When it comes to pure power and precision, few athletes compare to Chinese weightlifter Shi Zhiyong. Yesterday, Zhiyong wrapped up another stellar performance at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships ... Continue Reading
Jonathan Cayco Bench Presses 520 lbs For Unofficial IPF World Record
Need another reason to get pumped up for your heavy lift this weekend? How about watching Jonathan Cayco bench press an unofficial 93kg IPF World Record? In his latest bench press video, Cayco presses a ... Continue Reading
16 Year Old Jackson Powell Squats 655 Pounds Three Times
If you need some Friday squat motivation, then look no further because we have you covered. A few days ago, Jackson Powell, a 16 year old up and coming football player and powerlifter, casually squatted ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Athletes Share Their Mindset for 2019 Pan American Championships
Next week, Team USA will compete at the Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Currently, members of Team USA are fine tuning their last minute preparations for this Gold level qualifying ... Continue Reading
Benedikt Magnusson Wants to Pull 528kg At the World Deadlift Championships
Professional srongman fans and deadlift lovers, get ready. Things are starting to heat up as athletes prepare for this year's Giant's Live World Deadlift Championships taking place in Wembley, England on ... Continue Reading
Get Pumped for Puppies: CrossFit Gym Raises Money For Dog Shelter
CrossFit Asphodel Hong Kong ran an event to raise money for a dog shelter, Catherine’s Puppies, that was damaged during last year’s Typhoon Mangkut. The event brought together athletes from all over Hong ... Continue Reading
Iran Sends First Women’s Senior Weightlifting Team To An International Competition
Iran will be sending a senior female weightlifting team to an international competition for the first time. The Asian Championships will be held in Ningbo, China from April 18th to April 20th, and seven ... Continue Reading
Ashton Rouska Finishes Collegiate Powerlifting Career With 1,930 lb Total
Hold the cap and gown, because Ashton Rouska is lifting well beyond his collegiate years. The 22-year-old finished his undergraduate powerlifting career with his best-ever performance at the 2019 USA ... Continue Reading
Report: CrossFit Games Athletes Can Now Compete In Shoes of Their Choice
More news has been released in regard to changes for the 2019 CrossFit Games. In a brand new video posted and shared by ArmenHammerTV on YouTube, Hammer goes on the record to share that CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
Jenn Rotsinger Beats Two Orlando Europa Open IPL World Records
Jenn Rotsinger went into the Orlando Europa wanting nothing more than to crush the Open International Powerlifting League (IPL) world record, and on Sunday she did just that. Rotsinger, who went up a ... Continue Reading
Meg Reardon, John-Paul Hethcock, and Invictus X Win Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge
Meg Reardon, John-Paul Hethcock, and Invictus X all earned big wins at the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge in Washington, D.C and with that have all punched their tickets to the 2019 CrossFit Games in ... Continue Reading
Watch 60kg Powerlifter Marianna Gasparyan Squat 235kg for 5 Reps
We are a little under two weeks out from the 2019 Kern US Open and the athletes competing are beginning to wrap up their final heavy sessions. This year, the Kern US Open is set to take place April ... Continue Reading
Oleksii Novikov Is Victorious at the Arnold South America Strongman!
The next chapter in the Arnold Strongman Pro World Series has been written in Sao Paulo, Brazil and it was a man from Ukraine who put the exclamation point at the end. Oleksii Novikov won the Arnold ... Continue Reading
Morel Wins the Arnold South America
The Arnold Classic in Ohio is considered the second largest show in bodybuilding but to win any of the other Arnold shows around the world, like the Arnold South America, is considered a big win. To be on ... Continue Reading
Talakhadze and Kashirina Set Records on Final Day of European Weightlifting Championships
On the final day of the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in Batumi, Georgia, the two superheayweight World Champions put on a show and sent a simple message: they are in the home stretch to the ... Continue Reading
Arnold Strongman South America Preview
The strongman competitive season has been in full swing and there have been many memorable moments place in North America, Australia, and Europe. Now we move on to South America where the Arnold Pro ... Continue Reading
Watch CJ Cummings’ Jaw Dropping 185kg Clean Into Two Jerks
Eighteen-year-old weightlifter CJ Cummings had some initial difficulty when he made the transition from split jerks to squat/power jerks in 2017, but the man has certainly come into his own and has been ... Continue Reading
2019 CrossFit Games PRO Predictions (Who Will Win???)
In late 2018, CrossFit HQ dropped a series of bombshell announcements regarding the future of The CrossFit Games. (Though to be fair, many were first reported on by independent news outlets.) Regionals ... Continue Reading
Rogue Invitational Announces First Event (It’s a Biathlon!)
Over the course of all CrossFit's competitive seasons, we've seen our fair share of odd events and competition twists. However, the latest announcement from the Rogue Invitational's Instagram page may take ... Continue Reading
Review: The Travel Show That Explores CrossFit in Asia
Amit Tripuraneni is a New Zealand-based CrossFit coach and filmmaker who decided to combine his two passions with an innovative travel show that explores how CrossFit® and its culture are manifesting in ... Continue Reading
Improve Your Weightlifting With Aleksey Torokhtiy’s Matrix-Style Lifting Videos
A dream that Aleksey Torokhtiy and his partner Sergei Putsov have had in the making for years is finally becoming a reality. Torokhtiy and the crew at Warm Body Cold Mind are set to release a series of ... Continue Reading
Report: 41 Athletes Banned from European Weightlifting Championships
The 2019 European Weightlifting Championships began in Batumi, Georgia this weekend but 41 athletes from 18 nations were barred after failing to comply with World Anti-Doping Agency regulations. Note ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Wins 2019 Europe’s Strongest Man
The sport of strongman can be documented by top stars of certain eras. You can start with Bill Kazmaier followed by Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Magnus Ver Magnusson would be after that, then comes Mariusz ... Continue Reading
Study: Elite Weightlifters Have Absurd Amounts of Fast Twitch Muscle Fibers
We have known for quite some time that the Olympic lifts are fantastic exercises for developing power. Athletes from all walks of life practice power cleans, clean & jerks, and snatches on a regular ... Continue Reading