A pre-workout ingredient banned in CrossFit competition has cost Laura Hosier and her box their shot at the 2018 CrossFit Games. In a post uploaded to her Instagram, Hosier put up a picture of the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit HQ Announces Disqualification of Fifth Place Meridian Team
Last week, CrossFit HQ announced that the fifth place team in the CrossFit Meridian Regional could face disqualification due to a violation of team eligibility. This news broke on Instagram when CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Canadian Weightlifter and Olympian Bob Santavy Passes Away At Age 70
In sad news coming out of Canada this week, Canadian Weightlifting legend Robert “Bob” Santavy has passed away; he was 70 years old. Between 1967 and 1978, he qualified and lifted in two Commonwealth ... Continue Reading
CrossFit, Inc. Brings Suit Over Licensing and Marketing Dispute With Reebok
Yesterday, CrossFit announced they plan to take Reebok to federal court over a licensing and marketing dispute that's developed over the last five years. This announcement comes from a press ... Continue Reading
Olympic Weightlifting Champion Chuck Vinci Dead At 85
Olympic weightlifting champion Charles Vinci has died at age 85. No official cause of death has been announced. “Chuck” Vinci is to this day the most recent American male to win an Olympic gold medal in ... Continue Reading
House of Representatives Introduces Bill to Criminalize Doping in International Competition
A new bill was just introduced in the United States House of Representatives to criminalize doping in international sports. The bill is named the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (RADA) after Grigory ... Continue Reading
Joseph Peña Shatters Junior World Record Squat With 425.5 Kilograms
It’s the squat that had countless powerlifters telling their buddies, “I told you this kid was the real deal.” Joseph Peña is the real deal. There have been a lot of historic lifts made at this year’s ... Continue Reading
IWF Lifts Doping Suspensions On Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Early
Over the last month, there's been a plethora of news regarding the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and recently formulated anti-doping ... Continue Reading
Only a Handful of Men Have Ever Lifted the Incredibly Heavy Dinnie Stones
What truly defines a legendary strength athlete? Often times, it's the fact that these athletes were years beyond their time when it comes to lifting, competition, and fitness knowledge. And in my opinion, ... Continue Reading
With 177kg Deadlift at ~57kg, Powerlifter Catherine Smith Sets New Junior World Record
And the records keep falling at the 2018 IPF World Classic Championships. Twenty-three year old Catherine Smith has toppled the Junior world record for the deadlift in her -57kg weight class with a ... Continue Reading
Junior Powerlifter Clifton Pho Sets Open World Record With 285.5kg Deadlift
Canadian powerlifter Clifton Pho still lifts as a Junior, but that hasn’t stopped him from breaking multiple Open world records. The 23-year-old turned up at the IPF World Championships that are currently ... Continue Reading
Dalton LaCoe (53kg) Pulls First Ever 5x Bodyweight Deadlift At IPF Worlds
History has been made. Yesterday morning, junior powerlifter Dalton LaCoe took to the platform to complete an historic strength feat at this year's IPF World Classic Powerlifing Championships. LaCoe ... Continue Reading
5 Highlights from The Washington Post’s Greg Glassman Profile
CrossFit’s founder and CEO Greg Glassman is on a war against soda. Right now it’s his raison d’être, his moral obligation, the fire in his belly. As the guy responsible for popularizing functional ... Continue Reading
Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Jared Enderton’s 305 lb to 193 lb Body Transformation
Yesterday, another CrossFit Games athlete shared their long-term physique progress and transformation with the help of CrossFit-style training via their Instagram page. This athlete is none other than ... Continue Reading
3 Effective Ways to Put On Tight Knee Sleeves
Knee sleeves can be great additions to your supportive strength arsenal, but at times, they can be a major pain to get on, especially when they're tight. For most knee sleeve wearing athletes, more than ... Continue Reading
Mueller Report Clarifies Weightlifter Dmitry Klokov Not Involved in Trump’s Russia Dealings
Editor's note, April 19 2019: After the release of the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (better known as the Mueller Report) on April 18, it was ... Continue Reading
Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Chyna Cho’s Impressive Transformation
Besides actually training and improving every day, what's the best part of working out or partaking in a strength sport? Many would argue it's the act of taking that second to look back on the road ... Continue Reading
From the Ground Up: 6 Ways to Cue the Squat for Better Movement
What makes a good cue? What makes a great cue? Individuality. Strength coaching and training is an art. Believe it or not, if you work with athletes or just like lifting yourself, then you're an ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships (Plus Schedule)
We're less than a day out from the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. This year's Championships are being held in Calgary, Canada and are set to kick off June 6th, then run through June ... Continue Reading
Why Dwayne Johnson Is Hip Thrusting 405 Pounds for 11 Grueling Reps
Dwayne Johnson cops flack sometimes for being more focused on bodybuilding than strength training. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with sticking to bodybuilding if that’s your jam, of course, but that ... Continue Reading
An Academic Study of Powerlifter Ray Williams’ Superhuman Body
If you know powerlifting, you know Ray Williams. He's literally the strongest powerlifter on the planet, at least in the drug-tested International Powerlifting Federation, currently holding the IPF world ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Chakera Holcomb Deadlifts 282kg (622 lbs), Breaks All-Time Raw Wilks
When describing Chakera (C.C.) Holcomb's powerlifting career, where do we begin? Well for starters, we can talk about how only two weeks ago Holcomb competed at the Kern US Open and set three all-time ... Continue Reading
The Pros and Cons of Using a Hook Grip (Plus 4 Grip Strengthening Exercises)
I’ve read a lot of comments from those curious about my decision to switch to mixed grip in the middle of the US Open. I missed my first attempt, at 733 pounds, using hook grip, and then made 733 and ... Continue Reading
Five Athletes Provisionally Suspended Per IWF Public Disclosures
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation released the names of five athletes from multiple countries that have been flagged for positive doping results. All of these athletes will be ... Continue Reading