Walking out of the workout drenched in sweat might look like the ultimate signal of a fast and furious workout. It’s easy to think that if you don’t have to wring out your gym shirt, you didn’t even try. ... Continue Reading
Want To Find the Right Personal Trainer? Here’s How
A good personal trainer can play a gigantic role in how quickly you start making progress in the gym. Their main purpose is to help you skip over the errors that many people make when trying to navigate ... Continue Reading
The Complete Guide to Nailing Your First Weightlifting Meet
Weightlifting is a competitive sport. The longer you practice it, the better your lifts get, especially when just starting out. As your lifts improve, the challenge of how much you can lift begins to creep ... Continue Reading
Strongman Mitchell Hooper — A Career in Strength & Deadlift Tips From a 1,000-Pound Puller
Mitchell “The Moose” Hooper wants to help you feel better, one thousand-pound deadlift at a time. For the Ontario-area native, the sport of strongman is both a personal calling and a stepping stone to ... Continue Reading
The Fat Loss Myth You Want to Be True: Spot Fat Reduction
You do everything your coach tells you to do. You’re working out three or four times a week; you’re going on long walks on your active recovery days; you’re actually eating fruit and veggies every single ... Continue Reading
So How Do Smartphones Affect Your Workout, Anyway?
Of all the places a person keeps their phone strapped to them — in the car, the bathroom, on their desk at work — using your phone at the gym seems to make sense. Your epic gym playlist is on your phone; ... Continue Reading
So Is Fasted Cardio Worth It or Nah?
Your time at the gym can be dictated by a lot of different things. Sometimes, you want to improve your mental health, have a good time, or focus on making your body stronger. Other times, you have more ... Continue Reading
Every Winner of the Arnold Classic South America Bodybuilding Show
Starting in 1989, Arnold Schwarzenegger's namesake show — the Arnold Classic — sees athletes travel worldwide to compete in Columbus, OH. With a rapid rise in popularity and the inclusion of more strength ... Continue Reading
How Computers and the Internet Transformed Powerlifting Forever
How do you plan your workouts? It’s a simple question, but one which begets a variety of answers. Some individuals may train by instinct, others rely on personal trainers to do the planning for them. A ... Continue Reading
9 Nostalgic and Motivating Workout Montages
There are a few things that Hollywood just never seems to get right. Telephone etiquette, computer “hacking” and, perhaps chief among the most commonly-defiled actions to grace the silver screen, exercise ... Continue Reading
10 Competitors We Want to See Compete in the Masters Olympia Reboot
One of the most discussed topics in the early portion of the bodybuilding season has been the potential return of the Masters Olympia competition. Ever since Olympia owner Jake Wood teased the return of ... Continue Reading
Does Working Out Without Music Help (or Harm) Your Gains?
When you’re leaving the house before your workout, you’ve got to make sure you’ve assembled all of your gym essentials. From your water bottle to your training journal, you know the things you need to be ... Continue Reading
Interview: Strongman Martins Licis on the Ukraine, How He’s Training for the 2022 WSM, and More
2019 may have been the year of the pig, but in the strongman-sphere, it was more appropriately the year of “The Dragon.” Martins Licis became a rising star within a niche when he won the 2019 Arnold ... Continue Reading
What You Need to Know Before Visiting a Chiropractor
Whether you’re recovering from a training injury or are “I slept in the wrong position and now everything hurts” years old, you’re probably familiar with the aches and pains of being human. Ice baths ... Continue Reading
10 Different Ways to Burn 100 Calories Quickly
With the constantly rising popularity of smart watches, it seems like everyone is looking for the next best way to burn calories and stay in shape. However, doing the same thing over and over again because ... Continue Reading
Stats With a Story: 3 Baseball Statistics That Could Change How CrossFit Tracks Athlete Performance
Sports statistics has a long history. In baseball, the use of stats goes back to the early 1800s but didn't really start to take shape until 1867 when a man named Henry Chadwick wanted to recognize batters ... Continue Reading
A Look Back at Louie Simmons’ Greatest Achievements and Contributions to Strength Training & Sport
The strength sports community suffered a great loss on March 24, 2022, when legendary powerlifter and coach Louie Simmons passed away at the age of 74. Few people, living or dead, could claim to hold a ... Continue Reading
The History & Winners of the Masters Olympia Bodybuilding Competition
Back in the golden days of baseball, there was a “legends game” that featured many of the superstars of the past. This event was a treat for old fans, and it introduced icons of the sport to a younger ... Continue Reading
What to Know About Working Out on Your Period
Even if you love lifting, training consistently can be a challenge. Fluctuations in sleep levels, work stress, relationship dynamics, your mood, your mental health — everything affects your workouts and ... Continue Reading
Everything You Need to Know About the Cold Plunge
Especially if you’re from a chillier region, you might scoff at someone saying that 59 degrees is cold. But when the water you’re immersing yourself in is below 60 degrees, it’s definitely on the ... Continue Reading
You, The Pandemic, and Working Out
Two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic upended everyone’s lives, including how people exercised. At-home workouts increased during lockdowns and quarantine, as people turned to the comfort of their homes to ... Continue Reading
Pioneers of Power — These Are Some of the Strongest Women in History
Few questions in the annals of strength history are more difficult to answer than, "who is the strongest woman ever?" In some ways, such a prompt raises more questions of its own. Should you account for ... Continue Reading
How to Start Working Out Again After Top Surgery
So you’ve had or are about to have top surgery. If one of the first things on your mind is when you can get back to the gym after top surgery, you probably know that the idea of waiting to be able to work ... Continue Reading
How to Become a Morning (Workout) Person
Not everyone is an early bird. If your avian allegiance aligns with the night owls, the prospect of getting up at the crack of dawn to do anything more than grab a glass of water or use the restroom ... Continue Reading