We all know the reasons why people do not compete: they want to get stronger first, they want to lose weight first, they want to have a block of time to dedicate to training first, and so on. We also ... Continue Reading
8 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Champions Share Their Pre-Meet Meals
Have you ever wondered what some of the top powerlifting athletes eat before they compete? Maybe it's just me, or maybe you've wondered the same. With the conclusion of the 2018 IPF World Classic ... Continue Reading
Could Baking Soda Be the Best Workout Supplement You’ve Never Tried?
While this sounds like your grandma’s folksy remedy for a kickass workout, baking soda (also known as sodium bicarbonate) might actually have application for strength sports, especially metcons, HIIT, and ... Continue Reading
Happy Retirement: Watch the 4 Best Performances of Weightlifter Hsu Shu-Ching
At a press conference on June 5th one of Taiwan’s most celebrated weightlifters, Hsu Shu-Ching, officially announced her retirement at age 27. The -53kg Olympic gold medalist cited accumulated knee ... Continue Reading
Why Omega-3s Are Extra Helpful for Strength Athletes
Multivitamins and meal replacements will often be delighted to tell you that they provide all of your essential vitamins and minerals, but will conveniently leave off one nutrient that’s essential for ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Releases New Selection Procedures for Tokyo Olympics
USA Weightlifting has some news: their procedures for selecting the weightlifters who will compete in Tokyo have been approved by the United States Olympic Committee. They published their new procedures ... Continue Reading
Ray Williams Sets Deadlift Record and Wins 2018 IPF World Championships
The best raw male powerlifter in the IPF is once again the best raw male powerlifter in the IPF — Ray “Ray Ray” Williams has won the 2018 World Championships. If we had to pick one lift Williams is ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Daniella Melo Sets 4 Powerlifting World Records, Wins Championship At 19 Years Old
Over the weekend, we saw the final athletes take the platform at the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships, and there was no shortness of excitement. On Saturday, the -84kg female athletes ... Continue Reading
The 5 Best 2018 World’s Strongest Man Moments (Official Footage!)
Fans hungry for official footage of this year’s World’s Strongest Man competition need wait no longer, because we’ve got some exclusive footage directly from our sources at WSM. After its conclusion in ... Continue Reading
Luke Richardson Lives Up to the Hype, Sets 370kg Junior Deadlift World Record
Yesterday, we saw the final athletes take the stage for the junior powerlifters at the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. British powerlifter Luke Richardson could best be described as ... Continue Reading
Ray Williams Sinks Two 1,000+ lb Squats In His Thrilling IPF Worlds Feature
"Ultimately, your best lifter will come when you turn that human sign off because honestly, truthfully, we do stuff on the platform that the human body wasn't designed to do." - Ray Williams. That's the ... Continue Reading
How a 4-Time American Ninja Warrior™ Trains for Victory
Strength sports are awesome, but let’s be honest, it’s still pretty hard to get the average American excited to watch them on TV. They’re still sports that require a pretty intimate understanding of what’s ... Continue Reading
Clarence Kennedy Smokes Three 215kg (474 lb) Clean Singles
It's been a while since we've written about Irish weightlifter Clarence Kennedy crushing big weight. In fact, it's been over a few months, and the last time we featured Kennedy was back in January ... Continue Reading
On to the Games: 2018 CrossFit Games Regionals Week 3 Recap
With this weekend's epic conclusion, we now know who's officially moving on the to 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin. It seems like only yesterday the 2018 CrossFit Open was kicking off, ... Continue Reading
Win a Modular Power Rack with Attachments from Force USA!
BarBend and Force USA are teaming up to give one lucky winner our biggest giveaway prize yet: Their very own Power Rack with some amazing attachments! This prize package is valued at nearly $1,200, ... Continue Reading
5 Professional Strongmen Give Their Best Advice to New Athletes
Getting started in any competitive arena can be a very stressful time, and starting Strongman is no different. With all the information we have access to these days it can cause a bit of information ... Continue Reading
Daniella Melo Goes Big With Her Latest 227.5kg (501 lb) Squat PR
Less than three weeks out. The IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships are quickly approaching. This year, the Championships are taking place in Calgary, Canada and are set to kick off on June 5th ... Continue Reading
Terry Hollands Sets a New Bus Pull World Record
After competing in the qualifying events Terry Hollands didn’t make it to the finals of this year’s World’s Strongest Man, but the thirty-eight-year-old has shown that he’s still a world class ... Continue Reading
-105kg Weightlifter Wes Kitts Wins Gold at 2018 Pan Ams
Wes Kitts has done it. After earning silver at last year’s Pan American Weightlifting Championships, the 27-year-old weightlifter returned to the contest to take first place in the extremely competitive ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Sets American Records, Caitlin Hogan Takes Silver At Pan Ams
Currently, USA Weightlifting is in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic competing at the 2018 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships. The competition kicked off May 12th and runs through May 18th, ... Continue Reading
Chakera Holcomb Sets Highest All-Time Wilks Score By Nearly 30 Points
This past weekend, there were a ton of insane strength feats that went down at the Kern US Open, but none may be as impressive as Chakera Holcomb's performance to set the highest all-time Wilks ... Continue Reading
Why Probiotics Are Extra Beneficial for Athletes
In nutrition science, a lot changes and a lot stays the same. Sure, there’s something of a divide between the low-fat and low-carb fans, but pretty much everyone agrees on the big picture: lots of plants, ... Continue Reading
A Ladies’ Guide to Your First Pull-Up
It's possibly the most difficult bodyweight movement for women to learn. One of the fundamental building blocks of many calisthenic movements. The white rabbit many of us have been chasing through the ... Continue Reading
2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals Workouts 5 and 6 Announced (All Events Included)
Yesterday, CrossFit HQ dropped the final events for the 2018 CrossFit Regionals competitions. The first week of the Regionals competitions kick off next week on Friday, and we'll get a glimpse of what ... Continue Reading