History has been made. Yesterday morning, junior powerlifter Dalton LaCoe took to the platform to complete an historic strength feat at this year's IPF World Classic Powerlifing Championships. LaCoe ... Continue Reading
At 81 Years Old, Shirley Webb Deadlifts Big Weight At IPF Worlds
We're three days into this year's IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. This year, the Championships are taking place in Calgary, Canada, and the Masters athletes are just about finished with their ... Continue Reading
5 Highlights from The Washington Post’s Greg Glassman Profile
CrossFit’s founder and CEO Greg Glassman is on a war against soda. Right now it’s his raison d’être, his moral obligation, the fire in his belly. As the guy responsible for popularizing functional ... Continue Reading
Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Jared Enderton’s 305 lb to 193 lb Body Transformation
Yesterday, another CrossFit Games athlete shared their long-term physique progress and transformation with the help of CrossFit-style training via their Instagram page. This athlete is none other than ... Continue Reading
International Weightlifting Federation Set to Defend New Olympic Qualification System
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced in a press release that they're preparing to defend the newly proposed Olympic weightlifting Qualification System in front of the ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Larry “Wheels” Williams Benches 183kg (405 lbs) For 20 Reps
We're about halfway through 2018 and Larry Williams (Wheels) continues to impress on social media. It feels like almost every day we sign on to Instagram we're witnessing Wheels hit a new high-volume ... Continue Reading
3 Effective Ways to Put On Tight Knee Sleeves
Knee sleeves can be great additions to your supportive strength arsenal, but at times, they can be a major pain to get on, especially when they're tight. For most knee sleeve wearing athletes, more than ... Continue Reading
18 Year Old Harrison Maurus Front Squats a Huge 240kg (529 lbs)
When it comes to crazy squat strength, -85kg weightlifting athlete Harrison Maurus continues to blow our minds. It seems like every time we check Maurus' Instagram page he's posting about a new ... Continue Reading
Worlds Ready: Powerlifter Russel Orhii Squats an Easy 283kg (625 lb) Single
Yesterday, the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships kicked off in Calgary, Canada with the first groups of Masters athletes taking the platform. This year, the Championships are running ... Continue Reading
Mueller Report Clarifies Weightlifter Dmitry Klokov Not Involved in Trump’s Russia Dealings
Editor's note, April 19 2019: After the release of the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (better known as the Mueller Report) on April 18, it was ... Continue Reading
Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Chyna Cho’s Impressive Transformation
Besides actually training and improving every day, what's the best part of working out or partaking in a strength sport? Many would argue it's the act of taking that second to look back on the road ... Continue Reading
From the Ground Up: 6 Ways to Cue the Squat for Better Movement
What makes a good cue? What makes a great cue? Individuality. Strength coaching and training is an art. Believe it or not, if you work with athletes or just like lifting yourself, then you're an ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships (Plus Schedule)
We're less than a day out from the 2018 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. This year's Championships are being held in Calgary, Canada and are set to kick off June 6th, then run through June ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Amanda Lawrence Pulls a Big 238kg (525 lb) Deadlift PR
Deadlift PRs and super strong sets of back squats, that sums up -84kg powerlifter Amanda Lawrence's latest Instagram feed. Currently, Lawrence is in prep for the USA Powerlifting Med City Raw Open, ... Continue Reading
Why Dwayne Johnson Is Hip Thrusting 405 Pounds for 11 Grueling Reps
Dwayne Johnson cops flack sometimes for being more focused on bodybuilding than strength training. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with sticking to bodybuilding if that’s your jam, of course, but that ... Continue Reading
Kristy Hawkins Does Cardio With This Set of 200kg (440 lb) x 10 On Deadlifts
If you watch a high rep deadlift set and feel exhausted does that count as secondhand cardio? We hope so, because this set below from Kristy Hawkins tired us and we're not even the ones lifting the weight. ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kjell Bakkelund Smashes His Deadlift World Record in Training With 330kg
Very strong Norwegian man Kjell Bakkelund quietly uploaded a no-big-deal deadlift to his Instagram this week with a gut busting 330 kilograms, or 727.5 ... Continue Reading
An Academic Study of Powerlifter Ray Williams’ Superhuman Body
If you know powerlifting, you know Ray Williams. He's literally the strongest powerlifter on the planet, at least in the drug-tested International Powerlifting Federation, currently holding the IPF world ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Chakera Holcomb Deadlifts 282kg (622 lbs), Breaks All-Time Raw Wilks
When describing Chakera (C.C.) Holcomb's powerlifting career, where do we begin? Well for starters, we can talk about how only two weeks ago Holcomb competed at the Kern US Open and set three all-time ... Continue Reading
The Pros and Cons of Using a Hook Grip (Plus 4 Grip Strengthening Exercises)
I’ve read a lot of comments from those curious about my decision to switch to mixed grip in the middle of the US Open. I missed my first attempt, at 733 pounds, using hook grip, and then made 733 and ... Continue Reading
74kg Junior Powerlifter Tim Monigatti Squats 273kg (602 lbs), 3kg Over World Record
The peaking videos continue to surge on social media as powerlifters across the world close in on their platform date for this year's IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. As a reminder, this ... Continue Reading
67kg Powerlifter Aysha Haley Deadlifts 190kg (420 lb) for Four Reps
Meanwhile in California... Powerlifter Aysha Elayan (or Haley as per her Instagram) recently pulled a strong deadlift PR for four reps at the California Elite Training Center. Elayan ended up finishing ... Continue Reading
Five Athletes Provisionally Suspended Per IWF Public Disclosures
Earlier today, the International Weightlifting Federation released the names of five athletes from multiple countries that have been flagged for positive doping results. All of these athletes will be ... Continue Reading
What Are Your Thoughts On These Two World Record Deadlifts?
Okay, I admit, the records below are probably not what you thought when you clicked on this article. When I first read their headlines I thought they would be maximal attempts, but I was sadly ... Continue Reading