The 2023 Arnold Sports Festival (ASF) is set for March 2-5, 2023, in Columbus, OH, and comprises seven elite bodybuilding pro shows, the Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC), and for the first time ever, the ... Continue Reading
Flex Wheeler Predicts Nick Walker Will Win the 2023 Arnold Classic
The Men's Open competition at the 2023 Arnold Classic contest is the headlining event of the 2023 Arnold Sports Festival, from March 3-5, 2023, in Columbus, OH. Ten athletes will battle against each other ... Continue Reading
Brian Le (66KG) Sets Unofficial IPF Raw Deadlift and Total World Records
The 2023 Powerlifting America (AMP) Classic National Championship was a festival of records in both the men's and women's divisions and across weight categories. Natalie Richards became the first female ... Continue Reading
Hunter Labrada Unpacks If You Should Weigh Food Raw or Cooked
After competing at the 2022 Mr. Olympia contest in Las Vegas, NV, in December 2022, Hunter Labrada delved into what caused him to slip from fourth place in 2021 to seventh place in 2022. While chalking it ... Continue Reading
Natalie Richards Becomes First Powerlifting America Athlete to Total Over 500 Kilograms at 57KG
The 2023 Powerlifting America (AMP) Classic National Championship occurred in Austin, TX, from Feb. 24-26, 2023. The raw powerlifting competition saw some of the best athletes in the USA converge in the ... Continue Reading
Ray Williams (+120KG) Wins His 7th National Powerlifting Championship
Super heavyweight powerlifter Ray Williams remains unstoppable. The five-time raw world champion claimed his seventh national raw powerlifting title on Feb. 24, 2023, at the 2023 Powerlifting America (AMP) ... Continue Reading
Kickboxer Bernard “Swiftkick” Robinson Puts WWE Stars Sheamus and Drew McIntyre Through a Full-Body Boxing Workout
In episode 122 of WWE Superstar Sheamus' YouTube show, "Celtic Warrior Workouts," the big man from Dublin was joined by his tag team partner, Drew McIntyre, for a training session led by former ... Continue Reading
Exclusive: Arnold Schwarzenegger Previews the 2023 World’s Strongest Firefighter Competition
The first Arnold Classic in 1989 has since given way to a movement attracting fitness enthusiasts worldwide (think Comic Con for the uber-buff). Since that debut outing in Columbus, OH, the Arnold Classic ... Continue Reading
The 2023 Masters Olympia Prize Purse of $229,000 Announced
The 2023 Masters Olympia will occur in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on Aug. 26-27, 2023, at the BTArena. On Feb. 24, 2023, the contest's Instagram page published a post that revealed the total prize pool for the ... Continue Reading
2023 Shaw Classic Roster Announced; the Last Contest of Brian Shaw’s Strongman Career
The 2023 Shaw Classic has been officially announced for Aug. 19-20, 2023. With it was the release of the stacked roster of elite strongmen competing in the fourth edition of the contest. On Feb. 27, 2023, ... Continue Reading
2023 Orchid Pro Singapore Results — Bojana Vasiljevic and Alessia Facchin Win Figure and Bikini Contests
The 2023 Orchid Pro Singapore show took place on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 in The Shugart in Singapore. IFBB Pro League Figure and Bikini divisions shows were featured, and two champions were crowned. ... Continue Reading
2023 World’s Strongest Viking Results — Johan Espenkrona Conquers
The day was Feb. 24, 2023, when 14 strongmen stepped onto the competitive battleground that was Vinstra, Norway, for the 2023 World's Strongest Viking contest. The contest tested these goliaths across a ... Continue Reading
The Mike O’Hearn Show: Pro Wrestlers Billy Gunn and Big Show On How Passion Keeps Them Relevant
Episode 34 of The Mike O’Hearn Show, published on Generation Iron‘s YouTube channel on Feb. 24, 2023, was a change of pace for the bodybuilding training and nutrition interview series. Pro ... Continue Reading
A Preview of the Classic Physique Division at the 2023 Arnold Classic
The 2023 Arnold Classic Classic Physique (ACCP) contest is scheduled for Friday, March 3, 2023, in the Battelle Grand Ballroom of the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH. For the first ... Continue Reading
Maxime Boudreault Withdraws From the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic, 2023 World’s Strongest Man Due to Injury
Canadian strongman Maxime Boudreault is officially out of the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC) due to a broken shin bone he suffered due to a fall. Boudreault also withdrew from the 2023 ... Continue Reading
Strongwoman Rhianon Lovelace (U64KG) Lifts Heaviest Atlas Stone Ever Recorded In Her Weight Class
It seems as though there is no implement too heavy for strongwoman Rhianon Lovelace. The U64KG athlete took to his Instagram page on Feb. 18, 2023, to share a video wherein she hoisted a new Atlas Stone ... Continue Reading
Jessica Buettner (84KG) Scores Raw Squat and Total Canadian Records at 2023 CPU Nationals
The 2023 Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU) National Championships occurred from Feb. 13-18, 2023, in Richmond, BC, Canada. Among the competitors on the roster was four-time International Powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Darwin Uribe Withdraws from 2023 Arnold Classic Physique Contest
The 2023 Arnold Classic Physique contest roster is now set at seven competitors. On Feb. 21, 2023, Darwin Uribe announced that he withdrew from the competition, scheduled for Mar. 2-5, 2023, in Columbus, ... Continue Reading
The Stoltman Brothers Eat a Combined 10,694 Calories Per Day for Their 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic Prep
The 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC), scheduled for the 2023 Arnold Sports Festival (ASF), will occur on March 2-5, 2023, in Columbus, OH. That contest will feature the 2023 season debut for the ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Clarence Kennedy Compares His “Natty and Enhanced” Squat Strength
On Feb.15, 2023, weightlifter Clarence Kennedy posted a YouTube video titled "Natty vs Enhanced (Squat Numbers)." The footage depicts Kennedy squatting his prior 1-rep max for a set of 10 reps, with the ... Continue Reading
2023 Arnold Classic Men’s Open Preview
The 2023 Arnold Classic is set to take place on the weekend of Mar. 2-5, 2023, in the Batelle Grand room of the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH. This is the first pro Men’s Open ... Continue Reading
Kheycie Romero (100KG) Sets Three All-Time Raw World Records at 2023 Ghost Clash 2
Powerlifter Kheycie Romero (100 KG) scored a raw total of 617.5 kilograms (1,360.9 pounds) for a new all-time world record raw total at the World Raw Powerlifting Federation’s (WRPF) Ghost Clash 2 ... Continue Reading
Poll: Most BarBend Newsletter Readers Hit the Gym Four Days Per Week
During an online poll conducted in The BarBend Newsletter on Jan. 9, 2023, we asked readers to tell us how many days they hit the gym each week. Turns out, a(slim) majority of respondents go to the gym ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Hunter Henderson (82.5 KG) Squats 267.5 Kilograms for All-Time World Record
The first major powerlifting meet of the year has come and gone, and with it, old records flittered away as the sport’s elite brought their A-game to the platform. And it was powerlifter and pro ... Continue Reading