California Strength's Dave Spitz just put up an awesome video breaking down the jerk in weightlifting. He goes over all of the jerk variations, who they work best for, when to use them, and different ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces 2018 Nationals Location and Qualifying Totals
The 2018 Nike USA Weightlifting National Championships location and qualifying totals have been posted. In 2017, the National Championships took place in Chicago, Illinois, and the 2018 location will ... Continue Reading
Jon Call (Jujimufu) Tries Weightlifting at Mash Elite Performance
Jon Call, or Jujimufu, is the self-proclaimed 'anabolic acrobat' that I can almost guarantee you've seen on Instagram at some point in your life. He's one of the few strength athletes who can pull off ... Continue Reading
Check Out Rogue’s New Dumbbell Bumpers
If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Dumbbells are great alternatives to barbells, but I wish they were more like barbells,” well, your ship has come into port. Not content to merely sell old-fashioned ... Continue Reading
Layne Norton Dominates USAPL Southeast Regionals With a 767.5kg Total
The comeback of Layne Norton, PhD is going extremely well. Barely a month after dominating the 6th Annual USAPL Central Florida Open Powerlifting Championships in the 105kg raw weight class, he returned ... Continue Reading
CBS Sports Report: Kent State Unable to Produce Certification for Strength Coach After June Death
CBS Sports recently published a story detailing that Kent State is (as of right now) unable to produce a certification for Ross Bowsher, the strength coach who was in charge at the time of football ... Continue Reading
Dennis Cornelius Crushes His World Record Squat In Training
Raw, barefoot, and listening to country music, 120kg powerlifter Dennis Cornelius is crushing world records in training. Thrash metal be damned, Cornelius is making Trace Adkins look like a great choice ... Continue Reading
Janis Finkelman’s New World Record Deadlift: 225kg at 60kg Bodyweight
Iowa-based powerlifter Janis Finkelman has set a new IPL deadlift world record with a mighty pull of 225 kilograms (496 pounds) at 60kg (132lb), more than 3.75 times her ... Continue Reading
Transitioning from Powerlifting to Strongman: Tips and Considerations
I wanted to address a fairly well discussed topic in my circle for quite some time now. It is a deeply personal issue that people either embrace as the choice of someone to make on their own, or harass ... Continue Reading
All Teen and Masters Podium Finishers at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
By now, chances are you've heard Tia-Clair Toomey and Mat Fraser have been crowned the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games individual champion. In case you missed it, check out the individual podium finishers ... Continue Reading
2017 CrossFit Games Masters (60+) Athlete Saves Drowning Fellow Competitor
Robert Caslin may not have come out on top at the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games, but he's definitely left a lasting impact. CrossFit HQ recently released a story on Caslin, a Masters 60+ athlete, who saved ... Continue Reading
Wasatch CrossFit Wins Reebok CrossFit Games Team Division; CrossFit Mayhem Finishes in 2nd
In 2015, four-time Individual Reebok CrossFit Games Champion Rich Froning and CrossFit Mayhem made a jaw-dropping run on the last day to take home the Affiliate Cup in Carson, California. In 2016, ... Continue Reading
Kyle Kasperbauer & Stephanie Roy Win First-Ever Masters 35-39 Divisions at Reebok CrossFit Games
There isn't much Kyle Kasperbauer hasn't accomplished in his career as a CrossFit Games athlete. He's competed at the Games in both Team and Individual divisions and took third overall at the 2013 Reebok ... Continue Reading
Watch CJ Cummings Front Squat 200kg for 5 Reps!
We've known for a long time that CJ Cummings has some seriously strong legs. Between his world record clean & jerk and 222kg front squat double, it's clear he has some of the strongest legs in the ... Continue Reading
Saturday Evening CrossFit Games Event: (Heavy) Open Workout 17.5
The final workout of the 2017 CrossFit Open season put athletes through a grueling 10-round couplet: 9 Thrusters – 95lbs men/65lbs women 35 Double-unders 10 rounds total in as little time as ... Continue Reading
Brent Fikowski Edges Out Mat Fraser By .09 Seconds on “Strongman’s Fear”; Davidsdottir Dominates Event at CrossFit Games
"Strongman's Fear" was one of the most-hyped and hotly anticipated events of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games — at least as far as events announced ahead of time. And the event lived up to its top billing, ... Continue Reading
Watch Aleksey Torokhtiy’s 260kg Power Jerk Attempt
The 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games are in full swing, and beyond some serious functional fitness, that can only mean one thing: Ukrainian weightlifter and 2012 Olympic Champion Aleksey Torkhtiy is doing some ... Continue Reading
Pro Strongman Robert Oberst Takes on 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games Event
So far the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games has brought plenty of interesting events and some impressive performances. One of the most talked about events this year — along with "Cyclocross" — is Strongman's ... Continue Reading
Patrick Vellner and Tennil Reed-Beuerlein Dominate the CrossFit Games Obstacle Course
The highly anticipated individual Obstacle Course of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games event has concluded as of today, and the results have been posted. Patrick Vellner claims first for the men, while Tennil ... Continue Reading
Watch Clarence Kennedy and Spencer Moorman Go Head-to-Head in a Lift Off
Olympic weightlifting personalities Clarence Kennedy and Spencer Moorman descended on 646 Weightlifting Gym in Toronto this week for a lift off, and the entire two-hour event was streamed on the ... Continue Reading
Carleen Mathews Withdraws from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
It’s been a tumultuous twenty-four hours for some competitors in Madison, Wisconsin, with three female athletes withdrawing from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. Most recently, three-time CrossFit Games ... Continue Reading
Individual Rookie Chelsey Hughes Withdraws from 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games
Though she's no stranger to the Reebok CrossFit Games — having competed on team BRICK CrossFit's Games teams in 2013 and 2014 — Chelsey Hughes fought for three years straight to qualify as an individual ... Continue Reading
Breaking: Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet Has Withdrawn from the Reebok CrossFit Games
One of the best-known and most successful CrossFit athletes of all time, Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet, has withdrawn from the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games. News broke not long after 2:30pm CST on the very ... Continue Reading
Samantha Briggs & Jonne Koski Lead After Two Events at CrossFit Games; Toomey & Fraser in 2nd
Day one of the 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games is in full swing for the individual competitors. The first day has been relatively quiet so far in terms of upsets and injuries, but there are a few big names at ... Continue Reading