Strongman fans got their first taste of the Men's Open category in the sport this year thanks to the World’s Ultimate Strongman “Strength Island” contest that took place earlier this month. Four-time ... Continue Reading
Posts Highlight Striking Difference Between Weight Rooms for NCAA Women’s and Men’s Basketball Tournaments
On March 18, 2021, Stanford University Sports Performance Coach Ali Kershner posted a photo on her Instagram page highlighting a disparity between the NCAA men's and women's strength and conditioning ... Continue Reading
iFit Will Launch Its First Live-Stream Workout From Mt. Everest
Interactive connected fitness leader iFit is hosting its first-ever live-streamed workout, “A Sunrise Trek on Everest,” on March 22, starting at 8 p.m., ET — sunrise in Nepal — from Mt. Everest. To ... Continue Reading
Rapper Action Bronson Premieres New Health-Focused Episode of F*ck That’s Delicious
Rapper and chef Action Bronson (whose real name is Ariyan Arslani) has been taking life into his own hands as of late. First, he revealed a stunning 127-pound weight loss in November of 2020, which he ... Continue Reading
Win a Kettlebell and Dumbbell Package from Kettlebell Kings!
Kettlebells and dumbbells form the core of any great home gym. And so we've teamed up with Kettlebell Kings to give away the following to ONE lucky winner: Two Kettlebell Kings Powder Coat kettlebells ... Continue Reading
Strongman Robert Oberst’s 3 Tips For a Bigger Bench Press
On March 12, 2021, seven-time World's Strongest Man (WSM) competitor Robert Oberst jumped onto his YouTube channel to continue what seems to have become an ongoing education series on how to do a variety ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Names Team For 2020 Pan American Championships
On March 16, 2021, USA Weightlifting (USAW) named the athletes who would represent the USA at the 2020 Pan American Championships. This gold-level qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was ... Continue Reading
Rogue Fitness Announces Winners of the Cliffhanger Challenge
The month of March offered a new Rogue Challenge for athletes around the world who wanted to compete from their local or home gyms and be more involved in the fitness community. Coming off the heels of the ... Continue Reading
Inaugural Arnold Classic UK Bodybuilding Contest to Take Place in October 2021
In late 2020, the Arnold Sports Festival USA announced that it was postponing its 2021 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That specific Arnold Sports Festival event has yet to announce official dates ... Continue Reading
Dillon Depiazza and Abraham Sanchez Win 2021 NPC Wheelchair National Championships
The IFBB Professional League has been expanding its divisions over the last few years to encourage athletes to compete on their stages. One rising field of competition has been the Wheelchair Division. The ... Continue Reading
Oleksii Novikov Wins World’s Ultimate Strongman “Strength Island” Contest
In the midst of high heat in Bahrain, the first major international strongman contest of 2021 took place. World’s Ultimate Strongman’s “Strength Island” was held on March 13th, and it was watched by fans ... Continue Reading
How Up-and-Coming Strongman Bobby Thompson Trains in a Week
A strongman (strongwoman) competition is a spectacle that intrigues fans — whether it's their first time watching or their hundredth. Once they witness the athletes, become aware of their personalities, ... Continue Reading
Watch Rapper Method Man Take 475 Pounds to School for New Deadlift PR
Just days before the Earth rotated around the sun to enter into the year 2021, Grammy award-winning rapper Clifford Smith Jr. — perhaps more widely known as Method Man — took to his Instagram page to show ... Continue Reading
What Olympic Quota Cuts Really Mean for Weightlifters and Fans
In December of 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued new guidance for athlete quotas in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Continuing a precedent established over the last five years, the ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Qualification Period for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Extended
On March 5, 2021, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved their request for an extension to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games ... Continue Reading
Zydrunas Savickas Will Compete in the Rescheduled 2021 Shaw Classic
Many fans of strongman consider Zydrunas Savickas versus Brian Shaw to be one of the greatest — if not the greatest — rivalry in the sport’s history. Longtime fans of the sport and athletes will get to see ... Continue Reading
What a Week of Training Looks Like for Elite Powerlifter Heather Connor
The sport of powerlifting appears to be simple. There are only three lifts in a competition — the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. You lift the weight, and then a judge lets you know if you ... Continue Reading
International Weightlifting Federation Releases New Proposed Constitution For Review
On March 4, 2021, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) released a proposed new IWF constitution for public view. Notably, this proposed constitution is a draft as IWF Interim President Dr. ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Rachel Torres Deadlifts 34.7 Kilograms Over Junior World Record In Training
At 23 years old, powerlifter Rachel Torres competes in the 75-kilogram (165-pound) weight class and just trounced a Junior world record (JWR) deadlift in training. The two-time all-time world record ... Continue Reading
Strongman Laurence Shahlaei Shows You How to Warm Up Before Squats and Deadlifts
On March 1, 2021, strongman Laurence "Big Loz" Shahlaei got in the gym with his coach, Coach H, to share how to properly warm-up before a heavy deadlift or squat session. Their warm-up method focuses on ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Josh Greiner Smashed Teen World Records In Training at 17 Years Old
On March 1, 2021, powerlifter Josh Greiner performed what seems like an inconceivable training session. At 17 years of age and a bodyweight of 105 kilograms (231.5 pounds), he performed the three big lifts ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Shares a Full Day of Eating On His New Boxing Diet
On Feb. 28, 2021, the 2017 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall took to his YouTube channel to share a full day of eating on his updated boxing diet. Hall guided his audience through a full day ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Chris Weist’s 428-Kilogram/971-Pound Deadlift Is a MASSIVE PR
It takes most experienced lifters a year — sometimes longer — to add 30 pounds (or even 10) to a lift. Or, if you're 25-year old Chris Weist, it takes three weeks. Exactly 21 days after pulling 428 ... Continue Reading
IOC: International Weightlifting Federation Has Ignored Reform, Could Lose Olympic Spot
On Feb 24, 2021, Director General of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Christophe De Kepper sent a letter to International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Interim President Dr. Michael Irani and IWF ... Continue Reading