On May 11, the organizers for the Olympia officially announced that the biggest contests in bodybuilding will be rescheduled and hosted in a different venue. The Joe Weider Olympia Fitness and Performance ... Continue Reading
2020 CrossFit Games Invites to Reset, Team Competition Officially Canceled
In an announcement alluded to by CrossFit Games Director Dave Castro last week, CrossFit has announced significant changes to this year's Games field. Notably among the changes, the Individual field will ... Continue Reading
17-Year-Old Alex Sydor Paused Deadlifts a Humongous 600lb
At age 16, Alex Sydor embarked on his competitive powerlifting career at the USA Powerlifting (USAPL) United Barbell Classic on January 12th, 2019 where he placed third in the -83kg weight class after ... Continue Reading
Pro Bodybuilder Luke Sandoe Passes Away At 30 Years Old
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder and UK fan favorite Luke Sandoe has died at the age of 30 years old. He was found at his home on the morning of May 7th by his longtime training partner and fellow IFBB Pro League ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Performs 605 Pound Triple on the Incline Bench Press
Julius Maddox is most famous for his power and strength feats on the flat barbell bench press, but he recently performed a massive feat of strength from another angle – the incline. On May 6, Maddox posted ... Continue Reading
The Titan Games’ Season 2 Roster Is Loaded With CrossFit® Athletes
Season 2 of NBC's The Titan Games is set to premiere on Monday may 25th at 8pm EST. Hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, The Titan Games pits thirty-six athletes from three U.S. regions ... Continue Reading
Kai Greene Shares First Training Video in 6 Months: Isolated Arm Training
Three-time Arnold Classic Champion Kai Greene recently shared an arm training video on his YouTube channel and by the looks of his physique, he’s been staying in great shape during the lockdown that has ... Continue Reading
140+kg Powerlifter Bryan Hartsel Deadlifts Super Smooth 865lb
Bryan Hartsel first stepped on the competitive powerlifting scene back in 2017 at the relatively late age of 29. He has since competed seven times and placed first in all six of the meets where he ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Is Retiring; Considers Future Career Options
Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan has had a very decorated weightlifting career. He has won four World Weightlifting Championships across three different weight classes — 2005 at -89kg), 2006 and 2011 at -94kg, and ... Continue Reading
BREAKING: Hafthor Bjornsson Just Performed The Heaviest Deadlift Ever
He did it. Hafthor Bjornsson successfully pulled the heaviest deadlift ever — 501kg/1,104lb. The historic lift was televised throughout the United States by ESPN and the rest of the globe via ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Just Did a 3.5x Bodyweight Front Squat In His Driveway
CJ Cummings is a 4-time junior world weightlifting champion — he won them consecutively in 2016, 2017, 2018 in the -69kg weight class, and 2019 in the -73kg weight class where he currently competes. The ... Continue Reading
Mattie Rogers Talks Quarantine, Recovery, And Q&A From Her Ice Bath
Member of Team USA Weightlifting and two-time World Weightlifting Championships silver medalist Mattie Rogers has been posting much more regularly to her YouTube channel since lockdown started, and in her ... Continue Reading
Arnold Sports Festival Announces New Dates for Two 2020 Contests
It’s hard for many people to believe that it’s already been almost two months since the shocking announcement was made by the Arnold Sports Festival that the 2020 Arnold Expo was cancelled and that ... Continue Reading
Kristof De Coninck Deadlifts 18kg Over His Competition Best — Without a Belt
Kristof De Coninck is an accomplished powerlifter from Belgium who competes in deadlift-only events in the -125kg weight class. The 34-year-old made his competitive debut at the Global Powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Check Out Noémie Allabert (-52kg) Squat a 155kg/342lb PR
Noémie Allabert is a powerlifter from France who, like her fellow countrymen, has been putting up extremely heavy lifts recently. Since she entered the competitive powerlifting scene in 2017 at the age of ... Continue Reading
Amanda Lawrence Squats a Gigantic 255kg/562lb
At only 22 years of age, Amanda Lawrence has already ascended to the highest level of competition on the world stage. In 2019 alone while competing in the -84kg weight class, she took gold at the USA ... Continue Reading
Check Out Caroline Suné Deadlift An Epic 185kg/407lb PR
French powerlifters have been consistently pumping out head spinning PRs lately. Recently Yanis Bouchou deadlifted an unofficial junior world record of 332.5kg/733lb and Prescillia ... Continue Reading
Rich Yun Cruises To A New Paused Deadlift Rep PR
Rich Yun, also known as "The Korean Hulk", shared a post on his Instagram page of a video that showed him flying through a paused deadlift set with 265kg/585lb on the bar for six. The 23-year-old Yun ... Continue Reading
Brandon Curry Interview: Mr. Olympia Talks About Family, Business, Moving Forward
At the 2016 Olympia press conference, Brandon Curry was speaking about being happy to be there and there was talk within the bodybuilding fanbase about the possibility of him moving down to the 212 ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Hits New Bench Press Rep PR
The 4-time World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016) Brian Shaw is not letting the postponement of the 2020 WSM competition derail his training. He is using the additional time as an ... Continue Reading
Watch Emil Norling Squat a Humongous 661lb
Emil Norling is a 22-year-old powerlifter from Sweden who made his competitive debut in 2016 as a -93kg athlete, claiming bronze with a 647.5kg/1,427lb total. Since then, he has moved up to the -105kg ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Mike Tuchscherer Front Squats 565lb and Sets Two New PRs
The front squat is dynamite for strengthening your core, quads, and upper back, all of which has direct carryover to improving your back squat as well — along with almost every other exercise. This is ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Deadlifts a Colossal 470kg/1,036lb On Twitch
The 2018 World's Strongest Man champion Hafthor Bjornsson is scheduled to attempt a world record 501kg/1,104lb deadlift on Saturday, May 2 in his home gym in Reykjavik, Iceland. In preparation for that ... Continue Reading
Watch Heather Connor Deadlift a Massive 358lb Triple
A powerlifter deadlifting three and a half times their bodyweight is by no means an easy task. Many athletes personal bests hover near that with some rare cases of athletes able to pull four times their ... Continue Reading