Canadian powerlifter Clifton Pho still lifts as a Junior, but that hasn’t stopped him from breaking multiple Open world records. The 23-year-old turned up at the IPF World Championships that are currently ... Continue Reading
Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Jared Enderton’s 305 lb to 193 lb Body Transformation
Yesterday, another CrossFit Games athlete shared their long-term physique progress and transformation with the help of CrossFit-style training via their Instagram page. This athlete is none other than ... Continue Reading
Check Out CrossFit Games Athlete Chyna Cho’s Impressive Transformation
Besides actually training and improving every day, what's the best part of working out or partaking in a strength sport? Many would argue it's the act of taking that second to look back on the road ... Continue Reading
How Fast Can Strongman Brian Shaw Eat a 7-Pound Burrito?
His Instagram may not be quite as popular as one-time World’s Strongest Man winner Hafthor Bjornsson, but four-time World’s Strongest Man Brian Shaw has his YouTube game on point. His channel Shaw ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Kjell Bakkelund Smashes His Deadlift World Record in Training With 330kg
Very strong Norwegian man Kjell Bakkelund quietly uploaded a no-big-deal deadlift to his Instagram this week with a gut busting 330 kilograms, or 727.5 ... Continue Reading
An Academic Study of Powerlifter Ray Williams’ Superhuman Body
If you know powerlifting, you know Ray Williams. He's literally the strongest powerlifter on the planet, at least in the drug-tested International Powerlifting Federation, currently holding the IPF world ... Continue Reading
2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals Week 2 Recap
Two weeks down, one to go. Sunday concluded the second set of the 2018 CrossFit Games Regionals groups, and there was no shortage of excitement. From a Latin America Regional that almost didn't happen ... Continue Reading
Rebecca Voigt Miller Qualifies for 10th Individual CrossFit Games
Don't call it a comeback. She's been here for years. After missing out on qualification last year by three spots, CrossFit Games veteran Rebecca Miller (better known to many and on social media as ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Addresses Retirement Rumors
It's been 7 years since Brian Shaw first won the World's Strongest Man contest, but he's been competing in the event every year since 2008. That's eleven WSM competitions, and now that he's thirty-six ... Continue Reading
First Looks At the Nike Metcon 4 — Mat Fraser (Plus Release Date)
Tomorrow, three more CrossFit Games Regionals competitions are set to kick off and they include the Latin America, West, and Midwest groups. The Midwest Regional is possibly one of the most anticipated ... Continue Reading
Watch 69kg Weightlifter Shi Zhiyong’s Insane 190kg Power Clean and Jerk
In a nation with some of the strongest weightlifters on Earth, Shi Zhiyong is one of the brightest stars. The 24-year-old weightlifter competes in the -69kg weight class and just made a pretty darn ... Continue Reading
Isabella von Weissenberg Squats Triple Bodyweight for a Lifetime PR
The woman who currently holds the IPF world record in the squat and European records in the deadlift and total just accomplished a new lifetime goal: the elusive triple bodyweight squat. Here’s the lift ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Jen Thompson Benches 144kg at -63kg for a New World Record
Jennifer Thompson secured her place in powerlifting history a long time ago, but she’s still pushing the sport’s limits. This weekend she set yet another IPF world record in the bench press with a ... Continue Reading
2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals Week 1 Recap
One down, two to go. The first weekend of the 2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals competition has come and gone, and we now have the first 15 individual competitors for the 2018 Reebok CrossFit ... Continue Reading
James Hobart Is Out of the 2018 CrossFit Regionals
Everyone who was pumped to see James Hobart’s triumphant return to CrossFit Regionals will have to wait a little longer. Or maybe they’ll never see it at all, who knows, but James Hobart is officially out ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Isabella von Weissenberg “Accidentally” PRs her Deadlift at 495lb
There are few powerlifting fans today who don’t know Isabella von Weissenberg’s name. The Swedish IPF athlete is a bona fide phenomenon in the sport, regularly setting world records on the stage and ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2018 CrossFit Games Regionals
It’s that time already: the 2018 CrossFit® Games Regionals. We’ve had a truly unprecedented Open — well, there was one precedent. The final workout of the Open, 18.5, was a repeat of 11.6. But even that ... Continue Reading
Watch Stefi Cohen’s New World Record 518lb Deadlift at 119lb Bodyweight
Dr. Stefanie Cohen needs no introduction for most powerlifters. A force in the sport, she also has a state record in Olympic weightlifting and spent time as a member of the under 17 Venezuelan soccer team, ... Continue Reading
Watch Hassan El Belghiti’s World Record 4.8x Bodyweight Deadlift
When’s the last time you saw someone a man deadlift over 4.8 times his bodyweight? If the answer was “never” you’d be in a majority. It’s a feat rarely accomplished and though it has been done on a few ... Continue Reading
Football Is Back: Check Ole Miss’ Rossino Donelly’s 272kg (600 lb) Raw Squat
If you love strength and you love football, then you probably already know we're heading into one of the best times of the year for big lifts in the weight room. May tends to be the best month to see ... Continue Reading
Watch 16 Year-Old Football Player Jake Wolfe Push a 1,368 lb Sled
At BarBend, we love heavy sled pushes. In our eyes, they're a movement similar to the squat and deadlift, a pure performance of strength that test an athlete's grit and tenacity. The best part about ... Continue Reading
James Harrison Retires: Here Are His 10 Coolest Workout Videos
Outside of strength sports, football players are often regarded as some of the strongest athletes by trade. In many cases, they train a lot like strength athletes, or at least perform a lot of the same ... Continue Reading
James Hobart Returns to Reebok CrossFit® Games Regionals As an Individual Athlete
Newer fans of CrossFit might recognize James Hobart as either the guy in a lot of the exercise demo videos put out by HQ… Or as a member of CrossFit’s media team, in which he performed various ... Continue Reading
Watch Actor William H. Macy Crush a Legless Rope Climb
We’ve been spending a lot of time talking about the insane back workouts that Sylvester Stallone is pulling off (or pulling down) in his seventies, but it’s definitely worth pointing out that he’s not the ... Continue Reading