In this article we will discuss muscle hypertrophy, a scientific term used to describe the physiological process of new muscle tissue development. Muscle hypertrophy is a key training process for every ... Continue Reading
Who Has the Best Chance to Take the Strongman Log Lift World Record?
We're currently less than three days out from the 2018 Europe's Strongest Man, which is taking place on April 7th in Leeds, England. Handfuls of strongman's best athletes will go head-to-head for ... Continue Reading
Watch Kara Saunders’ Best-on-Earth 18.5 Workout
The current Second Fittest Woman on Earth™ Kara Saunders was the only CrossFit® athlete, male or female, to break the 200-rep barrier in the 18.5 Open workout. Saunders, who recently changed her name ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Melissa Barber Pulls a Huge 206kg (455 lb) at 57kg (127 lb) Bodyweight
If you read this title and thought, "Hey didn't I just see an article similar to this?" Our answer would be yes, yes you did. Less than a week ago, we wrote on 56/57kg powerlifting athlete Melissa ... Continue Reading
Hips Or Knees: Which Should Break First In the Squat?
Chicken or the egg, which came first? The knees and hips argument has raged on since the dawn of time, well, at least since we started barbell squatting. On social media and other online outlets, it can ... Continue Reading
Strongman Eddie Hall Maxes His One-Armed Human Press
Zydrunas Savickas gets a lot of press for his pressing, which is fair enough given that he still holds the world record in the log press with 228kg. But don’t sleep on Eddie Hall. The reigning World’s ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Daniella Melo Pulls a Smooth 495 lb Deadlift Triple
It hasn't taken long for -84kg powerlifter Daniella Melo to get back under and over the bar to perform impressive strength feats. About a month ago, we wrote on Melo's strong performance at the USA ... Continue Reading
Watch Mat Fraser and Josh Bridges Compete In CrossFit Open Workout 18.5
It’s hard to believe that after five weeks and five gut-wrenching, game-changing workouts, the CrossFit Open 2018 is over. For some of us, it’s because it was such a fun experience that the time just flew ... Continue Reading
105kg Weightlifter Wes Kitts Goes Big With New 221kg Lifetime Clean PR
California Strength's 105kg weightlifter Wes Kitts is back at it crushing big numbers to conclude a brutal training block. Over the weekend, Kitts hit a lifetime clean PR and continues on his journey to ... Continue Reading
Did Weightlifter Won Jeong-Sik Clean & Jerk 200kg (2kg Over World Record)?
South Korean 69kg weightlifter Won Jeong-Sik appears to have just hit a huge clean & jerk in training. Yesterday, Shin Yong-Jin shared the video below, which features what is said to be a huge 200kg ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Stefanie Cohen Strapless Deadlifts 505 lbs for Three Reps
Powerlifter Stefanie Cohen has once again shaken up the online strength community with her insane deadlift strength. In her latest video, Cohen pulled a deadlift weight that she's hit before, but for ... Continue Reading
Tall Jerk – Technique Video, Variations, and Benefits
In this article we will discuss the tall jerk (and its variations) to help coaches and athletes better improve technique, speed and precision of footwork, and aggression in the jerk. In the below sections ... Continue Reading
Report: Russia Helped Armenian Weightlifters Dope At Beijing and London Olympics
Between 2006 and 2012 Armenian weightlifters took performance-enhancing drugs, falsified test samples, and were aided by Russian doping officials in their efforts, according to an explosive report ... Continue Reading
150 Million MyFitnessPal Accounts Hacked In Data Breach
Yesterday, The Verge reported that Under Armour announced they experienced a data breach in related to 150 million MyFitnessPal accounts. If you use the fitness and diet tracking application MyFitnessPal, ... Continue Reading
Reports: Arnold Schwarzenegger Undergoes Emergency Open-Heart Surgery
Earlier today, it was reported by TMZ that 70-year old bodybuilding legend and pioneer Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent emergency open-heart surgery on Thursday. According to TMZ, sources close to the ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Melissa Barber Deadlifts 201kg (445 lbs) at 57kg (127 lbs) Bodyweight
At 56kg/57kg bodyweight, powerlifter Melissa Barber has been crushing some heavy deadlifts in her latest training videos. Her last Instagram video highlights a 201kg (445 lb) PR single at a bodyweight of ... Continue Reading
Janis Finkelman Deadlifts 440 lbs for Four Easy Triples
Powerlifter Janis Finkelman is setting herself up to have an explosive 2018 judging from her latest training videos. Her latest video shines light on her epic deadlift strength and features four strong and ... Continue Reading
Check Out Zhang Jie’s Latest ~2.75x Bodyweight Clean & Jerk
This is one beautiful lift. Thirty-year-old Chinese weightlifter Zhang Jie hasn't competed on the international stage in years, but the guy is maintaining some seriously elite level strength. Zhang has ... Continue Reading
Tom Kallas Squats a World Record 815lb at 198lb Bodyweight
American powerlifter Tom Kallas made a squat of 815 pounds (369.7 kilograms) at an American Powerlifting Federation (APF) meet held in Cincinnati. The squat was made raw with knee wraps, making it an ... Continue Reading
Isabella von Weissenberg Smokes a 200kg Squat Single and Deadlift Triple
It's safe to say that Swedish powerlifter Isabella von Weissenberg has been absolutely crushing the month of March. Hot off breaking the IPF -72kg Classic Women's Open squat world record, Weissenberg has ... Continue Reading
Noah Ohlsen’s Day of Eating Includes Protein Coffee and Lots of Wheat
It is a little shocking that Noah Ohlsen can consume so much food and so many liquid carbohydrates and still have a grand total of just 3,165 calories for the day, but that’s a high-carb diet for ... Continue Reading
Jason Khalipa Does All 5 CrossFit Open Workouts in Under 80 Minutes
Few men have had the honor of being named the Fittest Man on Earth™, but Jason Khalipa is one of them. The 2008 CrossFit® Games champion has competed at the Games eight times and only once placed outside ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Dan Green Tears Bicep, Withdraws from Meets
Powerlifter Dan Green has announced that he'll be withdrawing from the March Madness meet he planned to compete in at the end of the month. In his latest Instagram post, Green shared that he had ruptured ... Continue Reading
18.5 CrossFit® Open Workout Tips from Top Athletes and Coaches
We've made it to CrossFit Open Workout 18.5. It's the home stretch. Last night, Dave Castro announced CrossFit Open Workout 18.5 live from CrossFit Reykjavík in Reykjavík, Iceland. Soon after his ... Continue Reading