When you hear blood flow restricted (BFR) training, where does your mind go? Often times, it's to a bodybuilder with a strap around his or her arm doing preacher curls. Whether you've tried BFR training, ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Explains the Misconceptions on Raw Versus Equipped Powerlifting
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
Watch: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Workout Is a Lot Different than What We’d Expect
Now, this is a “making of” documentary we’re interested in seeing. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who possesses perhaps Hollywood’s most famous physique, had a first today: he let a camera crew film his ... Continue Reading
Jeremy Hoornstra Is Coming Dangerously Close to a 700lb Raw Bench Press
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
Weightlifter Matthias Steiner Just Dropped His First Pop Single and It’s Straight Fire
Well, Matthias Steiner can add "pop singer" to his long list of accomplishments — last night, the world-renowned and gold medal-winning Olympic weightlifter dropped his first single, "Zurückgeliebt," ... Continue Reading
How Do Your CrossFit® Open Scores Compare to These Celebrities?
The CrossFit® Open is in its third week, and we've seen a rollercoaster of ups and downs for many athletes. Possibly the best perk of the Open is comparing your scores to others nationwide, in your region, ... Continue Reading
17.3 CrossFit Open Workout Announced
We're another week closer to reaching the Reebok CrossFit® Games this August. Tonight marks the announce of workout 17.3, the third workout in the CrossFit Open. A lot has happened in the first two weeks ... Continue Reading
Why Some Lifters Bleed During Max Lifts (How Common Is It?)
Many strength athletes have either bled or at least seen another lifter bleed during a maximal lift in their career. It's not very common, and tends to happen most when lifters ... Continue Reading
Crystal Tate Becomes First Woman to Deadlift 600lbs Raw at -198lbs
Crystal Tate joined the handful of women to deadlift 600 lbs or more at the Arnold Classic this past weekend. She competed in the XPC Finals Full Power meet in the Pro Classic -198lb weight class. The ... Continue Reading
Karen Skalvoll Sets Deadlift World Record Despite Terminal Illness
There were more than a handful of records broken at this year's Arnold Classic. For example, Ray Williams claimed the highest raw squat, while Blaine Sumner squatted the most ever in a single-ply ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Silent Mike Talks Career Change and Where We Can Find Him Next
Mike Farr, or Silent Mike as most strength athletes know him, is a 28-year old strength coach. For the last few years he's been closely associated with Mark Bell, Super Training Gym, and Sling Shot. If you ... Continue Reading
A New World Record: Jennifer Thompson Benches 142.5kg at 63kg
It's not like Jennifer Thompson wasn't already going to go down in history as one of the best bench pressers of all time, but this weekend she broke new ground with a titanic 142.5-kilogram (314.1-pound) ... Continue Reading
The Lifter’s Guide to Theanine
As work and tech encroach further and further into our private lives and the mouse wheel of modern life spins faster and faster, nutrients that promote relaxation are becoming more of a ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Sets New World Record With a 505kg (1,113 lb) Squat
Blaine Sumner is one of the most elite powerlifters in the 120kg+ weight class, and he continues to prove it. He holds a handful of records, but possibly his most impressive record is for his squat. Sumner ... Continue Reading
17.2 Workout Tips from Top CrossFit® Athletes
The second week of the CrossFit® Open is underway, and it's a crazy tough 12-minute AMRAP. Last night, we saw Kari Pearce and Kristi Eramo - two of CrossFit's elite female athletes - take on the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit® Open Workout 17.2 Announced
The CrossFit® Open started with a bang as promised after the grueling couplet was announced last Thursday. For the first time ever in CrossFit Open history, dumbbells were used during the dumbbell ... Continue Reading
Video: Lu Xiaojun Snatches 150kg for 3 Reps at 77kg Bodyweight
World record holder and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Lu Xiaojun is training hard and pulling some serious weight as he trains for the Chinese National Weightlifting Championships in September. In a newly ... Continue Reading
The 8 Most Impressive Feats of Strength By Hollywood Actors
Usually when an actor needs to get a Hollywood Body™ for a role, it means cutting to unbelievable, unsustainable, but admittedly impressive levels of body fat. (Ryan Reynolds is said to have ... Continue Reading
Are These Two Videos the Most Epic 17.1 Showings Yet? (We Say Yes)
There isn't a whole lot more to say about the first workout 17.1 of the Reebok CrossFit® Open. Besides the deadline recently extending and learning the couplet of dumbbell ... Continue Reading
Translated: An Interview With World Weightlifting Champion Artem Okulov
Although he missed out on the Rio Olympics due to the blanket ban of Russian weightlifters, 22-year-old Artem Okulov still has his eye on weightlifting's most celebrated prize. Okulov is perhaps ... Continue Reading
Watch the Trailer for “Westside Vs. The World,” the New Powerlifting Documentary With Louie Simmons
“That's what this gym is, a journey into Hell,” says Louie Simmons in the first lines of the first trailer of “Westside Vs. The World.” That appears to be the focus of the flick: the agony, ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Athlete Kari Pearce on How to Unlock Your Inner Athlete This Open
Very few people may know the the journey behind Kari Pearce’s explosive rise to the top of the fitness scene. In just over two years, Kari has made herself an elite female CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
Should Powerlifters Train Calves?
It's interesting to note that there are some generational differences among strength athletes. Older athletes tended to be much more wary of dietary fat, for instance, and younger lifters tend ... Continue Reading
Forget the Scams: These Nutrients Are What Matters for Testosterone
When most people think testosterone, they think huge muscles, better workouts, and a raging sex drive, and look: that’s not totally unfounded. Testosterone plays a significant role in muscle mass, bone ... Continue Reading