Oh yes, you read that correctly. We may be seeing Rogue Fitness barbells in new, bright colors in the near future. But how soon? Rogue Fitness has yet to release an official date of when these barbells ... Continue Reading
The Nordic Ham Curl: Pros, Cons, and Benefits
Some exercises go through phases in the fitness industry. First, they’re thought of as useless and not functional, then they’re considered as incredible cure-alls, and finally they settle somewhere in the ... Continue Reading
66kg Clifton Pho Deadlifts an Epic 285kg for New World Record (4.3 Times Bodyweight)
Junior Canadian powerlifter Clifton Pho has left his mark on the IPF's world record books after his latest performance at the 2017 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. Pho, 22, competes in the ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Repeats, Wins 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championship
Lifting at around 4:30am Eastern Standard Time, USA Weightlifting's CJ Cummings won his second straight Junior World Championship at the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tokyo, Japan. It's ... Continue Reading
How Battle Ropes Can Improve Powerlifting and Weightlifting
Battle ropes have been misused, misunderstood, and mistaken as a fad workout tool that traumatizes the shoulders and achieves little more than looking cool. We get it. Usually when an exercise looks as ... Continue Reading
11 Struggles People Who Work Out in the Evening Understand
Maybe you’ve heard that evening sweat sessions could bring on insomnia or that evening exercisers are less likely to stick with a workout. But sometimes waking up before the sun rises sounds about as ... Continue Reading
Watch John Cena Deadlift Jimmy Fallon On the Tonight Show
This may not be a new world record lift, but it's definitely a first for Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and guest star John Cena. In a recent interview on the show, Fallon brings up Cena's viral 600+ lb ... Continue Reading
2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships: U.S. Team, Schedule, & How to Watch
The IWF Junior World Championships start this Friday, June 16th in Tokyo and runs for an entire week, and we’ve heard it from the folks at USA Weightlifting themselves: CJ Cummings may be gearing up ... Continue Reading
Dimitar Savatinov One-Arm Presses 143kg for New World Record
This weekend at the St Mary's Stadium in Southhampton, England, the Ultimate Strongman Summermania contest took place. Ten of strongman's top athletes went head-to-head in a series of five events with one ... Continue Reading
Could This 3D Tracking Technology Create the Perfect Weightlifter?
As strength sports have grown, so has the selection of technology coaches, scientists, and athletes can use to perfect their lifts. From force plates to infrared cameras, the industry continues to improve ... Continue Reading
2020 Tokyo Olympics: Gender Equality for Weightlifting, But Men Lose Weight Class
In a press release published on the International Olympic Committee's website, the IOC announced the total number of weightlifting athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be reduced to 196 (compared to 260 ... Continue Reading
Only 6 People Have Officially Clean & Jerked Triple Bodyweight (in Competition)
If you can clean & jerk your bodyweight, you're no longer a novice at Olympic weightlifting. If you clean & jerk double your bodyweight, depending on how much you weigh, you’re likely approaching ... Continue Reading
5 Reasons Why Everyone Should Train With Gymnastic Rings
In the wide world of fitness, where there’s a different contraption for isolating almost every individual muscle in the body, the idea of two rings hanging in the air, each suspended by a strap, seems ... Continue Reading
Throwback: Hafthor Bjornsson Spars with Connor McGregor
If you’ve ever wanted to see Conor McGregor on Game of Thrones, this is as close as you’ll get. The video below of McGregor and Hafthor Bjornsson — who, of course, plays menacing kind-of-zombie The ... Continue Reading
What’s the Best Time to Work Out? (For Strength, Power, and Fat Loss)
What's the best time to work out? The short answer: It depends. I'm currently in that awkward transition between switching from evening workouts to morning, and I'm not going to lie, it hasn't ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Is Interested in Becoming an Olympic Weightlifter
After finally winning World's Strongest Man last week in a hotly contested one-point win over Iceland's Hafthor Bjornsson, Eddie Hall announced that he was retiring from World's Strongest Man ... Continue Reading
Brooke Ence Talks Playing an Amazonian Warrior in Wonder Woman
Hey, have you heard they made a Wonder Woman movie? You have? Well, you might not know that elite CrossFit Games athlete Brooke Ence was cast in it as a butt-kicking Amazonian warrior ... Continue Reading
So You Wanna Be A Powerlifter? Breaking Down the Sport’s Federations
So, you wanna be a powerlifter, but you’re not sure where to start? Over the next 12 weeks Calgary Barbell has teamed up with BarBend to release weekly YouTube videos to guide you to your first ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Meridian Regional Recap: Holte, Gudmundsson Win, Aegidius Makes Return
One of CrossFit's most hotly contested Regional competitions ended with excitement and heartbreak on Sunday in Spain. When the dust settled, many familiar faces long associated with the CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Steve Cotter Talks Kettlebell Training for Weightlifters and Powerlifters
Steve Cotter is one of the best known kettlebell experts on Earth, though "kettlebell missionary" might be a more apt term. He spends the bulk of the year traveling the globe promoting kettlebells and ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Heart Rate Variability and Strength Training
There are a lot of things that can affect your strength levels, which makes it super difficult to know whether or not your workout is going to be awesome or terrible on any given day. This is where heart ... Continue Reading
Are These the First Pics of Adidas’ 2018 Lifting Shoes? (Leistung, Powerlift, and More)
Out of all the companies that make lifting shoes, it seems like Adidas is the brand that's constantly updating their models, releasing new color schemes, and tweaking shoes based off of user ... Continue Reading
Why People Get Hooked on Weightlifting
A few days ago, the father of one of my teammates gave me a call to talk to about my performance at the National Championships as well as a few other ideas he had. He also happens to be a coach for a high ... Continue Reading
10 Undeniable Benefits of the Clean & Jerk
Sometimes, people are confused as to how Olympic weightlifting is just two exercises: the snatch and the clean & jerk. (And formerly the clean & press, which was part of the sport in the ... Continue Reading