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
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 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
Petr Petras Breaks All-Time World Raw Powerlifting Total Record
Super-heavyweight powerlifter Petr Petras of Czechia made history in his sport on December 5, 2020. That is because he competed at a meet in Odessa, Ukraine, and by the conclusion of that meet, he took ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Amanda Lawrence Sets Three American Records
A lot can happen in a year. If you're Amanda Lawrence, you apparently add 73 pounds to your already elite powerlifting total and set three new American and unofficial world records. On Nov. 21, 2020, ... Continue Reading
2020 NPC Universe Results — Calum Von Moger Wins Classic Physique Pro Card
This past weekend, Charleston, SC hosted the 2020 NPC (National Physique Committee) Universe Championships. The top finishers of these bodybuilding and fitness physique contests earned IFBB Pro League ... Continue Reading
Novikov Secures 2020 World’s Strongest Man Victory (Updated)
The final day of the 2020 World's Strongest Man competition is done. Oleksii Novikov has won. Tom Stoltman got second place and JF Caron placed third. At the time this article was updated, WSM has yet ... Continue Reading
Oleksii Novikov Leads 2020 World’s Strongest Man Finals After Day One
The first day of the 2020 World's Strongest Man (WSM) Finals, Nov. 14, 2020, is over. After a grueling day one and two — which included a delay and saw two more athletes withdraw — Oleskii ... Continue Reading
2020 America’s Strongest Man and Woman Results and Highlights
Some of the strongest men and women in the world have won the American's Strongest Man and Woman contest — Karl Gillingham, Brian Shaw, Jerry Pritchett, and Kristin Rhodes. This year, from Nov. 6-8, ... Continue Reading
Akim Williams Wins 2020 Chicago Pro Bodybuilding Show
The final bodybuilding contest to offer qualification spots to the 2020 Mr. Olympia was this past weekend’s Chicago Pro show. Due to the restrictions in Illinois caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ... Continue Reading
Luke Stoltman Sets British Record with 221kg/487 Pound Log Press, Rob Kearney Injured in Attempt
The latest edition of World Ultimate Strongman’s “Feat of Strength” series showcased two of the elite strongmen in the world going after a long-standing world record: the Log Press record that going in was ... Continue Reading
James Hollingshead Wins 2020 Europa Pro Bodybuilding Contest
October 11, 2020 was a landmark day for the British strength community. In strongman, Luke Stoltman set the British record in the Log Press by pressing 221 kilograms (487 pounds) over his head in the Feats ... Continue Reading
Toomey and Fraser Lead After Day 1 of the 2020 CrossFit Games
Editors Note: The 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games are live. Check out the latest results and scores from the Games here. Day 1 of the 2020 Reebok CrossFit Games has come to a close. After four events, Mathew ... Continue Reading
Luke Richardson Wins 2020 Europe’s Strongest Man
With 2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall in attendance, the first major strongman competition since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic took place. That contest was the 2020 Europe’s Strongest Man ... Continue Reading
2020 New York Pro Bodybuilding Results
Only in a year that has been turned upside down due to a pandemic, as well as several other issues that has made 2020 a unique year to say the least, would it make sense for a bodybuilding show called “New ... Continue Reading
Mark Felix Sets New World Record for Hercules Hold (Again)
Mark Felix, competing in the 2020 Europe’s Strongest Man contest, has once again set a new world record for the Hercules Hold. Over the last few competitions, Felix and the Hercules Hold have become ... Continue Reading
Firefighter and Masters CrossFitter Carol Mezen Talks Gaining Confidence, Putting on 30 Pounds of Muscle
With three CrossFit Games competitors in the line up at the 2020 Masters Fitness Collective Championship, Carol Mezen wasn’t necessarily thinking she could win the women’s 45-49-year-old division was ... Continue Reading
NBC’s The Titan Games Episode 11 Recap: Sutton and Roselle Advance
Previously on The Titan Games, reigning Titan of the East Region Will "Country Strong" Sutton defended his place again atop Mount Olympus against Josh Porter, who seemed to be Sutton's most ... Continue Reading
NBC’s The Titan Games Episode 10 Recap: Country Strong in the East
Last week, we saw both Will Sutton and Haley Johnson retain their status as Titans of the East. In the men's division, pro golfer Ryan Steenberg injured his bicep on Mount Olympus allowing Sutton to take a ... Continue Reading
NBC’s The Titan Games Episode 9 Recap: Slip, Tumble, Pop
Last week's episode kicked off the East Region competition with a shocking series of events that saw both of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Titans fall. This week, competitors knew that those ... Continue Reading
International Weightlifting Returns with 2020 Online Pan Am Cup
Over this past weekend history was made, as the 2020 Pan American Cup became the first-ever International level Weightlifting Competition held exclusively via the internet. Athletes had cameras setup in ... Continue Reading
Andrea Thompson Sets Log Lift World Record
Over the course of the World Ultimate Strongman “Feats of Strength” series, the log press had been featured on two different occasions. Luke Stoltman was unable to claim the world record while Rob Kearney ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Misses 800 Pound Raw Bench Press Record
Ever since the word went out that Julius Maddox had set the goal of being the first man to bench press 800 pounds raw, the eyes of the powerlifting world had been on him every step and rep of the ... Continue Reading