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
Powerlifter Ray Williams Squats 485kg (1,069 lbs) Raw
This weekend at the 2018 Arnold Sports Festival, it was most definitely "money time" for 120kg+ powerlifting athlete Ray Williams. He put on an impressive performance at the USA Powerlifting SBD Pro ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Deadlifts a 472kg Elephant Bar Deadlift World Record
Icelandic professional strongman Hafthor Bjornsson has been putting on quite a show at the 2018 Arnold Strongman Classic. His weekend started with a strong performance on Friday in the first Bag Over Bar ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Daniella Melo Deadlifts a Monstrous 227kg (501 lb) PR
The stage was set at the USA Powerlifting SBD Pro American Invitational in Columbus, Ohio at the 2018 Arnold Classic. Top female powerlifters from the -47kg to -84kg weight classes faced off and concluded ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Wins Bag Over Bar, Mateusz Kieliszkowski Dominates Stone Shoulder
The energy was electric for the first day of competition at the 2018 Arnold Strongman Classic. Ten of strongman's best athletes are currently going head-to-head, and after today's first two events it's ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter CJ Cummings Snatches 143kg for New American Record
Seventeen year old 69kg American weightlifter CJ Cummings put on a strong performance at the 2018 Arnold Classic, where he took place in USAW's Pan Am Trials session. He was able to extend his current ... Continue Reading
18.2 CrossFit® Open Workout Tips From Top Athletes and Coaches
And just like that, we're in the second week of the 2018 CrossFit® Open. This week's Open workout 18.2 entails two areas of fitness to test an athlete's physical capacities: Muscular endurance and maximal ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Hopes to Find New Talent With Online Combine
Finding new talent to train is one of the most important aspects of any sport, and USA Weightlifting has had some pretty innovative ideas in the past. Last year they launched “development camps” around the ... Continue Reading
The Most Interesting Statistics from CrossFit Open Workout 18.1
One of the best parts about a sport that’s as popular and numbers-driven as CrossFit is that you can get some very meaty data from the hordes of athletes who compete worldwide in the Open. It’s not hard to ... Continue Reading
Jonne Koski Announces Withdrawal From 2018 CrossFit Games Season
In a recent Instagram post, 4-time Reebok CrossFit Games athlete Jonne Koski announced that he'll be withdrawing from this year's CrossFit Open. This will be the first time in five years that Koski won't ... Continue Reading
A 261kg Deadlift at 59kg: Derek Ng Lifts an Unofficial IPF Junior World Record
Canadian Powerlifting Union athlete Derek Ng is making waves up north, pulling off some pretty serious PRs as a junior at the 2018 CPU Nationals, which were recently held in Calgary. The -59kg lifter ... Continue Reading
Is This Powerlifter Jen Thompson’s Fastest 315 lb Bench Yet?
Veteran powerlifter Jennifer Thompson has been crushing her training recently as we quickly approach the 2018 Arnold Classic. Heading into her seventh year competing at the Arnold Classic, Thompson is ... Continue Reading
What It Costs to Feed Brian Shaw and Hafthor Bjornsson for Three Days
"You see, it ain't glamorous you know, just a matter of logistics, have to make sure the fridge is big enough for all the food. How do you feed The Mountain, how do you feed the 4x World's Strongest Man? ... Continue Reading
Watch Rory McKernan and Adrian Bozman Go Head to Head in CrossFit Open Workout 18.1
Not long after the first workout of the 2018 CrossFit Open was announced and athletes around the world began furiously hoisting toes-to-bars and dumbbells to overhead, CrossFit relaunched another of the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit® Open Workout 18.1 Men’s and Women’s Top Ten Leaders
Editor's note: This article was published on the morning of Tuesday, February 27th, and the top ten leaders for the men and women have since shifted. Please see here for information and quotes from ... Continue Reading