The medals keep coming, and the records keep falling at the feet of Team USA at the rescheduled 2020 Pan American Championships. In the 81-kilogram class, Mattie Rogers set new American and Pan American ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Taylor Turner Wilkins (59KG) Sets Three American Records at Pan American Championships
Team USA has yet another remarkable performance to tout from the rescheduled 2020 Pan American Championships in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. First, Cecily Kyle set a clean & jerk American record ... Continue Reading
Jourdan Delacruz (49KG) Sweeps Gold, Sets Six Records at Pan American Weightlifting Championships
Incredible. Jourdan Delacruz had quite possibly one of the finest international performances by any American lifter in the past 30 years at the rescheduled 2020 Pan American Championships on April 20, ... Continue Reading
2021 European Weightlifting Championships Results
The first major international weightlifting competition in the COVID-19 era is in the books. Last week, athletes from all over Europe traveled to Moscow, Russia, to compete face-to-face for the first time ... Continue Reading
Hunter McIntyre and Rachel Schreiber Win 2021 HYROX Dallas Event
Fans and athletes of HYROX competitions have been anticipating their sport returning to competition. Like most sports around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions in their season ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Emily Muskett Ends Britain’s 26-Year Gold Medal Drought at the 2021 EWC
The 2021 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) European Championships kicked off on April 3, 2021, in Moscow, Russia. Although they continue until April 11, history has already been made. Emily ... Continue Reading
Trey Mitchell Wins 2021 Texas’ Strongest Man Contest
There's a lot of strong people in Texas. Bodybuilders Branch Warren, Steve Kuclo, and eight-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman are from the Lone Star State. More recently, there has been a boom in the sport ... Continue Reading
Will Barotti Bench Presses 1,090 Pounds to Win “Baddest Benchers” Contest
Very few people know what it is like to bench press 1,000 pounds. Even in a sport like equipped powerlifting, there are few opportunities to see that amount of weight being moved by the upper body. On ... Continue Reading
Rogue Fitness Announces Winners of the Cliffhanger Challenge
The month of March offered a new Rogue Challenge for athletes around the world who wanted to compete from their local or home gyms and be more involved in the fitness community. Coming off the heels of the ... Continue Reading
Dillon Depiazza and Abraham Sanchez Win 2021 NPC Wheelchair National Championships
The IFBB Professional League has been expanding its divisions over the last few years to encourage athletes to compete on their stages. One rising field of competition has been the Wheelchair Division. The ... Continue Reading
Oleksii Novikov Wins World’s Ultimate Strongman “Strength Island” Contest
In the midst of high heat in Bahrain, the first major international strongman contest of 2021 took place. World’s Ultimate Strongman’s “Strength Island” was held on March 13th, and it was watched by fans ... Continue Reading
2021 HYROX Virtual Championships of Fitness Results — Lauren Weeks and Joshua Wichtrup Take Gold
The HYROX Virtual Championships of Fitness took place on Feb. 20, 2021, and four athletes stood atop the leaderboard of their respective divisions to claim the title of champion. Here are each of the four ... Continue Reading
Rogue Fitness Announces “Bear Hug Challenge” Winners
At the beginning of February, Rogue Fitness announced its first online contest of 2021 — the Bear Hug Challenge. It called for athletes to hold a sandbag for the longest period of time possible without ... Continue Reading
Chris Weist Deadlifts Unofficial World Record: 428 Kilograms At 140 KG Bodyweight
On February 6th, Allentown, Pennsylvania hosted the 2021 MM Northeast Power Bowl powerlifting meet. It was at this event that a new standard has been set for the deadlift in the 308 pound/140kg bodyweight ... Continue Reading
Jimmy Kolb Bench Presses 476 Kilograms (1,050 Pounds) in Single-Ply Equipment
On Jan. 30-31, 2021, Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey, hosted Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate’s (RPS) North American and New Jersey Championships. Everyone that was in attendance got to witness a lift ... Continue Reading
Hunter McIntyre, Lauren Weeks Win HYROX World Fitness Championships
Fans of strength sports and fitness were treated to a special event to start 2021. HYROX aired their 2020 HYROX World Championship race on January 1st, 2021 at 12 noon eastern time on their Facebook and ... Continue Reading
2020 Olympia Saturday Finals Report — Mr. Olympia, Classic Physique, Men’s Physique & Bikini
Saturday night at the Olympia on a normal year is exciting and symbolic. Fans are always excited to see the best bodies in fitness competing. For the athletes, it’s symbolic because it’s the culmination of ... Continue Reading
Janet Layug is Your 2020 Bikini Olympia Champion
The 2020 Bikini division was absolutely stacked. Forty women stepped on stage to claim the popular Bikini Olympia title. Of those women, Janet Layug emerged victorious as the 2020 Bikini Olympia champion. ... Continue Reading
2020 Olympia Saturday Prejudging Callout Report — Men’s Physique, Bikini, Classic Physique & Wheelchair Bodybuilding Finals
Day two of the Mr. Olympia competition — where the best in bodybuilding present their year-round work — is underway. So far, many have been crowned — with plenty of upsets and dominant performances to keep ... Continue Reading
2020 Olympia Friday Finals Report — Fitness, Figure, 212, Women’s Physique, Ms. Olympia & Mr. O Pre-Judging
The first night of the Olympia Weekend is one of the most exciting evenings of the year in the sport of bodybuilding. Aside from the pre-judging of the Mr. Olympia contest, the finals of several divisions ... Continue Reading
Shaun Clarida Is Your 2020 212 Olympia Champion
The 212 division at the 2020 Mr. Olympia has come to a close. After pre-judging on Friday, Dec. 17, 2020, saw George Peterson, Shaun Clarida, Derek Lunsford, and 2019 212 Olympia champion Kamal Elgargni in ... Continue Reading
2020 Mr. Olympia Friday Prejudging Callout Report
In total, 16 men competed at the Orange County Convention Center in prejudging on Dec. 18, 2020. The favorites were those champions. Reigning champion Brandon Curry faced seven-time winner Phil Heath, and ... Continue Reading
2020 Olympia Friday Prejudging Callout Report — Fitness, Figure, 212, Women’s Physique & Ms. Olympia
The 2020 Olympia is here. After many athlete dropouts, a location change, and a lot of uncertainty, the best physiques in the world will compete for the ultimate prize over the course of Friday and ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Wins 2020 Shaw Classic — Recap and Results
In August of 2020, four-time World’s Strongest Man Brian Shaw announced that he'd be promoting a strongman show called the Shaw Classic. It was a contest put together for strongmen by strongmen, with Shaw ... Continue Reading