Thirty-one-year-old Wesley Kitts is one of eight Americans traveling to Tokyo Japan to compete in the weightlifting portion of the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games. Kitts, who hails from Knoxville, TN, ... Continue Reading
2021 Chicago Pro Bodybuilding Show Men’s Open Preview
With less than three months to go until the 2021 Olympia — taking place from Oct. 7-10 in Orlando, FL — more and more athletes are adding their names to the list of winners throughout the season qualified ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Sarah Robles (+87KG)
Sarah Robles probably doesn't need an introduction. The 33-year-old, who hails from San Jacinto, CA, is the most experienced member of Team USA's weightlifting squad. The 2020 Games is Robles' third ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Mattie Rogers (87KG)
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, 25-year-old Martha Ann "Mattie" Rogers will make her Olympic debut representing the USA in the 87-kilogram class. Rogers is originally from Apopka, FL, but trains at ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Rae-Ann Coughenour-Miller Sets All-Time Female Bench Press World Record of 274.4 Kilograms
On July 17-18, 2021, the 2021 Metal Militia (MM) National Power Lifting Invitational took place at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, PA. Competing in the +90-kilogram weight class, powerlifter ... Continue Reading
2021 CrossFit Games Podium Predictions — Men, Women, and Teams
If they haven’t already arrived, many elite athletes will be descending upon Madison, WI. in the coming days to acclimate, prepare, and get their game face on for the 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games, which take ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Kate Nye (76KG)
Kate Nye is on a mission. At only 22 years of age, the Detroit-area native has experienced a meteoric rise to the top of the field in American weightlifting since her competitive debut only five years ago ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Danial Zamani Trounces a 347.5-Kilogram Raw Bench Press In Training
Adding 10 kilograms (22.1 pounds) to one's bench press in less than a month is no easy feat. It's even more difficult to add that much weight to one of the heaviest raw bench presses ever caught on ... Continue Reading
Andrea Presti Wins 2021 Mr. Big Evolution Bodybuilding Show
As each week passes, bodybuilding fans get closer and closer to the 2021 Olympia. This year’s big event is set to take place Oct. 7-10 in Orlando, FL. Before the ultimate championships of bodybuilding and ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Jourdan Delacruz (49KG)
At 23 years of age, Jourdan Delacruz will make her Olympics debut at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, representing the USA in the 49-kilogram class. Originally from Wylie, TX, Delacruz trains out ... Continue Reading
Two-Time Figure Olympia Champion Jenny Lynn-Powell Dies at Age 49
On Sunday, July 18, 2021, two-time Figure Olympia Champion Jenny Lynn-Powell (a.k.a. Jenny Lynn) died at 49 years old. According to a post on Lynn-Powell’s husband Ricky's Facebook page, she suffered a ... Continue Reading
Mark Wahlberg Realizes Eating 11,000 Calories Isn’t Fun at All
If you were being paid to eat 11,000 calories day after day for a few weeks, you'd loosen your belt buckle and hit the buffet before even finishing this article. Then, according to actor Mark Wahlberg (The ... Continue Reading
Team USA Weightlifter Kate Nye Crushes a 153-Kilogram Jerk PR
On July 15, Team USA weightlifter Kate Nye took to social media with a video of a new PR in the jerk — a truly astonishing 153-kilograms (337 pounds). An important note: Although this jerk PR is ... Continue Reading
Athletes Will Be Served Medals On Trays In Contactless 2020 Olympic Ceremonies
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 23, 2021, fast approaching, yet another change will impact the international event in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During all medal ... Continue Reading
Rapper Method Man Incline Bench Presses 100-Pound Dumbbells for 12 Reps
The last time we saw Clifford Smith Jr., also known as rapper Method Man, in the gym, he knocked out a 475-pound deadlift personal record. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wu-Tang Clan ... Continue Reading
How to Watch Weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics — Live Streaming, Broadcasts, and More
After a particularly tumultuous qualification cycle rife with delays and controversy surrounding weightlifting’s status as an Olympic event, lifters from around the globe will compete in Tokyo, Japan, from ... Continue Reading
Team USA Weightlifter Mattie Rogers Hits 110-kilogram Push Press, Then Busts a Move
Team USA member Mattie Rogers will represent the USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, where she will compete in the 87-kilogram class. The Games kick off on July 23, 2021, and her division is scheduled to ... Continue Reading
2021 Giants Live The Strongman Classic Preview — Roster, Events, History
The COVID-19 pandemic brought live entertainment to a screeching halt. Even the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, will exclude spectators. On June 15, 2021, the 2021 World's Strongest Man competition, hosted ... Continue Reading
Watch Strongman Pavlo Nakonechnyy’s Silky Smooth 475-Kilogram Deadlift
The race to beat 2018 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor Björnsson's all-time heaviest ever deadlift of 501 kilograms (1,104.5 pounds) just got hotter. Pavlo Nakonechnyy of Ukraine recently took ... Continue Reading
Update: Oleksii Novikov and Robert Oberst Out of 2021 Shaw Classic
Four-time World’s Strongest Man Brian Shaw announced that the 2021 Shaw Classic would be held in October 2021 in Estes Park, CO. On Feb. 2, 2021, Shaw released another YouTube video, this time to announce ... Continue Reading
Turkish Weightlifter Daniyar Ismayilov Faces Possible 8-Year Ban After Doping Charge
Daniyar Ismayilov, who won silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in the now-defunct Mens’ 69-kilogram category, is facing a possible four to eight-year suspension from competition following a drug-related ... Continue Reading
Meet Veronika Kuchtova — Organizer of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games
In April of 2019, Veronika Kuchtova joined the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as the Technical Operations Manager (TOM). She performed her first Tokyo 2020 Para ... Continue Reading
Rogers Claims Records — 2021 USA Weightlifting National Championships Results
The weightlifting champions of the United States have been crowned. The 2021 USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships took place from June 26 through July 4 in Detroit, MI. The event saw male and ... Continue Reading
How 6-Time Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates Changed the Sport of Bodybuilding
Elite-level bodybuilding is going through something of a transitional stage. The end of Phil Heath’s Mr. Olympia reign — which encompassed seven back-to-back victories (2011-2017) — has seen three ... Continue Reading