After 2016's epic deadlift performances, we thought for sure we could deem it the year of the deadlifts, but we're beginning to think 2017 may have topped it. Gina Aversa, or Ginahalfwolf as her Instagram ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2017 IPF Open World Championships
The International Powerlifting Federation’s Open World Championships is one of the biggest highlights of the year for any powerlifting fan, and thanks to the wonders of modern technology, it’s available ... Continue Reading
Cailer Woolam Deadlifts 928lbs and Pushes World Record Further
Cailer Woolam had an explosive performance at the SPF Record Breakers meet that took place this past weekend on November 11-12th. He ended up extending his current 220 lb all time world record deadlift by ... Continue Reading
Four Times the “Helicopter” Jerk Made an Appearance On the Platform
There are a ton of factors that go into completing a successful jerk, and it's arguably the toughest lift to complete while being gassed from snatches and previous attempts (not to mention the clean just ... Continue Reading
Why Are Jason Khalipa, Mat Fraser, and Rich Froning Training Together?
Over the last five years, Cookeville, Tennessee has progressively become a major training hub for multiple CrossFit® athletes. Rich Froning, a long-time resident of Cookeville, opened CrossFit Mayhem in ... Continue Reading
Mart Seim Jerks 255kg As He Preps for 2017 World Championships
Estonian superheavyweight Mart Seim is really ramping up his training as he prepares for the World Weightlifting Championships, which kick off in California on November 28. This jerk the heaviest we’ve ... Continue Reading
Nathan Damron Block Cleans a Huge 215kg in Training as He Prepares for Worlds
Meanwhile in North Carolina, twenty-one-year-old weightlifter Nathan Damron — known in weightilfting circles as "The Freedom Fridge" — has just hit a personal record in the block clean. It's not often ... Continue Reading
Tony Gentilcore On Underrated Deadlift Accessories and Getting Strong After 40
Tony Gentilcore, CSCS, is a Boston-based strength coach who has made a name for himself as a guru of all things deadlift. He's also an insanely prolific fitness writer and has been published in Men's ... Continue Reading
Alma Kimura Started Powerlifting At Age 58 and Now Holds Multiple Records
Alma Kimura didn't have your typical powerlifting beginning, as in she didn't actually start competing, or even lifting like a powerlifter until 58 years old. Now 63, Kimura is a weathered powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Blaine Sumner Squats 1025lb in Knee Sleeves
After suffering a herniated disc earlier this summer, we weren’t sure how long it would take Blaine Sumner to get back to squatting heavy. It turned out we wouldn’t have to wait long. Sumner, who holds ... Continue Reading
Sarah Robles Makes a Huge 205kg Front Squat As She Prepares for Worlds
Team USA weightlifter Sarah Robles is gearing up to smash some PRs at the World Weightlifting Championships later this month. One of the strongest active American weightlifters, she just posted a clip ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Is Getting Scary Close to His 1,000 lb Squat Goal
In another impressive squat video, Hafthor Bjornsson, aka "The Mountain" is taking another step closer to reaching his 1,000+ lb squat goal. In early October, Bjornsson projected that we'd be seeing a ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Bench Presses 496 Pounds for 10 Reps
Eddie Hall has stated he's retired from the World’s Strongest Man competition, but he’s still maintaining some seriously elite pressing strength. In a YouTube video casually dropped on the International ... Continue Reading
North Korea Will Not Compete at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships
North Korea, officially The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, will not be entering a team in this year's World Weightlifting Championships in California. While they were previously expected to ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Snatches 220kg At Georgian Nationals (Unofficial World Record)
At just 24 years old, Georgian superheavyweight weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze has built an incredible resume in the sport. He's the reigning Olympic, World, and European Champion in his weight class, and ... Continue Reading
Does Eddie Hall Still Want to Be a Weightlifter?
After winning the World's Strongest Man this summer, Eddie Hall's life was a whirlwind of interviews and accolades. During one such interview with the United Kingdom's Express newspaper, he ... Continue Reading
First Event Announced for the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Invitational
We're less than two days away from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Invitational, and the news highlighting what events we can expect is starting to drop. Earlier today, the CrossFit Games Instagram gave us a ... Continue Reading
Ilya Ilyin Discusses His Suspension and a Potential Comeback In a New Interview
Men’s Health is among the most popular men’s magazines on Earth and they’ve got 35 different editions worldwide, including one in Kazakhstan. This week, MensHealth.kz published in an in-depth interview ... Continue Reading
These Are the First Images of the Nike Metcon 4s (Plus Tentative Release Date)
It's that time of year again, where newly updated show models begin to surface around the internet. Often times, these images come a little earlier in the year, but hey, we really can't complain about ... Continue Reading
How CrossFit Pushed NHL Player Brooks Laich to the Next Level
Hockey players have a crazy ability to handle high volumes of work both on the ice and in the gym. The sport involves perpetual dynamic movements across every movement plane coupled with varied explosive ... Continue Reading
Jason Legrand Quietly Broke the 242 lb All Time Squat World Record
Jason "Hulk" Legrand just hit a huge powerlifting accomplishment, and it almost went under the radar in the community. And thank you to Wesley Colston for bringing this strength feat to our attention. Over ... Continue Reading
VICE Profiles CJ Cummings, “The Lebron James of Weightlifting”
The sport of Olympic weightlifting is definitely going mainstream. As part of "The 16 Project," a series focusing on teenage athletes, VICE Sports just released a 6-minute documentary about CJ Cummings, ... Continue Reading
Deciding Between the Flat, Decline, and Incline Bench Press for Your Goals
How do you choose between the flat, incline, and decline bench press for your workouts? A few of the ways an athlete typically chooses between each bench variation revolves around their sport, body ... Continue Reading
Janae Kroczaleski Documentary Wins First Place at Austin Film Festival
"Transformer," the documentary about one of the world's strongest powerlifters coming out as a transgender woman, premiered at the Austin Film Festival this weekend and won best feature ... Continue Reading