused on gender, racial, and body justice in fitness spaces. They hold an additional certification in Kettlebell Athletics.

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Best Strength Equipment

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  • The Strongest Pre-Workouts of 2025, Our Favorites and Expert Picks
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  • 11 Best Protein Powders for Muscle Gain in 2025, Reviewed and Approved by RDN
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Bodybuilding

  • Full Results From the 2021 IATBP Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Competitions

BodyBuilding News

  • International Association of Trans Bodybuilders & Powerlifters 2023 Competition Full Results
  • Can You Eat Intuitively as a Bodybuilder?
  • What to Consider Before Hiring a Bodybuilding Coach
  • Full Results From the 2021 IATBP Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Competitions

Cardio Equipment Guides

  • What Are METs on a Treadmill?: A CPT on Who Can Benefit From Calculating METs
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  • The Exercise Bike Buying Guide to Pedal Your Home Gym to Perfection
  • Here’s the Best Place to Buy a Treadmill, According to Our Experts
  • What to Look for When Buying an Indoor Cycle, According to a Spin Instructor
  • Is Running or Rowing Better for Strength Athletes?
  • Air Bike Vs. Rower — the Ultimate Cardio Showdown
  • How to Properly Use a Rowing Machine to Boost Your Conditioning and Strength
  • How to Balance Running and Strength Training, No Matter Your Goals
  • Why You Should Love to Hate High-Intensity Interval Training
  • 10 Benefits of Rowing Machines for Strength Athletes (and Everyone Else)
  • Use High Intensity Training to Unlock New Gains

Cardio Equipment Reviews

  • WalkingPad Treadmill Review (2025): An Under-Desk Tread With a Deck Longer Than the Rest

Comparison

  • Whey vs. Plant Protein: How to Choose the Best Option for You
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  • Pallof Press vs. Plank — Similarities, Differences, and More
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  • Air Bike Vs. Rower — the Ultimate Cardio Showdown
  • Romanian Deadlift Vs. Deadlift — Which is Better for Your Program?
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Competition Results

  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Live Results and Leaderboard
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  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami LatAm Cup Results — Mariana Meza and Alejandro Trillos Win it All
  • International Association of Trans Bodybuilders & Powerlifters 2023 Competition Full Results
  • Laura Horvath and Pat Vellner Win It All: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 9 “The Cleanup” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 8 “Big Cat” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 7 “Hulk Hands” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 6 “Max Deadlift” Results — Chandler Smith Puts on a Clinic
  • Speegle Sprints to Victory: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 5 “The Duel III” Results
  • Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Strikes Again: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 4 “10th Inning” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 3 “The Circus” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 2 “Seat at the Bar” Results — Ricky Garard Is Back and Alex Gazan Has Arrived
  • Justin Medeiros Wins 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games
  • 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Team Division Results — CrossFit Mayhem Freedom on Top Once Again
  • 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Adaptive Division Results — Who Is the Fittest on Earth®?
  • 2022 CrossFit Games Day One Results — Garard and O’Brien Lead
  • 2022 CrossFit Adaptive Semifinal Results and Recap: Who is the Fittest and Who is Heading to Madison?
  • 2022 Granite Games CrossFit Semifinals Results and Recap: Breaking Records in Eagan
  • 2022 CrossFit Age Group Semifinals Results and Recap: Who’s Off to Madison?
  • 2022 Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge Semifinals Results and Recap — Who’s Going to Madison?
  • 2022 CrossFit Fittest in Cape Town Semifinals Results and Recap — Who’s Going to the Games?
  • 2022 Syndicate Crown CrossFit Semifinals Results and Recap — Who is Heading to the Games?
  • JF Caron is Out of the Arnold Strongman Classic Due to Injury
  • Full Results From the 2021 IATBP Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Competitions

Coupon

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CrossFit

  • A (Brief) History of the CrossFit Games
  • “I’m So Excited” — Inside the 2024 Adaptive CrossFit Season With WheelWOD’s Kevin Ogar
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Live Results and Leaderboard
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Adaptive Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Rx, Intermediate, and Open Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Age Group Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami LatAm Cup Results — Mariana Meza and Alejandro Trillos Win it All
  • Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Finishes In 2nd at the 2023 Rogue Invitational 5 Months After Giving Birth
  • Laura Horvath and Pat Vellner Win It All: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 9 “The Cleanup” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 8 “Big Cat” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 7 “Hulk Hands” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 6 “Max Deadlift” Results — Chandler Smith Puts on a Clinic
  • Speegle Sprints to Victory: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 5 “The Duel III” Results
  • Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Strikes Again: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 4 “10th Inning” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 3 “The Circus” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 2 “Seat at the Bar” Results — Ricky Garard Is Back and Alex Gazan Has Arrived
  • Age Group and Adaptive Divisions Will No Longer Compete at the CrossFit Games
  • “I Won’t Be Competing” — Mal O’Brien Is Out of the 2023 CrossFit Season
  • 2023 CrossFit Adaptive Divisions — Who Is the Fittest on Earth® and Who Is Going to the Games?
  • “It’s Devastating” — Ricky Garard Will Sit Out the 2023 CrossFit Games Season
  • Less Than a Year After Reconstructive Elbow Surgery, Brooke Wells Surges to Fifth Place at the 2022 CrossFit Games
  • Justin Medeiros Wins 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games
  • 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Team Division Results — CrossFit Mayhem Freedom on Top Once Again
  • 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Adaptive Division Results — Who Is the Fittest on Earth®?
  • 2022 CrossFit Games Day One Results — Garard and O’Brien Lead
  • 2022 CrossFit Adaptive Semifinal Results and Recap: Who is the Fittest and Who is Heading to Madison?
  • How to Watch the 2022 CrossFit Semifinals
  • 2022 Granite Games CrossFit Semifinals Results and Recap: Breaking Records in Eagan
  • 2022 CrossFit Age Group Semifinals Results and Recap: Who’s Off to Madison?
  • 2022 Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge Semifinals Results and Recap — Who’s Going to Madison?
  • 2022 CrossFit Fittest in Cape Town Semifinals Results and Recap — Who’s Going to the Games?
  • 2022 Syndicate Crown CrossFit Semifinals Results and Recap — Who is Heading to the Games?
  • How to Watch the 2021 Dubai CrossFit Championship

CrossFit Games

  • A (Brief) History of the CrossFit Games

Crossfit News

  • The 10 Best CrossFit Athletes of 2023
  • Every Winner of the CrossFit Games
  • 10 Strategies for Breaking Through a CrossFit Plateau

Diets

  • The 80/20 Diet Rule Explained (and Why You Should Try It)
  • How to Structure Your Strength Training if You’re on a Diet

Equipment

  • WalkingPad Treadmill Review (2025): An Under-Desk Tread With a Deck Longer Than the Rest

Equipment

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  • The 8 Best Cardio Machines for Weight Loss of 2025, Tested by Our Experts
  • The Best Incline Treadmills of 2025: Expert-Tested Machines for Elevating Your Home Cardio Workouts
  • The 6 Best Mini Massage Guns of 2025
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  • The Best Smith Machines of 2025, Reviewed by CPTs
  • The 7 Best Smart Home Gyms of 2025, Tested By Fitness Experts
  • The Best Lifting Chalk For Sustained Grip, Kettlebells, And More
  • The Best Stair Climbers of 2025 for Budget, Small Spaces, And More
  • The Best Exercise Balls of 2025 for Beginners, Budget, And More
  • The Best Exercise Mats For HIIT, Yoga, And More
  • The 6 Best Pull-Up Bars For Doorways, Kipping And More (2025)
  • The Best Gym Equipment For Under $100
  • Best Inversion Tables of 2025 for Value, Comfort, and More
  • The 7 Best Ankle Straps of 2025 (Nov Update)

Equipment Guides

  • What Are METs on a Treadmill?: A CPT on Who Can Benefit From Calculating METs
  • How To Fix a Precor Treadmill: The Steps You Should and Shouldn’t Take
  • Can You Put a Treadmill on Carpet?: Our Experts Have the Answer
  • An Elliptical Buying Guide for Beginners and Advanced Pedalers
  • When Will You See Results Using a Treadmill? A Running Coach Lets You Know
  • How Much Do Rowing Machines Cost? Our Experts Break Down What’s Worth It
  • The Exercise Bike Buying Guide to Pedal Your Home Gym to Perfection
  • Here’s the Best Place to Buy a Treadmill, According to Our Experts

Exercise Guides

  • How to Do Mountain Climbers to Power Up Your Entire Body
  • How to Do the Reverse-Grip Lat Pulldown for Stronger Back and Biceps
  • Pallof Press vs. Plank — Similarities, Differences, and More
  • The Best CrossFit Warm-Up to Help You Crush Your Next WOD
  • The 12 Best Leg Exercises for CrossFitters for Strong, Powerful Legs
  • The 11 Best Swiss Bar Exercises for Shoulder-Friendly Lifting
  • Master the Leg Curl for Stronger Hamstrings and Heavier Deadlifts
  • How to Do Crunches: Proper Form, Variations, & Benefits
  • 10 Benefits of the Goblet Squat to Bring Glory to Your Leg Days
  • Romanian Deadlift Vs. Deadlift — Which is Better for Your Program?
  • Try These 11 Best Shoulder Warm-Up Exercises to Raise the Roof on Overhead Lifts
  • Master the Bird Dog to Give Your Core Routine Wings
  • Learn the Best Single-Arm Row Variations for Absurd Upper Back Strength
  • Here’s How to Do a Dynamic Squat Warm Up for Bigger Lifts
  • How to Do the Log Press for Massive Overhead Strength and Power
  • The 16 Best Plyometric Exercises to Power-Up Your Training
  • 10 Kettlebell Exercises for Bodybuilders to Improve Stability, Bolster Mobility, and Build Muscle
  • The 10 Best Shoulder Press Variations for Broader Delts
  • The Best Kettlebell Exercises for a Stronger Bench Press
  • Kick Your Own Ass With the 10 Best Bodyweight Glute Exercises
  • Back Squats vs. Front Squats — Comparison, Application, and Benefits of Each
  • The 15 Best Oblique Exercises for a Rock Solid and Stable Core
  • 7 Lateral — Yes, Lateral — Exercises Powerlifters Should Be Doing
  • How Tempo Training Can Progress Your Workouts
  • 5 No-Equipment Back Exercises That You Can Do Anywhere
  • 10 Upper Body Kettlebell Exercises for Strength, Power and More Muscle
  • The 10 Best Kettlebell Exercises for All Skill Levels
  • 5 Tips to Fix Your Funky “Good Morning Squats” From Home
  • 9 Mobility-Focused Exercises to Improve Your Squat Without Weights
  • 14 Bodyweight Squat Variations You Should Add to Your Workouts
  • 9 Ways to Improve Your Bench Press Without Weights
  • 13 Single Kettlebell Exercises to Improve Your Deadlift
  • 10 Lower Body Exercises for When You Only Have a Light Kettlebell
  • 14 Unexpected Kettlebell Moves You Haven’t Tried Yet
  • The Definitive Guide to the Kettlebell Snatch: Form, Mistakes, and More
  • 7 Ways to Build Stronger Shoulders With Kettlebells
  • 5 Shoulder Pulling Exercises Every Powerlifter Should Do

Exercise Guides

  • How to Do Mountain Climbers to Power Up Your Entire Body
  • How to Do the Reverse-Grip Lat Pulldown for Stronger Back and Biceps
  • How to Do the 90/90 Stretch to Squat Heavier and Move Better
  • The Best Pre-Workout Meal for Bodybuilding Based on Your Goals
  • The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance
  • The Best CrossFit Warm-Up to Help You Crush Your Next WOD
  • The 12 Best Leg Exercises for CrossFitters for Strong, Powerful Legs
  • The Best Natural Pre-Workout Ingredients to Look for and What to Avoid
  • How to Do a Side Plank, With Alternatives and Benefits
  • The 11 Best Swiss Bar Exercises for Shoulder-Friendly Lifting
  • Master the Leg Curl for Stronger Hamstrings and Heavier Deadlifts
  • How to Do the Triceps Kickback for Thicker Arms and a Stronger Lockout
  • How to Do Crunches: Proper Form, Variations, & Benefits
  • How to Do the Concentration Curl for Bigger Biceps
  • Master the Bird Dog to Give Your Core Routine Wings
  • How to Do the Log Press for Massive Overhead Strength and Power
  • The 16 Best Plyometric Exercises to Power-Up Your Training
  • The 10 Best Shoulder Press Variations for Broader Delts
  • The Best Kettlebell Exercises for a Stronger Bench Press
  • 7 Lateral — Yes, Lateral — Exercises Powerlifters Should Be Doing
  • The 10 Best Kettlebell Exercises for All Skill Levels
  • 4 Full Body Bodyweight AMRAP Workouts To Maintain Strength

Exercise Roundups

  • The Best Pre-Workout Meal for Bodybuilding Based on Your Goals
  • Best Ski Erg Workout for CrossFit for Every Experience Level
  • The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance
  • The Best CrossFit Warm-Up to Help You Crush Your Next WOD
  • The 12 Best Leg Exercises for CrossFitters for Strong, Powerful Legs
  • The Best Natural Pre-Workout Ingredients to Look for and What to Avoid
  • The 11 Best Swiss Bar Exercises for Shoulder-Friendly Lifting
  • The Only Full-Body Warm-Up You Need to Lift Your Best Weights
  • Try These 11 Best Shoulder Warm-Up Exercises to Raise the Roof on Overhead Lifts
  • Learn the Best Single-Arm Row Variations for Absurd Upper Back Strength
  • The Best EMOM Workouts for Strength, Endurance, and Mass
  • The Best 15 Minute Workouts for Strength, Conditioning, and More
  • The Best Kettlebell Strength Circuit To Improve Your Lifts
  • The Best All-Around Kettlebell Training Program
  • The Best Kettlebell Workouts for Strength, Muscle Mass, Beginners, and More
  • The 10 Best Shoulder Press Variations for Broader Delts
  • The Best Kettlebell Exercises for a Stronger Bench Press
  • Kick Your Own Ass With the 10 Best Bodyweight Glute Exercises
  • The Best Pull-Up Variations for All Experience Levels
  • The 15 Best Oblique Exercises for a Rock Solid and Stable Core
  • The Best Bodyweight Workouts for Muscle, Beginners, Mobility, and More
  • The Best Core Workouts for Strength, Muscle, and Power
  • The 10 Best Kettlebell Exercises for All Skill Levels

Featured

  • Showmanship on the Sand: The Rise and Fall of the Original Muscle Beach
  • Nutrition and Strength Training Guidance for Trans and Nonbinary Athletes: New Study
  • Here’s How to Get a Six-Pack, According to Transmasculine Personal Trainer Devon Spears
  • “I’m So Excited” — Inside the 2024 Adaptive CrossFit Season With WheelWOD’s Kevin Ogar
  • The 10 Best CrossFit Athletes of 2023
  • HOP WTR Lime Brings Sparkling Vibes to Non-Alcoholic Beverages
  • 19 Halloween Costume Ideas for Strength Athletes
  • Tia-Clair Toomey — The Training Style, Competition History, and Biography of CrossFit’s Winningest Individual Athlete
  • Every Winner of the CrossFit Games
  • 6 High-Protein Recipes to Eat at Your Memorial Day Cookout
  • How to Avoid Burnout in CrossFit — 10 Strategies for Maintaining Your Motivation
  • Your Ultimate Guide to Meal Prepping on the Move
  • What to Look for When Buying an Indoor Cycle, According to a Spin Instructor
  • These Are 5 of the Best Powerlifting Moments in 2022
  • These Are 5 of the Best Powerlifting Athletes in 2022
  • Here’s Every American Weightlifter Who Has Won an Olympic Medal
  • 9 Ways to Build Healthy Habits to Get Fit and Keep You Strong
  • How to Properly Use a Rowing Machine to Boost Your Conditioning and Strength
  • The One-Month-Long Beginner Pull-Up Program
  • 10 Cartoon Characters Who Will Inspire You to Train Your Hardest
  • How to Balance Running and Strength Training, No Matter Your Goals
  • What You Should Know About Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
  • 14 Benefits of Owning a Home Gym to Convince You to Build Your Iron Oasis
  • What’s the Deal With the Mind-Muscle Connection?
  • The Fat Loss Myth You Want to Be True: Spot Fat Reduction
  • Does Working Out Without Music Help (or Harm) Your Gains?
  • What to Know About Working Out on Your Period
  • Everything You Need to Know About the Cold Plunge
  • How to Start Working Out Again After Top Surgery
  • What to Consider Before Hiring a Bodybuilding Coach
  • Meditation for Athletes — How to Start, Benefits, Types of Meditation
  • 5 Shoulder Pulling Exercises Every Powerlifter Should Do
  • 3 Tips to Help Coaches Be More Body Positive With Their Clients
  • 3 Ways to Build a Kettlebell Pyramid Workout
  • Low Impact, HIIT 15-Minute Kettlebell Circuit

Fitness Deals

  • Best Cyber Monday Sauna Deals (2024)
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  • Best Running Shoes Cyber Monday Deals (2024)
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Fitness Gear

  • The Best Weightlifting Belts of 2025, Approved by a Certified Weightlifting Coach
  • The Best Lifting Chalk For Sustained Grip, Kettlebells, And More
  • The Best Kinesiology Tape For Lifters, Swimmers, and More
  • Best Weightlifting Shoes for Flat Feet

Fitness Tech

  • The 7 Best Smart Home Gyms of 2025, Tested By Fitness Experts

Holiday Sales

  • Best Cyber Monday Sauna Deals (2024)
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  • Best Running Shoes Cyber Monday Deals (2024)
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Home Gym Setup

  • The 7 Best Portable Home Gyms of 2025
  • The Best Exercise Balls of 2025 for Beginners, Budget, And More
  • The Best Exercise Mats For HIIT, Yoga, And More
  • The Best Gym Equipment For Under $100

Muscle Gain

  • Does Powerlifting Build Muscle?

News

  • Here’s How to Get a Six-Pack, According to Transmasculine Personal Trainer Devon Spears
  • Adaptive Strongman James Spurgin Hefts a 570-Pound Raw Deadlift Triple in Training
  • How to Watch the 2024 World’s Strongest Man
  • A (Brief) History of the CrossFit Games
  • “I’m So Excited” — Inside the 2024 Adaptive CrossFit Season With WheelWOD’s Kevin Ogar
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Live Results and Leaderboard
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Adaptive Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Rx, Intermediate, and Open Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Age Group Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami LatAm Cup Results — Mariana Meza and Alejandro Trillos Win it All
  • SBD World’s Strongest Man Is Returning to Myrtle Beach, SC, in May 2024
  • International Association of Trans Bodybuilders & Powerlifters 2023 Competition Full Results
  • Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Finishes In 2nd at the 2023 Rogue Invitational 5 Months After Giving Birth
  • Laura Horvath and Pat Vellner Win It All: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 9 “The Cleanup” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 8 “Big Cat” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 7 “Hulk Hands” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 6 “Max Deadlift” Results — Chandler Smith Puts on a Clinic
  • Speegle Sprints to Victory: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 5 “The Duel III” Results
  • Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Strikes Again: 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 4 “10th Inning” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 3 “The Circus” Results
  • 2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 2 “Seat at the Bar” Results — Ricky Garard Is Back and Alex Gazan Has Arrived
  • Age Group and Adaptive Divisions Will No Longer Compete at the CrossFit Games
  • Tia-Clair Toomey — The Training Style, Competition History, and Biography of CrossFit’s Winningest Individual Athlete
  • “I Won’t Be Competing” — Mal O’Brien Is Out of the 2023 CrossFit Season
  • 2023 CrossFit Adaptive Divisions — Who Is the Fittest on Earth® and Who Is Going to the Games?
  • Jaco Schoonwinkel Withdraws From 2023 World’s Strongest Man on the Final Day of Competition
  • USA Powerlifting Says It Has Been Ordered to Cease Business Operations in Minnesota
  • Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou Withdraws From the 2023 World’s Strongest Man — Kristján Jón Haraldsson Steps In
  • How to Watch the 2023 World’s Strongest Man
  • “It’s Devastating” — Ricky Garard Will Sit Out the 2023 CrossFit Games Season
  • Video Shows Powerlifter Avi Silverberg Breaking Women’s Canadian Bench Press Record in Competition
  • Rogue Fitness Announces Third Event of 2023 Rogue Challenge — The Triple Challenge
  • Watch Powerlifter Larry Wheels Prep for a Mock Powerlifting Meet on TRT
  • Less Than a Year After Reconstructive Elbow Surgery, Brooke Wells Surges to Fifth Place at the 2022 CrossFit Games
  • Justin Medeiros Wins 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games
  • 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Team Division Results — CrossFit Mayhem Freedom on Top Once Again
  • 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Adaptive Division Results — Who Is the Fittest on Earth®?
  • 2022 CrossFit Games Day One Results — Garard and O’Brien Lead
  • 2022 CrossFit Adaptive Semifinal Results and Recap: Who is the Fittest and Who is Heading to Madison?
  • How to Watch the 2022 CrossFit Semifinals
  • 2022 Granite Games CrossFit Semifinals Results and Recap: Breaking Records in Eagan
  • 2022 CrossFit Age Group Semifinals Results and Recap: Who’s Off to Madison?
  • 2022 Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge Semifinals Results and Recap — Who’s Going to Madison?
  • 2022 CrossFit Fittest in Cape Town Semifinals Results and Recap — Who’s Going to the Games?
  • Evan Singleton Returns to 2022 World’s Strongest Man Competition Less Than 24 Hours After Withdrawing
  • Rhianon Lovelace Breaks the British Raw Deadlift Record with a 241-Kilogram (530-Pound) Lift
  • 2022 Syndicate Crown CrossFit Semifinals Results and Recap — Who is Heading to the Games?
  • 2022 Shaw Classic Events Announced
  • Rhianon Lovelace Sets Lightweight Axle Bar Deadlift World Record With 233.5-Kilogram (515-Pound) Pull
  • JF Caron is Out of the Arnold Strongman Classic Due to Injury
  • Powerlifter Jessica Buettner (76KG) Deadlifts 405 Pounds for 12 Reps
  • How to Watch the 2021 Dubai CrossFit Championship
  • Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze Pulls Off a 150-Kilogram Muscle Snatch In Training
  • Full Results From the 2021 IATBP Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Competitions
  • How Does Your Limb Length Impact Your Lifts?

Nutrition

  • Nutrition and Strength Training Guidance for Trans and Nonbinary Athletes: New Study
  • What Is Clear Whey Isolate? Here’s the Science Behind the Buzz
  • What Is TDEE? Your Guide to Total Daily Energy Expenditure
  • The Best Pre-Workout Meal for Bodybuilding Based on Your Goals
  • Can Meal Replacement Shakes Help Me Lose Weight?
  • Can You Take Creatine and Caffeine Together? Experts Weigh In
  • How to Eat for CrossFit — A CrossFitter’s Guide to Nutrition
  • What to Know About Nutrition During Your Period to Increase Athletic Performance
  • Everything You Need to Know About Refeed Days
  • The 80/20 Diet Rule Explained (and Why You Should Try It)
  • What Happens if You Don’t Eat Vegetables?
  • The Best Natural Pre-Workout Ingredients to Look for and What to Avoid
  • 20 High-Protein Dinners for Busy Weeknights
  • How to Structure Your Strength Training if You’re on a Diet
  • Can You Eat Intuitively as a Bodybuilder?
  • How Much Water Do You Really Need to Drink a Day?
  • What Are Appetite Suppressants and Do They Work?

Nutrition

  • The 10 Best Protein Powders for Seniors of 2025, Tested by Our Experts
  • Ultimate Guide to the Best Supplements and Vitamins for Men, RD Approved
  • The Best Supplements for Muscle Growth, Tested and Approved by Experts
  • The 11 Best Vegan Protein Powders of 2025, Tasted and Reviewed by a Dietitian
  • The Strongest Pre-Workouts of 2025, Our Favorites and Expert Picks
  • The 5 Best Glutamine for Stacking, BCAAs, and More
  • 11 Best Protein Powders for Muscle Gain in 2025, Reviewed and Approved by RDN
  • The 10 Best Creatine For Men, Tested By Our Experts
  • 8 Best Bodybuilding Supplements of 2025 for Muscle Growth
  • Best Beta-Alanine Supplements For Purity, Pre-Workout, and More
  • Best Carb Supplements For Digestion, Taste, And More
  • Best Powdered Peanut Butter of 2025 for Texture, Shakes, and More

Op-Ed

  • Encanto’s Luisa Madrigal is the Super-Jacked Disney Hero We All Wanted
  • 9 Kettlebell Benchmarks To Strive For
  • Can You Train With Kettlebells Every Day?
  • IATBP Is Transforming Powerlifting and Bodybuilding For Trans And Nonbinary Lifters
  • Most Effective Strength Training Splits For Bodyweight-Only Programs
  • 7 Stretches That Can Help Your Posture
  • 5 Things Mentally Strong Lifters Avoid
  • How To Maintain Workout Motivation In an Endless Quarantine
  • How To Maximize Your Workout With Light Dumbbells
  • 3 Steps To Rebuild Your Barbell Confidence
  • 5 Tips to Fix Your Funky “Good Morning Squats” From Home
  • How To Go Back To The Gym The Wrong Way
  • Why Yoga Is Necessary For Strength Athletes
  • 7 Tips For Working Out At Home When You Have No Motivation
  • 9 Mobility-Focused Exercises to Improve Your Squat Without Weights
  • Try These Exercises To Maintain Your Biceps Without Weights
  • Catch Up On These 20 Fitness Must-Reads While You’re Stuck At Home Daydreaming About The Gym
  • How I Cope With My Missing-the-Gym Anxiety
  • 5 Ways to Cope With Missing Your Workout Buddy
  • 7 Kettlebell Accessories to Integrate into Your Powerlifting Off Season
  • 15 Kettlebell Moves To Improve Your Grip Strength And Stability
  • Navigating Bodybuilding and Muscle Dysmorphia, What Researchers Suggest
  • 7 Lessons for Powerlifters Taken From a Boxing Class
  • Program to Your Own Cycle: Working Out And Menstruation
  • Why Powerlifters Should Be Accessory Lifting With A Swiss Bar
  • 10 Questions You’ve Always Had About Kettlebells, Answered
  • 3 Ways to Improve Your Self Image and Why It Will Improve Your Performance
  • So You’re a Runner Who Wants to Start CrossFit
  • So You’re a Powerlifter Who Wants to Start CrossFit
  • 3 Types of Workouts That Help Powerlifters to Improve Work Capacity
  • The Surprising Benefits of Doing Push-Ups In the Sand
  • 6 Kettlebell Finishers to Improve Powerlifting Performance
  • A Transmasculine Person’s Guide to Building a Strong Upper Body
  • 4 Tips for When You Love Lifting But You Live With Depression
  • Coaches: Teach Your Female Clients to Take Up Space

Powerlifting

  • USA Powerlifting Says It Has Been Ordered to Cease Business Operations in Minnesota
  • Video Shows Powerlifter Avi Silverberg Breaking Women’s Canadian Bench Press Record in Competition
  • Watch Powerlifter Larry Wheels Prep for a Mock Powerlifting Meet on TRT
  • Rhianon Lovelace Breaks the British Raw Deadlift Record with a 241-Kilogram (530-Pound) Lift
  • Full Results From the 2021 IATBP Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Competitions
  • How Does Your Limb Length Impact Your Lifts?

Powerlifting News

  • International Association of Trans Bodybuilders & Powerlifters 2023 Competition Full Results
  • USA Powerlifting Says It Has Been Ordered to Cease Business Operations in Minnesota
  • Video Shows Powerlifter Avi Silverberg Breaking Women’s Canadian Bench Press Record in Competition
  • These Are 5 of the Best Powerlifting Athletes in 2022
  • Watch Powerlifter Larry Wheels Prep for a Mock Powerlifting Meet on TRT
  • Rhianon Lovelace Breaks the British Raw Deadlift Record with a 241-Kilogram (530-Pound) Lift
  • What to Consider Before Hiring a Bodybuilding Coach
  • Full Results From the 2021 IATBP Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Competitions
  • How Does Your Limb Length Impact Your Lifts?

Programs

  • How Do You Create An At-Home Workout Routine To Match Your Goals?
  • Squats Causing You Low Back Pain? Try This Unilateral Leg Workout

Programs

  • The One-Month-Long Beginner Pull-Up Program
  • The Best All-Around Kettlebell Training Program

Pushly

  • Here’s How to Get a Six-Pack, According to Transmasculine Personal Trainer Devon Spears
  • Adaptive Strongman James Spurgin Hefts a 570-Pound Raw Deadlift Triple in Training
  • The Benefits of Toe Spacers (and Who Should Use Them)
  • “I’m So Excited” — Inside the 2024 Adaptive CrossFit Season With WheelWOD’s Kevin Ogar
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Adaptive Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Rx, Intermediate, and Open Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami Age Group Results
  • 2024 Wodapalooza Miami LatAm Cup Results — Mariana Meza and Alejandro Trillos Win it All
  • What Is Clear Whey Isolate? Here’s the Science Behind the Buzz
  • The 10 Best CrossFit Athletes of 2023
  • SBD World’s Strongest Man Is Returning to Myrtle Beach, SC, in May 2024
  • How to Build a Powerlifting Home Gym
  • Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Finishes In 2nd at the 2023 Rogue Invitational 5 Months After Giving Birth
  • 19 Halloween Costume Ideas for Strength Athletes
  • Age Group and Adaptive Divisions Will No Longer Compete at the CrossFit Games

Recovery

  • The 6 Best Mini Massage Guns of 2025

Recovery Equipment

  • The 6 Best Mini Massage Guns of 2025
  • Best Inversion Tables of 2025 for Value, Comfort, and More

Recovery Guides

  • How to Do the 90/90 Stretch to Squat Heavier and Move Better
  • The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance
  • Everything You Need to Know About the Cold Plunge
  • 6 Ice Bath Benefits That May Convince You To Take the Plunge
  • 7 Stretches That Can Help Your Posture
  • 6 Ways To Improve Your Recovery When You’re Stressed Out
  • 3 Ways to Use Kettlebells for Active Recovery

Reviews

  • WalkingPad Treadmill Review (2025): An Under-Desk Tread With a Deck Longer Than the Rest

Roundups

  • The 10 Best Protein Powders for Seniors of 2025, Tested by Our Experts
  • The 7 Best Treadmills for Low Ceilings for 2025, Expert-Tested
  • The 6 Best Folding Exercise Bikes of 2025
  • The 7 Best Portable Home Gyms of 2025
  • The 6 Best Recumbent Bikes for Seniors of 2025
  • The Best Treadmills with iFIT of 2025
  • Best Curved Treadmills of 2025
  • The 8 Best Cardio Machines for Weight Loss of 2025, Tested by Our Experts
  • Ultimate Guide to the Best Supplements and Vitamins for Men, RD Approved
  • The Best Incline Treadmills of 2025: Expert-Tested Machines for Elevating Your Home Cardio Workouts
  • The Best Weightlifting Belts of 2025, Approved by a Certified Weightlifting Coach
  • The Best Supplements for Muscle Growth, Tested and Approved by Experts
  • The 6 Best Mini Massage Guns of 2025
  • 7 Best Wrist Wraps of 2025 (Tested & Reviewed)
  • The 11 Best Vegan Protein Powders of 2025, Tasted and Reviewed by a Dietitian
  • The Strongest Pre-Workouts of 2025, Our Favorites and Expert Picks
  • The 5 Best Glutamine for Stacking, BCAAs, and More
  • 11 Best Protein Powders for Muscle Gain in 2025, Reviewed and Approved by RDN
  • Best Leg Extension Machines of 2025, Reviewed by Certified Trainers
  • The Best Smith Machines of 2025, Reviewed by CPTs
  • The 10 Best Creatine For Men, Tested By Our Experts
  • The 7 Best Smart Home Gyms of 2025, Tested By Fitness Experts
  • 8 Best Bodybuilding Supplements of 2025 for Muscle Growth
  • Best Beta-Alanine Supplements For Purity, Pre-Workout, and More
  • Best Carb Supplements For Digestion, Taste, And More
  • The Best Lifting Chalk For Sustained Grip, Kettlebells, And More
  • The Best Stair Climbers of 2025 for Budget, Small Spaces, And More
  • The Best Exercise Balls of 2025 for Beginners, Budget, And More
  • The Best Exercise Mats For HIIT, Yoga, And More
  • The 6 Best Pull-Up Bars For Doorways, Kipping And More (2025)
  • The Best Gym Equipment For Under $100
  • The Best Kinesiology Tape For Lifters, Swimmers, and More
  • Best Inversion Tables of 2025 for Value, Comfort, and More
  • The 7 Best Ankle Straps of 2025 (Nov Update)
  • Best Powdered Peanut Butter of 2025 for Texture, Shakes, and More
  • Best Weightlifting Shoes for Flat Feet

Strength Equipment Guides

  • 10 Benefits of Double Kettlebell Swings for Strength Athletes
  • 7 Undeniable Benefits of Kettlebell Training
  • What is Kettlebell Flow? Your Guide to This Dynamic Form of Exercise
  • 9 Kettlebell Benchmarks To Strive For
  • Can You Train With Kettlebells Every Day?
  • How To Tempo Train With Kettlebells
  • 7 Different Kettlebell Grips You Should Try
  • How To Maximize Your Workout With Light Dumbbells
  • 7 Moves You Didn’t Know You Could Do With A Kettlebell
  • 7 Tips to Avoid The Dreaded Kettlebell Forearm Flop
  • 7 Kettlebell Accessories to Integrate into Your Powerlifting Off Season
  • 3 Kettlebell Workouts to Help Powerlifters Build Stronger Glutes
  • 4 Barbell Complexes To Improve Grip Strength and Lifting Stamina
  • 10 Questions You’ve Always Had About Kettlebells, Answered

Strongman

  • Adaptive Strongman James Spurgin Hefts a 570-Pound Raw Deadlift Triple in Training
  • How to Watch the 2024 World’s Strongest Man
  • SBD World’s Strongest Man Is Returning to Myrtle Beach, SC, in May 2024
  • Jaco Schoonwinkel Withdraws From 2023 World’s Strongest Man on the Final Day of Competition
  • Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou Withdraws From the 2023 World’s Strongest Man — Kristján Jón Haraldsson Steps In
  • How to Watch the 2023 World’s Strongest Man
  • Evan Singleton Returns to 2022 World’s Strongest Man Competition Less Than 24 Hours After Withdrawing
  • 2022 Shaw Classic Events Announced
  • Rhianon Lovelace Sets Lightweight Axle Bar Deadlift World Record With 233.5-Kilogram (515-Pound) Pull
  • JF Caron is Out of the Arnold Strongman Classic Due to Injury

Strongman News

  • Adaptive Strongman James Spurgin Hefts a 570-Pound Raw Deadlift Triple in Training
  • How to Watch the 2024 World’s Strongest Man
  • SBD World’s Strongest Man Is Returning to Myrtle Beach, SC, in May 2024
  • Jaco Schoonwinkel Withdraws From 2023 World’s Strongest Man on the Final Day of Competition
  • Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou Withdraws From the 2023 World’s Strongest Man — Kristján Jón Haraldsson Steps In
  • How to Watch the 2023 World’s Strongest Man
  • Evan Singleton Returns to 2022 World’s Strongest Man Competition Less Than 24 Hours After Withdrawing
  • 2022 Shaw Classic Events Announced
  • Rhianon Lovelace Sets Lightweight Axle Bar Deadlift World Record With 233.5-Kilogram (515-Pound) Pull
  • JF Caron is Out of the Arnold Strongman Classic Due to Injury

Supplement Guides

  • What Is Clear Whey Isolate? Here’s the Science Behind the Buzz
  • Whey vs. Plant Protein: How to Choose the Best Option for You
  • The Best Pre-Workout Meal for Bodybuilding Based on Your Goals
  • Pea Protein Vs. Whey Protein — Which Protein Powder Is Best for You?
  • Can You Take Creatine and Caffeine Together? Experts Weigh In

Support Gear

  • The Best Weightlifting Belts of 2025, Approved by a Certified Weightlifting Coach
  • 7 Best Wrist Wraps of 2025 (Tested & Reviewed)
  • The Best Lifting Chalk For Sustained Grip, Kettlebells, And More
  • The Best Kinesiology Tape For Lifters, Swimmers, and More
  • The 7 Best Ankle Straps of 2025 (Nov Update)

Top Athletes

  • Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Finishes In 2nd at the 2023 Rogue Invitational 5 Months After Giving Birth
  • Tia-Clair Toomey — The Training Style, Competition History, and Biography of CrossFit’s Winningest Individual Athlete
  • “I Won’t Be Competing” — Mal O’Brien Is Out of the 2023 CrossFit Season
  • Watch Powerlifter Larry Wheels Prep for a Mock Powerlifting Meet on TRT
  • Less Than a Year After Reconstructive Elbow Surgery, Brooke Wells Surges to Fifth Place at the 2022 CrossFit Games
  • Justin Medeiros Wins 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games
  • Rhianon Lovelace Sets Lightweight Axle Bar Deadlift World Record With 233.5-Kilogram (515-Pound) Pull
  • Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze Pulls Off a 150-Kilogram Muscle Snatch In Training

Training

  • Nutrition and Strength Training Guidance for Trans and Nonbinary Athletes: New Study
  • What Are METs on a Treadmill?: A CPT on Who Can Benefit From Calculating METs
  • How To Fix a Precor Treadmill: The Steps You Should and Shouldn’t Take
  • Can You Put a Treadmill on Carpet?: Our Experts Have the Answer
  • An Elliptical Buying Guide for Beginners and Advanced Pedalers
  • When Will You See Results Using a Treadmill? A Running Coach Lets You Know
  • How Much Do Rowing Machines Cost? Our Experts Break Down What’s Worth It
  • The Exercise Bike Buying Guide to Pedal Your Home Gym to Perfection
  • Here’s the Best Place to Buy a Treadmill, According to Our Experts
  • The Benefits of Toe Spacers (and Who Should Use Them)
  • What Is Clear Whey Isolate? Here’s the Science Behind the Buzz
  • How to Build a Powerlifting Home Gym
  • How to Do Mountain Climbers to Power Up Your Entire Body
  • How to Do the Reverse-Grip Lat Pulldown for Stronger Back and Biceps
  • Does Powerlifting Build Muscle?
  • How to Do the 90/90 Stretch to Squat Heavier and Move Better
  • What Is TDEE? Your Guide to Total Daily Energy Expenditure
  • The Murph CrossFit Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Experience Level
  • The Best Pre-Workout Meal for Bodybuilding Based on Your Goals
  • The CrossFit Nancy Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The CrossFit Karen Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • Can Meal Replacement Shakes Help Me Lose Weight?
  • The CrossFit Grace Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • Can You Take Creatine and Caffeine Together? Experts Weigh In
  • The CrossFit Cindy Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • Cardio for Strongmen and Strongwomen to Supercharge Your Conditioning
  • The Best CrossFit Workouts for Building Muscle to Forge Bigger, Stronger Muscles
  • Your Guide to CrossFit Benchmark Workouts
  • How to Eat for CrossFit — A CrossFitter’s Guide to Nutrition
  • The CrossFit Angie Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The CrossFit Fran Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The Best Sprint Workouts for Strength Athletes to Improve Conditioning and Power
  • What to Know About Nutrition During Your Period to Increase Athletic Performance
  • 10 Strategies for Breaking Through a CrossFit Plateau
  • How to Design CrossFit Workouts for Building Muscle
  • How to Design CrossFit Workouts for Speed and Power
  • Everything You Need to Know About Refeed Days
  • Best Ski Erg Workout for CrossFit for Every Experience Level
  • The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance
  • The 80/20 Diet Rule Explained (and Why You Should Try It)
  • Your Complete Guide to Bodyweight Training
  • What Happens if You Don’t Eat Vegetables?
  • The Best CrossFit Warm-Up to Help You Crush Your Next WOD
  • The 12 Best Leg Exercises for CrossFitters for Strong, Powerful Legs
  • The Best Natural Pre-Workout Ingredients to Look for and What to Avoid
  • Try These Cable Biceps Workouts for Different Experience Levels
  • How to Do a Side Plank, With Alternatives and Benefits
  • Is Running or Rowing Better for Strength Athletes?
  • The 11 Best Swiss Bar Exercises for Shoulder-Friendly Lifting
  • Try These 5 Hotel Room Workouts to Stay Fit on the Road
  • What is the Suicide Grip and Is it Safe?
  • Master the Leg Curl for Stronger Hamstrings and Heavier Deadlifts
  • How to Do the Triceps Kickback for Thicker Arms and a Stronger Lockout
  • 20 High-Protein Dinners for Busy Weeknights
  • 7 Household Items That Double as Fitness Equipment
  • How to Do Crunches: Proper Form, Variations, & Benefits
  • 11 Lat Pulldown Variations for a Stronger, Wider Back
  • How to Do the Concentration Curl for Bigger Biceps
  • Try These Single Kettlebell Circuits for the Gains You’ve Been Missing
  • 8 Benefits of the Russian Twist to Boost Your Core Training
  • 10 Benefits of the Goblet Squat to Bring Glory to Your Leg Days
  • 7 Hamstring Curl Variations to Spice Up Your Next Leg Day
  • 7 Benefits of the L-Sit Pull-Up to Pull Your Core Training Up a Notch
  • The Only Full-Body Warm-Up You Need to Lift Your Best Weights
  • How to Build Your Own CrossFit WOD, Regardless of Your Experience Level
  • How Strength Athletes Can Add Yoga to Their Program
  • How to Structure Your Strength Training if You’re on a Diet
  • Try These 11 Best Shoulder Warm-Up Exercises to Raise the Roof on Overhead Lifts
  • Do Knee Sleeves Actually Boost Your Squat?
  • 5 Common Strength Training Mistakes and How to Fix Them
  • 12 Benefits of Kettlebell Swings That Will Have You Swinging in No Time
  • Master the Bird Dog to Give Your Core Routine Wings
  • How to Return to Strength Training After an Extended Break
  • Can You Eat Intuitively as a Bodybuilder?
  • Learn the Best Single-Arm Row Variations for Absurd Upper Back Strength
  • How to Choose the Right Powerbuilding Exercises for Your Goals
  • How to (Safely) Train to Failure to Boost Your Intensity and Muscle Mass
  • Here’s How to Do a Dynamic Squat Warm Up for Bigger Lifts
  • The Best EMOM Workouts for Strength, Endurance, and Mass
  • What is a Workout Complex? Your Guide to Building Strength While Saving Time
  • Everything You Need to Know About Endurance Training for Strength Athletes
  • How to Do the Log Press for Massive Overhead Strength and Power
  • How Much Water Do You Really Need to Drink a Day?
  • 10 Benefits of the Turkish Get-Up to Elevate Your Entire Lifting Game
  • 10 Benefits of Double Kettlebell Swings for Strength Athletes
  • What is a Cool-Down, and Do You Even Need One?
  • Why You Should Love to Hate High-Intensity Interval Training
  • The 16 Best Plyometric Exercises to Power-Up Your Training
  • How to Modify Your Workouts for Strength Gains
  • Understanding Knee Valgus — A Problem to Be Fixed, or a Natural Part of Your Squat?
  • What Are Appetite Suppressants and Do They Work?
  • 7 Powerful Benefits of Plyometric Push-Ups to Help You Go Higher, Further, Faster
  • What’s the Deal With Blood Flow Restriction Training?
  • Workout Finishers Are the Intensity Booster You Didn’t Know You Needed
  • 10 Benefits of Rowing Machines for Strength Athletes (and Everyone Else)
  • 9 Dumbbell Flye Variations for a Bigger Chest and Stronger Presses
  • 10 Kettlebell Exercises for Bodybuilders to Improve Stability, Bolster Mobility, and Build Muscle
  • Shed Some Weight and Increase Your Gas Tank With This Kettlebell Circuit for Fat Loss
  • Upper Body Workouts for Transmasculine People to Help Build Muscle and Confidence
  • The Best 15 Minute Workouts for Strength, Conditioning, and More
  • 10 Pallof Press Variations for All Your Core-Training Needs
  • The Best Kettlebell Strength Circuit To Improve Your Lifts
  • The Best All-Around Kettlebell Training Program
  • How to Find Your Ideal Exercise Frequency
  • The Best Kettlebell Workouts for Strength, Muscle Mass, Beginners, and More
  • 5 Benefits of the Floor Press That Make It Worth Training
  • 5 At-Home Workouts for Strength, Muscle Growth, Power, and More
  • 6 Ice Bath Benefits That May Convince You To Take the Plunge
  • 7 Undeniable Benefits of Kettlebell Training
  • What is Kettlebell Flow? Your Guide to This Dynamic Form of Exercise
  • Use High Intensity Training to Unlock New Gains
  • The 10 Best Shoulder Press Variations for Broader Delts
  • The Best Kettlebell Exercises for a Stronger Bench Press
  • Kick Your Own Ass With the 10 Best Bodyweight Glute Exercises
  • What You Need to Know About How to Get Abs
  • The Best Pull-Up Variations for All Experience Levels
  • Change Up Your Leg Day With These 10 Unique Squat Variations
  • The Complete Guide to Kettlebell Training for Beginners
  • The 15 Best Oblique Exercises for a Rock Solid and Stable Core
  • The Best Bodyweight Workouts for Muscle, Beginners, Mobility, and More
  • The Best Core Workouts for Strength, Muscle, and Power
  • Muscle Atrophy Explained — How to Bounce Back From Time Off
  • The Best Lower Body Workouts for Strength, Fat Loss, Muscle Growth, and More
  • 7 Lateral — Yes, Lateral — Exercises Powerlifters Should Be Doing
  • How Tempo Training Can Progress Your Workouts
  • 5 No-Equipment Back Exercises That You Can Do Anywhere
  • 10 Upper Body Kettlebell Exercises for Strength, Power and More Muscle
  • The 10 Best Kettlebell Exercises for All Skill Levels
  • How To Train To Failure With Just Your Bodyweight
  • How To Tempo Train With Kettlebells
  • 7 Different Kettlebell Grips You Should Try
  • Are You Overtraining During The Pandemic?
  • How Do You Create An At-Home Workout Routine To Match Your Goals?
  • 7 Moves You Didn’t Know You Could Do With A Kettlebell
  • 6 Ways To Improve Your Recovery When You’re Stressed Out
  • 4 Full Body Bodyweight AMRAP Workouts To Maintain Strength
  • Hey, Powerlifters – Don’t Be Embarrassed To Continue Group Fitness After Quarantine
  • The Best Resources for LGBTQ+ Strength Athletes
  • 14 Bodyweight Squat Variations You Should Add to Your Workouts
  • 20 Weights-Free Exercises to Help Your Deadlift Strength
  • So You’re Jogging More Than Ever – Here’s How to Maintain Muscle Mass
  • 9 Ways to Improve Your Bench Press Without Weights
  • 15 No-Equipment Moves For Lower Body Hypertrophy
  • 13 Single Kettlebell Exercises to Improve Your Deadlift
  • 10 Lower Body Exercises for When You Only Have a Light Kettlebell
  • 14 Unexpected Kettlebell Moves You Haven’t Tried Yet
  • 7 Tips For Maintaining Muscle Mass Without the Gym
  • 7 Tips to Avoid The Dreaded Kettlebell Forearm Flop
  • The Definitive Guide to the Kettlebell Snatch: Form, Mistakes, and More
  • 3 Kettlebell Workouts to Help Powerlifters Build Stronger Glutes
  • 7 Ways to Build Stronger Shoulders With Kettlebells
  • 4 Barbell Complexes To Improve Grip Strength and Lifting Stamina
  • How to Break Through a Plateau By Switching to Kettlebells for a Week
  • 4 Kettlebell Circuits That’ll Make You Stronger
  • 3 Essential Cues for Bracing in Heavy Lifts
  • 6 Serious Battle Rope Circuits to Build Your Core and Shoulders
  • 5 Kettlebell Circuits That Will Maximize Your Endurance
  • 3 Ways to Use Kettlebells for Active Recovery
  • Squats Causing You Low Back Pain? Try This Unilateral Leg Workout
  • 5 Tips to Bust Through an Overhead Press Plateau
  • How to Work Out With a Tire and Sledgehammer

Training Guides

  • Showmanship on the Sand: The Rise and Fall of the Original Muscle Beach
  • Here’s How to Get a Six-Pack, According to Transmasculine Personal Trainer Devon Spears
  • The Benefits of Toe Spacers (and Who Should Use Them)
  • How to Build a Powerlifting Home Gym
  • 19 Halloween Costume Ideas for Strength Athletes
  • Does Powerlifting Build Muscle?
  • What Is TDEE? Your Guide to Total Daily Energy Expenditure
  • How to Avoid Burnout in CrossFit — 10 Strategies for Maintaining Your Motivation
  • Cardio for Strongmen and Strongwomen to Supercharge Your Conditioning
  • Here’s Every American Weightlifter Who Has Won an Olympic Medal
  • Your Complete Guide to Bodyweight Training
  • Pronation Vs. Supination — What These Grips Are and Why They Matter
  • What is the Suicide Grip and Is it Safe?
  • How to Do the Triceps Kickback for Thicker Arms and a Stronger Lockout
  • 11 Lat Pulldown Variations for a Stronger, Wider Back
  • What You Should Know About Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
  • 8 Benefits of the Russian Twist to Boost Your Core Training
  • 7 Hamstring Curl Variations to Spice Up Your Next Leg Day
  • 7 Benefits of the L-Sit Pull-Up to Pull Your Core Training Up a Notch
  • The Only Full-Body Warm-Up You Need to Lift Your Best Weights
  • How to Build Your Own CrossFit WOD, Regardless of Your Experience Level
  • How Strength Athletes Can Add Yoga to Their Program
  • Do Knee Sleeves Actually Boost Your Squat?
  • 14 Benefits of Owning a Home Gym to Convince You to Build Your Iron Oasis
  • 5 Common Strength Training Mistakes and How to Fix Them
  • How to Return to Strength Training After an Extended Break
  • What’s the Deal With the Mind-Muscle Connection?
  • How to Choose the Right Powerbuilding Exercises for Your Goals
  • How to (Safely) Train to Failure to Boost Your Intensity and Muscle Mass
  • What is a Workout Complex? Your Guide to Building Strength While Saving Time
  • The Fat Loss Myth You Want to Be True: Spot Fat Reduction
  • Everything You Need to Know About Endurance Training for Strength Athletes
  • 10 Benefits of the Turkish Get-Up to Elevate Your Entire Lifting Game
  • Does Working Out Without Music Help (or Harm) Your Gains?
  • What to Know About Working Out on Your Period
  • What is a Cool-Down, and Do You Even Need One?
  • How to Start Working Out Again After Top Surgery
  • 7 Powerful Benefits of Plyometric Push-Ups to Help You Go Higher, Further, Faster
  • What’s the Deal With Blood Flow Restriction Training?
  • Workout Finishers Are the Intensity Booster You Didn’t Know You Needed
  • Meditation for Athletes — How to Start, Benefits, Types of Meditation
  • 9 Dumbbell Flye Variations for a Bigger Chest and Stronger Presses
  • 10 Pallof Press Variations for All Your Core-Training Needs
  • How to Find Your Ideal Exercise Frequency
  • 5 Benefits of the Floor Press That Make It Worth Training
  • What You Need to Know About How to Get Abs
  • The Best Pull-Up Variations for All Experience Levels
  • Change Up Your Leg Day With These 10 Unique Squat Variations
  • The Complete Guide to Kettlebell Training for Beginners
  • Muscle Atrophy Explained — How to Bounce Back From Time Off
  • Most Effective Strength Training Splits For Bodyweight-Only Programs
  • How To Train To Failure With Just Your Bodyweight
  • How To Go Back To The Gym The Wrong Way
  • Why Yoga Is Necessary For Strength Athletes
  • 7 Tips For Working Out At Home When You Have No Motivation
  • So You’re Jogging More Than Ever – Here’s How to Maintain Muscle Mass
  • 15 No-Equipment Moves For Lower Body Hypertrophy
  • Try These Exercises To Maintain Your Biceps Without Weights
  • 7 Tips For Maintaining Muscle Mass Without the Gym
  • How I Cope With My Missing-the-Gym Anxiety
  • 15 Kettlebell Moves To Improve Your Grip Strength And Stability
  • Navigating Bodybuilding and Muscle Dysmorphia, What Researchers Suggest
  • How to Break Through a Plateau By Switching to Kettlebells for a Week
  • 4 Kettlebell Circuits That’ll Make You Stronger
  • 3 Essential Cues for Bracing in Heavy Lifts
  • Why Powerlifters Should Be Accessory Lifting With A Swiss Bar
  • 5 Tips to Bust Through an Overhead Press Plateau
  • 6 Kettlebell Finishers to Improve Powerlifting Performance
  • 4 Tips for When You Love Lifting But You Live With Depression
  • 3 Tips to Help Coaches Be More Body Positive With Their Clients

Weightlifting

  • Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze Pulls Off a 150-Kilogram Muscle Snatch In Training
  • How Does Your Limb Length Impact Your Lifts?

Weightlifting News

  • Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze Pulls Off a 150-Kilogram Muscle Snatch In Training
  • How Does Your Limb Length Impact Your Lifts?

Workouts

  • The Murph CrossFit Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Experience Level
  • The CrossFit Nancy Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The CrossFit Karen Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The CrossFit Grace Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The CrossFit Cindy Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The Best CrossFit Workouts for Building Muscle to Forge Bigger, Stronger Muscles
  • Your Guide to CrossFit Benchmark Workouts
  • The CrossFit Angie Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The CrossFit Fran Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The Best Sprint Workouts for Strength Athletes to Improve Conditioning and Power
  • How to Design CrossFit Workouts for Building Muscle
  • How to Design CrossFit Workouts for Speed and Power
  • Best Ski Erg Workout for CrossFit for Every Experience Level
  • Try These Cable Biceps Workouts for Different Experience Levels
  • Try These 5 Hotel Room Workouts to Stay Fit on the Road
  • Try These Single Kettlebell Circuits for the Gains You’ve Been Missing
  • The Best EMOM Workouts for Strength, Endurance, and Mass
  • How to Modify Your Workouts for Strength Gains
  • Shed Some Weight and Increase Your Gas Tank With This Kettlebell Circuit for Fat Loss
  • Upper Body Workouts for Transmasculine People to Help Build Muscle and Confidence
  • The Best 15 Minute Workouts for Strength, Conditioning, and More
  • The Best Kettlebell Strength Circuit To Improve Your Lifts
  • The Best Kettlebell Workouts for Strength, Muscle Mass, Beginners, and More
  • 5 At-Home Workouts for Strength, Muscle Growth, Power, and More
  • The Best Bodyweight Workouts for Muscle, Beginners, Mobility, and More
  • The Best Core Workouts for Strength, Muscle, and Power
  • The Best Lower Body Workouts for Strength, Fat Loss, Muscle Growth, and More
  • How Do You Create An At-Home Workout Routine To Match Your Goals?
  • 4 Full Body Bodyweight AMRAP Workouts To Maintain Strength
  • 20 Weights-Free Exercises to Help Your Deadlift Strength
  • 6 Serious Battle Rope Circuits to Build Your Core and Shoulders
  • 5 Kettlebell Circuits That Will Maximize Your Endurance
  • Squats Causing You Low Back Pain? Try This Unilateral Leg Workout
  • The Surprising Benefits of Doing Push-Ups In the Sand
  • How to Work Out With a Tire and Sledgehammer
  • 3 Ways to Build a Kettlebell Pyramid Workout
  • Low Impact, HIIT 15-Minute Kettlebell Circuit

Workouts

  • The Benefits of Toe Spacers (and Who Should Use Them)
  • The Murph CrossFit Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Experience Level
  • The CrossFit Nancy Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The CrossFit Karen Workout, Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The CrossFit Grace Workout Explained and Scaled for Every Skill Level
  • The Best CrossFit Workouts for Building Muscle to Forge Bigger, Stronger Muscles
  • Your Guide to CrossFit Benchmark Workouts
  • The Best Sprint Workouts for Strength Athletes to Improve Conditioning and Power
  • How to Design CrossFit Workouts for Building Muscle
  • Your Complete Guide to Bodyweight Training
  • Try These Cable Biceps Workouts for Different Experience Levels
  • Is Running or Rowing Better for Strength Athletes?
  • Try These 5 Hotel Room Workouts to Stay Fit on the Road
  • What is the Suicide Grip and Is it Safe?
  • How to Do the Triceps Kickback for Thicker Arms and a Stronger Lockout
  • 7 Household Items That Double as Fitness Equipment
  • Here’s How to Do a Dynamic Squat Warm Up for Bigger Lifts
  • The Best EMOM Workouts for Strength, Endurance, and Mass
  • How to Modify Your Workouts for Strength Gains
  • Upper Body Workouts for Transmasculine People to Help Build Muscle and Confidence
  • The Best 15 Minute Workouts for Strength, Conditioning, and More
  • How to Find Your Ideal Exercise Frequency
  • The Best Kettlebell Workouts for Strength, Muscle Mass, Beginners, and More
  • 5 At-Home Workouts for Strength, Muscle Growth, Power, and More
  • 6 Ice Bath Benefits That May Convince You To Take the Plunge
  • The Best Bodyweight Workouts for Muscle, Beginners, Mobility, and More
  • The Best Core Workouts for Strength, Muscle, and Power
  • Muscle Atrophy Explained — How to Bounce Back From Time Off
  • The Best Lower Body Workouts for Strength, Fat Loss, Muscle Growth, and More

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