Adding 10 kilograms (22.1 pounds) to one's bench press in less than a month is no easy feat. It's even more difficult to add that much weight to one of the heaviest raw bench presses ever caught on ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Jourdan Delacruz (49KG)
At 23 years of age, Jourdan Delacruz will make her Olympics debut at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, representing the USA in the 49-kilogram class. Originally from Wylie, TX, Delacruz trains out ... Continue Reading
Two-Time Figure Olympia Champion Jenny Lynn-Powell Dies at Age 49
On Sunday, July 18, 2021, two-time Figure Olympia Champion Jenny Lynn-Powell (a.k.a. Jenny Lynn) died at 49 years old. According to a post on Lynn-Powell’s husband Ricky's Facebook page, she suffered a ... Continue Reading
Brazilian Weightlifter Fernando Reis Suspended for Doping Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Fernando Reis, one of Brazil's prominent competitive weightlifters, has been suspended following a positive doping test mere days before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which run from July 24 ... Continue Reading
Team USA Weightlifter Kate Nye Crushes a 153-Kilogram Jerk PR
On July 15, Team USA weightlifter Kate Nye took to social media with a video of a new PR in the jerk — a truly astonishing 153-kilograms (337 pounds). An important note: Although this jerk PR is ... Continue Reading
How to Watch Weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics — Live Streaming, Broadcasts, and More
After a particularly tumultuous qualification cycle rife with delays and controversy surrounding weightlifting’s status as an Olympic event, lifters from around the globe will compete in Tokyo, Japan, from ... Continue Reading
Team USA Weightlifter Mattie Rogers Hits 110-kilogram Push Press, Then Busts a Move
Team USA member Mattie Rogers will represent the USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, where she will compete in the 87-kilogram class. The Games kick off on July 23, 2021, and her division is scheduled to ... Continue Reading
Watch Strongman Martins Licis and Rapper Action Bronson Smash Eccentric Deadlifts
The last time rapper Action Bronson (Ariyan Arslani) met up with 2019 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Martins Licis to train, Bronson had just dropped over 120 pounds. Under Licis's tutelage, Bronson ... Continue Reading
Watch Strongman Pavlo Nakonechnyy’s Silky Smooth 475-Kilogram Deadlift
The race to beat 2018 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor Björnsson's all-time heaviest ever deadlift of 501 kilograms (1,104.5 pounds) just got hotter. Pavlo Nakonechnyy of Ukraine recently took ... Continue Reading
Turkish Weightlifter Daniyar Ismayilov Faces Possible 8-Year Ban After Doping Charge
Daniyar Ismayilov, who won silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in the now-defunct Mens’ 69-kilogram category, is facing a possible four to eight-year suspension from competition following a drug-related ... Continue Reading
James “Flex” Lewis Says He Won’t Compete at the 2021 Mr. Olympia
Seven-time Olympia 212 Champion bodybuilder James “Flex” Lewis has formally announced that he will not compete in the 2021 Mr. Olympia. The “Welsh Dragon” announced the news in a video on his YouTube ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Nabil Lahlou (67.5KG) Deadlifts a Staggering 329 Kilograms Raw
Nabil Lahlou is redefining what strength is in the 67.5-kilogram weight class. On July 6, 2021, he took to his Instagram page to share a video wherein he chalked his hands and pumped himself up before ... Continue Reading
Strongman Brian Shaw Analyzes His 2021 World’s Strongest Man Performance
On June 20, 2021, the final event of the 2021 World's Strongest Man (WSM) contest came down to a winner-take-all showdown for the title between four-time WSM champion Brian Shaw and Tom Stoltman in the ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Rudy Kadlub is Vying for the Masters (70-74) World Record Squat
Powerlifter Rudy Kadlub continues to defy the aging process. When he was 70 years old, he deadlifted 229.1 kilograms (505 pounds). In 2020, at age 71, he set four world records at the United States ... Continue Reading
2020 World’s Strongest Man Oleksii Novikov Shares Pressing Tips With Martins Licis
The 2021 World's Strongest Man (WSM) contest came to a close on June 20 in Sacramento, CA, and saw Tom Stoltman of Scotland raise the first-place trophy overhead. 2020 WSM winner Oleksii Novikov watched ... Continue Reading
Danial Zamani Bench Presses 337.5 Kilograms Raw in Training
In November of 2019, Julius Maddox set the world record for the heaviest raw bench press ever performed when he successfully pressed 337.5 kilograms (744 pounds) at the Rob Hall Classic in Austin, Texas. ... Continue Reading
Olympic Weightlifting Champion, Tommy Kono, Featured In Google Doodle
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics just around the corner, Google took to their daily “Doodle” to highlight legendary multi-sport strength athlete Tamio “Tommy” Kono above the search bar. The Doodle is titled ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Katherine Nye Hits 114 Kilogram Snatch PR in Training
Whether she's excited about it being Friday or that her first Olympic Games is on the horizon (it is the Olympics), Katherine Nye channeled some feel-good energy to set a new snatch PR of 114 kilograms. ... Continue Reading
Watch Bodybuilder Chris Bumstead Smoke a 675-Pound Deadlift Triple PR
Bodybuilder Chris Bumstead is both aesthetic and strong. At just 26 years of age, he is already the reigning two-time Olympia Classic Physique champion. Known for pushing the boundaries of that division ... Continue Reading
Strongman Peiman Maheripourehir Deadlifts 450 Kilograms (992.1 Pounds) Without a Suit
The race to the deadlift world record is heating up. It seems Iranian strongman Peiman Maheripourehir refuses to take a rest day, as he was back in the gym on June 23, 2021, to deadlift what appears to be ... Continue Reading
Strongman Daniel Ashcroft (U80KG) Hits Monster Dumbbell World Record of 96.2 Kilograms
The 2021 Britain’s Strongest Man Under-80 Kilograms (u80kg) contest took place on June 12, and, notably, Daniel Ashcroft set a new monster dumbbell world record. On the final day phase of the one-day ... Continue Reading
8 Historic Moments From 2021 USA Powerlifting Nationals
USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Nationals is one of those meets that is circled on the calendar of many American powerlifters as well as fans of the sport. Aside from the comradery of being around high-level ... Continue Reading
61-Year-Old David Ricks Sets Two American Masters Records at USAPL Nationals
Dave Ricks is already a legend in the powerlifting community, but his performance at the 2021 USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Nationals proves that, at 61 years old, he's still got plenty left in the tank. On ... Continue Reading
Heather Connor Sets Three American Records, Wins 47KG Title at 2021 USAPL Nationals
USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Nationals is one of the most anticipated meets in the sport of powerlifting, and 2021’s edition had a lot of buzz around it. One reason is that Heather Connor was competing in it. ... Continue Reading