The 2022 Europe's Strongest Man (ESM) contest is scheduled for April 2, 2022, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. The competition will see 13 of Europe's most prominent strongmen attempt to ... Continue Reading
Bodybuilder Nick Walker Shares His High-Intensity Back Workout Focused On Lats
Bodybuilder Nick Walker is capitalizing on every workout during the offseason leading up to the 2022 Olympia scheduled for Dec. 16-18, 2022, in Las Vegas, NV. Each workout is performed with high intensity ... Continue Reading
JF Caron On His Career: “I Think Strongman Is Done”
Competitive strongman contests may have seen the last of nine-time Canada's Strongest Man JF Caron. Fellow strongman Laurence Shahlaei interviewed the 2022 Força Bruta champion on Shahlaei's YouTube ... Continue Reading
2022 Australia’s Strongest Man and Woman Results — Jordan Osborne & Alirene Clair Victorious
On March 27, 2022, the strongest men and women in Australia convened in Melbourne to battle it out across six events to determine who is the strongest Australian. Ultimately, Jordan Osborne ascended to the ... Continue Reading
Tobias Lautwein and Mirjam Von Rohr Win 2022 HYROX European Championships
The 2022 HYROX European Championships saw Tobias Lautwein and Mirjam Von Rohr emerge victoriously in the Elite Men's and Elite Women's divisions, respectively. On March 26, 2022, the contest occurred at ... Continue Reading
Dr. Jim Stoppani on How To Train To Promote the Most Muscle Growth
The sixth episode of Generation Iron and BarBend's interview series with exercise physiologist and JYM Supplements founder Dr. Jim Stoppani aired on March 28, 2022. Many of the previous episodes thus far ... Continue Reading
Breon Ansley Is Leaving the Classic Physique Division Due to the Weight Cap
Bobybuilder Breon Ansley shook the bodybuilding community with his March 19, 2022 announcement on his Instagram page that 2022 will be his last year competing in the Classic Physique division. He went ... Continue Reading
Legendary Powerlifter and Founder of Westside Barbell Louie Simmons Dies at 74 Years Old
Louie Simmons, legendary powerlifter, coach, founder of Westside Barbell, inventor, and the man credited as the mastermind behind conjugate training has reportedly died at the age of 74. At the time of ... Continue Reading
Watch Bodybuilder Nick Walker Train Hamstrings During His Offseason
2021 Arnold Classic champion Nick Walker is training in the offseason with the goal of maximizing his potential in his sophomore appearance on the Mr. Olympia stage in Las Vegas, NV on Dec. 16-18, 2022. ... Continue Reading
How Many Calories Do You Need Post-Workout? (Brought to You by Ample)
An age-old mystery of fitness — when and how much does one eat after a training session? Are all the potential gains lost if the body is not refueled within a particular window of time post-workout? Will ... Continue Reading
2016 Olympic Champion Weightlifter Nijat Rahimov Banned for 8 Years
On Mar. 22, 2022, the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a Swiss-based international athletic regulatory body, issued a press release stating that Kazakh weightlifter ... Continue Reading
Dr. Jim Stoppani On Why High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Burns More Fat
Episode five of Generation Iron and BarBend's interview series with exercise physiologist Dr. Jim Stoppani aired on March 18, 2022. So far, Stoppani's conversation with Vlad Yudin has ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Björnsson Defeats Eddie Hall by Unanimous Decision — Fight Results & Round-By-Round Recap
On Mar. 19, 2022, the highly-anticipated "Heaviest Boxing Match in History" between 2017 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie "The Beast" Hall and 2018 WSM champion Hafthor "The Mountain" Björnsson ... Continue Reading
Reebok Nano X2 Cross Trainers to Release on April 8, 2022
On March 18, 2022, Reebok announced the launch of their latest cross trainer — the Reebok Nano X2. Touted as the "most wearable...training shoe" in the Nano franchise with a "focus on durability," the Nano ... Continue Reading
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Speech to the Russian People: “The Truth About the War in Ukraine”
The Russian military invasion of Ukraine, as directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, began on Feb. 24, 2022, and remains ongoing. On March 16, 2022, the United Nations (UN) International Court of ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the Hafthor Björnsson Vs. Eddie Hall Boxing Match
After almost two years of anticipation, the fight between 2017 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall and 2018 WSM champion Hafthor Björnsson is set to take place on Saturday, March ... Continue Reading
Jamal Browner Locks Out a Conventional Raw Deadlift PR of 420 Kilograms (925.9 Pounds) In Training
At this point, it should go without saying that when the powerlifting world turns its attention to 110-kilogram lifter Jamal Browner, barbells with an obscene number of weight plates will somehow defy ... Continue Reading
BarBend Awards Research Grant to Study Strength Training and Nutrition in Transgender Community
BarBend Inc. — the holding company of hallmark strength training & sports websites BarBend.com and BreakingMuscle.com — has awarded its first-annual research grant to a group from Saint Louis ... Continue Reading
Dr. Jim Stoppani on Why Carb Cycling Is Better Than Keto for Sustained Fat Loss
Match 14, 2022, marked the release date for the fourth episode of Generation Iron and BarBend‘s interview series with author, exercise physiologist, and creator of JYM Supplement Science Dr. ... Continue Reading
51-Year-Old Powerlifter Sam Watt (105KG) Sets New British Raw Total Record of 887.5 Kilograms (1,956.6 Pounds)
On March 12-13, 2022, the 2022 British Powerlifting (BP) British Men's Classic Championships took place at the ENERGYZE Gym & Fitness Centre in Colchester, England. In the 105-kilogram category, ... Continue Reading
2022 Boston Pro Bodybuilding Show Complete Results
The IFBB Pro League’s inaugural Boston Pro bodybuilding show is in the books, and the first Men’s Open champion of the contest is familiar to fans — William “The Conqueror” Bonac. Justin Rodriguez placed ... Continue Reading
Bodybuilder Nick Walker Shares His Grueling Leg Workout
Bodybuilder Nick Walker took to his YouTube channel on March 11, 2022, to share an intense leg workout. “The Mutant” is known for his freaky wheels and the veins in his lower legs which look like a wayward ... Continue Reading
ICYMI: Check Out Jen Thompson’s (67.5KG) 145.5-Kilogram Raw Bench Press World Record
Whenever there is a world record bench press attempt, Jen Thompson's name is almost always at top of mind as she is notorious for pushing the boundaries of that lift in the 60-kilogram and 67.5-kilogram ... Continue Reading
49-Year-Old Bodybuilder Lee Priest Teases Competitive Comeback With Recent Physique Update
Early into the 2022 bodybuilding calendar, Olympia owner Jake Wood discussed the likely return of the Masters Olympia — which debuted in 1994, paused from 2004-2011, and was last held in 2012. No ... Continue Reading