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A useful skill that every strength athlete, coach, and trainer should possess is how to build calculators in Excel. This provides one with the ability to find their 1-rep max and easily program percentages ... Continue Reading

We’re simple people at BarBend. When we see Clarence Kennedy post a video, we watch. The Irish weightlifter — variously known in internet circles as Harry Potter and Clark Kent, and the Irish Hulk — is ... Continue Reading

After five weeks and five grueling, boundary-pushing workouts, Sara Sigmundsdottir and Mat Fraser have been announced as the winners of the 2017 CrossFit Open. Sigmundsdottir's ... Continue Reading

To sum up college in one intro to an article is nearly impossible. For most, it's a time in life when you begin to transition from being looked after to doing the looking after. The looking after is ... Continue Reading

As a broadcaster, I have enjoyed the best seat in the house at all of the major strongman contests in the last two years. My job as the color man is to point out the interesting aspects of the action and ... Continue Reading

We all get into lifting for different reasons. But for many it’s for the looks, whether that’s improving the look of their body or the desire to do impressive looking physical feats. How many started ... Continue Reading

The last week of the CrossFit® Open is finally here. If you've been following each week's action, then you're more than likely relieved at what workout 17.5 entails. This week's workout is a ... Continue Reading

Congratulations to every athlete who's competed in the 2017 CrossFit® Open this year, as you've made it to the final week. This year's Open has been filled with tons of ups and downs and has ... Continue Reading

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article stated that Travis Mayer won 17.4, but previously posted results were changed due to Travis Mayer receiving a 5-rep penalty on his performance. The 2013 ... Continue Reading

The old mantra of "squat, bench, dead," really understates the complexity of powerlifting. This is a sport that requires brains: technique, proprioception, mobility, and diet all need to be precisely ... Continue Reading

“It’s working your delts, your tris, your plaps, all your major chest muscle groups. “ Comedians Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, under the extremely fake names of Chop and Steele, came up with a plan: ... Continue Reading

While strongman has come a long way over the past several decades, there are a few events that have fallen out of popularity. In this article, I argue for their re-introduction in competition. Fridge ... Continue Reading

Matthias Steiner's retirement from weightlifting has been anything but boring. The world-renowned, Olympic gold medal-winning weightlifter will go down in history for his extraordinary win at the 2008 ... Continue Reading

The 2017 Canadian Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships are currently underway. The Championships started Wednesday March 15th and go until Saturday the 18th. If you're interested in watching, ... Continue Reading

Two more weeks remain in the 2017 CrossFit® Open as we continue on the roller coaster ride these first three weeks brought. This week's CrossFit Open workout 17.4 was announced live by Dave Castro in ... Continue Reading

Blaine Sumner has just given one of the most accurate, even-handed comparisons of raw versus equipped powerlifting that we've ever seen. The "Vanilla Gorilla" has an incredible number of titles ... Continue Reading

What do you qualify as a heavy bench press? Most will say a 300, 400, 500 lb bench press, but what about 600+ lbs — raw? This is a strength feat there very few accomplish in lifetimes spent lifting. ... Continue Reading