This Saturday, May 30th, strongman Oleksii Novikov of Ukraine will lift a 100kg/220lb giant dumbbell for as many reps as possible in 75 seconds to set the standard for a new world record. It will done on ... Continue Reading
Strongman Tom Stoltman Lifts World Record 286kg/630lb Atlas Stone Over Bar
On Saturday, May 23rd, Scottish strongman Tom Stoltman lifted a world record 286kg/630lb Atlas Stone over a bar on a live stream to set the heaviest mark ever recorded in that lift. The event was one ... Continue Reading
How To Watch Tom Stoltman’s Atlas Stone World Record Attempt
Strongman Tom Stoltman is set to attempt a new Atlas Stone world record on Saturday, May 23rd in Scotland as part of World's Ultimate Strongman's (WUS) "Feats of Strength" series. The lift in question ... Continue Reading
Thor Bjornsson Says He’ll Never Work With Giants Live Again
2018 World’s Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson has had a pretty tumultuous month. After winning the Arnold Strongman Classic in March and scheduling his 501kg world record deadlift attempt for early May, his ... Continue Reading
Strongman Robert Oberst Reacts To Mean Tweets On YouTube
The 35-year-old strongman Robert Oberst has been drumming up a lot of views on his YouTube channel lately, which has included of late pushing for a boxing match with Nick Best and claiming that Thor ... Continue Reading
How To Watch Luke Stoltman’s World Record Log Lift Attempt
Tomorrow — Saturday, May 16th — Luke Stoltman will attempt to set a new log lift world record as part of World's Ultimate Strongman (WUS) "Feats of Strength" series. The Scottish strongman will attempt ... Continue Reading
Athletes Compete to Challenge Hafthor Bjornsson In New Series “Beat The Mountain”
Strongman Hafthor Bjornsson is launching a TV show where regular athletes will get to compete against him. Bjornsson, who is six-foot-nine and weighs 450 pounds, has his name in the history ... Continue Reading
The Historic Road To The First 1000-Pound Deadlift
The past few years have been a wonderful time for strength fans. Between strongmen and powerlifters, figures in the squat, deadlift, and bench press have jumped to previously unimagined levels. Right now, ... Continue Reading
140+kg Powerlifter Bryan Hartsel Deadlifts Super Smooth 865lb
Bryan Hartsel first stepped on the competitive powerlifting scene back in 2017 at the relatively late age of 29. He has since competed seven times and placed first in all six of the meets where he ... Continue Reading
BREAKING: Hafthor Bjornsson Just Performed The Heaviest Deadlift Ever
He did it. Hafthor Bjornsson successfully pulled the heaviest deadlift ever — 501kg/1,104lb. The historic lift was televised throughout the United States by ESPN and the rest of the globe via ... Continue Reading
Arnold Sports Festival Announces New Dates for Two 2020 Contests
It’s hard for many people to believe that it’s already been almost two months since the shocking announcement was made by the Arnold Sports Festival that the 2020 Arnold Expo was cancelled and that ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Hits New Bench Press Rep PR
The 4-time World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016) Brian Shaw is not letting the postponement of the 2020 WSM competition derail his training. He is using the additional time as an ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Deadlifts a Colossal 470kg/1,036lb On Twitch
The 2018 World's Strongest Man champion Hafthor Bjornsson is scheduled to attempt a world record 501kg/1,104lb deadlift on Saturday, May 2 in his home gym in Reykjavik, Iceland. In preparation for that ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Apologizes for “Icelandics” Comments
2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall made headlines in recent days due to comments he made in reference to distrusting Icelandic athletes; these were made when objecting to the arrangements made by ... Continue Reading
Martins Licis On World’s Strongest Man Postponement: “I Like My Chances Better Now”
As with almost every other major sporting event scheduled for the next couple months of this year, the 2020 World’s Strongest Man contest has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally ... Continue Reading
Check Out Hafthor Bjornsson Train In His New Epic Garage Gym
Hafthor Bjornsson is not about to let his training routine slide just because the 2020 World's Strongest Man competition was officially postponed on April 7th. If you have not heard yet, it has been ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall May Face Off Bodybuilding Style
You’ve seen Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall are very familiar with each other when it comes to competitions. They’ve competed at the elite level of strongman. Shaw won the 2016 World’s Strongest Man for his ... Continue Reading
2020 Strongman Events Canceled or Postponed Due To Coronavirus (Updated)
The coronavirus pandemic is causing a multitude of strongman events to be canceled, postponed, or otherwise forced to adjust the events accordingly. We at BarBend decided it would be helpful to ... Continue Reading
Olga Liashchuk Wins 2nd Straight Arnold Pro Strongwoman Title
The 2020 Arnold Sports Festival can go down as a landmark event in the sport of strongwoman. Earlier in the weekend, Kristin Rhodes and Andrea Thompson both performed 600 plus pound deadlifts. And now the ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Strongman Classic Day 2 Recap and Final Results
At the end of the first day of the Arnold Strongman Classic, it appeared to be a contest between two men: Hafthor Björnsson and Mateusz Kieliszkowski. Björnsson is the reigning champion of this contest, ... Continue Reading
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Wins Timber Carry, Sets World Record
Strongman Mateusz Kieliszkowski of Poland seems to perform his best when faced with incredible adversity. After all, he is the man won the 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman in Dubai with a torn ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Wins Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift Event
Hafthor Bjornsson pulled some epically large deadlifts in training heading into the Arnold Strongman Classic this weekend; the event he won the last two years in a row. He deadlifted 455kg/1,003lbs for a ... Continue Reading
Check Out Hafthor Bjornsson’s Training Diet, 10,000 Calories Per Day
Hafthor Bjornsson, the 2018 World's Strongest Man champion, is known for eating a lot of calories per day during training. He has shared his 8,000 calorie training diet which utilizes the vertical ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Strongman Classic Day 1 Recap
Ten of the strongest men in the world made it to Columbus, Ohio looking to leave this weekend as the Arnold Strongman Classic Champion. Only one of these men, Hafthor Bjornsson, has had the title and goes ... Continue Reading