Former pro strongman Laurence Shahlaei will compete for the World's Strongest Master title at the 2023 Official Strongman Games (OSG), scheduled for Dec. 1-3, 2023. He will compete in the Men’s Masters 40+ ... Continue Reading
Four-Time World’s Strongest Man Brian Shaw Is Training to Compete in MMA?
Four-time World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Brian Shaw recently retired from competitive strongman following his second victory at his namesake strongman contest, the 2023 Shaw Classic. Following ... Continue Reading
Hunter Labrada’s Back Training One Month Out From the 2023 Mr. Olympia
It is often said that bodybuilding shows are won from the back. Posterior chain muscles are often challenging to develop as athletes cannot see them in the mirror while training. As such, establishing a ... Continue Reading
Agata Sitko (76KG) Raw Deadlifts a 240-Kilogram (529-Pound) Double
Polish powerlifter Agata Sitko burst onto the competitive scene in 2021 at 18 years old. Her progress since then has been extraordinary. In that first year, she won the 2021 European Powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Coach Hany Rambod Trains Reigning Mr. Olympia Hadi Choopan on Chest Day
Hadi Choopan etched his name in the annals of bodybuilding by becoming the first Iranian athlete to win the Mr. Olympia contest. After barely making it to the United States due to American sanctions on ... Continue Reading
Denise Herber (75KG) Deadlifts 285 Kilograms (628 Pounds) During Prep For the 2023 WRPF American Pro
75-kilogram German powerlifter Denise Herber is on a roll. She won the 2023 Ghost Clash 2 in February, followed by her second ABS Pro title in Dublin, Ireland, in August. Herber is best known for her ... Continue Reading
Heather Connor (47KG) Deadlifts 7.5 Kilograms More Than Current World Record In Training
Two-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion Heather Connor is a deadlifting powerhouse in the 47-kilogram class. She has broken the IPF raw deadlift world record in ... Continue Reading
Will Tennyson Delves Into the Impact of Body Dysmorphia
According to the Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, body dysmorphia is "a relatively common disorder that consists of a distressing or impairing preoccupation with imagined or slight defects in ... Continue Reading
Fergus Crawley’s 6 Tips For Building a Better Aerobic Base
Hybrid athlete Fergus Crawley is known for his strength and endurance feats, such as running a 4:58 mile after squatting 500 pounds and completing a double triathlon in under 41 hours. Crawley is currently ... Continue Reading
Everything In Dana Linn Bailey’s Gym Bag
A gym bag is like an athlete’s training partner — workouts aren’t the same without it. Many athletes have handpicked training tools in their gym bags that help improve their training performance with the ... Continue Reading
Russel Orhii (83KG) Squats 322.5 Kilograms, More Than His World Record, for 3 Reps
Russel Orhii, the 2019 and 2021 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion in the raw 83-kilogram class, holds the IPF worlds for the raw squat and total — 320.5 kilograms (706.6 pounds) ... Continue Reading
How Samson Dauda Eats One Month From the 2023 Olympia
Professional bodybuilders typically follow a regimented diet throughout the year. Their meals are meticulously measured even further during their contest prep as they trim calories to dial in their ... Continue Reading
6 Exercises Reigning Figure Olympia Champion Missy Truscott Uses To Train Shoulders and Triceps
Reigning Figure Olympia champion Missy Truscott recently filmed a shoulder and triceps workout deep into her prep to defend her title at the 2023 Olympia, scheduled for Nov. 2-5, 2023. Truscott ... Continue Reading
2 Top-10 Bikini Bodybuilders Reveal Their Glute Training
According to NPC News Online, Bikini bodybuilders are judged on a balance of muscularity that "gives shape to the female body," including slight roundness of the delts and "full round glutes with a slight ... Continue Reading
What’s In Jeremy Buendia’s 800-Carb, Nearly 6,000-Calorie Refeed?
Professional bodybuilders enter a calorie deficit in the weeks leading up to a show to cut fat to improve their muscle conditioning and definition. However, a side effect of the cutting phase is hampering ... Continue Reading
How Bikini Bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan Trains Shoulders For the 2023 Olympia
British pro bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan entered the upper echelons of the pro-Bikini circuit by finishing seventh at her debut Olympia in 2022. She qualified for the 2023 Olympia by winning the 2022 Battle of ... Continue Reading
Terrence Ruffin’s 2023 Olympia Back Training with Fellow Classic Physique Competitor Mike Sommerfeld
Bodybuilder Terrence Ruffin is a two-time Arnold Classic Physique champion looking to make a run at the 2023 Classic Physique Olympia title on Nov. 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL. He’s training with last ... Continue Reading
Elite Powerlifter Heather Connor’s (47KG) Full Day of Eating
Elite powerlifter Heather Connor lifts raw in one of the lighter weight classes — 47-kilograms. However, she deadlifts like a heavyweight, as proven by her all-time world record raw deadlift of 200 ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces Roster for Upcoming 2023 Pan American Games
The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships may be over, but the best Olympic lifters in the United States still have their work cut out for them before the year comes to a close. On Friday, Oct. 6, ... Continue Reading
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (73KG) Sets 201KG Clean & Jerk World Record at 19th Asian Games
Less than a month after his silver-medal performance at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 73-kilogram Rahmat Erwin Abdullah of Indonesia has set his latest world record. Abdullah, who competed at ... Continue Reading
Chris Bumstead’s Sub-3,000-Calorie Diet 6 Weeks Out From the 2023 Olympia
As a pro-competition nears, bodybuilders cut their calorie intake and increase cardio to drop body fat while improving their conditioning and muscle definition. On Oct. 1, 2023, the four-time reigning ... Continue Reading
Stan Efferding Explains the Importance of Deliberate Movement Throughout the Day
Bodybuilder, powerlifter, and creator of the vertical diet, Stan Efferding, holds multiple all-time powerlifting world records, including the raw (w/wraps) bench press and total in the Masters 40-44 and ... Continue Reading
How Dana Linn Bailey Incorporates CrossFit on Leg Day
Dana Linn Bailey announced her intent to switch from bodybuilding to powerlifting in August and her training approach has shifted from exercises that bias hypertrophy to those that train movement ... Continue Reading
Erin Stern’s 3 Leg Extension Variations for Improved Quad Sweep
Before moving into the Bikini division, pro bodybuilder Erin Stern won two Olympia titles in the Figure division (2010, 2012). To excel in either division, well-developed, even striated in the ... Continue Reading