Christine Castro burst onto the powerlifting scene at 22 years old in 2015 in the -63kg weight class. She competed in four events of which she won all four, before moving up to compete in ... Continue Reading
Dexter Jackson to Retire After 2020 Mr. Olympia
In an Instagram post made this morning by NPC News online, Dexter Jackson has announced that the 2020 Mr. Olympia contest will be his final appearance as a professional bodybuilder on stage. He shared his ... Continue Reading
Dylan Crawford Deadlifts a Monstrous 725 lbs At 19 Years Old
The old saying, "What are they feeding these kids?," rings absolutely true for powerlifter Dylan Crawford, a.k.a @bigdaddydeadlift per his Instagram handle. Granted, at 19 years old, Crawford isn't really ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Competition Preview
The Arnold Sports Festival is one of the biggest weekends on the fitness calendar, and there is normally something new and exciting happening every year. Even though there are lot of events taking place in ... Continue Reading
Watch Weightlifter Katherine Nye Clean 150kg/330lb Off Blocks
Katherine Nye has been sensational the last several years and is all but confirmed to represent the United States at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan this summer. In the past year alone, the 21 ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Strongman Classic Preview
The sport of strongman has grown by leaps and bounds over the course of the last decade, but there are still two shows that stand head and shoulders above the rest. They are the World’s Strongest Man and ... Continue Reading
Meet CrossFit Games Athlete Nastassia Kaddour: Breaking New Ground for Covered Women
This summer, Natassia Kaddour will become the first Algerian woman to compete at the CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin. Born in Algiers, Algeria in 1992, the 27-year-old moved to the United Arab ... Continue Reading
Check Out Jaisyn Mike Bench Press 265kg/585lb at 42 Years Old
The powerlifting world has had some extremely impressive performances in Masters divisions recently. Many of which have involved world record setting lifts. It gives credence to the long used trope that, ... Continue Reading
16 Year Old Mahailya Reeves Bench Presses a Jaw Dropping 375 lbs
Over the weekend, weight lifting phenom Mahailya Reeves made another splash across social media, and added another impressive accolade to her lifting resume. At the 2020 Girls Weightlifting ... Continue Reading
Norwegian CrossFit Championship Results: Qualifiers and More
The global journey to the 2020 CrossFit Games made its latest stop in Gol, Norway for the 2020 Norwegian CrossFit Championship. The fans in attendance of this Sanctional were pleased with the action and ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Wants to Set World Record for the CrossFit Workout “Grace”
2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall already has a few world records to his credit, most notably being the first man to perform the strongman version of the deadlift with 500 kg (1,102 pounds). Now he has ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Deadlifts 480kg (1,058 Pounds) with No Suit
In a YouTube video posted on February 15, 2018 World’s Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson completed a deadlift that he calls an unofficial world record. He completed a pull of 480 kg (1,058 pounds) which for ... Continue Reading
2020 Norwegian CrossFit Championship Preview
The seventh Sanctional of this young CrossFit season shifts the focus across the Atlantic to Norway where the Norwegian CrossFit Championship is set to take place February 14-16. The prize on the line? ... Continue Reading
Watch Weightlifter Lu Xiaojun’s First International Interview
Lu Xiaojun is one of the most decorated athletes in weightlifting. His numerous accolades include 2012 London Olympic Games gold medalist, current -81kg world record holder in the clean & jerk (207kg) ... Continue Reading
Strongman Luke Richardson Beltless Deadlifts 320kg/705lb for 10 Reps
Luke Richardson of Great Britain has earned the nickname "The Future" and for good reason. At only 21 years, he became the youngest powerlifter to ever total 1000kg/2,204lb in the 120+kg weight class at ... Continue Reading
The Best Answers from Weightlifter Katherine Nye’s Reddit AMA
It sometimes seems like all eyes are on Katherine Nye when it comes to women’s weightlifting in the United States, and she’s all but confirmed to be representing the country in Tokyo later this ... Continue Reading
Check Out Strongman Trey Mitchell Deadlift a 376kg/830lb Axle Bar Triple
Charles "Trey" Mitchell III of the USA made his World's Strongest Man (WSM) finals debut in 2019 to an eighth place finish. He gathered a lot of attention in a the Last Man Standing event during ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson and Martins Licis Are Training Legs Together
In 2019, Martins Licis of the United States won his first World's Strongest Man title after back-to-back fourth places finishes in 2017 and 2018. Iceland's Hafthor Bjornsson won World's ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifter Alyssa Ritchey Diagnosed With Hashimoto’s Disease, May Withdraw From 2020 Olympics
Alyssa Ritchey is a Team USA weightlifter who competes in the -49kg weight class. She swept gold at the 2019 Pan American Championships where she set United States and Pan American records in both the ... Continue Reading
Check Out Daniel Bell Deadlift 370kg/817lbs For a Set of 4
When you see a headline that says, "Daniel Bell did some type of lift of an inexplicably heavy weight", it might be easy to just cock your head and say, well, of course he did. The man put up the biggest ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Does a Backflip in YouTube Video
Strongman competitors are professional athletes and are among the elite of the world because of the effort and ability it takes to perform their incredible feats in competition. While Eddie Hall is ... Continue Reading
Jonathan Cayco’s 735lb Deadlift Is Made All the Better By His Setup
There are more and more things that make Jonathan Cayco standout in the world of powerlifting. Not only is he immensely strong as proven by his unofficial world record total of 868.5kg/1,914lb in the -93kg ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Enahoro Asein Holds 330kg/727lb Deadlift for Six Seconds
The last time we covered Enahoro "Rocket Man" Asein last December, he was just 19 years old and crushing 325kg/716lb deadlifts at about -83kg/183lb. (His impressive lifting speed is likely one of the ... Continue Reading
Everything You Want to Know About Katrin Davidsdottir’s Diet
Only three people in history have repeated as the Fittest Woman on Earth™ and Katrin Davidsdottir is one of them. She only started CrossFit in 2011, but she had ten years of gymnastics training under ... Continue Reading