Earlier today, it was reported by TMZ that 70-year old bodybuilding legend and pioneer Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent emergency open-heart surgery on Thursday. According to TMZ, sources close to the ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Melissa Barber Deadlifts 201kg (445 lbs) at 57kg (127 lbs) Bodyweight
At 56kg/57kg bodyweight, powerlifter Melissa Barber has been crushing some heavy deadlifts in her latest training videos. Her last Instagram video highlights a 201kg (445 lb) PR single at a bodyweight of ... Continue Reading
Janis Finkelman Deadlifts 440 lbs for Four Easy Triples
Powerlifter Janis Finkelman is setting herself up to have an explosive 2018 judging from her latest training videos. Her latest video shines light on her epic deadlift strength and features four strong and ... Continue Reading
Check Out Zhang Jie’s Latest ~2.75x Bodyweight Clean & Jerk
This is one beautiful lift. Thirty-year-old Chinese weightlifter Zhang Jie hasn't competed on the international stage in years, but the guy is maintaining some seriously elite level strength. Zhang has ... Continue Reading
Tom Kallas Squats a World Record 815lb at 198lb Bodyweight
American powerlifter Tom Kallas made a squat of 815 pounds (369.7 kilograms) at an American Powerlifting Federation (APF) meet held in Cincinnati. The squat was made raw with knee wraps, making it an ... Continue Reading
Isabella von Weissenberg Smokes a 200kg Squat Single and Deadlift Triple
It's safe to say that Swedish powerlifter Isabella von Weissenberg has been absolutely crushing the month of March. Hot off breaking the IPF -72kg Classic Women's Open squat world record, Weissenberg has ... Continue Reading
Noah Ohlsen’s Day of Eating Includes Protein Coffee and Lots of Wheat
It is a little shocking that Noah Ohlsen can consume so much food and so many liquid carbohydrates and still have a grand total of just 3,165 calories for the day, but that’s a high-carb diet for ... Continue Reading
Jason Khalipa Does All 5 CrossFit Open Workouts in Under 80 Minutes
Few men have had the honor of being named the Fittest Man on Earth™, but Jason Khalipa is one of them. The 2008 CrossFit® Games champion has competed at the Games eight times and only once placed outside ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Dan Green Tears Bicep, Withdraws from Meets
Powerlifter Dan Green has announced that he'll be withdrawing from the March Madness meet he planned to compete in at the end of the month. In his latest Instagram post, Green shared that he had ruptured ... Continue Reading
18.5 CrossFit® Open Workout Tips from Top Athletes and Coaches
We've made it to CrossFit Open Workout 18.5. It's the home stretch. Last night, Dave Castro announced CrossFit Open Workout 18.5 live from CrossFit Reykjavík in Reykjavík, Iceland. Soon after his ... Continue Reading
Barbell Cycling Strategies
In this article we will discuss barbell cycling, a method of moving a barbell with precision, speed, and efficiency during high skilled movements like the snatch, clean, and jerk (as well as a few other ... Continue Reading
Here Are the Voting Options for CrossFit Open Workout 18.5
For the first time ever, Dave Castro and CrossFit are having CrossFit athletes, fans, and strength athletes from all walks of life vote on a CrossFit Open Workout. Yesterday, Castro announced in a video ... Continue Reading
Zydrunas “Big Z” Savickas PRs His Log Press, Won’t Say How Heavy It Is
As the Europe’s Strongest Man contest approaches, one of the most hotly debated questions is the matter of who will win the log lift event. Some of the strongest overhead pressers on Earth, including Eddie ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kevin Oak Squats an Easy 367.5kg (810 lb) Two Rep Max
Powerlifter Kevin Oak has been crushing some big weights in lead up to his next meet. Oak is currently a little over two weeks out from the USPA Connecticut Spring Classic being held in Derby, Connecticut. ... Continue Reading
4 Benefits of Low Bar Back Squats
In the article we will discuss four unique benefits of the low bar back squat to help strength, power, and fitness athletes further understand this squat ... Continue Reading
How to Start Olympic Weightlifting After 50
Any kind of strength training is fantastic for overall health, but one of the great things about Olympic weightlifting is that it builds more than just strength and power. To successfully execute the lifts ... Continue Reading
How to Watch CrossFit Open Workout 18.5 (Plus 18.5 Vote & Leaderboard)
Well, if you've been tuning in every week to the 2018 CrossFit Open live announcements, congratulations, you made it through the stressful highs and lows of anticipation. For those tuning in for the first ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Athlete Jacob Heppner Will Not Qualify for Regionals
It's been a rough couple of years for three-time CrossFit Games athlete Jacob Heppner. Last year, he had to withdraw from the 2017 CrossFit Open after 17.1 due to bursitis in his knee. Now, he's shared on ... Continue Reading
Dates and Venue Confirmed for 2018 World Weightlifting Championships
Late last week there was some confusion in the weightlifting community when South Korean weightlifting fan Shin Yong Jin — who regularly posts weightlifting news and training clips — uploaded the following ... Continue Reading
Try These 3 Bench Press Variations to Improve Your Pressing Power
It only makes sense to wrap up the “Variations You Should Know” series with the bench press. Full disclaimer, though: while I consider myself an expert on the squat and deadlift, I can’t say the same about ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Crushes a 226kg Seated Log Press, 2kg Shy of World Record
While he doesn’t appear to be competing in this year’s World’s Strongest Man contest in Manila, Eddie Hall still has a big year ahead of him. In multiple interviews with Hall — like ours, you should ... Continue Reading
18.4 CrossFit® Open Workout Tips from Top Athletes and Coaches
Can you believe we're already four weeks into the 2018 CrossFit® Open? Last night, Dave Castro announced CrossFit Open Workout 18.4, which is composed of two descending couplets with a 9-minute time ... Continue Reading
Just 17% of Rx’d Athletes Got to Round Two of CrossFit Open Workout 18.3
We know that every time an Open workout is announced people call it brutal, but the CrossFit Open’s 18.3 workout was pretty darn brutal. With its AMRAP triplet of toes to bar, hang clean & jerks, ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Superstars Sara Sigmundsdottir and Bjorgvin Gudmundsson Try MMA
OK, but what is fitness? The standard response from many CrossFit® athletes is something along the lines of "constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity across broad time and modal ... Continue Reading