When the lineup for the 2020 Arnold Classic was announced, there was one name on the list that surprised many fans and insiders. That name was Johnnie O. Jackson. It’s not that Jackson isn’t worthy to be ... Continue Reading
10 Up-and-Coming CrossFit Athletes to Watch In 2020 and Beyond
Though it’s possible to burst onto the scene and land on the podium at the CrossFit Games in your rookie season—like Rich Froning did in 2010, Mat Fraser in 2014, and Patrick Vellner in 2016—it appears to ... Continue Reading
2020 CrossFit Mayhem Classic Sanctional Preview
The CrossFit season is well underway but the first Sanctional of 2020 is set to take place this weekend. The inaugural Mayhem Classic will be taking place January 10-12 in Cookeville, Tennessee and is the ... Continue Reading
German TV Documentary Alleges IWF Corruption and Scandal Cover-Up
A TV documentary titled Secret Doping – the Lord of the Lifters was aired by ARD, a German state broadcaster, on Sunday January, 5th 2020. As reported by insidethegames, the documentary ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Athlete Dani Speegle Looks to Rewrite Her Breakout Season in 2020
Dani Speegle enjoyed quite a meteoric rise to the top of the CrossFit leaderboard in the 2018-19 season. After back-to-back top 10 finishes at Regionals in 2017 and 2018, the 26-year-old finished fifth in ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Deadlifts 822 Pounds for Reps in New YouTube Video
Two-time and defending Arnold Strongman Classic champion Hafthor Bjornsson has shared a new YouTube video which shared details of one of his latest training efforts on the road to the 2020 ASC in Columbus, ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Prescillia Bavoil (-63kg) Smoke a 215kg Deadlift
Prescillia "Lya" Bavoil of France is the current International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) European Champion in the -63kg weight class. On her way to becoming champion, she pulled a continental ... Continue Reading
Watch Johnnie Harris Bench Press 680 lbs Raw at 290 lbs Bodyweight
Johnnie Harris is no stranger to pressing jaw-dropping weight on the bench. In his competitive powerlifting debut at the 5th Annual Maryland State Championship in November 2019, Harris heaved 297kg ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey to Compete at Wodapalooza 2020
Three-time CrossFit Games Women’s Champion Tia-Clair Toomey is also the 2019 champion of Wodapalooza. The organizers of WZA have announced on their Instagram page that Toomey will be in Miami this year to ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Athlete Chandler Smith Grinds Out a 600+ lb Deadlift
The weight is moving for CrossFit Games athlete Chandler Smith down at Derby City CrossFit in Louisville, Kentucky. Yesterday, Smith shared a monstrous deadlift that he certainly earned on his ... Continue Reading
Jon Call “Jujimufu” Hits a Big Squat PR In Prep for His Powerlifting Meet
Jon Call, aka Jujimufu, has been cruising along with his powerlifting meet prep training over the last two months. Currently, Call is prepping for the WRPF Hybrid Showdown II meet, which is taking ... Continue Reading
Rebeka Koha Named to Forbes Latvia 30 Under 30
At age 21, Latvia’s Rebeka Koha is already one of the most accomplished weightlifters in the world. On her resume, she can boast the following stats: 2016 Olympian 2X Junior World Champion 2X ... Continue Reading
5 Male Bodybuilders to Watch in 2020
Bodybuilding fans and experts have become familiar with a lot of the athletes that are considered among the top of the sport. Names like Heath, Curry, Jackson, Winklaar, and Bonac come to mind when you ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw to Compete in Arnold Santa Monica!
Four-time World’s Strongest Man and three-time Arnold Strongman Classic Champion Brian Shaw is officially in the 2020 Arnold Strongman USA contest, which will take place on January 18, 2020 in Santa ... Continue Reading
Oksana Grishina to Return At 2020 Olympia
Four-time Fitness Olympia champion Oksana Grishina will end her competitive retirement and return to the stage at the 2020 Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. NPC News Online shared the news about the ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Shane Nutt Pull 765lbs Raw at 185lbs Bodyweight
Shane Nutt just could not leave it alone. 2019 was a big year for him, we thought. He hit a new personal record and milestone accomplishment with a 317.5kg (700lbs) deadlift raw just last month. In the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Shares “Letting Beauty Speak” Video On YouTube
Earlier this week, CrossFit shared a short documentary style video titled "Letting Beauty Speak" on their YouTube channel. The video dives into how society has defined beauty and its subjectivity. CrossFit ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Kheycie Romero Deadlift a Monstrous 605lbs!
Reaching a new personal record is forever a moving target. Once you hit it, the goal posts move again; heavier and heavier. It can be mentally daunting to continuously push for more. The constant stress on ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Oleksiy Torokhtiy Officially Stripped of Gold Medal From 2012 Olympic Games
Update: Oleksiy Torokhtiy has responded to recent developments in his case in an Instagram post, which we've embedded at the bottom of this article. We've also included the text of his ... Continue Reading
Brian Shaw Trains with Log Press in New YouTube Video
Ever since his fourth place finish at the World’s Ultimate Strongman in Dubai, Brian Shaw hasn’t shared much training content due to wanting to focus on other projects and determining what he wants to do ... Continue Reading
World’s Strongest Man Martins Licis Overhead Squats Rob Gronkowski
The 2019 World's Strongest Man, Martins Licis, has done what no other strongman has done before. No, he did not invent a new technique on the Atlas Stones nor did he set a new record time on Fingal's ... Continue Reading
The Top 5 Strongwoman Performances of 2019
The sport is known as strongman, but it isn’t a male only sport. Strongwoman competitions have been taking place throughout the world, and the competitors in those events have displayed great feats of ... Continue Reading
2020 Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Lineup Announced
The Arnold Sports Festival has officially announced the lineup for the 32nd edition of the Arnold Classic, which will take place on March 7th in Columbus, Ohio. Fourteen men are currently listed as the ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Games Teen Athlete Jacob Morris Passes Away
Jacob Morris passed away on December 13th, 2019. He was 18 years old. Morris received heart surgery to treat a bicuspid aortic valve and enlarged heart three months prior to his passing. He shared how ... Continue Reading