Over the weekend, thousands of strength sports fans gathered at the Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the Mr. Olympia competition finals on Saturday night, ... Continue Reading
Check Out Shawn Rhoden’s Epic Transformation to Become Mr. Olympia 2018
Editor's Note 9/21/18: The original article wrote that Shawn Rhoden won $675,000 USD for his first place finish, but has since been corrected and changed to reflect his $400,000 USD prize. Over the ... Continue Reading
Why Samantha Calhoun Is Someone to Watch At USAPL Raw Nationals
Last week, we wrote about the epic battle that's unfolding between Amanda Lawrence and Daniella Melo in the -84kg weight class at the 2018 USAPL Raw Nationals. Another epic battle that's been quietly (or ... Continue Reading
Joseph Pena Squats An Easy 870 lbs, Will He Be Youngest to Hit 1,000 lbs Raw?
Powerlifter Joseph Pena is a force to be reckoned with in the sport of raw powerlifting. Currently, Pena is in prep for 2018 USAPL Raw Nationals, which are going down in Spokane, Washington. At the young ... Continue Reading
Report: Tia-Clair Toomey Confirms Move to Cookeville, Tennessee
Well, Cookeville, Tennessee just got a heck of a lot fitter. Yesterday, in an interview with BOXROX, two-time Fittest Woman on Earth™ Tia-Clair Toomey confirmed the rumors about her and partner Shane ... Continue Reading
Larry Wheels Shoulder Presses An Incredible 500 lbs
Across all strength sports, one athlete that continually blows the mind of his fans, the internet, his fans, and pretty much any living thing with a pulse is Larry Williams, better known by his nickname ... Continue Reading
Russel Orhii Hits An Easy 301.5kg Squat, 2.5kg Over World Record
In just under a month, over 1,100 of the nation's top powerlifters will be making their way to Spokane, Washington to compete at the 2018 USAPL Raw Nationals. One of the athletes who will be competing in ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Escapes 1,025 lb Squat Fall, Forced to Withdraw From Worlds
Last night, powerlifter Blaine Sumner experienced what many lifters would describe as one of their worst nightmares. Sumner, who was lifting in prep for the IPF World Open Powerlifting Championships, had a ... Continue Reading
Ian Daniel Destroys a Huge 408kg Trap Bar Deadlift PR
When you break a personal record on a single lift, it's often by a few extra kilograms, granted, sometimes it can be a little more and fall in the ranges of something like 10-20kg. But rarely is a PR jump ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Andrew Hause Squats An Easy 388kg Triple At 20 Years Old
The weight is moving at the Carolina Fitness Center based in Monroe, North Carolina. Junior powerlifter Andrew Hause recently hit a huge squat triple that definitely deserves a little more attention. ... Continue Reading
Junior Powerlifter Kostiantyn Musiienko Smashes Open Bench Press World Record By 39 Pounds
Ukrainian powerlifter Kostiantyn Musiienko isn't crazy famous, but he's responsible for some of the most impressive records we’ve seen in the equipped division. A prodigious bench press specialist, ... Continue Reading
Second Qualifier for 2019 CrossFit Games Announced
Well, the floodgates seem to have broken for the announcements of the newly structured 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games qualifiers/official sanctioned events. In case you're late to the party, we'll catch you up ... Continue Reading
Strongman Nick Best Deadlifts 600 lbs for 16 Reps
Over the last few months, it seems like a lot of strength athletes have been pulling big weight for high rep sets, and they've all been impressive, but professional strongman Nick Best's latest deadlift ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Sarah Lewis Deadlifts An Easy 215kg Beltless Triple
Meanwhile at Armor Gym in Knoxville, Tennessee, powerlifter Sarah Lewis is moving big weight with absolute ease. Yesterday, Lewis shared a ground shaking deadlift triple on her Instagram page that reminded ... Continue Reading
Grip Training Tips from a Dinnie Stones World Record Holder
Grip training is always an interesting topic in strength sports. For starters, it's a limiting factor in lifts and sports, which mean you'll always capped to what your grip can handle, even if something ... Continue Reading
Watch Bradley Martyn’s 265lb Power Snatch
Bradley Martyn is perhaps best known as an talented physique athlete, social media celebrity, and the owner of a Los Angeles gym called Zoo Culture. But the guy actually has a pretty long history as an ... Continue Reading
Check Out Strongman Eddie Hall’s Crazy Beltless Deadlift Challenge
Social media challenges can take multiple forms. Sometimes they're easy like sharing a photo with a particular hashtag, other times they raise awareness and money like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Wins 2018 Kazakhstan National Weightlifting Championships
For the first time since 2015, Ilya Ilyin has competed on a platform of any significance. Competing at the 2018 Kazakhstan National Championships, Ilyin snatched 172KG and lifted 208KG in the clean and ... Continue Reading
First Qualifier for 2019 CrossFit Games Season Announced
Late this afternoon, the first official sanctioned CrossFit Qualifier for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games season was announced in a press release on PR Newswire. The first announced CrossFit Qualifier is ... Continue Reading
Isabella von Weissenberg Walks Us Through Her Squat Warm-Up
A great warm-up is more than a cluster of movements, it's a battery of exercises that's designed specifically for one's needs. Needs can be defined by many things, and we'll dive into a few of those below. ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kody Blazek Totals a Huge 1,923 lbs At 179 lbs Bodyweight
Over the last couple days, we've written about a handful of big powerlifting performances from the past weekend. First, we wrote about Stefi Cohen breaking the all-time highest Wilks Score in sleeves at ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kelsey Horton Squats a Big 191kg PR
When it rains PRs, it pours, at least that seems to the squat theme of this week. The other day we wrote about powerlifter Amanda Lawrence smoking two big squat PRs in training, and today, we're covering ... Continue Reading
Chen Wei-Ling (47kg) Is Back to Training, Squats 185kg With Ease
When it comes to being successful in multiple strength sports, few athletes compare to Taiwanese athlete Chen Wei-Ling. At the age of 36, Chen has competed in both powerlifting and weightlifting with major ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces 2019 Qualifying Totals
Yesterday evening, USA Weightlifting announced the qualifying totals for the national 2019 competitive weightlifting season. Last year, we saw qualifying totals increase slightly in some weight classes due ... Continue Reading