Like a church sermon or commercial jingle, Ronnie Coleman’s iconic “Yeah, buddy!” tagline periodically bounces around the heads of bodybuilding enthusiasts all over the world. Sure, it’s catchy, but that’s ... Continue Reading
The Lat Pulldown Variation 6X Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates Calls a “Waste of Time”
Six-time Mr. Olympia winner Dorian Yates has one of the best backs in Open bodybuilding history. You’d be hard-pressed to find somebody who casts a larger shadow than "The Shadow" himself, which begs the ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Dislocates Finger Mid-Lift, Pops It Back Into Place to Win National Championship
When there's a gold medal on the line, you take a page out of Nike's playbook and just do it — exactly what weightlifter Cicely Kyle did at the USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships on Friday, ... Continue Reading
2024 USA Weightlifting Senior National Championships Full Results
The world of weightlifting may be abuzz about the upcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, but USA Weightlifting's (USAW) National Championships Week is the talk of the town stateside. Pittsburgh, PA ... Continue Reading
Eddie Hall’s 11-Year-Old Son Can Already Deadlift 265 Pounds
How strong is your dad? Fatherhood is close to a superpower — doubly so if your old man is world-renowned strongman athlete and deadlift record-holder Eddie Hall. On Jun. 11, 2024, Eddie's 11-year-old ... Continue Reading
“Disturbing”: Bodybuilders Explain the Side Effects of Anabolic Steroids
“The problem with anabolic steroids is that they work,” says natural bodybuilder and content creator Jeff Nippard. And he’s right: In a landmark 1996 study on the effects of testosterone supplementation, ... Continue Reading
Watch 11-Year-Old Rory van Ulft Lift 170 Pounds Over Her Head
An 11-year-old girl is officially one of the strongest young weightlifters on Earth. On Saturday, Jun. 15, 2024, Aurora "Rory" van Ulft, a pre-teen American weightlifter, set an unofficial Youth world ... Continue Reading
Karlos Nasar Teases Unofficial World Record Clean & Jerk Ahead of 2024 Olympics
Karlos Nasar may have the words "you lost" tattooed on his forearm, but this is no Memento situation — they're a reminder for his competition. On Friday, Jun. 14, 2024, the clean & jerk world record ... Continue Reading
Add 100 Pounds to Your Deadlift in 3 Months: Advice From 2023 World’s Strongest Man Mitchell Hooper
If you've got a three-digit deadlift, you might think that the exercise is as simple as picking the weight up. And it is — unless you pull 1,000+ pounds like 2023 World's Strongest Man winner Mitchell ... Continue Reading
Actor Jesse Plemons Lost Weight by Intermittent Fasting — Here’s What It Is and How You Can Start
Jesse Plemons has a bone to pick with Ozempic. "It's unfortunate that I decided to get healthy when everyone decided to take it," Plemons told the Los Angeles Times in a June 13, 2024 interview. ... Continue Reading
How Strong Was Arnold Schwarzenegger? We Look Back at the Oak’s Short-Lived Powerlifting Career
For many fans, Arnold Schwarzenegger is bodybuilding. The seven-time Mr. Olympia winner helped bring the sport into the mainstream back in the 1970s, and he's still the standard that nearly every champion ... Continue Reading
Why Jay Cutler Thinks the Bench Press Is the “Worst Exercise” for Bodybuilding
"The bench press is the standard, which is funny because it's like the worst exercise for bodybuilding." That's Jay Cutler, a four-time Mr. Olympia winner, discussing the merit of free-weight compound ... Continue Reading
Interview: The One Item 2020 Olympian Mattie Rogers “Must Have” in Her Gym Bag
For Mattie Rogers, preparation is everything: "I keep everything I could possibly need to train or compete in my gym bag," says Rogers, Tokyo 2020 Olympian and perhaps the United States' most decorated ... Continue Reading
Is Lasha Talakhadze Strong Enough to Win the 2024 Olympics?
The 2024 Olympics begin in less than two months. And as the commencement of the summer Games on Jul. 26 looms ever closer, we're starting to wonder who will take home those precious gold medals in Paris. ... Continue Reading
World Record? 125-Pound Woman Performs Weighted Triceps Dip With +176 Pounds Added
Nadine Hettinga might just be the strongest woman you’ve never heard of. She’s a streetlifter — a burgeoning strength sport focused mainly around 1-rep max weighted calisthenics. On Jun. 4, 2024, ... Continue Reading
“Normal People Shouldn’t Do This”: Pro Bodybuilding Coach Critiques Dorian Yates’ Workout Routine
The “Shadow” of Dorian Yates looms large over the world of bodybuilding, long after Yates himself retired from competing at the 1998 Mr. Olympia. Flash forward a quarter of a century and Yates’ ... Continue Reading
“I Want To Be Michael Jordan” & More: Chris Bumstead on 2024 Olympia Prep
"My mind's been in a different place this year now that I have a child," bodybuilder Chris Bumstead says. On Jun. 3, 2024, Bumstead got candid with the camera for a YouTube interview about his mindset ... Continue Reading
An Elite Ultra-Marathoner & Powerlifter Explains How To Stay Fit While Traveling
Do you struggle to stay on top of your workout routine or diet while you travel? Don’t fret — you’re in good company. Even elite athletes need to make accommodations when they're on the move, including ... Continue Reading
Report: 18 Weightlifters Caught Violating Anti-Doping Policy in 2023
The 2024 Olympics begin in about two months. Paris will host 120 weightlifters — the fewest in decades — as a downstream consequence of the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) years-long ... Continue Reading
“No Squats”: The Leg Exercises 62-Year-Old Bodybuilder Dorian Yates Uses to Build Muscle
“Gone are the days of 1,500-pound leg presses,” lamented six-time bodybuilding champion Dorian Yates in the caption of a May 31, 2024 Instagram post. Yates, now 62, is one of the most decorated ... Continue Reading
Opinion: Gym Etiquette Is Ruining My Life
Barf. I groan as I sit up after another set of dumbbell bench presses, casting the weights down to the floor with as much nonchalance as I can muster: Like I hadn’t just pushed myself to the brink of ... Continue Reading
How Did Arnold Schwarzenegger Train? A Chronicle of the Austrian Oak’s Favorite Workouts
It’s far from the most controversial thing in the sport to say: Arnold Schwarzenegger is the greatest bodybuilder of all time. A seven-time Mr. Olympia, Arnold helped push bodybuilding into the mainstream ... Continue Reading
Dana Linn Bailey Does Drop Sets to Build Muscle. But Are They Worth It?
When it comes to hypertrophy, all roads lead to Rome. Most of the best bodybuilders in history — think Sergio Oliva, Dorian Yates, or Arnold Schwarzenegger — had their own unique approaches to building ... Continue Reading
Jeremy Buendia Says His 2024 Bodybuilding Season Is “a Wrap”
On May 27, 2024, Four-time Mr. Olympia winner Jeremy Buendia announced across social media that he'd re-injured his Achilles tendon, doubling down on trauma suffered earlier in the spring. More ... Continue Reading