This weekend, almost 400 of the best weightlifters in the United States will be invading Chicago for the 2017 USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships. That means there will be over twenty thousand ... Continue Reading
2017 CrossFit® Regionals Events 4, 5, and 6 Revealed, Still No Barbells
Dave Castro may be the master of the slow build and reveal, but it looks like he’s decided to throw caution to the wind and drop three events of the CrossFit® Regionals in a day. The average load for a ... Continue Reading
The 2017 USA Weightlifting National Championships Ultimate Preview
On May 4th, USA Weightlifting published the latest version of the athlete start list for the 2017 National Championships, to be held May 11 through the 14th of this year in Chicago, Illinois. As of this ... Continue Reading
2017 CrossFit® Regionals Workout 2 (Dumbbells Are Back!)
Less than twelve hours after releasing Workout 1, Dave Castro has released the second CrossFit® Regionals event. The Regional competitions are taking place over the span of three weekends, which ... Continue Reading
52kg Powerlifter Liz Craven Squats 155.5kg for New World Record
There were a handful of records broken two weekends ago at the Pacific Invitational that was held in Sydney, Australia. One of the records that somewhat got lost in rotation was Liz Craven's world record ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Announces 2017 CrossFit Regionals Workout 1
It's that time of year again: CrossFit Games Director Dave Castro is releasing Regional workouts ahead of time. The Regional competitions — which take place across three weekends from May 19th through June ... Continue Reading
Here’s How CrossFit Games Athlete Sam Dancer Warms Up
If you love the Reebok CrossFit Games, odds are that you’ve wondered how on Earth Sam Dancer is so strong. Dancer came in second place at the 2014 Reebok CrossFit® Games when he was competing as part of ... Continue Reading
Watch the 17.2 Documentary Starring Froning, Davidsdottir, Sigmundsdottir, and More
As the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games approach, we haven't just been enjoying the coverage from the Reebok CrossFit Games' Update Studio, hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the occasional comedy sketch, and ... Continue Reading
Reichardt and Delacruz Win Medals at Junior Pan American Weightlifting Championships
Picking up where she left off in 2016, Hayley Reichardt has won the first medals for Team USA at the 2017 Junior Pan American Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Reichardt, who represents the Garage ... Continue Reading
USA Brings Home 54 Weightlifting Medals at the 2017 World Masters Games
Last weekend concluded the final day of the 2017 World Masters Games. This year marked the ninth games, and they were held in Auckland, New Zealand. The weightlifting event took place from April 22-29th. ... Continue Reading
Karen Skalvoll Competes at Powerlifting Nationals Under Oxygen Therapy
Earlier this year in March, we reported on a Norwegian adaptive strength athlete named Karen Skalvoll. She competed and set a world record under oxygen therapy at this year's Arnold Classic Disabled ... Continue Reading
Kevin Gray Squats More Than 4 Times His Bodyweight to Set New World Record
Australian powerlifter Kevin Gray had an eventful weekend at the Pacific Invitational in Sydney. This year's Invitational was held during the Australian Fitness Show, which took place over the weekend on ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Drops First Hint for CrossFit® Games Regionals Workouts
The CrossFit® Open has come and gone, and we're a little under a month away from Regionals season. This year's Open had a ton of ups and downs, so we're excited to see what's in store for the Regionals ... Continue Reading
Watch Blaine Sumner and Kelly Branton Drink Chicken Shakes and Squat 915lbs
If you felt the earth shaking Monday, remain calm, because there's no need to be alarmed. It was just two of powerlifting's best squatters coming together for an epic bro session, which to no one's ... Continue Reading
Julie Foucher Announces Her Plans for 2017 CrossFit® Games Regionals
CrossFit® Games athlete Julie Foucher may not be training at the level she once was, but she'll still be competing in her 2017 CrossFit Central Regional competition. The only difference will be that this ... Continue Reading
Can Practicing Incorrect Form Actually Improve Your Lifting?
In the strength and conditioning world the saying, "there are multiple ways to skin a cat," couldn't be more true when developing an athlete's strength and technique. For this article, we're going to dive ... Continue Reading
John Cena Celebrates His 40th Birthday With a 602 Pound Deadlift
Most people celebrate their birthdays by partying and going out, but not John Cena. He celebrated his birthday in fashion by proving, once again, that he's a strength athlete through and through. We now ... Continue Reading
How to REALLY Set Goals in Strongman Competition
Strongman is very much unlike two other contests designed to test strength: powerlifting and weightlifting. When you participate in one of the aforementioned meets, you know what you should be capable of ... Continue Reading
2017 World’s Strongest Man Qualification Groups Leaked
As seems to always be the case with World’s Strongest Man, the only exciting news in the build up to the main event of year and the cornerstone of many athletes and fan’s calendars comes from something we ... Continue Reading
The Sickest Angles: An Interview with Steve Galvan, the IWF’s Official Photographer
For sports fans, there is nothing more exciting than seeing a live competition. This is especially true if that competition consists of the best athletes in the world performing their craft. Unfortunately ... Continue Reading
Need Motivation? Watch Oscar Figueroa’s Epic Comeback to Win Gold in Rio
Very rarely do the best athletes ever have it easy. There always seems to be a great obstacle one must overcome before achieving true greatness. In an athlete's case, this could be a comeback from injury, ... Continue Reading
Throwback to Lamar Gant’s 5x Bodyweight Deadlift, World’s Oldest Powerlifting Record
Possibly one of the best resourced athletes to ever grace the sport of powerlifting was Lamar Gant. He competed in both the 123 lb and 132 lb weight classes and was a dominant force throughout ... Continue Reading
Can This New App Revolutionize Powerlifting Meets? (Plus a Guide)
A new powerlifting referee app was recently released by Norwegian powerlifter Stian Walgermo, and it's available for Android and iOS. Today's options for judging parameters can be ... Continue Reading
Our Favorite Men’s Lifts From the 2017 Chinese National Weightlifting Championships
The 2017 Chinese National Weightlifting Championships came to a conclusion today. This year’s competition was held over the span of two weekends, with the women competing April 8-11th and the men April ... Continue Reading