The thousands of people who made their way to the Santa Monica Pier to watch the inaugural Arnold Strongman USA competition were in for quite the show. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, and ... Continue Reading
3 New Sanctioned CrossFit Events Announced for 2020 Games Season
It has been huge couple of weeks for the sport of CrossFit. If you've been following along with all of the updates, then you're probably aware that the official rulebook for the 2019 CrossFit Games season ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2019 Wodapalooza Fitness Festival
The 2019 Wodapalooza Fitness Festival is taking place on January 18th and this year, there have been a few big changes. For those unfamiliar, Wodapalooza is a CrossFit-like competition that takes place ... Continue Reading
Huge Strength Athletes Vs. Tiny Airplanes
Let's call it what it is, but as a society we're pretty fascinated with the lives of some of the largest strongman and powerlifting athletes. I mean how can we not? It's oddly fun to watch a 6' 8" ... Continue Reading
The 5 Biggest Changes to the 2019 CrossFit Games Rulebook
To all of the CrossFit athletes and fans who have been eagerly waiting for the 2019 CrossFit Games Rulebook — get ready, because it's here. This year, more than ever, the Rulebook is incredibly important, ... Continue Reading
Arnold Strongman Classic Qualifier Taking Place in Santa Monica
If you’re someone who is a part of the sport of strongman, 2019 is starting off on the right foot thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger and the folks with the Arnold Sports Festival. The Arnold Strongman ... Continue Reading
Strongman Rob Kearney Log Lift Splits Jerks a Huge 205kg Double
No matter what strength sport you love most, there's no denying the impressiveness that comes along with split jerking a log. This tough to balance implement is tough enough to strict and push press, and ... Continue Reading
These Are the Top Ten Fitness Trends for 2019
Every year since 2006, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) have conducted a survey to predict future health and fitness trends for the following year. In the November and December edition of the ... Continue Reading
Check Out Jen Thompson’s Bid for The World Games 2018 Athlete of the Year
We may be full swing into 2019, but there are still a few loose ends from 2018 that need a little attention. One of these 2018 loose ends that needs some of the strength sports community's attention comes ... Continue Reading
The 7 Most Epic Strength Feats and Performances of 2018
It's hard to believe, but we've already made it through 2018 and it's been another historic year for strength. This year has been nothing short of amazing for every strength sport, and we wanted to take ... Continue Reading
Reebok’s Sale Includes $70 Nano 8s and $100 Legacy Lifters
The holidays might have brought you all of the workout gear you could asked for, but if they didn't, then sit back and check out Reebok's latest end of season sale. In mid-December, we wrote about one ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Russel Orhii Squats a Very Promising 700 lbs
How have your 2018 gym goals gone? Hopefully they went really well, and by really well, we mean as well as powerlifter Russel Orhii's goals. Yesterday, Orhii shook the internet and the social media ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
Well, we've reached our final day of giving in the second annual BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting. For our final giveaway, we're giving away the perfect gift for pretty much anyone, and ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Under Armour Cross Training Shoe Giveaway
We are down to the final days in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign and today's giveaway is one of the best yet. Why is that? For today's giveaway, we're giving one lucky winner a ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Vlad Alhazov Squats 525kg (1157lbs) Raw with Wraps
After squatting 525kg in training earlier this year, Vlad Alhazov cemented himself on our radar as one of the top powerlifters to watch heading into 2019. It turns out, his next jaw-dropping performance on ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: 5.11 Tactical Giveaway
Only three days remain in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign and today's giveaway is one of our favorites from the month. For our twenty third giveaway, we've teamed up with 5.11 ... Continue Reading
IWF Announces Positive Retests from 2012 Olympics; Torokhtiy and Nurudinov Among Named
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced on its website recent doping retests from the 2012 London Olympic Games have produced an additional five positives for banned ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Uesaka Training Bumper Set Giveaway
There are only four days left in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign and we have a great giveaway for you today. For the second time this month, we're teaming up with the barbell ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Reebok Shoe and Apparel Giveaway
On the twenty first day of Christmas my favorite strength site BarBend gave to me, a sweet Reebok Froning shoe and apparel package! For today's giveaway in BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Diamondback Fitness Giveaway
There are five more days until Christmas, which means we have less than a week left of BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign. Today's giveaway is our biggest yet, and we're super ... Continue Reading
Watch Weightlifter Tao Wenli Smoke a 3.6x Bodyweight Front Squat
If you needed an end of the week pick me up to get you through your next training session, then look no further. Yesterday, Lawrence (@larrior) on Instagram, shared a ridiculous front squat video of ... Continue Reading
25 Days of Gifting: Under Armour Giveaway
Welp, are are officially closing in on the three week mark of BarBend's 25 Days of Lifting…Gifting campaign, which means two things. One, there are only a few more days to enter in awesome ... Continue Reading
New to the Movement, Larry Wheels Hits a 500lb Snatch Grip Push Press
Larry Williams, better known to the strength community as Larry Wheels, is an enormously successful powerlifter and bodybuilder who has achieved world record totals in the 242 pound class (2,171) and the ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter John Haack Comes Back After Injury to Total All-Time World Record
Over the weekend in Miami, Florida, Hybrid Performance Method hosted the first ever Hybrid Showdown, which was a USPA hosted powerlifting meet. This meet was absolutely stacked with elite powerlifters and ... Continue Reading