On a day-to-day basis, it's generally understood that our bodies are probably not going to feel the same, especially when it comes to the feeling of fatigue. And when you factor in things like hour-long ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Clean & Jerks an Incredible 264kg
Over the weekend, Georgian superheavyweight weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze hit an absolutely massive clean & jerk at the Georgian National Weightlifting Championships. For the first time since the ... Continue Reading
10 Shoulder Press Variations to Build Upper Body Strength
The shoulder press is a movement used by most strength, power, and fitness athletes to increase overhead strength, pressing abilities, and add significant size and strength to the shoulders (and upper ... Continue Reading
Glutes Failing At Lockout? Try Partial Stiff Leg Deadlifts
One of the most common deadlift problems I see — in both beginners and advanced lifters alike — is lazy glutes. Ever seen the guy in the gym who blasts the bar off the floor on a heavy deadlift attempt, ... Continue Reading
The Benefits of Towel Pull-Ups, Rows, and Much More
Believe it or not, you have a tool that can strengthen your grip sitting in your room, and you probably use it for everything but grip training every single day. What's this magic exercise implement? A ... Continue Reading
Olympians Oleksiy Torokhtiy and Rebeka Koha Teach the Snatch
Say what you want, but we're firm believers in the fact that there can never be enough exercise tutorials on the internet, especially on the snatch. Sometimes a cue can be explained and demonstrated ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Heavy Thrusters
Heavy front squats and push presses are two movements that are beneficial for building strength, muscle mass, and athletic potential for strength, power, and fitness sports. Thrusters, often seen in ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Sets New Snatch and Clean & Jerk Records in Las Vegas
Eighteen-year-old weightlifting wunderkind Clarence "CJ" Cummings put on one of the most remarkable performances of his career at the American Open Series 3 (AO3), a competition that was held over the last ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Jen Thompson Has a New Bench Press Record With 145kg
Jennifer Thompson, the undisputed queen of the bench press, has bested her personal record yet again. The “132 Pounds of Power,” as she’s sometimes known, turned up to compete at the USA Powerlifting Bench ... Continue Reading
Sarah Robles Breaks 13 Year Old American Weightlifting Clean & Jerk Record
This past weekend, the USA Weightlifting American Open Series 3 (AO3) competition came to a conclusion in Las Vegas, Nevada. For US based weightlifters and for the sport of weightlifting, this event was ... Continue Reading
How Ultra High Rep (25+) Sets Can Improve Your Strength and Size
One of my favorite bodybuilding strategies involves ultra-high reps for growth: sets of 25, 50, or even 100. I love a challenge, and these ultra-high-rep sets require pushing yourself to the limit, even ... Continue Reading
10 Strength Athletes You Didn’t Realize Were in Movies
When you think about strength athletes that act, you probably think of the reigning World's Strongest Man™ Hafthor Bjornsson's role as The Mountain on Game of Thrones. Beyond that, well... ... Continue Reading
Brent Fikowski Goes to The CrossFit Games In This New, Surprisingly Funny Documentary
When’s the last time you saw a documentary that took you right into the heart of the Reebok CrossFit Games, but wasn’t an official documentary produced by CrossFit HQ? It doesn’t happen often, ... Continue Reading
Martin Tye Deadlifts a Record 500kg to Win World’s Strongest Disabled Man
When you hear “500-kilogram deadlift” you probably think of 2018’s World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall, who became the first man to lift that weight in 2016. But he’s not the only person to hold 500 kilos in ... Continue Reading
New Elimination Style Format Coming to 2019 CrossFit Games
Over the weekend, Armen Hammer released a video that revealed more details and further clarification for some the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games changes. In the report from the video on ArmenHammerTV's YouTube ... Continue Reading
The Carnivore Diet: Does Eating 100% Meat Work?
If you’d thought extreme low-carb regimes had peaked with keto, remember that the human appetite for weird diets knows no bounds. Enter 2018’s fastest-growing nutrition trend and easily one of the most ... Continue Reading
Strongman Iron Biby Breaks Human Shoulder Press World Record
There are few things better than starting your day by watching a professional strongman athlete smash a Guinness World Record. The latest strongman to stake his claim in the Guinness Worlds Records book is ... Continue Reading
Why Kate Vibert Is the Next Big Name to Watch for USA Weightlifting
Based out of Michigan, Team USA weightlifter Kate Vibert has had an explosive past few years on the national stage for the sport of weightlifting. This year alone, Vibert has demonstrated that her progress ... Continue Reading
Greg Glassman Reveals More Changes to the CrossFit Games in New Interview
The CrossFit Games is in a state of uncertainty at the moment. In a lengthy article published by The Morning Chalk Up a couple of weeks ago, CrossFit’s CEO and founder Greg Glassman started to reveal ... Continue Reading
6 Reasons You Suck at Powerlifting Meets
You did it: you took the journey and brought your friends and family along – you competed in a powerlifting meet. Leading up to it, you posted training video after training video on social media, snapped ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Breaks Another Weight Over Bar World Record
Over the weekend, the 153rd Scottish Highland Gathering and Games took place in Pleasanton, California. Every year, the Games bring thousands of event-goers together to celebrate a weekend of heritage ... Continue Reading
Interview: Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet Hopes to Compete at Tokyo Olympics
There aren’t many women who have been crowned the Fittest Woman on Earth™ and Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet remains one of the strongest forces in the sport of CrossFit. One of the few athletes to have competed ... Continue Reading
Eric Lilliebridge Is Squatting Back In the Thousands, Hits 461kg Easily
We're about six and half weeks out from the ProRaw Big Dogs 3 powerlifting meet, which is taking place in Melbourne, Australia on October 14th, and Eric Lilliebridge is progressing on his normal pre-meet ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting: 3 Things I Learned Getting Injured In Meet Prep
Over the weekend, I competed at Pioneer’s Tribute meet in San Antonio, Texas. I live in Texas, and I truly believe in Pioneer and what that company does for powerlifting, so I was really excited for this ... Continue Reading