Imagine later today you’re walking around as normal, then out of nowhere you’re struck by a car and the life that you’ve become adapted to living changes in a split second. You wake up in a hospital bed ... Continue Reading
10 Athletes Who Got Their First Muscle-Up During CrossFit Open Workout 18.3
Every year, the string of five CrossFit Open workouts test an athlete's tenacity in multiple capacities of strength. The workouts test an athlete's mental, emotional, and physical capabilities, and ... Continue Reading
3 Benefits of Reverse Hyperextensions
In an earlier article we discussed the reverse hyperextension and provided a thorough exercise guide for strength, power, and fitness athletes and coaches. In the reverse hyperextension exercise guide we ... Continue Reading
How to Watch CrossFit Open 18.4 Announcement (Plus Current Leaderboard)
Only two weeks remain in the 2018 CrossFit Open, and we're beginning to get a hint of the top competitors for the 2018 CrossFit season. With the conclusion of the ridiculously tough Open Workout 18.3, ... Continue Reading
Check Out Bodybuilding Legend Frank Zane’s Weightlifting Commercial
Get ready for a throwback. I've seen the image below surface a couple times on forums, most often on bodybuilding focused sites, but it's made its way back to many strength athlete's Instagram feeds and ... Continue Reading
Top Performances of CrossFit Open Workout 18.3 (and Leaderboard Mishaps)
Editor's note: The current 18.3 leaderboard has multiple score submission errors, and the lists below are based off of our best judgements. Once CrossFit HQ validates the current 18.3 leaderboard, then ... Continue Reading
Boady Santavy (94kg) Unofficially Breaks Canadian Snatch and C&J Records
Canadian weightlifter Boady Santavy is heading to the Commonwealth Games in Australia, and a month out of from competition he’s exceeding Commonwealth records. The -94kg athlete just posted this clip of a ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces 2018 Senior Pan Am Team
This past Friday afternoon, USA Weightlifting announced the full men's and women's rosters for their 2018 Senior Pan Am team. If you follow some of USA Weightlifting's top athletes already on social media, ... Continue Reading
Reverse Hyperextension at Home/Without Machine
Reverse hyperextensions are an effective accessory exercise to develop the glutes and hamstrings. Sometimes, however, access to a reverse hyperextension machine is not feasible (training from home, ... Continue Reading
Try These 3 Deadlift Variations to Improve Your Pull
The deadlift is one of my favorite exercises, but it’s also one of the hardest things you can do in the gym. That means the deadlift is pretty tricky to train with high frequency – try to pull more than ... Continue Reading
18.3 CrossFit® Open Workout Tips from Top Athletes and Coaches
Well, we guessed CrossFit Open Workout 18.3 would have some high skill level movement, and we sure got it. Last night, Dave Castro dropped the news on workout 18.3 from Skyline CrossFit in Houston, Texas. ... Continue Reading
How to Watch CrossFit Open 18.3 Announcement (Plus Current Leaderboard)
Brace yourselves, because the third week of the 2018 CrossFit Open is here and workout 18.3 is set to drop tonight. The announcement will be streamed live tonight at 8 pm EST from Skyline CrossFit in ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Makes a 705-Pound Bench Press, the Cage’s Heaviest Ever
Let’s run down all the craziness we saw go down in the Cage at the 2018 Arnold Classic. There was the hour-long, 600-pound deadlift AMRAP between Steve Johnson and Rob Hall. (They both made over 60 reps ... Continue Reading
Check Out 72kg Powerlifter Marte Elverum’s 250kg (550 lb) Deadlift
To conclude our 2018 Arnold Classic coverage, we wanted to highlight one more big deadlift. Norwegian -72kg powerlifter Marte Elverum pulled a massive 250kg (550 lbs) at the Bodybuilding.com Pro Deadlift ... Continue Reading
With One-Hand, Shaquem Griffith Benches 225lb for 20 Reps at NFL Combine
UCF student Shaquem Griffin was a late invite to the NFL combine, but his performance is definitely one of the standouts. Not only did he run the fastest 40 yards for a linebacker ever with 4.38 seconds, ... Continue Reading
Andrew Herbert Takes a 700-Pound Squat for Max Reps at the Arnold Classic
We were already envious of the folks who got to watch all the insanity that took place in the Animal Cage at the Arnold Sports Festival this weekend. The cage — sponsored by the supplement company Animal — ... Continue Reading
Watch Rob Hall and Steve Johnson Lift 600 Pounds for Max Reps Over an Hour
We’ve seen heavy deadlifts, we’ve seen partner deadlifts, but we haven’t seen anything like the sheer test of will that Rob “Da’Savage” Hall and Steve “Forsaken Warrior” Johnson had on display this ... Continue Reading
How Jillian Bleck Is Overcoming Erb’s Palsy to Tackle the 2018 CrossFit Open
A little over a week ago, I was scrolling through the CrossFit subreddit and stumbled across an amazing story. It was about a newer CrossFit athlete (started in September 2017) named Jillian Bleck ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Sets New Weight Over Bar World Record
On the final day of the 2018 Arnold Classic, Rogue Fitness held their annual Record Breakers event. At this event, strongman athletes are invited to break a variety of records for the prize of $5,000 USD ... Continue Reading
Heather Connor Is the First Female IPF Powerlifter to Deadlift 4x Bodyweight Raw
American powerlifter Heather Connor, weighing in at 44.1 kilograms (97.2 pounds) at 4 feet 10 inches tall, had a pretty monumental meet this weekend. The 27-year-old took the stage at a USA Powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Mat Fraser Hits a 385lb Clean for CrossFit Open Workout 18.2a
The reigning Fittest Man on Earth™ made one of the heaviest lifts in CrossFit Open Workout 18.2a. The 18.2 workout was just twelve minutes long and had two parts: athletes had to complete an ascending ... Continue Reading
72kg Powerlifter Isabella von Weissenberg Squats a 200kg (440 lb) World Record
Swedish powerlifter Isabella von Weissenberg set her eye on breaking multiple long-term powerlifting goals at this year's Arnold Classic. On Saturday, March 3rd, she competed in the women's -72kg open raw ... Continue Reading
Strongman Martins Licis Sets New 560 lb (254kg) Steinborn Squat Record
The last day of the Arnold Sports Festival, held in Columbus, Ohio, is becoming known as one of the best strength spectacles of the weekend. Rogue Fitness holds its annual Record Breakers event, which ... Continue Reading
Check Out Powerlifter Dan Green’s 408kg (900 lb) Beltless Deadlift
At the 2018 Arnold Sports Festival, powerlifting athlete and Boss Barbell Club owner and coach Dan Green showed the strength sports world once again that you don't earn the nickname "The Boss" without good ... Continue Reading