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
Prateek Shukla Deadlifts 485 lbs At a Bodyweight of 121 lbs
If you're in need of lifting motivation, Christmas cheer, and a laugh, then look no further. Prateek Shukla just shared an Instagram video that tackles all three. In his latest Instagram video, ... 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
Biggest Lifts From 2019 Dubai CrossFit Championship
The 2019 CrossFit Dubai Championship finished up on December 14th and the results saw Sara Sigmundsdottir, Brent Fikowski, and team MisFit M10 Performance claim victory in the women's, men's, and ... Continue Reading
Vote On the Most Epic USA Weightlifting Moment from the Last Decade
To cap off an historic decade for USA Weightlifting, they've asked for fans and athletes to vote on their favorite moments in competition from the last ten years. Over the weekend, USA ... Continue Reading
Victor Martinez Is In the 2020 Arnold Classic
2007 Arnold Classic Champion Victor Martinez is now officially in the 2020 edition of the second biggest contest on the pro bodybuilding circuit. The now United States citizen actually made the news public ... Continue Reading
Sara Sigmundsdottir and Brent Fikowski Win 2019 Dubai CrossFit Championship
After four days of competition and 11 events for Individuals and Teams, the 2019 Dubai CrossFit Championship has determined its winners. Sara Sigmundsdottir and Brent Fikowski walked away with the titles ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Roster for IWF Junior World Championships Announced
USA Weightlifting has announced the women's and men's team rosters for the International Weightlifting Federation Junior World Championships. Both rosters tout athletes quite familiar high-level ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting 2020 Senior Pan American Championships Roster Announced
USA Weightlifting has announced the women's and men's team rosters for the 2020 Pan American Championships. This will be the final gold-level qualifying event for American athletes before the 2020 ... Continue Reading
Pro Bodybuilder Victor Martinez Is Now a U.S. Citizen
IFBB Professional Bodybuilder Victor Martinez has won several titles in the course of his near two decade career, but on December 11 he added another one that has nothing to do with bodybuilding: United ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Sam Watt Sets 3 Records at IPF European Championships
Powerlifter Sam Watt of Great Britain opened the record books and autographed his name three times at the 2019 International Powerlifting Federation European Classic Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania. ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Latest Name Announced for Mayhem Classic
On the heels of The Mayhem Classic announcing that Ben Smith will be competing at their event in January, a current champion will also be there to take part in the inaugural Sanctional. Three-time and ... Continue Reading
Powerlifter Peiman Maheripourehir Wins WRPF World Championship, Sets New Asian Record
Iranian strongman and powerlifter Peiman Maheripourehir is no stranger to the highest levels of competition and pulling unspeakably heavy deadlifts raw. So it should come as no surprise ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Deng Wei (-64kg) Sets New Snatch World Record With 117kg
Over in Tianjin, a city of 15 million people in Northern China, records are continuing to fall as the IWF World Cup continues. At the Silver level qualifying event, which is also known as the IWF Shengxin ... Continue Reading
Ben Smith to Compete in 2020 Mayhem Classic
The 2019-2020 CrossFit season is seeing an increase in Sanctional events taking place and one of those is being promoted by a former Fittest Man on Earth. That event will now feature another former Fittest ... Continue Reading
Kevin Oak Deadlifts a Monstrous 800 lb Triple, Wants to Total 1,000kg at 242 lbs
Kevin Oak has been moving some serious weight in lead up to his next meet. In his latest video, Oak pulls a massive 800 lbs for a smooth triple, and he's looking to accomplish something that's ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Shi Zhiyong Sets Two New World Records At IWF World Cup
Weightlifter Shi Zhiyong of China put up an yet another incredible performance, this time at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation World Cup in Pattaya, Thailand. Shi was dominant from ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the Dubai CrossFit Championship, Cash Prizes, and More!
CrossFit fans, don't let your finger off the pulse just yet, because we're heading into the fourth Sanctionals competition of the 2020 Games season, the Dubai CrossFit Championship. In less than ... Continue Reading
Watch Powerlifter Dmitry Nasonov Deadlift 390kg (860lbs) at -83kg
Russian powerlifter Dmitry Nasonov is dominant in the sport in his home country. According to Open Powerlifting, Nasonov has never competed outside of Russia, but the weight he pulls stands with some of ... Continue Reading