The popular song "Flower" (known to most as "Bring Sally Up") by pop artist Moby is making another resurgence with a fitness challenge attached to it. A few years ago, the song gained popularity when it ... Continue Reading
I’m a Professional Powerlifter. This Is What I Think About Weightlifting
Last month, we saw the last lifts of an historic weekend in the history of American weightlifting. The Weightlifting World Championships in Anaheim were marked by incredible performances by Team USA – but ... Continue Reading
The Secret to This 71-Year-Old’s World Record Mile: Lots of Strength Training
Running and strength training aren't always synonymous with each other — at least in the mainstream consciousness — but there's no denying that they can hold benefits for each other's performance. The ... Continue Reading
Under the Weather? Consider These Tips Before Hitting the Gym
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and when friends come calling… they’re probably sick. Seriously, it’s like an epidemic: April showers might bring May flowers, but you can count on cold November ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Drops First Hint for 2018 CrossFit Open
With 2017 in the past, we're now moving towards an exciting new 2018 CrossFit Games season. Dave Castro wasted no time dropping hints for this year's CrossFit Open Workouts. And in true Castro fashion, can ... Continue Reading
Plate Pinch Press – Muscles Worked, Exercise Demo, and Benefits
To build a bigger chest, many of us turn to more volume and heavy bench pressing. While these methods are key to building solid slabs of muscle and maximizing growth, they can often lead to overtraining ... Continue Reading
5 Strength Training “Rules” You Can Completely Ignore
Health and fitness are fields that are meant to be firmly rooted in science, but that doesn’t prevent a lot of myths, misconceptions, and lies from circulating the industry — and interfering with your ... Continue Reading
A History of Stone Lifting and Strongman
Since the dawn of time, man has substituted athletic competition for fighting as a means to safely determine group structure and organization. Running, throwing, and lifting have been the basis for ... Continue Reading
BarBend’s Top 10 Strength Feats and Performances of 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, we wanted to take some time to reflect on some of this year's biggest lifts and performances across all strength sports. We chose our top picks based off multiple pieces of ... Continue Reading
5 Benefits of Muscle Cleans
The muscle clean is an Olympic weightlifting clean variation that can help all level lifters develop greater upper body pulling strength, balance in the leg drive of the pull, and proper racking ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Reebok Legacy Lifters
To finish up our 25 Days of Gifting extravaganza, BarBend and Reebok are giving one lucky winner a pair of Reebok Legacy Lifters! Our final giveaway of December is perfect for any strength athlete: A ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Onnit Supplement and Equipment Package
To continue our 25 Days of Gifting extravaganza, BarBend and Onnit are teaming up to give one lucky winner a holiday gift package featuring Onnit supplements and equipment! Love Onnit supplements? Love ... Continue Reading
Mat Fraser and Rich Froning Release Their Second Partner Challenge Workout
Get ready, because holiday season is prime time for the next iteration of #fraserfroningvstheworld. Do you and a friend have what it takes to beat two men with six individual CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Athletic Greens Christmas Bundle
To continue our 25 Days of Gifting extravaganza, BarBend and Athletic Greens are teaming up to give one lucky winner a holiday bundle package! The world's most famous greens supplement is ... Continue Reading
Should Weightlifters Do Hang Movements from Above or Below the Knee?
The hang position has many benefits for improving efficiency in the snatch and clean & jerk, such as more time under tension, increased back strength, and better awareness throughout the lifts. There ... Continue Reading
Our Favorite Sick Angles Photos from the 2017 Weightlifting World Championships
In the weightlifting world, Steve Galvan wears a lot of hats. He's an athlete, coach, announcer, and occasional color commentator. But he's probably best known internationally as the IWF's official ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: 2POOD Weightlifting Package
To continue our 25 Days of Gifting extravaganza, BarBend is teaming up with 2POOD to give one lucky winner an awesome package of weightlifting gear! Lift well, look good: BarBend and 2POOD are teaming ... Continue Reading
CrossFit® Athlete Armand Poreaux Trains with Cerebral Palsy and Excels Through Strength
If you're connected to the Instagram fitness world, then there's a good chance you've seen the video of CrossFit® athlete Armand Poreaux smoking a 70kg clean at his home box, Remes CrossFit. Within ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Myprotein Strength Supplement Package!
To continue our 25 Days of Gifting extravaganza, BarBend is teaming up with Myprotein to give one lucky winner an awesome package of strength supplements! [Interested in learning more about Myprotein? ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: BarBend Weightlifting Belt and Apparel Package
To continue our 25 Days of Gifting extravaganza, BarBend is giving one lucky winner one of our signature white weightlifting belts, plus other great BarBend apparel like socks and wrist wraps! The ... Continue Reading
How to Survive (and Even Embrace) Rest Days
Ah, rest days… we know we need them (or so we’ve been told), yet for some reason they are so difficult. If you’re anything like me, you probably operate under the notion that more is always better. You’ve ... Continue Reading
When to Use Straps in Powerlifting and Strongman
All strength sports have their own little quirks; powerlifting has sumo deadlifts, CrossFit has kipping, and strongman, well, strongman kind of has a few that irk others. But it isn’t the hitching or the ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Lift Lab Co. Weightlifting Apparel Package!
To continue our 25 Days of Gifting extravaganza, BarBend and Lift Lab Co are giving one lucky winner a HUGE apparel package (our biggest yet!) with multiple performance gear shirts, a Lift Lab Co backpack, ... Continue Reading
An Uncut and Unfiltered Interview With Strength Coach Mark Rippetoe
To date, this was one of the toughest interviews I've ever held. What do you ask one of the strength and conditioning world's better known coaches, who also writes for a living, and already has a boat load ... Continue Reading