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  • 2025 Sheru Classic Bharat Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    2025 Sheru Classic Bharat Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    The 2025 Sheru Classic Bharat Pro is slated for the weekend of May 30 through June 1, 2025, in Delhi, India. Promoter Sheru Aangrish will host 2025 Olympia Weekend qualifying shows for the Classic Physique and Men’s Physique categories.  Nineteen pros have signed up to compete for those qualification positions. The winners will be eligible to compete in…

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  • 2025 Legion Sports Fest Pro Preview

    2025 Legion Sports Fest Pro Preview

  • The Workout That Transformed Jeff Nippard’s Physique

    The Workout That Transformed Jeff Nippard’s Physique

  • Jay Cutler Uses Pyramid Sets and Trains Calves on Chest Day

    Jay Cutler Uses Pyramid Sets and Trains Calves on Chest Day

Crossfit

  • 2025 Syndicate Crown: How to Watch, Leaderboard, and 5 Things to Know

    2025 Syndicate Crown: How to Watch, Leaderboard, and 5 Things to Know

    The third of four North American In-Person Qualifying Events (IPQEs) this season begins on Friday at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, TN. It is also one of four IPQEs taking place worldwide this weekend. The Syndicate Crown features 40 men and 40 women competing for two spots each at this summer’s CrossFit Games in…

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  • 3 Reasons Ben Smith Could Qualify for the CrossFit Games This Weekend

    3 Reasons Ben Smith Could Qualify for the CrossFit Games This Weekend

  • How to Watch the 2025 Rebel Renegade Games and Far East Throwdown + Our Picks to Win

    How to Watch the 2025 Rebel Renegade Games and Far East Throwdown + Our Picks to Win

  • Why Mat Fraser and Josh Bridges Are Investing in Recovery — and Why You Should, Too

    Why Mat Fraser and Josh Bridges Are Investing in Recovery — and Why You Should, Too

Strongman

  • Why Mitchell Hooper Believes in Red Light Therapy

    Why Mitchell Hooper Believes in Red Light Therapy

    Three-time Arnold Strongman Classic champion and 2024 Strongest Man on Earth Mitchell Hooper may be the most strategic athlete in the sport. His attention to detail and technique have garnered him 24 straight podium finishes in his relatively short strongman career. “The Moose” applies that same attention to recovery and explains red light therapy’s involvement in mid-May 2025. Red…

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  • Use Pause Squats to Evolve Your Training

    Use Pause Squats to Evolve Your Training

  • Rayno Nel Won the 2025 World’s Strongest Man Because of the Smallest, Unlikeliest Detail

    Rayno Nel Won the 2025 World’s Strongest Man Because of the Smallest, Unlikeliest Detail

  • 2025 World’s Strongest Man Atlas Stones Results

    2025 World’s Strongest Man Atlas Stones Results

Weightlifting

  • China’s Weightlifting Team’s Core Training Floats Weights on Their Upper Back

    China’s Weightlifting Team’s Core Training Floats Weights on Their Upper Back

    The Chinese weightlifting team has dominated the global stage, with five of their six athletes clinching gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Their remarkable performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics saw eight Chinese weightlifters acquire seven golds and one silver.  In mid-April 2025, Shenzhen Weightlifting, a training association for elite weightlifters, shared the Chinese weightlifting team’s updated…

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  • IPF Bans Stiff Knee Sleeves

    IPF Bans Stiff Knee Sleeves

  • World Record Weightlifter Karlos Nasar Trains Like a Bodybuilder

    World Record Weightlifter Karlos Nasar Trains Like a Bodybuilder

  • Invictus Launches New Total Strength Program Created by Games Podium Athletes Sam Dancer and Holden Rethwill

    Invictus Launches New Total Strength Program Created by Games Podium Athletes Sam Dancer and Holden Rethwill

Powerlifting

  • 7 Old-Timey Feats of Strength That Still Impress

    7 Old-Timey Feats of Strength That Still Impress

    In a time before powerlifting meets, organized weightlifting competitions, and bodybuilding shows, strength athletes often showcased their talents at circuses and in vaudeville acts. Strength was more spectacle than sport at the time, so athletes needed to be as entertaining as they were physically impressive. Performers like Eugen Sandow and Arthur Saxon are typically cited as…

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  • 2025 IPF World Bench Press Championships Results

    2025 IPF World Bench Press Championships Results

  • Jesus Olivares (+120KG) Eyes Even Heavier IPF Squat Record with 440- and 455-Kilogram Singles in Training

    Jesus Olivares (+120KG) Eyes Even Heavier IPF Squat Record with 440- and 455-Kilogram Singles in Training

  • Train as Much as an Elite Powerlifter to Get Stronger

    Train as Much as an Elite Powerlifter to Get Stronger

Bodybuilding

  • The Workout That Transformed Jeff Nippard’s Physique

    The Workout That Transformed Jeff Nippard’s Physique

    Natural bodybuilder and science-based fitness educator Jeff Nippard dedicated the entirety of 2024 to evolving his physique naturally. Even after 15 years of training, dedicated training garnered 2.7 pounds of lean mass, measured by DEXA Scan, and increased his biceps peaks (measured via ultrasound).  In late May 2025, Nippard followed up with the routine that helped push…

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  • Jay Cutler Uses Pyramid Sets and Trains Calves on Chest Day

    Jay Cutler Uses Pyramid Sets and Trains Calves on Chest Day

  • Exclusive Interview: Akim Williams Expects Longer Off-Season to Pay 2025 Mr. Olympia Dividends

    Exclusive Interview: Akim Williams Expects Longer Off-Season to Pay 2025 Mr. Olympia Dividends

  • The PED Cycle Terrence Ruffin Takes During Contest Prep

    The PED Cycle Terrence Ruffin Takes During Contest Prep

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  • Exclusive Interview: Akim Williams Expects Longer Off-Season to Pay 2025 Mr. Olympia Dividends

    Exclusive Interview: Akim Williams Expects Longer Off-Season to Pay 2025 Mr. Olympia Dividends

    While many of bodybuilding’s best Men’s Open athletes battled it out on the 2025 Pittsburgh Pro stage — ultimately won by Derek Lunsford after a tie with Nick Walker in the final — another elite competitor was on the sidelines enjoying the action as a fan. Akim Williams was in the Steel City, appearing and scouting…

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  • Why Mat Fraser and Josh Bridges Are Investing in Recovery — and Why You Should, Too

    Why Mat Fraser and Josh Bridges Are Investing in Recovery — and Why You Should, Too

  • Michal “Krizo” Krizanek Plans for 2025 Prague Pro, Will Not Compete at 2025 Mr. Olympia

    Michal “Krizo” Krizanek Plans for 2025 Prague Pro, Will Not Compete at 2025 Mr. Olympia

  • Exclusive Interview: Sarah Villegas on Winning a Fifth Women’s Physique Olympia Title

    Exclusive Interview: Sarah Villegas on Winning a Fifth Women’s Physique Olympia Title

  • 3 Pro Powerlifting Tips to Build a Bigger Squat 

    3 Pro Powerlifting Tips to Build a Bigger Squat 

  • How to Watch the 2025 Torian Pro + 5 Quick Things to Know

    How to Watch the 2025 Torian Pro + 5 Quick Things to Know

  • Regan Grimes Ate Exactly 6 Grams of Salt During Prep to Win the 2025 California State Pro

    Regan Grimes Ate Exactly 6 Grams of Salt During Prep to Win the 2025 California State Pro

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