History was made at the 2021 Olympia when Francielle Mattos became the first Wellness Olympia champion. 2022 marked her shot at winning a second Olympia, but it was also historic for another reason: Last ... Continue Reading
2022 Ms. Olympia Pre-Judging Report
Andrea Shaw enjoys her role as the reigning Ms. Olympia, but she has her sights on being among the best of all time in the sport by racking up more of those titles. That journey continued for Shaw at ... Continue Reading
2022 Women’s Physique Olympia Pre-Judging Report
Two-time defending Women’s Physique Olympia champion Sarah Villegas seeks to be the second woman to win three titles in the division. Twenty-three fellow athletes hope to knock the champ out of position. ... Continue Reading
2022 Figure Olympia Pre-Judging Report
The Venetian in Las Vegas, NV, hosted the pre-judging round of the 2022 Figure Olympia. Five-time champion Cydney Gillon planned to continue her reign and add a sixth championship to her mantle, while 38 ... Continue Reading
2022 212 Olympia Pre-Judging Report
Thanks to 2021 Olympia 212 Champion Derek Lunsford moving up to the Open, we were guaranteed a new 212 Olympia champion in 2022. Twenty-five athletes faced the judges at the Venetian in Las Vegas, NV, with ... Continue Reading
2022 Fitness Olympia Pre-Judging Report
The competitions of the 2022 Olympia weekend kicked off on the morning of Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, at the Venetian in Las Vegas, NV. Prejudging for the Fitness Olympia started the day off, and there was ... Continue Reading
2022 Amateur Olympia Results and Recap
The 2022 Amateur Olympia occurred on Dec. 14-15, 2022, in Las Vegas, NV. The top amateur bodybuilders worldwide brought their best packages to the stage with the hopes that the judges would reward their ... Continue Reading
Here Are Jay Cutler’s 2022 Mr. Olympia Predictions
The 2022 Olympia, scheduled for Dec. 16-18, 2022, will take place in Las Vegas, NV. Many reigning champions will venture to Vegas to defend their Olympia titles, including five-time Fitness Olympia ... Continue Reading
WWE Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair Places First in Wellness at the 2022 WBFF Atlantic City ProAm
Fans of WWE Raw Women’s Champion, Bianca Belair, already know she’s the “EST” of the squared circle (that’s strongEST, fastEST, and toughEST). Still, they've seen her dominate in yet another field thanks ... Continue Reading
2022 HYROX Madrid and Hamburg Results — Mikaela Norman Sets New World Record Time of 1:00:45
The 2022 HYROX Madrid and 2022 HYROX Hamburg competitions took place on Nov. 26, 2022. The functional fitness contests featured athletes vying for spots in the Elite 15 division to compete at the 2022 ... Continue Reading
Gabi Dixson Scores the Second Longest Hercules Hold at the 2022 World’s Strongest Nation Contest
The 2022 World's Strongest Nation (WSN) contest took place on Nov. 26, 2022, in Liverpool, England, and pitted Team UK, led by 2017 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall against Team USA, led by ... Continue Reading
2022 Sweden’s Strongest Man Results — Andreas Ståhlberg Stands Tall
The 2022 Sweden's Strongest Man contest took place on Nov. 5, 2022, in Växjö, Sweden. Ten of the nation's top athletes converged to compete across six events to earn the title of their country's strongest ... Continue Reading
Rongo Keene Wins 2022 Magnus ver Magnusson Strongman Classic
Australian strongman Rongo Keene won the 2022 Magnus ver Magnusson Strongman Classic (MvMSC) contest. The three-day competition was held in Reykjavik, Iceland, from Nov. 18-20, 2022. According ... Continue Reading
Žydrūnas Savickas Wins Masters 40+ World’s Strongest Man Title at the 2022 Official Strongman Games
Four-time World’s Strongest Man and eight-time Arnold Strongman Classic winner Žydrūnas Savickas won his third Masters World’s Strongest Man title, further cementing the Lithuanian strongman as one of, if ... Continue Reading
2022 Romania Muscle Fest Pro Results
The 2022 Romania Muscle Fest Pro bodybuilding show took place on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Bucharest, Romania. Out of the nine IFBB Pro League divisions that held contests, the biggest upset may be the ... Continue Reading
Hunter Henderson Wins Her First Strongwoman Contest
Pro bodybuilder and world-record-holding powerlifter Hunter Henderson entered and won a competition in yet another strength sport. On Nov. 5, 2022, Henderson competed as a strongwoman athlete in the ... Continue Reading
2022 HYROX Chicago Results — Megan Jacoby Sets New Female Pro World Record
The 2022 HYROX Chicago race took place at Schaumburg Renaissance Convention Center in Chicago, IL, on Nov. 5-6, 2022. Per HYROX's press release, "HYROX Chicago is a qualification opportunity for the North ... Continue Reading
2022 Strongman Champions League Finals Results — Aivars Šmaukstelis Ascends the Throne
The 2022 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Finals took place on Nov. 5-6, 2022, in Alanya, Turkey. The two-day contest featured 12 of the world's best strongmen clashing across six events to claim the SCL ... Continue Reading
2022 Europa Pro Bodybuilding Show Results
On Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, Alicante, Spain, hosted the IFBB Pro League’s Europa Pro bodybuilding show, which featured 10 pro divisions with Olympia qualifications on the line. One hundred and forty athletes ... Continue Reading
Mitchell Hooper Sets New Dinnie Stones Hold World Record at 2022 Rogue Invitational
A world record was broken not once, but twice, at the 2022 Rogue Invitational in Round Rock, TX. The new holder of the Dinnie Stones Hold for Time is Canada’s Mitchell “The Moose” Hooper, who maintained ... Continue Reading
Kevin Faires Breaks Thor’s Hammer Deadlift World Record With 325-Pound Pull
American strongman Kevin Faires has set a new world record at the 2022 Rogue Invitational Record Breakers event. His new record is in the Thor’s Hammer Deadlift — Faires lifted the 147.3-kilogram ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman Results
The 2022 Rogue Strongman Invitational is set to take place from Oct. 28-29 in Round Rock, Texas, as a part of the four-day Rogue Invitational, which features both a strongman and CrossFit ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman Event 6 — Stones Over Hitching Post Results & Recap
Darkness had fallen over Dell Diamond in Round Rock, TX, but there was still a competition to finish. The only thing standing between Oleksii Novikov and the 2022 Rogue Invitational championship was the ... Continue Reading
Oleksii Novikov Wins the 2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman Competition
Oleksii Novikov of Ukraine is your 2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman champion. After placing third in the inaugural contest last year, Novikov put together a consistent string of event performances, ... Continue Reading