The traditional route to strength is heavy weights and volume. It’s the path that led Andy Bolton to his first forty eight 900lb pulls, but it won’t be the way he gets his
There are athletes who seem to possess a natural knack for strength. This can resonate in the form of raw power through every lift they perform, and then sometimes it’s with a specific lift. Cailer Woolam,
Every body is different, and some of us respond to certain warmups and workouts better than others. Some find that static stretching can lead to an excellent workout, others swear that deadlifting with
Sometimes when I watch videos of heavy lifts, or super strong athletes my mind starts to race. I start building scenarios and thinking of all the ‘what ifs’…and I know I’m not alone on
When it comes to metabolic conditioning workouts, there can be a wide array of rep schemes, exercises, and expected training outcomes. Functional fitness athletes must have great work capacity, strength, power, and yes,
There are few things in the sport of powerlifting that are as beastly as Blaine Sumner “The Vanilla Gorilla’s” squat strength. He’s known for frequently putting up 1,000+ lb squats, but this year
The sport of powerlifting has a deeper connection to the transgender community than a lot of other sports. When the record-breaking powerlifter Matt Krocazelski publicly came out as Janae Marie Krocazelski in 2015,
The official website for CrossFit, Inc. has an unusual history for a company that one Forbes writer estimates may generate nearly 9 figures in revenue. We say unusual because it once had a long
Kianoush Rostami, perhaps the number one Olympic weightlifter in Iran, has been dropped from Iran’s national weightlifting team after allegedly failing to show up for training sessions. At the time of this writing,
On a recent episode of Shark Tank, Stan “The White Rhino” Efferding appeared looking to make a deal. He was seeking to partner with one of the sharks for $50,000 in exchange for
