After the training, one of the most fascinating aspects of the sport of strongman is the inhuman amount of food these guys eat. In this year’s fantastic documentary Born Strong, Shaw describes his diet as ... Continue Reading
Iranian Weightlifters Protest After IWF Reduces Spots for Tokyo Olympics
Last week, Reuters broke a huge sports story: countries that had committed multiple doping violations between 2008 and 2020 would lose spots for weightlifters at the Tokyo Olympics. The new Anti-Doping ... Continue Reading
Andrew Herbert Squats 415kg (915 lbs) for a Double (15 lbs Over All-Time WR)
Powerlifter Andrew Herbert is pushing new limits in his latest training videos. Less than four weeks out from the Kern US Open, Herbert recently hit one of his heaviest wrapped doubles to date. In the ... Continue Reading
Watch Brian Shaw Deadlift an SUV as He Trains for World’s Strongest Man
Everyone’s talking about their predictions for Hafthor Bjornsson at the World’s Strongest Man this year, but Brian Shaw has posted a little reminder that he’s one of the most respected and feared athletes ... Continue Reading
James Hobart Returns to Reebok CrossFit® Games Regionals As an Individual Athlete
Newer fans of CrossFit might recognize James Hobart as either the guy in a lot of the exercise demo videos put out by HQ… Or as a member of CrossFit’s media team, in which he performed various ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Larry “Wheels” Williams Makes a Lifetime Deadlift PR With 900 Pounds
For most people, new personal records are a rare thing, the product of untold hours of patience, dedication, and hard work. A PR is a fleeting glimpse of improvement in weeks, months, or years of dreary ... Continue Reading
4 Times You Might Want to Use Partial Reps
Some rules are made to be broken: Like only eat tacos on Tuesday (we’re here for #TacoThursday) and don’t wear white before Labor Day (go ahead and put on those white lifters). Here’s another rule it can ... Continue Reading
4 Signs You Need a New Pair of Weightlifting Shoes
By now, we think we’ve made a pretty good case for why you should invest in a pair of weightlifting shoes. When compared to your plain old Chuck Taylors (which, to be fair, are pretty great for ... Continue Reading
First PR in 2 Years: Jonnie Candito Deadlifts 3.7x Bodyweight
“Did giving up ever become an option for (me)? Absolutely.” If you’ve ever been frustrated that you’re not making progress as quickly as you like — and let’s be honest, that’s probably every single ... Continue Reading
Thor Bjornsson Says He Could “Definitely” Deadlift Over 500kg
At this point it’s kind of hard to figure out if the rivalry between the Strongest Man on Earth™ and the second Strongest Man on Earth is genuine or just really good marketing, but another shot has been ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Vincent Falzetta Deadlifts 272kg (610 lb) for a 4x Bodyweight Double
Powerlifter Vincent Falzetta has been crushing big numbers in his training leading up to the Kern US Open. Now, a little over a month out from the meet, he's putting up some of his best numbers to date in ... Continue Reading
Coach’s Corner: Takeaways & Thoughts to Improve for the 2019 CrossFit Open
The dust has finally settled after the 2018 CrossFit Open, and we finally have an idea of the athletes that are moving on to Regionals. In what's been regarded as one of the toughest CrossFit Opens to ... Continue Reading
Report: Weightlifters from Russia and 4 Other Countries Lose Tokyo Olympic Spots; Qualification System Changed
In a story broken by Reuters today, five nations have had their spots for weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics reduced to two athletes apiece. The IWF is also introducing a new qualification system for ... Continue Reading
Kilo for Kilo: Weightlifters Are Some of the Strongest Athletes On Planet
There's no denying that body type can play a monumental part in one's success in strength sports. No matter the strength sport, there will always be a body type that responds better to certain activities, ... Continue Reading
How to Get 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games Tickets (Plus Other Details)
If you're interested in attending the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games, then you're in luck. CrossFit HQ has announced all of the details about buying 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games tickets, along with how to do ... Continue Reading
Reebok Fans: Legacy Lifters Will Now Feature Customization
If you're on the market for weightlifting shoes, like Reebok, and love the idea of customizing your own pair, then we have good news. In an interview with the @reeboknanoclub Instagram page, Tal Short ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Daniella Melo Deadlifts a Huge 240kg (530 lb) Lifetime PR
As the old saying goes, when it rains it pours. This is our second time writing about an athlete's strong deadlift performance in two consecutive weeks, and we're not going to lie, we don't hate it. ... Continue Reading
Commonwealth Weightlifting Records Fall in Men’s 94kg Competition
Yesterday, in one of the most tense sessions of weightlifting so far at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, two men set two different Commonwealth Games records in the 94KG category. In the snatch, 20 year ... Continue Reading
Rep Ranges for Strength, Hypertrophy, and Cutting
In this article we will discuss the key repetition ranges for gaining strength, muscle hypertrophy (general and for strength and power-based athletes), and for cutting phases (aesthetics and/or for sport ... Continue Reading
Watch Actor William H. Macy Crush a Legless Rope Climb
We’ve been spending a lot of time talking about the insane back workouts that Sylvester Stallone is pulling off (or pulling down) in his seventies, but it’s definitely worth pointing out that he’s not the ... Continue Reading
Larry Wheels PRs His Deadlift With 870lb at 270lb
At 3.2 times his bodyweight, powerlifter Larry “Wheels” Williams has set a personal record in the deadlift: 870 pounds (394.6kg) while weighing 270 pounds (122.5kg). For one of the strongest bodybuilders ... Continue Reading
Deadlift Party: Cailer Woolam, Larry Wheels, Jujimufu, and Tom Cruise Max Out
Alright, this may or may not be one of the cumulatively heaviest deadlift articles we've ever written. Over the weekend, a few of strength sports most notable athletes met up for an excursion of lifting ... Continue Reading
What Is Hypertrophy? – Definition
In this article we will discuss muscle hypertrophy, a scientific term used to describe the physiological process of new muscle tissue development. Muscle hypertrophy is a key training process for every ... Continue Reading
Who Has the Best Chance to Take the Strongman Log Lift World Record?
We're currently less than three days out from the 2018 Europe's Strongest Man, which is taking place on April 7th in Leeds, England. Handfuls of strongman's best athletes will go head-to-head for ... Continue Reading