This article does not constitute medical advice. Please see your licensed medical physician for information about how best to manage diabetes in your individual case. It's always a good idea ... Continue Reading
Review: Generation Iron 2 Is an Unfocused Snapshot of Modern Bodybuilding
We've been counting the days since Generation Iron 2 was announced last year. A spiritual sequel of the 1977 masterpiece Pumping Iron, which chronicled the rivalry between a young Arnold ... Continue Reading
Watch Kenya’s First Female Olympian Weightlifter Train With Her Daughter
"I'm the best female weightlifter in Kenya," says Mercy Obiero in the opening moments of Pumping Iron With Kenya's Strongest Mother and Daughter. The second line is from her daughter Natasha: "My goal ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2017 USA Weightlifting National Championships
This weekend is the 2017 USA Weightlifting National Championships, which is being held May 11-14th in Chicago, Illinois. If you're interested in checking in on your favorite athletes, then check ... Continue Reading
Is Charles Okpoko the Next Great Thing in Powerlifting?
At the ripe old age of 21, Charles Okpoko has built quite an impressive list of powerlifting accomplishments. A brief list of his accomplishments can be seen below, and keep in mind, he's only been ... Continue Reading
Swearing Improves Strength and Stamina, Says New Study
It’s the last five minutes of an intense workout, your body is screaming at you to stop, your mind is screaming back at it to keep going! Keep going! You can do it! You can do it you m**********r! We’ve ... Continue Reading
Bar and Plate Giveaway from Pure Strength
This giveaway concluded - and the winner is: Jeff Craft from Bloomington, Indiana! Congrats Jeff, and thanks to all who entered! BarBend and Pure Strength are teaming up to give one lucky strength ... Continue Reading
Everything You Want to Know About USA Weightlifting’s Development Camps
When news broke earlier this week about USA Weightlifting's brand new talent development camps, the organization was flooded with questions from hopeful young athletes wanting to attend and seasoned ... Continue Reading
Important: There’s an Instagram of People Snatching Snack Food
Rubbing our eyes and wearily sipping our morning coffees, the BarBend team sat at our desks this morning and opened our laptops. As the screens flickered to life and we began our morning ritual of looking ... Continue Reading
What Are Your Thoughts on the Nike Romaleos 3 Freedom?
As we head into the spring and summer, it only seems fitting that Nike drop a new color scheme for the Nike Romaleos 3 geared towards representing the USA. We're not sure if this was done in an attempt to ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces Development Camps to Identify Top Youth Athletes
Yesterday, USA Weightlifting made an exciting new announcement in regards to youth level weightlifting. They're launching development camps across the nation to help introduce new athletes ... Continue Reading
Predicting the 2017 World’s Strongest Man
Shortly after Hafthor Bjornsson leaked their qualification groups, the World’s Strongest Man shared the official heats for 2017. The final events are now public, and the top strength athletes are preparing ... Continue Reading
Olympians and Pioneers: Celebrating American Weightlifting’s Female Greats
I am a weightlifting fan. More specifically, I am an American Weightlifting Fan. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching Lydia Valentin and cheered my heart out for her to medal at the Olympics, but ... Continue Reading
Watch This 70-Year-Old Dominate His Final Powerlifting Meet
At BarBend, we're big fans of videos of strength athletes crushing PRs and pulling heavy lifts at an older age. (Some of our favorites include Fred Rice deadlifting 520 pounds on his 72nd birthday and ... Continue Reading
How Being Stressed Can Impact Your Strength Training
When it comes to strength training, stress can be something of a double-edged sword. We need stress to grow physically. For example, every time we pick up a weight, we're producing a calculated stress on ... Continue Reading
New Documentary: A Day In the Life of Mat Fraser, the Fittest Man On Earth
If you've ever wanted to follow The Fittest Man on Earth™ throughout a day of training, you're in luck. Bodybuilding.com and NF Sports (one of Fraser's sponsors) have come together to film this ... Continue Reading
Can Zydrunas Savickas Win the 2017 World’s Strongest Man?
Zydrunas Savickas has been racing against Brian Shaw to tie Mariusz Pudzianowski’s all-time record of five WSM championships, but he may be too rusty to defeat Shaw in the 2017 World’s Strongest Man. If ... Continue Reading
Foam Rollers – How to Use, Benefits, and Best Exercises
Once an obscure tool for self-massage, today it’s rare to find a commercial gym without an area dedicated to foam rolling, and with good reason. When used correctly, foam rolling can be used for myofascial ... Continue Reading
D’Angelo Osorio Sets a New PWA Clean & Jerk Record With 215Kg
D’Angelo Osorio has proven himself a force to be reckoned with. The 105-kilogram weightlifter (who rose to fame as a 94-kilo junior) set a person record and a new PWA record this weekend at a meet ... Continue Reading
Watch the Jerry Pritchett Documentary About His 1,031lb Deadlift
The full-length Jerry Pritchett documentary, Be Legendary, has been released on YouTube, and at sixteen minutes long, it’s the perfect length for your next lunch break. We first covered the trailer for ... Continue Reading
Strongman Showdown: Can Eddie Hall Beat Brian Shaw in 2017?
Perhaps the only person as tenacious as Eddie Hall is an Eddie Hall fan. Strength enthusiasts seem to rally behind him more than any other strongman. This claim is not merely anecdotal, though teems of ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces 2017 Summer Universiade Team
Earlier tonight, USA Weightlifting announced the official lineup for their Summer Universiade Team, the group of young American athletes who are headed to Taipei to compete from August 19-30 of this ... Continue Reading
What It REALLY Means to Build a Functional Fitness Community
In the modern era of exercise, health, and wellness, functional fitness is the new craze. Many of the old powerhouse “globo gyms” have seen a large drop off in memberships to smaller, community based ... Continue Reading
Can Hafthor Bjornsson Dethrone Brian Shaw at the 2017 World’s Strongest Man?
In 2016, only two points separated Hafthor Julius Bjornsson from the World’s Strongest Man title, then won by Brian Shaw. And in 2014, “Thor” was only half a point away from tying Zydrunas Savickas’ ... Continue Reading