Hopefully, you have kept up your strongman training. The 2021 Rogue Record Breakers (RRB) event — where athletes attempt to set world records in various strongman events — will host an online qualifier ... 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
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Clarence “CJ” Cummings Jr. (73KG)
At the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, 21-year-old weightlifter Clarence "CJ" Cummings Jr. will represent Team USA in the 73-kilogram weight class. Cummings trains at The Foundry — a gym located in ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Bench Presses 340 Kilograms Raw in Training — for Two Reps
If you don’t know Julius Maddox, you’re missing out on something truly special in powerlifting. The Kentucky native is taking the world of strength sports by storm with what feels like an onslaught of PRs ... 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
Powerlifter Rudy Kadlub Sets 4 IPL World Records at 2021 USPA Drug-Tested National Championships
He said he would, and he did. In June 2021, 72-year-old powerlifter and co-owner and CEO of Kabuki Strength, Rudy Kadlub, called his shot — he would set a new International Powerlifting League (IPL) squat ... 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
Brazilian Weightlifter Fernando Reis Suspended for Doping Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Fernando Reis, one of Brazil's prominent competitive weightlifters, has been suspended following a positive doping test mere days before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which run from July 24 ... 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
The Full 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Weightlifting Roster
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony will occur on July 23, 2021. Weightlifting will begin with the Women's 49-kilogram weight class competing on July 24 and conclude with the Men's +109-kilogram ... 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 Martins Licis and Rapper Action Bronson Smash Eccentric Deadlifts
The last time rapper Action Bronson (Ariyan Arslani) met up with 2019 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Martins Licis to train, Bronson had just dropped over 120 pounds. Under Licis's tutelage, Bronson ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Hampton Morris Sets Youth World Record With 155-Kilogram Clean & Jerk
Hampton Morris, 17, made a big splash Saturday, July 10 at the 2021 Junior Pan-American Weightlifting Championships in Manizales, Colombia. Competing in the 61-kilogram weight class, Morris clean & ... 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
Larry “Wheels” Williams Will Make His Return to Powerlifting in September 2021
Larry "Wheels" Williams has received a lot of attention over the last several months because of his affiliation with arm wrestling. He lost his match at “King of the Table” to Alex Toproll back in May, but ... Continue Reading