The 2025 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships occurred on Jan. 26, 2025, in Sheffield, England. The contest featured 24 of the world's premiere powerlifters — 12 male and 12 female. The participants ... Continue Reading
2025 SBD Sheffield Powerlifting Championships Preview
The 2025 SBD Sheffield Powerlifting Championships meet is on Sunday, January 26, 2024, in Sheffield, England. This meet is sanctioned by the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), and it will feature ... Continue Reading
How Russel Orhii Progresses His Bench Press During 2025 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships Prep
Russel Orhii competes in the 83KG (183-pound) weight class and is firmly established as one of the sport's elite. He’s a six-time National Powerlifting Champion and two-time IPF World Champion. He set an ... Continue Reading
Amanda Lawrence (84KG) Deadlifts 250-Kilogram PR During Sheffield Championships Prep
Reigning International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Champion in the Women's 84KG class Amanda Lawrence is amidst her prep to compete in Sheffield, England, at the 2025 Sheffield Powerlifting ... Continue Reading
Pro Wrestler Eric Bugenhagen and Powerlifter John Haack Attempt To Mammoth Bar Deadlift 804 Pounds
In December 2024, former WWE star and Wisconsin State High School wrestling champ Eric Bugenhagen joined fellow Wisconsinite and powerlifting icon John Haack for a deadlift session at ... Continue Reading
Jamal Browner To Step Away From Powerlifting To Focus On Bodybuilding
World-record-setting powerlifter Jamal Browner has announced that he will take a break from competing in his current sport to focus on bodybuilding. Browner, who has not competed since April ... Continue Reading
Sonita Muluh (+84KG) Raw Squats 7 Kilograms Over All-Time Drug Tested World Record
The 2025 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships set for Jan. 26, 2025, in Sheffield, England, features Sonita Muluh on its women's roster. While that is significant, as Muluh holds the all-time world record ... Continue Reading
Does Collagen Have Any Connective Tissue Benefits? Expert Explains
Collagen, one of the most abundant proteins in the body, is also widely available as a supplement. Yet, questions remain about its effectiveness, particularly in supporting connective tissue ... Continue Reading
Bodybuilding’s Only Must-Do Exercise
When it comes to building muscle, all roads lead to Rome — the bodybuilding exercises you perform in your workouts are almost entirely up to you. Almost every time someone says you must do this exercise or ... Continue Reading
Is Pre-Exhaustion Overrated for Bodybuilding? Study Answers
How you start your workouts matters, no matter your goal. Pre-exhaustion, a popular technique among pro bodybuilders and muscle-minded gymgoers alike, may not be all it’s cracked up to be. There ... Continue Reading
Are Ronnie Coleman’s Top 3 Bodybuilding Exercises Actually Worth It?
You don't become "the King" by doing things the wrong way. Yet, even though many of Ronnie Coleman's bodybuilding tips make perfect sense, he's also proven he isn't the most astute exercise scientist ... Continue Reading
Watch Zahir Khudayarov’s Insane Strength and Cardio Combo: Squatting 300KG (661LB) For 10 Reps In Training
When you're an all-time great powerlifter, you must push the bounds of what seems reasonably possible for humankind bound by gravity and comprised of flesh, muscle, and bone. When your name is Zahir ... Continue Reading
Is Spinal Loading Actually Dangerous?
As the name implies, spinal loading refers to the weight placed on the spine, such as a barbell, during a squat. Many people associate spinal loading with back pain, often linked to specific postures, ... Continue Reading
Taylor Atwood Is So Back
Of the 10 best powerlifters in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), only three are men. Ranked by GL points — a metric used to rank athletes of different weights and genders against each other ... Continue Reading
2024 FFForce Girl Power Powerlifting Results
The 2024 FFForce Girl Power raw powerlifting meet occurred on Oct. 19, 2024, at the Gymnase Philippe Pivert in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Nine of the world's top female powerlifters of various weight ... Continue Reading
2024 Classic Physique Olympia Runner-Up Mike Sommerfeld’s Hypertrophy Chest Training
With Chris Bumstead officially ceding his throne, one of bodybuilding's brightest rising stars may become the new lord of the Classic Physique division sooner than later. After falling from fifth in ... Continue Reading
Stop Doing Deadlifts if You Want To Build Muscle
At the risk of making four-time World’s Strongest Man Jón Páll Sigmarsson turn over in his grave, I’ll say it: Deadlifts kind of suck for building muscle. Sigmarsson (who passed away in 1993) famously ... Continue Reading
Dwayne Johnson’s Go-To Back Exercise (& How To Do It)
Dwayne Johnson is larger than life. So profoundly dedicated to his workouts is “The Rock” that he’s known for hauling a fully furnished and functional weight room — called Johnson’s Iron Paradise — to ... Continue Reading
Jay Cutler Explains How Pro Bodybuilders Do the Dumbbell Bench Press
Bodybuilders of all stripes love working with dumbbells — and for good reason. If you’re four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler, exercises like the dumbbell bench press stay in the rotation year-round. If ... Continue Reading
2024 IPF Masters Equipped Powerlifting World Championships Results
The 2024 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Masters Equipped Powerlifting Championships occurred in Sun City, South Africa, from Oct. 5-13, 2024. The meet featured six days of classic (or "raw") ... Continue Reading
2024 IPF Masters Classic Powerlifting World Championships Results
The 2024 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Masters Classic Powerlifting Championships occurred in Sun City, South Africa, from Oct. 5-13, 2024. The meet featured six days of classic (or "raw") ... Continue Reading
Jesus Olivares Squats 5-Rep, 402.5-Kilogram PR in 2025 Sheffield Championships Training
At 26 years old, Jesus Olivares has already established a reputation as the premier powerlifter in the 120+ kilogram weight class. In February, the Texas native hit an International Powerlifting Federation ... Continue Reading
Every Winner of the Bikini Olympia
It’s hard to imagine Olympia weekend without the now-infamous Bikini Division, which rewards beauty, poise, and intense muscular conditioning in women. But before 2010, women's competitors had three ... Continue Reading
Betty Aborah (63KG) Smashes Open World Record Raw Deadlift as a Junior, Again
Dutch powerlifter Betty Aborah entered the powerlifting scene at the 2024 Euro Muscle Show in Amsterdam in July. At only 21 years old, she broke the Open class deadlift world record in the 63KG ... Continue Reading