On the second day of the IWF Grand Prix in Peru, Team USA took home six medals: three silver medals from CJ Cummings and three from Shacasia Johnson, a -76kg athlete who put on a stellar performance and ... Continue Reading
CJ Cummings Wins 3 Silver Medals for Team USA at IWF Grand Prix
When it hit 1pm in Lima today, American weightlifting fans turned their eyes to the IWF Grand Prix at the Eduardo Dibos Coliseum. (It's streaming.) Here in the stadium, there was electricity in the air as ... Continue Reading
3 Huge Performances From the Big Dogs 4 Powerlifting Meet
Over the weekend, Big Dogs 4 brought eight of the biggest names in powerlifting together to compete over one day in Australia. The event runs in conjunction with the Wild Cats meet, which is a competition ... Continue Reading
Max Shethar Becomes Youngest Powerlifter to Deadlift 722 lbs In Competition
Junior powerlifter Max Shethar had himself a day this past weekend competing at the Drug Tested Washington State Open held at DOP Strength Gym in Kirkland, Washington. Shethar, no stranger to ... Continue Reading
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Wins World’s Ultimate Strongman With A Torn Biceps
Polish strongman Mateusz Kieliszkowski edged out his competition on Friday to be crowned the 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman — his first world title. Kieliszkowski finished on top with 55.5 points, ... Continue Reading
Nathan DeAsha Wins in South Korea, Qualifies for 2020 Mr. Olympia
Seoul, South Korea hosted the 2019 Monsterzym Pro this past weekend, and we have another athlete that is qualified for the 2020 Mr. Olympia contest. https://www.instagram.com/p/B32WAyUHAuo/ Nathan ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 8 Recap
The eighth day of competition at the IWF Weightlifting World Championships just wrapped up tonight from Pattaya, Thailand. In the women's -81kg weight class, Jenny Arthur added two more medals to Team ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 7 Recap
The seventh day of the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships just concluded in Pattaya, Thailand, and the 96kg A session was one of the best overall sessions in recent history. Heading into the 96kg A ... Continue Reading
Katherine Nye Sweeps Gold, Sets Junior World Record At Weightlifting World Championships
It was an electric day for the Team USA -71kg women's athletes at the 2019 IWF World Championships. Heading into this year's World Championships, Katherine Nye and Mattie Rogers were on everyone's "who to ... Continue Reading
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Wins Arnold Strongman Europe
Mateusz Kieliszkowski has been on quite a roll this strongman season, and that trend continued in Barcelona, Spain. Coming off clinching the World’s Strongest Man Arena Tour title at Giants Live ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 3 Recap
The third day of the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand has concluded with a rarely seen record setting performance by Uzbekistan’s Adkhamjon Ergashev. The twenty year old set ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 2 Recap
The second day of competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand has concluded with the Chinese Weightlifting team setting and resetting four World Records ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
The first day of competition has concluded in Pattaya, Thailand at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. The highlight of the day came in the men’s 55KG category, where North Korea’s Om Chul Yun ... Continue Reading
Brandon Curry Wins 2019 Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Title
Brandon Curry made bodybuilding history this past weekend in Las Vegas by being the last man standing on the Olympia stage and becoming the 15th man to earn the title of Mr. Olympia. He also joins Ronnie ... Continue Reading
2019 Tampa Pro Bodybuilding Results: Dexter Jackson Wins!
The Tampa Pro bodybuilding show is the annual last chance saloon as it pertains to the Mr. Olympia contest. If you have not secured a qualifying spot by the time this show comes around, it’s either do so ... Continue Reading
Results and Standings: 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games Day 4
It is the final day of action at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games! Day 4 started off with a splash in Madison with a field of 10 men, 10 women, and 7 teams. By the end of the day Mayhem Freedom, Tia-Clair ... Continue Reading
Individual Cuts from Day 3 of the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games
The athlete and team cuts implemented into the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games have seriously made things interesting this year. The field of individual athletes started with 148 men and 134 women, and now ... Continue Reading
Results and Standings: 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games Day 3
Day 3 in Madison, Wisconsin at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games started out with an absolute bang with a Team Sprint Relay. The team field was cut from 11 teams to 9 teams following the Team Sprint Relay. ... Continue Reading
Results and Standings: 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games Day 1
It was an action packed first day of the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin. The day kicked off with the first team event, and concluded in the evening with the women's second individual ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Earns 100th Pan American Games Medal
Since the first Pan American Games that took place in 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, USA weightlifting has won at least one medal at every one of their appearances. This past weekend, the 2019 Pan ... Continue Reading
2019 NPC USA Championships: Zack Merkel Wins Overall Title
If a bodybuilder wins the USA Championship, he wins more than an IFBB Pro League card. He joins a list of champions that reads like a who’s who of the sport. Past winners of this event include Flex ... Continue Reading
Portugal Pro Bodybuilding Results: Mohamed Shaaban Wins
When you look at a bodybuilding lineup for a pro show, you might see the biggest names and predict that one of them will take the victory. This is especially true if you only see one or two big names and ... Continue Reading
Swiss Archeologist Squats Sheep for 104 Reps, Becomes First Foreign Champion in 1,000 Years
As first reported by The Daily Mail, for the first time in 1,000 years, a foreigner has won a sheep squatting contest in the remote Russian republic of Tuva. The ancient tradition features contestants ... Continue Reading
Hadi Choopan Wins Vancover Pro Bodybuilding Competition
There was a lot of buzz leading up to the Vancouver Pro about one bodybuilder in particular. Hadi Choopan is from Iran and has been unable to compete in the United States because of travel and visa ... Continue Reading