Team Mayhem Freedom has won the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games! On Thursday, the field in Madison, Wisconsin started with 14 teams and over the course of competition it dropped down to just 5 teams for the ... Continue Reading
Results and Standings: 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games Day 4
It is the final day of action at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games! Day 4 started off with a splash in Madison with a field of 10 men, 10 women, and 7 teams. By the end of the day Mayhem Freedom, Tia-Clair ... Continue Reading
Individual Cuts from Day 3 of the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games
The athlete and team cuts implemented into the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games have seriously made things interesting this year. The field of individual athletes started with 148 men and 134 women, and now ... Continue Reading
Results and Standings: 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games Day 3
Day 3 in Madison, Wisconsin at the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games started out with an absolute bang with a Team Sprint Relay. The team field was cut from 11 teams to 9 teams following the Team Sprint Relay. ... Continue Reading
Individual Cuts from Day 2 of the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games
The 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games kicked off the second day of action in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday. Thursday showed no shortage of excitement, with big event wins, cruel cuts, and dominant team ... Continue Reading
Breaking: Mat Fraser Receives Penalty in Ruck Run
CrossFit HQ just announced that three-time Reebok CrossFit champion Mat Fraser has been given a 60-second penalty during the Ruck run event. The Ruck run kicked off the event action on Friday in Madison, ... Continue Reading
Results and Standings: 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games Day 1
It was an action packed first day of the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin. The day kicked off with the first team event, and concluded in the evening with the women's second individual ... Continue Reading
Individual Cuts from Day 1 of the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games
The 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games just got a whole lot more exciting. We knew these individual cuts were coming, but now they are official. This year, the Reebok CrossFit Games featured an individual field ... Continue Reading
Mat Fraser Wins Men’s Individual Event 1 at 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games
Spoiler alert: Mat Fraser is really good. The three-time Reebok CrossFit Games champion came out soaring in the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games first event. Fraser dominated the leaderboard and finished with ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces Roster for 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships
USA Weightlifting announced the 24 athletes that will be competing at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships in September. The competition runs from ... Continue Reading
Sarah Robles Earns Medal No. 5 for USA Weightlifting at Pan American Games
It has been a strong showing for USA weightlifting at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Over the weekend, Team USA earned their 100th Pan American Games medal thanks to a bronze medal performance ... Continue Reading
Five Storylines to Follow At the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games
Athletes have officially touched down in Madison, Wisconsin for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games. The stage is being set for what is expected to be one of the most exciting Reebok CrossFit Games yet. The ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter David Ricks Squats 5 Reps of 277.5kg On His 60th Birthday
Powerlifting legend David Ricks celebrated his 60th birthday as a lot of great powerlifters would: With a big time lift. Ricks is a -93kg athlete who competes in the Masters division of the ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Earns 100th Pan American Games Medal
Since the first Pan American Games that took place in 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, USA weightlifting has won at least one medal at every one of their appearances. This past weekend, the 2019 Pan ... Continue Reading
Ben Smith Receives Wildcard Invite to 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games
It's official, Ben Smith is going to the 2019 Reebok CrossFit® Games. Earlier this week, Ben Smith shared a post on his Instagram page highlighting a 330 lb hang clean and clean and wrote, "330 today. ... Continue Reading
Experts Predict Winners for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games: Agree with Their Picks?
The 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games are upon us, which means it's time to set your own predictions for the Women's and Men's podiums. The 2019 iteration of Games — which run from July 31st to August 4th in ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Yangsu Ren Beltless Deadlifts 745lbs for a Massive Triple
Powerlifter Yangsu Ren (-83kg), aka “Deadlift Panda”, just casually deadlifted 745lbs/337.93kg for a triple. To understand just how impressive this is, in 2017 Ren set the American raw deadlift record ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter John Haack Pulls 804lbs for a New Deadlift PR
John Haack, a.k.a. Bilbo Swaggins, a.k.a. Captain America, has a lofty goal set for himself at his next powerlifting meet. Last month, he said he wants to total 2,000 pounds at The Tribute powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Watch Larry Wheels Deadlift 937 Pounds — With No Hands
Look, guys, no hands! Larry "Wheels" Williams, a powerlifter turned strongman, has always been a deadlift machine. We've seen him deadlift 800 pounds for seven reps a couple months ago, and not long after, ... Continue Reading
Portugal Pro Bodybuilding Results: Mohamed Shaaban Wins
When you look at a bodybuilding lineup for a pro show, you might see the biggest names and predict that one of them will take the victory. This is especially true if you only see one or two big names and ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Kate Nye Jerks 145kg/319lb for a Big PR a Week Out From Pan American Games
It has been a week of personal records for Team USA weightlifter Kate Nye. But given how successful her year has been, we can't say we're surprised that her strength is continuing to increase. Nye ... Continue Reading
Watch the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games Live on BarBend
BarBend will be streaming the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games on our site! The Reebok CrossFit Games kick off on July 28th in Madison, Wisconsin, with a formal competition running from Thursday, August 1st ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Katherine Nye Squats 182kg/400lb for a New PR
USA weightlifter Katherine Nye is a name on everyone's radar heading into the upcoming Olympic year. She's had a record-setting 2019 season so far, being crowned champion on more than one occasion, and has ... Continue Reading
This Powerlifting Documentary About Bryce Krawczyk Is One of the Best We’ve Seen
It's not that hard to find good documentaries about CrossFit and strongman but as far as movies about strength sports go, powerlifting isn't quite as popular. That's why we were excited to find this ... Continue Reading