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  • Meal Prep Like a Shredded Bodybuilder

    Meal Prep Like a Shredded Bodybuilder

    Building a shredded bodybuilding physique requires more than hours of intense weightlifting. As the saying goes, “Abs are made in the kitchen.” A balanced intake of macronutrients — protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats — is essential, so what should you eat to meet nutritional goals? (1) Recently, bodybuilder Christian Guzman shared insights into his meal prep routine for maintaining his peeled…

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  • 2025 World’s Strongest Man Rayno Nel Interview: “I’m Still New to the Sport

    2025 World’s Strongest Man Rayno Nel Interview: “I’m Still New to the Sport

  • 2025 Western Canada’s Strongest Man Results

    2025 Western Canada’s Strongest Man Results

  • Hay Bales and Heavy Lifts — Gui Malheiros and Arielle Loewen Are “Rancher Strong”

    Hay Bales and Heavy Lifts — Gui Malheiros and Arielle Loewen Are “Rancher Strong”

Crossfit

  • Hay Bales and Heavy Lifts — Gui Malheiros and Arielle Loewen Are “Rancher Strong”

    Hay Bales and Heavy Lifts — Gui Malheiros and Arielle Loewen Are “Rancher Strong”

    While some eyes were focused on the 2025 Northern California Classic last weekend, another competition was going down in Texas at the Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The first-ever Red Bull Rancher Strong event, hosted by Red Bull athlete Noah Ohlsen, combined strength tests and obstacles. Gui Malheiros and Arielle Loewen were among…

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  • HYROX World Championships 2025: How to Watch, Rosters, and Schedule

    HYROX World Championships 2025: How to Watch, Rosters, and Schedule

  • Comebacks, Chaos, and Controversy at the 2025 NorCal Classic: Here’s What You Missed

    Comebacks, Chaos, and Controversy at the 2025 NorCal Classic: Here’s What You Missed

  • 10-Year CrossFit Gym Owner Patrick Heringer Killed During Home Invasion

    10-Year CrossFit Gym Owner Patrick Heringer Killed During Home Invasion

Strongman

  • 2025 World’s Strongest Man Rayno Nel Interview: “I’m Still New to the Sport

    2025 World’s Strongest Man Rayno Nel Interview: “I’m Still New to the Sport

    The 2025 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) contest in Sacramento, CA, was one for the history books. For the first time in the competition’s history, a strongman from South Africa hoisted gold over his head atop the podium. Rayno Nel didn’t just beat the two most recent WSM champions, Tom Stoltman and Mitchell Hooper, who stood…

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  • 2025 Western Canada’s Strongest Man Results

    2025 Western Canada’s Strongest Man Results

  • 2025 Strongman Champions League Italy Results

    2025 Strongman Champions League Italy Results

  • 2025 Beast of the East Strongman Results

    2025 Beast of the East Strongman 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

  • Larry Wheels’ Private Powerlifting Meet Results

    Larry Wheels’ Private Powerlifting Meet Results

    Powerlifter turned Classic Physique bodybuilder Larry Wheels hosted an exclusive powerlifting meet at his One Gen Gym in Claremont, California, on May 24, 2025. He gathered some of the sport’s biggest names for this private event, including Dan Green, Stefi Cohen, and Tyson Ridenour. Ridenour first made waves in 2021 at age 19 when he set a record-breaking deadlift of 855 pounds (388 kilograms).…

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  • Your Month-Long Strength Program Designed by an Elite Powerlifter

    Your Month-Long Strength Program Designed by an Elite Powerlifter

  • Sonita Muluh (+84KG) Hits Squat and Bench Press PR Doubles in Training

    Sonita Muluh (+84KG) Hits Squat and Bench Press PR Doubles in Training

  • 3 Pro Powerlifting Tips to Build a Bigger Squat 

    3 Pro Powerlifting Tips to Build a Bigger Squat 

Bodybuilding

  • 2025 DC Pro Bodybuilding Show Results

    2025 DC Pro Bodybuilding Show Results

    The 2025 DC Pro was held in Manassas, VA, on Saturday, June 7, and promoter Gary Udit held two 2025 Olympia Weekend qualifying shows for the Men’s Physique and Bikini divisions. The winners of each contest would be eligible to represent their divisions on the Olympia stage in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 9-12, 2025. Diogo Basaglia (Men’s Physique)…

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  • 2025 Southern California Pro Wellness Show Results

    2025 Southern California Pro Wellness Show Results

  • 2025 Oklahoma Pro Classic Physique Show Results

    2025 Oklahoma Pro Classic Physique Show Results

  • 2025 Thailand Pro Results

    2025 Thailand Pro Results

More News

  • 2025 Moscow Strongman Open Results

    2025 Moscow Strongman Open Results

    The 2025 Moscow Open occurred on June 7, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. The contest featured eight strongmen representing the host country, testing their strength in five events: Log Press, Farmer’s Walk, Tire Flip, Sack Carry, and Pole Push. Roman Druzhinin won gold with 39 of a possible 40 points. His near-perfect performance was blemished only…

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  • 2025 Toronto Pro Supershow Results

    2025 Toronto Pro Supershow Results

  • 2025 DC Pro Bodybuilding Show Results

    2025 DC Pro Bodybuilding Show Results

  • 2025 Southern California Pro Wellness Show Results

    2025 Southern California Pro Wellness Show Results

  • 2025 Oklahoma Pro Classic Physique Show Results

    2025 Oklahoma Pro Classic Physique Show Results

  • 10-Year CrossFit Gym Owner Patrick Heringer Killed During Home Invasion

    10-Year CrossFit Gym Owner Patrick Heringer Killed During Home Invasion

  • 2025 Thailand Pro Results

    2025 Thailand Pro Results

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