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
John Haack Bench Presses Nearly 30lb Over Current World Record
At the United States Powerlifting (USPA) The Tribute event on August 3rd, 2019, John Haack bench pressed 232.5kg/512.5lb at a bodyweight of 181.6lb on his way to setting an all-time world record ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Mary Theisen-Lappen Hits Unbelievable 182kg/400lb Block Jerk
If you have never heard of Mary Theisen-Lappen, then prepare to be introduced to a major potential player in the women's 87+kg weight class in the near future. Yesterday, the former track and field athlete ... Continue Reading
Here’s Who We Know Has Been Invited to the 2020 World’s Strongest Man (So Far)
With the 2020 World’s Strongest Man less than 3 months away, the field of competitors is starting to come into focus. The competition, originally scheduled for May 20-24, was postponed because of safety ... Continue Reading
Patricia McGill: 61-Year-Old CrossFit Games Athlete Does Rope Climbs in Her Backyard
Time is of the essence for Patrcicia McGill: The 61-year-old placed second at the CrossFit Games in the women’s 60-plus division in 2019, and considering she’s in the oldest age group, she knows it will ... 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
Check Out Mattie Rogers Hit a Huge 110kg/242.5lb Snatch
Over the weekend, Team USA member Mattie Rogers competed at Camargo Oly Concepts' The Praelium — a local meet in Altamonte Springs, Florida. At the event, she went 5 for 6 including a successful ... Continue Reading
Strongman Robert Oberst Crushes 12,000 Calorie Cheat Meal
It is no secret that strongmen diets are very calorically dense. From 2018 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor Bjornsson's 10,000 calorie vertical diet to 4-time WSM champion Brian ... 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
Watch Sebastian Oreb Squat a Titanic 400kg/882lb
Sebastian Oreb of Australia is a powerlifter and strength coach whose most well known client is likely 2018 World's Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson. Before Bjornsson announced his official retirement from ... 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
Strongman Rob Kearney Performs First CrossFit WOD In a Decade
Strongman Rob Kearney recently set a new American log lift record of 215.8kg/475.75lb on World's Ultimate Strongman's "Feats of Strength" series. His training in the gym since has involved what one might ... Continue Reading
NBC’s The Titan Games Finale Recap: Central Reigns Supreme
Last week, Will Sutton and Courtney Roselle emerged as the Titans of the East Region setting the stage for The Titan Championships. On the finale episode, all six Titans from the East, West, and Central ... 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
Hafthor Bjornsson Wins 2020 Iceland’s Strongest Man Title, Officially Announces Retirement
The attention of the strongman world was on the country of Iceland this past weekend. This year’s Iceland’s Strongest Man contest centered on Hafthor Bjornsson for two reasons. First, he would be going for ... 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
Hunter Labrada Wins Pro Bodybuilding Debut in Tampa
For the first time since March’s Arnold Classic, the IFBB Pro League held a professional bodybuilding show. The 2020 Tampa Pro took place and featured ten divisions. The main event was the men’s Open ... Continue Reading
Fergus Crawley Ran a Sub 5 Minute Mile, Back Squatted 501lb, and Ran a Marathon In The Same Day
Fergus Crawley is an endurance athlete with a powerlifting background that had a uniquely eventful day this past Sunday, July 26th. The Scotland native became only the second person we know of to run a sub ... Continue Reading