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The 2020 Mr. Olympia Top Five

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

Breon Ansley Classic Physique Olympia

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 Callout Report

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

2020 Shaw Classic Results

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 Petráš

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

Amanda Lawrence Back Squat

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

Calum von moger wins IFBB Pro Card

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

Oleksii Novikov

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

Oleskii Novikov Partial Deadlift

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

America's strongest Man and Woman

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

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

Kearney and Stoltman

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

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

Mat Fraser

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

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

Ian Valliere

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 Hercules Hold

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

Carol Mezen

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

Courtney Roselle

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

Josh Porter - Titan Games

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

Ryan Steenberg

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

Mattie Sasser

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

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 Bench World Record Attempt

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

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