While everyone is looking at this year’s CrossFit Games with fresh eyes after several months of uncertainty, 2020's first-year qualifiers know even less about what to expect. For the first phase at least, ... Continue Reading
Antoine Vaillant Wins 2020 California Pro Bodybuilding Show
By this point in the 2020 pro bodybuilding schedule, the eyes of the sport would be on the 2020 Mr. Olympia in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thanks to the current status of the world, that contest will now be in ... Continue Reading
Felipe Rieutord Deadlifts 661 Pounds Raw at 19 Years Old
Maybe there's something in the water, but teenagers seem to be stronger nowadays. In just the deadlift, we have seen Hayden Willis sumo deadlift 350kg/771lb, Dylan Crawford pull 329kg/725lb in straps, ... Continue Reading
Marisa Flowers Performs Fastest Ever “Fran” By a Female Athlete
On August 31st, Marisa Flowers performed the CrossFit® WOD "Fran" in 1 minute 53 seconds. That is not only under the standard 2 minutes generally seen as excellent for elite athletes, but it's also ... Continue Reading
How To Watch the 2020 Reebok CrossFit Games Stage One
The 2020 Reebok CrossFit® Games starts will be in two stages this year as part of a hybrid model. The first stage is an 2-day online qualifier (athletes compete remotely in their home countries) to ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting Legend David Ricks Squats 292kg/644lb for 5 at 61 Years Old
David Ricks has been an elite competitive powerlifter for nearly four decades. At 21 years of age in 1981, he made his sanctioned debut at the United States Powerlifting Federation (USPF) Pennsylvania ... Continue Reading
Tara Nott-Cunningham: Sydney Olympics and Historic Weightlifting Gold
Tara Nott-Cunningham (born Tara Nott) is one of America's most decorated Olympic weightlifters, having competed in both the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic Games. In 2000 — the first year women's ... Continue Reading
Check Out Jesus Olivares Squat 410kg/904lb at 22 Years Old
We have seen Jesus Olivares lift some massive weight before. Whether it was deadlifting 388.5kg/857lbs in a barn, working his cardio by squatting 302.5kg/667lb for 8 reps, or going huge with a ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Reveals Event List for Shaw Classic
On August 13th, 4-time World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Brian Shaw announced that he would host and compete in a new strongman competition called the Shaw Classic. It is currently set to take place on ... Continue Reading
How To Watch Konstantine Janashia vs. Rauno Heinla Deadlift Showdown
Season 2 of World's Ultimate Strongman's (WUS) "Feats of Strength" series starts this Sunday, September 13th. The premiere episode will feature Rauno Heinla and Konstantine Janishia battling it out ... Continue Reading
Luke Richardson Wins 2020 Europe’s Strongest Man
With 2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall in attendance, the first major strongman competition since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic took place. That contest was the 2020 Europe’s Strongest Man ... Continue Reading
2020 New York Pro Bodybuilding Results
Only in a year that has been turned upside down due to a pandemic, as well as several other issues that has made 2020 a unique year to say the least, would it make sense for a bodybuilding show called “New ... Continue Reading
Mark Felix Sets New World Record for Hercules Hold (Again)
Mark Felix, competing in the 2020 Europe’s Strongest Man contest, has once again set a new world record for the Hercules Hold. Over the last few competitions, Felix and the Hercules Hold have become ... Continue Reading
Martins Licis Confirms He Is Out of 2020 World’s Strongest Man
2019 and current World’s Strongest Man Martins Licis will not be taking part in this year’s contest, and will instead focus all of his efforts into winning the 2021 Arnold Strongman Classic. Licis and ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Rookie Jay Crouch On Training and Preparing for a Virtual Comp
Australian CrossFit athlete Jay Crouch is currently preparing to make his first individual CrossFit Games appearance in 2020. Although things certainly won’t look the same as in year’s past, Crouch says he ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Online Competition Equipment List Revealed
The 2020 Reebok CrossFit® Games online qualifier competition equipment list is here. According to an Instagram post by Armen Hammer, each athlete will be required to have the following equipment ... Continue Reading
Firefighter and Masters CrossFitter Carol Mezen Talks Gaining Confidence, Putting on 30 Pounds of Muscle
With three CrossFit Games competitors in the line up at the 2020 Masters Fitness Collective Championship, Carol Mezen wasn’t necessarily thinking she could win the women’s 45-49-year-old division was ... Continue Reading
Sarah Davies, Lu Xiaojun Named to IWF Athletes Commission
Earlier this week, insidethegames reported that the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) created an Athletes Commission that would be made up of male and female athletes from all five ... Continue Reading
Cheryl Haworth: Breaking Barriers and Olympic Bronze at 17 Years Old!
Cheryl Haworth represented USA Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics — and won a bronze medal! — at just 17 years old. Cheryl talks about the friendships forged through Olympic ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall and Ross Edgley Perform Navy SEAL Fitness Test
2017 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion and the first person ever to deadlift 500kg/1,102lb Eddie Hall's training has changed significantly since leaving the sport. Of course, he has essentially become a ... Continue Reading
Ivan Makarov Hits 490kg Deadlift, Could 510kg Be Next?
Eddie Hall deadlifted 500kg in 2016. Hafthor Björnsson topped him with his 501kg deadlift in May of this year. Is it possible that the deadlift record will be broken twice in one year? Judging by ... Continue Reading
Strongman Martins Licis On Bent Press Technique, Training, and Benefits
If you follow Martins Licis’ social media and YouTube channel, then you know that he trains with more than your typical strongman lifts. His focus on different exercises is why he may be so efficient with ... Continue Reading
How Barbell Magnate Bob Hoffman Transformed American Fitness
It’s a life worthy of a movie. A former World War I veteran returns to the United States, discovers weightlifting, and, in time, dedicates himself to it. Not content with competing, the man built his own ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Predicts Early Knockout Victory Against Eddie Hall
Hafthor Bjornsson has finally made his own prediction as to what the outcome will be in his boxing match against Eddie Hall next September in Las Vegas, Nevada. "The Mountain" foresees his arm being raised ... Continue Reading