In a phone conversation that took place on February 11, Julius Maddox says the 800 pound raw bench press is not far from reality. He has officially called his shot on when he will set the all-time raw ... 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
Watch Hayden Bowe Overcome This Insane 290kg/640lb Deadlift Grinder
There were a lot of big stories and memorable moments from the World Raw Powerlifting Federation Hybrid Showdown II this past weekend. Stefi Cohen smashed three new all-time world records in the -52kg ... Continue Reading
Josh Lenartowicz to Compete in 3 Arnold Events in 2020
Australian bodybuilder Josh Lenartowicz will be making his return to the bodybuilding stage at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio, on March 7th. It will be his first time competing since winning the Big ... Continue Reading
Flex Lewis Accepts Invite to Compete in 2020 Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Contest
James “Flex” Lewis, the man who is considered by many to be the greatest non-Open bodybuilder ever, is making his move up to the Open division and is now officially added to the 2020 Mr. Olympia lineup. ... Continue Reading
Prescillia Bavoil Squats a Massive 204.5kg/451lbs, Unofficially Topping Her IPF World Record
Prescillia "Lya" Bavoil of France was the 2019 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) European Classic champion in the -63kg weight class. At that event, she set the current world record squat ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Samantha Eugenie (-63kg) Deadlift a 210kg PR
Samantha Eugenie is the type of powerlifter who comes into the sport, takes what is believed to be unrealistic, and upends it all. The 17 year old Eugenie of France came onto the scene in 2019 and made it ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Ashton Rouska Deadlift a Huge 770 lbs for a Set of 4
Despite only being 22 years old, Ashton Rouska has competed twenty-nine times. He has stood atop the podium a jaw-dropping twenty-eight times. In 2019, Rouska, who competes in the -105kg/231lb ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Legends Annie Thorisdottir and Frederik Aegidius Are Expecting a Baby
Yesterday, 10-time CrossFit Games veteran Annie Thorisdottir made an announcement on her social media accounts that almost instantly sent thousands of congratulatory messages to her comments ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Hunter Henderson Pull a Massive 534lb Deadlift PR
There are a lot of reasons for why a powerlifter might stack additional plates on the barbell to challenge themselves with a new 1-RM. Some athletes are chasing records. Some athletes are pulling big in ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall Announces Arnold Sports UK Coming in 2021
In a YouTube video posted early on Monday, February 3, 2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall announced that he was working with Arnold Schwarzenegger on plans to create a version of the Arnold Sports ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Kheycie Romero Hit Three New Competition PRs
Kheycie Romero has been doing some extremely heavy training the last several months, including multiple sessions where she worked towards 600+lb deadlifts. This past weekend, Romero competed in the ... Continue Reading
Jamal Browner (242 lbs) Deadlifts a Massive 971 lbs for All-Time World Record
First things first, Jamal Browner pulls some of the biggest deadlifts in the sport. With the seeming ease he employs to do so, it is often necessary to double check that the amount of weight on the barbell ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Bjornsson Deadlifts 1,003 Pounds for 2 Reps
When you have the last two World’s Strongest Man champions training together, you know something big could happen. 2018 champion Hafthor Bjornsson and 2019 champion Martins Licis are training together for ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Yangsu Ren Deadlift Massive 835lb
We last covered Yangsu Ren a little over five months ago when we interviewed him about his training routine. At that time he was building to the short term target of a 370kg (815lb) deadlift and a long ... Continue Reading
Watch Junior Powerlifter Daniel Clements (-66kg) Deadlift 282.5kg
After winning the 2019 United States Powerlifting (USAPL) Junior Raw Nationals and just barely missing the podium with a fourth place finish in the open of those Nationals, Dan Clements has been putting in ... Continue Reading