Let the Games (or at least the Open) begin. The 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games season kicks off on February 22nd with the first Live Open Announcement. And CrossFit Games HQ has released the venues for all ... Continue Reading
4 Tips for Choosing Your Squat Attempts On Meet Day
The ability to accurately and effectively plan and execute your attempts on meet day is as much of a skill as the squat itself. If you don’t arrive on meet day with a plan, then you have already placed ... Continue Reading
Powerbuilding Programs: How to Incorporate Supplementary Work
We’re working on a series here – if you’re new, make sure to check out part one and part two (I think my arms look especially good in part two). But just in case you don’t have time for that, here’s a ... Continue Reading
Harrison Maurus Front Squats 200kg for a Strong 9 Reps
Weightlifter Harrison Maurus has been hitting multiple PRs since the 2017 IWF World Championships. His latest Instagram video highlights possibly the biggest front squat set we've seen yet from the young ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Mayhem Freedom Announces Final Two Teams Rosters
CrossFit Mayhem Freedom recently announced their two final teams rosters for the upcoming 2018 CrossFit Games season. Over the last few months, athletes have wondered who would fill the two respective ... Continue Reading
Dmytro Semenenko (105kg) Squats 405kg (891 lbs) for Two Reps In Wraps
This may be the craziest set of squats we've seen thus far in 2018. If you don't already know Ukrainian powerlifter Dmytro Semenenko, then be prepared to have your mind blown. He competes in the -105kg ... Continue Reading
Is Kratom a Performance-Enhancing Drug?
Kratom is an unusual target in the War on Drugs. A relative newcomer to the American market, kratom hovers in the space between plant-based medicine and prescription drug, and while it’s usually used as a ... Continue Reading
IWF Publicly Announces Anti-Doping Results From 2017 World Championships
As of today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) publicly disclosed initial findings from last year's IWF World Championships anti-doping tests. They report that four athletes have come back ... Continue Reading
Survey Finds the Average American Spends Over $100k On Fitness In Their Lifetime
How much do you spend a month on your fitness? This could include things like gym memberships, supplements, equipment, meals, and so forth. A little over a week ago, the supplement company MyProtein posted ... Continue Reading
Official Strongman Games 2017: A Photo Essay
Over two days in December, the greatest strongmen and strongwomen from across the globe met in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Official Strongman Games. I had the honor of capturing images of these world ... Continue Reading
USA Powerlifting Announces 2018 Open Raw National Team
Yesterday, USA Powerlifting announced their 2018 roster for the Open Raw National team. Every year the IPF World Classic Championships brings out some of the best athletes in the sport of raw powerlifting. ... Continue Reading
How Can Desk Jockeys Compete Against Career Strongmen?
I work in a cubicle. To be fair, it’s a decent-sized cubicle with a window that looks out onto a forested area, but as I sit here trying to prepare for my upcoming strongman competitions, I can’t help ... Continue Reading
Katrin Davidsdottir on the Next Five Years of CrossFit and How Long She’ll Compete
A couple weeks ago, we had the opportunity to sit down with a couple of CrossFit's top athletes at a Reebok CrossFit Nano 8 launch event. Our goal was to score sit down time with each athlete and ask a few ... Continue Reading
Ben Pollack’s 4 Steps to the Perfect Powerlifting Warm-Up
Warming up is so hot right now, and that’s great, because it’s extraordinarily important to a good training plan. Warming up improves performance, reduces risk of injury, and it only takes a few ... Continue Reading
Brent Fikowski Discusses His Goals, CrossFit’s Future, and the Toughest Part of Being Fit
A couple weeks ago, we had the chance to sit down and interview Brent Fikowski at a Reebok CrossFit Nano 8 Launch event. In our conversation, we talked bigger CrossFit related topics, along with a few ... Continue Reading
Daniella Melo Squats 205kg (Only 1.5kg Under Her World Record) for Five Reps
Junior powerlifter Daniella Melo continues to show off an insane amount of strength under the bar. Still in her teenage years, Melo has continually pushed the IPF classic squat world record further and ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Talks to IWF About Being Named Georgia’s ‘Athlete of the Year’
Two days ago, the IWF released a press release highlighting that Georgia named +105kg weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze 'Athlete of the Year,' along with his quotes on the topic. This award came for good ... Continue Reading
Julius Maddox Makes a 700 lb Raw Bench Press Look Easy
Yesterday, powerlifter Julius Maddox hit a huge gym PR and broke a major barrier for the bench press. For the last few months (and years), Maddox has been on a driven mission to break the 700 lb bench ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Announces New Movement Standards With 18.0 Workout
Yesterday evening, we shared an article in regards to Dave Castro's latest CrossFit Open 18.0 (zero) announcement/hint. Later that night, CrossFit went live streaming the announcement on their Facebook ... Continue Reading
Dave Castro Hints At CrossFit Open 18.Zero Workout
We can't say we're completely surprised by Dave Castro's latest Instagram post, but it's definitely got our undivided attention. Every year, Castro does a "great" job at leading athletes through a maze of ... Continue Reading
Romela Begaj May Lose Snatch Gold Medal for Doping Violation; Mattie Rogers in Line for Silver
Will Mattie Rogers be retroactively named a World Championships silver medalist? According to the English-language Albanian newspaper Tirana Times, the -69kg Romela Begaj may lose the medals she won at the ... Continue Reading
Iron Biby “Strict” Presses an Insane 220 Kilograms (485 Pounds)
Canadian strongman Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou doesn’t have quite as much name recognition as the World’s Strongest Man competitors, but if he keeps coming out with lifts like this, he’ll be a household ... Continue Reading
Mario Martinez, Three-Time Olympian and 1984 Silver Medalist, Passes Away At 60
With heavy hearts we report on the passing of Mario Martinez, one of America's most decorated weightlifters of the past 40 years. USA Weightlifting and Martinez's long-time coach, Jim Schmitz, both ... Continue Reading
Tom Martin Deadlifts a Huge Personal Best 410kg (903 lbs)
British powerlifter Tom Martin continues on his war path of hitting huge lifts. In the last few weeks, Martin has put up some of his best lifts to date. Martin as of lately, a regular competitor in the ... Continue Reading