On August 13th, 4-time World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Brian Shaw announced that he would host and compete in a new strongman competition called the Shaw Classic. It is currently set to take place on ... Continue Reading
How To Watch Konstantine Janashia vs. Rauno Heinla Deadlift Showdown
Season 2 of World's Ultimate Strongman's (WUS) "Feats of Strength" series starts this Sunday, September 13th. The premiere episode will feature Rauno Heinla and Konstantine Janishia battling it out ... Continue Reading
2020 New York Pro Bodybuilding Results
Only in a year that has been turned upside down due to a pandemic, as well as several other issues that has made 2020 a unique year to say the least, would it make sense for a bodybuilding show called “New ... Continue Reading
Mark Felix Sets New World Record for Hercules Hold (Again)
Mark Felix, competing in the 2020 Europe’s Strongest Man contest, has once again set a new world record for the Hercules Hold. Over the last few competitions, Felix and the Hercules Hold have become ... Continue Reading
Firefighter and Masters CrossFitter Carol Mezen Talks Gaining Confidence, Putting on 30 Pounds of Muscle
With three CrossFit Games competitors in the line up at the 2020 Masters Fitness Collective Championship, Carol Mezen wasn’t necessarily thinking she could win the women’s 45-49-year-old division was ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Predicts Early Knockout Victory Against Eddie Hall
Hafthor Bjornsson has finally made his own prediction as to what the outcome will be in his boxing match against Eddie Hall next September in Las Vegas, Nevada. "The Mountain" foresees his arm being raised ... Continue Reading
Ric Drasin, Former Bodybuilder and Wrestler, Dies At 76
On August 30, the bodybuilding community and world of professional wrestling both lost a profound contributor to both industries. Ric Drasin passed away at the age of 76. His family made a public statement ... Continue Reading
Kristine Best: First-Time CrossFit Games Competitor Talks Breaking Through and Training for the Unknown
Kristine Best’s quest to qualify for the CrossFit Games started in 2014 when she placed 21st at the North East Regional competition. Every year since then, she has contended, but has never quite broken ... Continue Reading
Vilma Olsson Squats 14lb Over IPF World Record at 21 Years Old
At just 21-year-old, Vilma Olsson of Sweden has already made a name for herself in competitive powerlifting in the -72kg weight class. She made her debut with a win at the 2017 at the Svenska Styrkelyft ... Continue Reading
How CrossFit Athlete Games Athlete Jacob Heppner Recovers
While the CrossFit Games are altering their form this year, 4x Games athlete Jacob Heppner is staying on schedule this offseason. In a recent video shared on his YouTube channel, Heppner lets viewers in on ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Athlete Mike Fournier Dies Fighting California Wildfires
Mike Fournier began competing in CrossFit in 2012. He competed at the 2013 CrossFit Games in the 45-49 Masters division where he scaled the podium with a third place finish. On August 19th, while piloting ... Continue Reading
Charlie Yeng Deadlifts Unofficial World Record 275.5kg/607lbs
At just 22 years old, Charlie Yeng has already risen to the highest tier of competition in the -59kg weight class, where he has spent his entire 4 year career thus far. He has competed in eleven sanctioned ... Continue Reading
How CrossFit Games Masters Athlete Jarka Giangiulio Got Her First Muscle-Up At 60
While many women wind down in their 60s, presuming their best athletic days are over, Jarka Giangiulio is proof this doesn’t need to be the case. “I just got my first ring muscle-up last February, just ... Continue Reading
Rauno Heinla Deadlifts Unofficial World Record 400kg/882lb For 6 Reps
Strongman Rauno Heinla of Estonia recently went head-to-head in a deadlift showdown against the United States' Jerry Pritchett for World's Ultimate Strongman's (WUS) "Feats of Strength" series. Each ... Continue Reading
Brandon Breitenbach Sets “Murph” World Record in 24 Hours
It was just three months ago when Lee Davis of Charleston, South Carolina set an unofficial world record for the most number of hero WOD (workout of the day) "Murph" performed in a single day. He completed ... Continue Reading
Phil Heath Announces Return To Mr. Olympia
From 2011 to 2017, Mr. Olympia was a title that belonged to one man: Phil Heath. His seven consecutive wins tied him for the second most ever with Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2018, when Heath was competing ... Continue Reading
Fergus Crawley: A Hybrid Athlete For a Greater Cause
Fergus Crawley of Scotland is a former powerlifter turned hybrid athlete (specializing in both strength and endurance), who performs endurance challenges for charity. Recently, he did a 227kg/501lb back ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Rebeka Koha of Latvia Retires at Age 22
Rebeka Koha of Latvia has decided to retire from the sport of weightlifting at the age of 22. Koha competed in the -53kg, -58kg, and -59kg weight classes during her career, as well as one appearance at ... Continue Reading
Watch Katherine Nye Judge “Today Show” Hosts on Their Weightlifting
Team USA weightlifter Katherine Nye is easily one of the most prominent weightlifters in the country and in the world, given she won the title of the International Weightlifting Federation’s 2019 Lifter of ... Continue Reading
Para Powerlifter Rehab Ahmed Trains to Defy Expectations
Rehab Ahmed is a Para powerlifter representing Egypt with an extensive resume of competitive success. Her biggest accomplishment to date is her silver medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games in the -50kg ... Continue Reading
Strongman Anthony Pernice Sets Silver Dollar Deadlift World Record of 550kg/1212.5lb
Anthony Pernice is a strongman who just set a new silver dollar deadlift world record of an absolutely colossal 550kg/1212.5lb. The lift took place on July 25th as part of the United States Strongman ... Continue Reading
19 Year Old Keydomar Vallenilla Front Squats 280kg
You may not yet know much about Keydomar Vallenilla, but you probably should. The 19-year-old weightlifter from Venezuela, who competes in the -89kg weight class, holds the Junior clean & jerk ... Continue Reading
Larry Wheels and James Harrison Want to Do a Strict Curl Contest
Many powerlifting fans don’t know that in the early days of the sport, there used to be a fourth lift. It was the strict curl. Your head, back, and glutes must stay against a wall while you perform a ... Continue Reading
Petr Asayonok Snatches 7kg Over World Record
Petr Asayonok of Belarus began his professional weightlifting career in 2010 at the age of of 17 in the -69kg class when he placed second at a Youth Olympic Qualifying Event. He has since competed in the ... Continue Reading