If you’ve scoured the entire internet for heavy weights and come up empty, don’t despair. You can craft an effective lifting routine even with light dumbbells — you just have to get a little creative about ... Continue Reading
7 Moves You Didn’t Know You Could Do With A Kettlebell
Workout fatigue is real — not just muscle exhaustion, but also mental tiredness. It can get pretty psychologically tough doing the same thing over and over and over again, and even though consistency is ... Continue Reading
4 Barbell Exercises You Should Try Adding Bands To
Resistance bands are one of my favorite training accessory tools. Not only can you stretch and train in multiple planes of motion but adding them to barbell and dumbbell exercises challenges the ... Continue Reading
Dumbbells Vs. Kettlebells — Choose the Right Tool for Your Goals
Nowadays, gyms are chock full of tools — resistance bands, barbells, fancy squat racks — and it's frankly overwhelming. Want to get lean and increase your power output? Better start swinging a kettlebell. ... Continue Reading
How to Develop Explosive Power Without a Barbell
So you’re stuck working out in your one car garage that you cleaned out and turned into a makeshift gym two weeks ago. You have a couple heavy dumbbells and kettlebells, you installed a homemade pull-up ... Continue Reading
How to Start Training Kettlebell Sport from Home
There is no time like the present to get started on your Kettlebell Sport journey, when most gyms are temporarily closed, and many of us are being asked to shelter in place. As a power endurance ... Continue Reading
3 Dumbbell Complexes to Help You Burn More Fat at Home
It’s a misconception that you need a lot of equipment for a great workout. Especially when access to the gym is limited and you don’t have a lot of time to train. (Or both.) Be creative instead and ... Continue Reading
7 Tips to Avoid The Dreaded Kettlebell Forearm Flop
You want to improve your strength, conditioning, power, and grip strength, and you know that kettlebells can do it all. But you have visceral memories of forearm pain from the dread kettlebell flop: ... Continue Reading
7 Kettlebell Accessories to Integrate into Your Powerlifting Off Season
One of my favorite things to do after a powerlifting meet is dive back into the wide world of kettlebells. The kinds of power-based, heavy ballistic moves that I love to do with kettlebells don’t often ... Continue Reading
3 Kettlebell Workouts to Help Powerlifters Build Stronger Glutes
If you’re looking to build a powerful squat and formidable deadlift, there’s no way around it — you need to develop strong glutes. If you’re yanking the bar off the ground and mostly relying on your low ... Continue Reading
4 Barbell Complexes To Improve Grip Strength and Lifting Stamina
You love the feeling of moving barbells, but maybe you’ve hit a plateau. Or maybe you just want to mix it up and add some spice to your routine. Or — I almost hesitate to suggest it — you want to add some ... Continue Reading
Are Rack Pulls Really Worth It? How to Do Them Correctly
Rack pulls are one of those highly-controversial movements in the lifting world. You have those who claim they are good for nothing more than stroking one’s ego – and those who claim they are ... Continue Reading
Barbell Etiquette: How to Keep Law and Order at the Gym
The ultimate rookie mistake: An athlete is finished lifting and begins to unload his barbell. He strips off the two 45 lb. plates from one side of the barbell, leaving the other side loaded. Uh ... Continue Reading
Power Cage Vs Monolift Vs Combo Rack Differences, Powered By Ghost Strong Equipment
In every gym across the globe, you'll find multiple pieces of equipment to squat and lift big weight in. As you get stronger and the weight on your back gets heavier, then the equipment in which you're ... Continue Reading
10 Questions You’ve Always Had About Kettlebells, Answered
You want to start working with kettlebells because you’ve seen other people swinging ‘em around and let’s be real: they look badass. Or you have worked with kettlebells before, but you’re looking to take ... Continue Reading
The Untold History of the Barbell
This year, Rogue Fitness announced a $50,000 prize to anyone who could lift more than 501 kilos on an elephant bar, a specially designed barbell capable of handling such heavy weights. Innocuous as this ... Continue Reading
Why Every Athlete Can Benefit From Sandbag Training
I love odd object training. Things like Atlas Stones, kegs, and sandbags have all gained popularity for training in the general population as of recently, although, they have long been a staple in ... Continue Reading
What Are the Different Types of Kettlebells?
The kettlebell. A simple, yet incredibly versatile piece of equipment that in our opinion, is underutilized in most gym settings. A lot of gyms have kettlebells present, but not every gym sees them used. ... Continue Reading
What Are the Different Types of Barbells?
One positive that comes along with being a strength athlete is that there's not much equipment required to lift weights. If you lift at a commercial or private gym, then really all you'll ever need are ... Continue Reading
What Exercises Are Best for Weight Lifting Belts?
When reaching for the best weight lifting belt in your gym bag, what exercises signal the need to use one? Are they movements that you feel a belt benefits, movements that warrant a belt's use based off of ... Continue Reading
6 Weird (But Strangely Effective) Types of Barbells You’ve Never Heard Of
In your typical Globo gym setting there's a good chance you'll never see any of the barbells listed below. For awhile trap bars were seen as strange, but with the continued growth of strength sports ... Continue Reading
What You Need to Know About Kettlebell Sport, Part 1
Kettlebell Sport has been gaining popularity in the States, but competitions involving the kettlebell snatch, press, and the clean & jerk have been around for the better part of 70 ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell History Goes Back Much Further Than Russia
The problem with kettlebell history is that surprisingly few people care. “Let’s say you’re a baseball fan. You play recreationally, you know who Babe Ruth is, you know the different stadiums. But in ... Continue Reading
Allergic to Your Barbell? Why Some Bars Give Lifters Itchy Reactions
Today at BarBend HQ I was speaking with David about front rack positions. We got into the topic of lifters with an allergy to nickel and how it can cause irritation and itching with some lifts. It was at ... Continue Reading