On July 25, Daniel Bell competed for the first time in a multi-ply equipped powerlifting meet and finished with a 2,667 pound (1,209.5 kg) total. If you’ve been following Bell’s career as a lifter, then ... Continue Reading
19 Year Old Keydomar Vallenilla Front Squats 280kg
You may not yet know much about Keydomar Vallenilla, but you probably should. The 19-year-old weightlifter from Venezuela, who competes in the -89kg weight class, holds the Junior clean & jerk ... Continue Reading
Antonio Martin: Untrained 430 Pound Bench Press to Para Powerlifting Superstar
After becoming a paraplegic at the age of 23, when he was shot trying to break up a fight while working security at a nightclub, Antonio Martin barely skipped a beat. “It was kind of challenging, but ... Continue Reading
Rich Froning Announces Cancelation of Mayhem Madness Team Event
The 4-time Fittest Man on Earth and member of the 4-time CrossFit Games winning team Mayhem Freedom Rich Froning announced on his Instagram page earlier today that the Mayhem Madness Team Event is ... Continue Reading
NBC’s The Titan Games Episode 10 Recap: Country Strong in the East
Last week, we saw both Will Sutton and Haley Johnson retain their status as Titans of the East. In the men's division, pro golfer Ryan Steenberg injured his bicep on Mount Olympus allowing Sutton to take a ... Continue Reading
Nike Metcon 6 Release Date Announced (Plus Metcon 6 Mat Fraser)
The Nike Metcon 6 will be released to Nike members on August 4th and have a global release on August 31st. The Metcon 6 has some upgrades from the Metcon 5. We'll highlight what they are and which of ... Continue Reading
Road To 304kg: Tom Stoltman Eyes New Atlas Stone Record
You don’t earn the nickname “King of the Stones” from shying away from previously unthinkable records. That’s why no one should be shocked that Scottish Strongman Tom Stoltman has his sights set on an ... Continue Reading
Daniel Bell Gets 2,667 Total in His First Multi-Ply Powerlifting Meet
The American Powerlifting Federation (APF) held their “Showdown at the Storm” meet this past weekend at the Perfect Storm Hardcore Gym in Holly Hill, Florida. This gym was a home meet for Daniel Bell who ... Continue Reading
Larry Wheels and James Harrison Want to Do a Strict Curl Contest
Many powerlifting fans don’t know that in the early days of the sport, there used to be a fourth lift. It was the strict curl. Your head, back, and glutes must stay against a wall while you perform a ... Continue Reading
Petr Asayonok Snatches 7kg Over World Record
Petr Asayonok of Belarus began his professional weightlifting career in 2010 at the age of of 17 in the -69kg class when he placed second at a Youth Olympic Qualifying Event. He has since competed in the ... Continue Reading
Jay Moir On Overcoming Cerebral Palsy: Feedback Is My Fuel
Jay Moir is a gym instructor, fitness blogger, and online coach from Aberdeen, Scotland. He acquired those professional accolades despite being a wheelchair-user with cerebral palsy. However, ... Continue Reading
BarBend and World Para Powerlifting Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Reach New Audiences
BONN/NEW YORK CITY – On July 27th, BarBend, the world’s leading strength-based sport media outlet, finalized their agreement with World Para Powerlifting as a Media Provider. The agreement will ... Continue Reading
Logan Aldridge: Well Armed with One-Arm in Fitness, Sports, and CrossFit
It was a freak accident. Logan Aldridge was just 13 years old. He loved extreme sports and wanted to be a professional wakeboarder. One day, after wakeboarding at his family’s lake house, he was ... Continue Reading
BREAKING: Eric Roza, Greg Glassman Finalize Acquisition Deal for CrossFit
It was announced last month that former CEO of data and analytics company Datalogix Eric Roza would acquire CrossFit from its founder and now former CEO Greg Glassman. The move came following intense ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Bounces Back With a 740lb Bench Press Double (Almost)
Julius Maddox was on the "Road to the 800lb Bench Press" for much of the last year. That all came to a head when that would-be heaviest raw bench press of all-time was scheduled for Saturday, June 20th in ... Continue Reading
Dexter Jackson Guest Poses At NPC Body Be 1 Classic
2008 Mr. Olympia and 5-time Arnold Classic Champion Dexter Jackson won’t be competing again until the 2020 edition of the Olympia this December, but he is still active in the sport of bodybuilding and ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Eats His Old 15,000 Calorie Strongman Diet
Brian Shaw's strongman diet used to consist of a whopping 15,000 calories in a single day. Even for the 6'8 tall, 440+lb 4-time World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion, that's a lot of food to consume. What ... Continue Reading
Rongo Keene Interview: Sharing the Lighter Side of Strongman
Rongo "The Warrior" Keene of New Zealand competed in his first ever professional strongman event in 2015. Since then he has made quite the name for himself in the sport. He won the 2015 Singapore's ... Continue Reading
NBC’s The Titan Games Episode 9 Recap: Slip, Tumble, Pop
Last week's episode kicked off the East Region competition with a shocking series of events that saw both of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Titans fall. This week, competitors knew that those ... Continue Reading
260 Kilos – Did Iron Biby Just Make the Heaviest Push Press Ever?
Cheick Al-Hassan Sanou has made what might be the heaviest push press ever performed, at least on camera. The Burkinese strongman, better known as Iron Biby, weighs almost 200 kilos, stands 1.9 meters ... Continue Reading
Prescillia Bavoil Lifts 41kg Over Her World Record Total In Training
2019 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Classic Championships -63kg winner Prescillia "Lya" Bavoil of France had an incredible training session this past weekend where she totaled ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Jamal Browner Deadlifts Humongous 455kg/1,003lb
Jamal Browner is absurdly strong. The 25-year-old powerlifter has proved his prowess for the deadlift back in February when he pulled an all-time world record 971lb 440.5kg/971lb in the -110kg weight ... Continue Reading
International Weightlifting Returns with 2020 Online Pan Am Cup
Over this past weekend history was made, as the 2020 Pan American Cup became the first-ever International level Weightlifting Competition held exclusively via the internet. Athletes had cameras setup in ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Does Pull-ups At Over 360 Pounds Bodyweight, Shares Physique Update
2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall has regularly been keeping his fans updated on the shape he is in while training for his September 2021 fight with 2018 WSM Hafthor Bjornsson. On July 19, Hall posted ... Continue Reading