The 2017 Senior Pan American Weightlifting Championships are set to kick off on Sunday, July 23rd and go through Thursday, July 27th. This competition will host some of the world's best ... Continue Reading
Kirill Sarychev Just Announced Two Brand New Lifting Federations
Kirill Sarychev has already made a lot of contributions to strength sports. Easily one of the strongest living powerlifters, he currently holds the world record for the heaviest raw bench press of all ... Continue Reading
How to Prevent a Bicep Tear
Bicep tears are pretty gnarly. They’re extremely painful, can put a lifter out of commission for months — even squats can be prohibited — and they can come out of nowhere. You can do curls and chin-ups all ... Continue Reading
Obstacle Course Confirmed for 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
Last night, Dave Castro confirmed on his Instagram page that an obstacle course will be making a return at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. The last time we saw an obstacle course in the games was in 2012 ... Continue Reading
3 Tips for Pulling Under the Bar in Olympic Weightlifting
It’s not uncommon, especially in beginning lifters or lifters transferring to weightlifting after competing in other sports, to have difficulty getting under the bar while completing full snatches and ... Continue Reading
Two Hip Replacements Won’t Stop Ed Coan’s 500-Pound Deficit Deadlifts
One of the most celebrated powerlifters of all time is back to lifting heavy, despite having undergone not one, but two hip replacements. Ed Coan has broken dozens of powerlifting records throughout his ... Continue Reading
Daniella Melo Smashes the Junior World Deadlift Record In Training
Eighteen-year-old powerlifting phenom Daniella Melo just broke her all-time deadlift record with a mammoth 480-pound (217.7-kilogram) lift in training, which would be a new IPF junior world record in ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Announces Second 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Event
We're exactly a week after the first 2017 Reebok CrossFit® Games Event announcement, and in true Dave Castro fashion, the second event isn't going to disappoint. So what is it? Well, there's been quite ... Continue Reading
This Beach Gym Has Wooden Plates, Dumbbells, and Bars
How do you work out on vacation? In your hotel's make shift gym, with a bodyweight circuit, or do you skip workouts completely, and say the good ol' "Eh, I'm on vacation". If you're part of the ... Continue Reading
Layne Norton Wins First Powerlifting Competition After Two Year Injury Hiatus
Layne Norton, PhD, or Biolayne as most know him on social media, is finally back to competing in powerlifting. Norton has been on a two year hiatus from competing after a series of injuries forced him to ... Continue Reading
5 Effective Tips for Stronger Handstands
Handstands: for some, they feel more natural than standing on feet, and for others, they may seem foreign or even downright impossible. As a bodyweight athlete and avid handbalancer, one of my most ... Continue Reading
Tom Martin Tears His Bicep Attempting a Deadlift World Record
At the World Powerlifting Congress’s European Championships this weekend, -110kg British powerlifter Tom Martin had a goal. He didn’t just want to beat the record in his weight class, he wanted to beat ... Continue Reading
How Soon Can I Squat After an ACL Tear?
Please note that the following article does not constitute medical advice. Speak to a licensed medical practitioner before starting an exercise program or any form of physical rehabilitation. Tearing ... Continue Reading
After Two Hip Replacements, Ed Coan Squats 585 Pounds for Reps
Ed Coan wouldn’t let a hip replacement or two stop him from beating your squat PR. The man who some consider the greatest powerlifter of all time is wowing his fans with this new clip of himself squatting ... Continue Reading
Wes Kitts Hits a 220kg Clean in Training, Closes in on American Record
Less than two weeks after the last update, we're putting together another article covering 105kg weightlifter Wes Kitts' impressive lifts. On June 27th, we reported on Kitts' new snatch and total ... Continue Reading
Here’s the First Announced Event of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
Director of the CrossFit Games Dave Castro has taken to Instagram to announce the very first event of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. Using what appears to be his favorite announcing method of scrawling ... Continue Reading
Cailer Woolam Casually Breaks His 400kg World Deadlift Record In Training
“Lol. Just felt like it,” says Cailer Woolam in his latest Instagram post, hauling 884 pounds (401 kilograms) off the floor. Lol. Just felt like it. He just felt like breaking the world record in ... Continue Reading
Is Konstantin Pozdeev Coming Out of Retirement?
Pretty big news for people who like extremely big weights: Konstantin Pozdeev is heading back to the sport of powerlifting. That’s according to this recent Intagram post that’s gaining traction in the ... Continue Reading
Aleksey Torokhtiy’s Slow-Mo Training Videos Are the Best Yet
When it comes to the sport of weightlifting, it's always tough finding perfect simple videos breaking down the movements. There's a ton of content out there on social media, and a lot of great coaches, but ... Continue Reading
Check Out LSU Running Back Derrius Guice’s 650lb Back Squat
There's no denying that football players are some of the strongest athletes outside of dedicated strength sports. The collegiate and professional level players need ridiculous strength just to hold their ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Denies Accusations of Domestic Violence
Strongman and actor Hafthor Bjornsson’s career and personal life are in flux after he was accused of domestic violence by two former girlfriends. Three times in six months, police were called to ... Continue Reading
Why Is James Harrison Playing Volleyball With a Medicine Ball?
So you're star NFL player James Harrison, you've got a little downtime, and you spy a volleyball net that's just begging for a few hyper-fit athletes to frolick around it. You consider it; finding ways to ... Continue Reading
How to Deadlift – Muscles Worked, Variations, and Benefits
The deadlift can be generalized to encompass any movement that has a lifter lift an object from a dead start position (no momentum) off the floor from an unsupported position to standing. While this is a ... Continue Reading
Do-Win Weightlifting Shoe Review
The Do-Win Shoe is relatively well-known in the sport of weightlifting and originally rose to popularity in the 90s. The Do-Win Weightlifting Shoe originally started as the Pendlay Do-Win, but is now ... Continue Reading