Earlier this month, Stephanie "The Hammer" Hammerman opened up Hammer Driven Fitness, her functional fitness focused gym, in the town of Knightdale, North Carolina. Compared to other individuals who ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces 2018 IWF World Championship Teams
In less than two months, USA Weightlifting will make their way to the 2018 IWF World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. This year's World Championships will be the first international competition ... Continue Reading
Generation Iron 3 Trailer Shines Unique Look Into International Bodybuilding
Over the weekend, thousands of strength sports fans gathered at the Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the Mr. Olympia competition finals on Saturday night, ... Continue Reading
Check Out Shawn Rhoden’s Epic Transformation to Become Mr. Olympia 2018
Editor's Note 9/21/18: The original article wrote that Shawn Rhoden won $675,000 USD for his first place finish, but has since been corrected and changed to reflect his $400,000 USD prize. Over the ... Continue Reading
Why Samantha Calhoun Is Someone to Watch At USAPL Raw Nationals
Last week, we wrote about the epic battle that's unfolding between Amanda Lawrence and Daniella Melo in the -84kg weight class at the 2018 USAPL Raw Nationals. Another epic battle that's been quietly (or ... Continue Reading
Joseph Pena Squats An Easy 870 lbs, Will He Be Youngest to Hit 1,000 lbs Raw?
Powerlifter Joseph Pena is a force to be reckoned with in the sport of raw powerlifting. Currently, Pena is in prep for 2018 USAPL Raw Nationals, which are going down in Spokane, Washington. At the young ... Continue Reading
Report: Tia-Clair Toomey Confirms Move to Cookeville, Tennessee
Well, Cookeville, Tennessee just got a heck of a lot fitter. Yesterday, in an interview with BOXROX, two-time Fittest Woman on Earth™ Tia-Clair Toomey confirmed the rumors about her and partner Shane ... Continue Reading
Ian Daniel Destroys a Huge 408kg Trap Bar Deadlift PR
When you break a personal record on a single lift, it's often by a few extra kilograms, granted, sometimes it can be a little more and fall in the ranges of something like 10-20kg. But rarely is a PR jump ... Continue Reading
Junior Powerlifter Kostiantyn Musiienko Smashes Open Bench Press World Record By 39 Pounds
Ukrainian powerlifter Kostiantyn Musiienko isn't crazy famous, but he's responsible for some of the most impressive records we’ve seen in the equipped division. A prodigious bench press specialist, ... Continue Reading
Second Qualifier for 2019 CrossFit Games Announced
Well, the floodgates seem to have broken for the announcements of the newly structured 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games qualifiers/official sanctioned events. In case you're late to the party, we'll catch you up ... Continue Reading
Strongman Nick Best Deadlifts 600 lbs for 16 Reps
Over the last few months, it seems like a lot of strength athletes have been pulling big weight for high rep sets, and they've all been impressive, but professional strongman Nick Best's latest deadlift ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Sarah Lewis Deadlifts An Easy 215kg Beltless Triple
Meanwhile at Armor Gym in Knoxville, Tennessee, powerlifter Sarah Lewis is moving big weight with absolute ease. Yesterday, Lewis shared a ground shaking deadlift triple on her Instagram page that reminded ... Continue Reading
Grip Training Tips from a Dinnie Stones World Record Holder
Grip training is always an interesting topic in strength sports. For starters, it's a limiting factor in lifts and sports, which mean you'll always capped to what your grip can handle, even if something ... Continue Reading
Check Out Strongman Eddie Hall’s Crazy Beltless Deadlift Challenge
Social media challenges can take multiple forms. Sometimes they're easy like sharing a photo with a particular hashtag, other times they raise awareness and money like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Wins 2018 Kazakhstan National Weightlifting Championships
For the first time since 2015, Ilya Ilyin has competed on a platform of any significance. Competing at the 2018 Kazakhstan National Championships, Ilyin snatched 172KG and lifted 208KG in the clean and ... Continue Reading
First Qualifier for 2019 CrossFit Games Season Announced
Late this afternoon, the first official sanctioned CrossFit Qualifier for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games season was announced in a press release on PR Newswire. The first announced CrossFit Qualifier is ... Continue Reading
Isabella von Weissenberg Walks Us Through Her Squat Warm-Up
A great warm-up is more than a cluster of movements, it's a battery of exercises that's designed specifically for one's needs. Needs can be defined by many things, and we'll dive into a few of those below. ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kelsey Horton Squats a Big 191kg PR
When it rains PRs, it pours, at least that seems to the squat theme of this week. The other day we wrote about powerlifter Amanda Lawrence smoking two big squat PRs in training, and today, we're covering ... Continue Reading
Reebok and CrossFit, Inc. Come to Agreement Over Licensing Dispute
Earlier today, it was announced that Reebok International Ltd. and CrossFit, Inc. have reached an agreement over a licensing dispute that was publicized in mid-June 2018. In the press release published by ... Continue Reading
Watch Sly Stallone Flip a 250lb Tire Training for Rambo 5
Real talk: who wouldn’t want to be as strong as Sylvester Stallone at 72 years old? The veteran awesome person has a pretty active Instagram account where he shares a lot of interesting glimpses into his ... Continue Reading
Iranian Weightlifter Behdad Salimi Announces Retirement After 2018 Asian Games
At the age of 28, Iranian +105kg weightlifter Behdad Salimi announced his retirement after winning gold at the 2018 Asian Games. Salimi's latest gold — which comes as his third at the Asian Games — could ... Continue Reading
Study: How Long Should Weightlifters Rest Between Sets?
There are a lot of controversial areas of fitness. We’re not just talking about the big, easy-to-bust myths like deep squats are bad for the knees or lifting will make women bulky (no and no) but even ... Continue Reading
From 0 to 1,000 Fans, How to Build a Successful Strength Competition
Over the weekend up in the quiet city of Aberdeen, South Dakota, the Massenomics team were making noise hosting their third annual Massenomics Strongman Showdown. At the 2018 Arnold Classic, I had the ... Continue Reading
Watch Martins Licis’ Jawdropping 900-Pound Deadlift Triple
Often called the “dark horse” of the World’s Strongest Man events, Latvian strongman Martins Licis doesn’t have quite as much name recognition as Thor Bjornsson or Eddie Hall but the plucky 27-year-old has ... Continue Reading