Miles Taylor is inspiring powerlifters and athletes around the world today with his latest massive 200-pound deadlift PR, which he achieved at 99 pounds bodyweight. Taylor has cerebral palsy, a movement ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Reveals New Program For Licensing Competitions, Why It Matters
Earlier today, CrossFit HQ announced that they will be releasing a new program and process for licensing official CrossFit competitions. The program described in CrossFit HQ's press release highlights a ... Continue Reading
Full ROGUE Record Breakers Schedule Released for 2019 Arnold Sports Festival
Every year, the Arnold Sports Festival brings the best and strongest athletes in an epic display of athleticism. Strength fans get ready, the ROGUE Records Breakers events were just released. This year, ... Continue Reading
Thor Bjornsson Deadlifts a Huge 951lb Double With Larry Wheels
Meanwhile in Iceland, world record holding powerlifter Larry Williams — better known as Larry Wheels — is continuing his transition from powerlifting to strongman under the tutelage of a pretty darn ... Continue Reading
Katrin Davidsdottir and Sean Sweeney Win Fourth CrossFit Sanctional
Over the weekend, CrossFit athletes from across the world met in South Africa to compete at the Fittest In Cape Town competition. The Fittest In Cape Town competition served as the fourth CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Sam Briggs & James Newbury Win Australian CrossFit Championships; Maddie Sturt Also Qualifies for Games
A week after Wodapalooza — the second of this year's Sactional® competition qualifiers for the 2019 CrossFit Games — the Australian CrossFit Championship has wrapped up, complete with the season's first ... Continue Reading
Report: After Albanian’s Doping Ban, Mattie Rogers to Receive Silver Medals from 2017 WWC
According a report from Inside the Games, American weightlifter Martha "Mattie" Rogers is set to receive two silver medals from the 2017 Weightlifting World Championships after Albanian ... Continue Reading
Watch Martins Licis Teach Larry Wheels How to Flip an 1,100 Pound Tire!
We've seen Larry "Wheels" Williams do some seriously insane things on and off the powerlifting platform. The record-holding lifter is known for his ability to lift insane volumes as well as manage ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kimberly Walford Qualifies for 2019 IPF Classic World Championships
It has been an eventful two years filled with ups and down for powerlifting legend Kimberly Walford, although, judging from her last Instagram post hopefully her latest "up" trend continues. Yesterday, ... Continue Reading
Own Part of a Nutrition Company: Ample Is Looking for Investors (Sponsored)
In the crowded, $18 billion meal replacement market, Ample stands out for a few reasons. Sure, it has no artificial ingredients, but what's more unusual about it is that it has a tremendous focus ... Continue Reading
Thailand’s Ability to Host 2019 IWF World Championships In Question After Positive Tests
In a story first covered by Inside the Games, four weightlifters from Thailand have tested positive for banned substances following the 2018 Weightlifting World Championships. The positive tests could ... Continue Reading
The 2019 CrossFit Open Leaderboard Now Offers Customized Hashtags
The CrossFit Games just announced a really cool addition to the 2019 CrossFit Open Leaderboard on their Instagram page. This year, athletes will have the ability to customize and add hashtags to their ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Athlete Ben Smith Is Concerned About Bias in Sanctionals
There has been a whole lot of commotion in the world of CrossFit these last few months as the format and qualifications process of the annual CrossFit Games have been totally overhauled. The changes to ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting’s 2019 Coaching Symposium Is Heading to Miami
Attention all weightlifting athletes, and weightlifting/strength coaches: the USA Weightlifting 2019 Coaching Symposium is heading to warm and sunny Miami, Florida. This year, the Coaching Symposium will ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey, Patrick Vellner Win Wodapalooza and Earn Invites to 2019 CrossFit Games
In the second competition under the new qualification system for the CrossFit Games, familiar faces once again punched their tickets back to Madison. Two-time defending CrossFit Games Champion Tia-Clair ... Continue Reading
Arnold Strongman USA Results: Licis Wins, 3 More Qualify for Classic in Ohio
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