It feels like just yesterday when powerlifter Julius Maddox broke the internet when he benched 610 pounds for 8 reps. Well, now he's back at it again, but this time he just bench pressed an ... Continue Reading
Pro Football Player Pierre Desir Donates Weight Room To Former High School
Before Pierre Desir was a dominant player in the National Football League (NFL), he was just a young kid attending high school at Francis Howell Central in Missouri. He went on to graduate in 2008 and ... Continue Reading
George Peterson Will Switch From Classic Physique to 212 Bodybuilding
After finishing in third place in the Classic Physique Showdown at the 2019 Olympia, George “Da Bull” Peterson III is going to leave that division to focus on competing in the 212 Bodybuilding division ... Continue Reading
Li Wenwen Sets Two World Records At Weightlifting World Championships
Chinese weightlifter Li Wenwen can now proudly claim three world records. The +87kg athlete had an incredible performance to close out the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Athlete Kari Pearce Is Ready To Battle Her Way To The Podium
Heading into the final event at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games, Kari Pearce didn't know if she was going to be able to compete. She had fell on the rings in the first of the two Ringer events and struggled ... Continue Reading
Watch Marisa Inda Pull 182.5kg/402lbs For a Double Deadlift PR
Powerlifter Marisa Inda (-52kg) is always up to something in the gym, whether it's pushing herself to new personal lifting records, showing off some inventive workout flows, or highlighting her ... Continue Reading
Jenny Arthur Wins Bronze At Weightlifting World Championships
Jenny Arthur put on an incredible performance at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Weightlifting World Championships on Wednesday. The -81kg member of the USA weightlifting team won bronze ... Continue Reading
BarBend’s Five BIGGEST Lifts From 9/15 – 9/21 (VIDEO)
Each week we are blown away by all of the impressive lifts we see. These massive lifts come from athletes across all strength sports and can range from a stellar training personal bests to world record ... Continue Reading
Strongman Eddie Hall Hangs Out With His Childhood Hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Strongman Eddie Hall could hardly contain his excitement before heading to a gym session with bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since Hall was a kid, he had always looked up ... Continue Reading
Professional Football Legend Shannon Sharpe Shows Off Insane Bench Press Strength
From the looks of it, Shannon Sharpe is still approaching gym sessions like he's after another Super Bowl ring. The former professional football legend showed off an impressive upper body training session ... Continue Reading
Lu Xiaojun Overcomes Injury To Set New World Records And Win His Fifth Weightlifting World Championship
Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun swept his fifth International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships with a world record breaking performance. Lu dominated the men’s ... Continue Reading
Deng Wei Wins Her Fifth Weightlifting World Championship With Record-Setting Performance
Chinese weightlifter Deng Wei went six for six at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships to defend her title as World Champion in the women's 64kg weight ... Continue Reading
Roelly Winklaar Wins Yamamoto Pro Cup Bodybuilding Show
One of the annual bodybuilding traditions is the post-Olympia bodybuilding tour that includes various destinations around the world. The first stop on this year’s tour was Padova, Italy for the Yamamoto ... Continue Reading
Maria Htee (-57kg) Sets Two IPF World Records At Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships
We knew Canadian powerlifter Maria Htee would come to the Commonwealth Championships hungry. The -57kg athlete was coming off a first place performance at the International Powerlifting Federation ... Continue Reading
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Wins Arnold Strongman Europe
Mateusz Kieliszkowski has been on quite a roll this strongman season, and that trend continued in Barcelona, Spain. Coming off clinching the World’s Strongest Man Arena Tour title at Giants Live ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Rich Froning’s Diet
On an average workout day, Rich Froning eats somewhere in the area of 200 grams of protein, 500 grams of carbs, and 100 grams of fat — between 3,500 and 4,000 calories per day. But what makes up ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Cailer Woolam Smokes a 425kg/937 lb Deadlift
The Doctor will see you now. It seems like we've written about Cailer Woolam pretty frequently over the last couple months, but hey, we don't think anyone is complaining. Most recently, we covered the ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
The first day of competition has concluded in Pattaya, Thailand at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. The highlight of the day came in the men’s 55KG category, where North Korea’s Om Chul Yun ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Shows Off An Insanely Smooth 120kg No Contact Muscle Snatch Triple
The 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships are officially underway, and +109kg world record holding weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze has already gotten our ... Continue Reading
Om Yun-Chol (55kg) Clean & Jerks 166kg And Totals 294kg For New World Records
The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea's Om Yun-Chol (-55kg) has kicked off the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships on top with a massive 166kg clean & ... Continue Reading
No Egyptian Weightlifters Will Be Competing At The 2019 IWF World Championships
There will not be any Egyptian weightlifters competing at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships this month due to multiple doping offenses that have surfaced. Inside the ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships is the biggest weightlifting competition of the year and it's about to get underway. The competition kicks off on ... Continue Reading
Brandon Curry Wins 2019 Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Title
Brandon Curry made bodybuilding history this past weekend in Las Vegas by being the last man standing on the Olympia stage and becoming the 15th man to earn the title of Mr. Olympia. He also joins Ronnie ... Continue Reading
2019 Women’s Physique Olympia Preview
The mission and purpose of the Women’s Physique division is to showcase well-developed muscular physiques that have the lines and appeal of women’s bodybuilding during the early days of the Olympia, where ... Continue Reading