Over the last decade, hundreds of fantastic strength sports businesses and coaches have emerged to offer their expertise and product to the enthusiasts around them. At BarBend, we have one goal, and that ... Continue Reading
Hey, Powerlifters – Don’t Be Embarrassed To Continue Group Fitness After Quarantine
If you’re an all-barbells-all-the-time lifter — otherwise known as a “what’s a warmup?” or “whomst is cardio?” lifter — you might well never have stepped foot into a group fitness class. But then the ... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Why Stretching Your Shoulders Isn’t the Solution to a Stronger Press
Hands up if you’ve ever felt restriction in any type of pressing movement? Now, hands up if you immediately started stretching your shoulders to help alleviate the tightness? Sorry to burst your ... Continue Reading
The Best Resources for LGBTQ+ Strength Athletes
Creating a community of strength athletes for yourself when you’re a queer lifter can be… complicated. Transphobia and homophobia in strength sports, well, it's not non-existent. There's the gendered ... Continue Reading
3 Foolproof Ways to Never Have a Bad Workout Again (Seriously!)
We’ve all been there. You head into the gym feeling great, your warmups move like butter, and then…everything somehow goes wrong. You miss your top set, or your technique falls apart, or – god forbid ... Continue Reading
4 Single Arm Row Variations to Build a Serious Upper Back
Big bilateral row exercises, like the bent over barbell rows, lat pulldowns, and seated rows often get all the love and attention while single arm rows get neglected or forgotten about. That's a shame, ... Continue Reading
A Vegan Bodybuilder and Powerlifter Talk Eating for Strength and Muscle
Your body doesn’t exactly run on meat and plants and dairy. It runs on macronutrients and micronutrients (and, OK, enzymes and phytonutrients and other stuff) and there are no essential nutrients you can’t ... Continue Reading
4 Ways To Naturally Improve Your Circadian Rhythm
In a world before alarm clocks and iCalendars, how did we manage to stay on track and wake up on time? Technology continues to get us more connected and the rate at which information travels has increased ... Continue Reading
Better Glutes, Better Pulls: How Powerlifters Should Approach Posterior Training
It goes without saying that booty training is, well, a “hot” topic on social media (pun intended). While glute training advice is typically geared towards women, the fact is, everyone, especially ... Continue Reading
How Jacked People Can Do the Splits (With Jujimufu)
Jon Call, better known as Jujimufu, first gained wide national exposure on America’s Got Talent when he did something few ever thought they’d see: an extraordinarily bulky, muscular man pulling of a full ... Continue Reading
3 Ways to Fix Dreaded Good Morning Squats
The good morning squat is a movement pattern that is loathed by many. These awkward looking squats are always the first to be ridiculed on social media and are easily identifiable across every gym ... Continue Reading
4 TRX® Exercises You Should Do For a Stronger Core
A strong core doesn’t just directly improve sports performance, it's a fundamental part of injury prevention as well. Plus, powerlifters have thought training the big 3 is all that’s needed for a strong ... Continue Reading
Gyms Are Re-Opening, Use This 4-Week Guide to Strategically Increase Weight
Everywhere around the globe, gyms are beginning to re-open slowly which means eager lifters are prepping themselves to get back into their tradition training. While it's certainly exciting to return to ... Continue Reading
5 Tips to Improve Your Recovery Between Intense Workouts
As I sat there unable to straighten my arms without some serious effort and pain four days after doing Murph on Memorial Day in May, I came across this social media post by James FitzGerald, the Founder of ... Continue Reading
How Russel Orhii and Amanda Lawrence Overcome Tough Training Days
At some point in our lifting careers, we all run into time frames when training gets really ridiculously tough. These tough training sessions could be the product of increasing competition, pushing past ... Continue Reading
3 Reasons CrossFit Athletes Should Train Without a Belt (Sometimes)
A moment of panic: I landed in France, opened my suitcase and realized I had forgotten to pack my weightlifting belt. ‘I can’t go five months without a belt,’ I thought to myself, as my anxiety started ... Continue Reading
3 Exercises to Build Powerful and Strong Feet
At the root of every lower body movement, the foot is at work. In the gym, sport, and more dynamic effort movements, a passively active foot can lead to a slue of issues. It's well understood that an ... Continue Reading
14 Bodyweight Squat Variations You Should Add to Your Workouts
Bodyweight squats are great — you barely need any room and they’re a simple, effective move for when it’s the middle of your workday and you just need to kick start your blood flow and energy levels. ... Continue Reading
Intermittent Fasting For Bodybuilders: Should You Do It?
You’ve probably heard of intermittent fasting before, and you might even know someone who’s doing it. The idea is simple: you only eat within a certain time window each day, and the fat supposedly just ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Strength Sports for Veterans
Members of the military go through rigorous physical training and are required to make tremendous personal sacrifices. The difference in one's day-to-day life between working in the military versus post ... Continue Reading
Does the Side You Load Matter In the Lunge and Split Squat?
Single-leg lower body exercises like the lunge and split squat are fantastic because they come with a ton of variety and provide handfuls of benefits. It's fairly easy to see the main differences ... Continue Reading
Are Your Abs Actually Strong, or Are Your Hip Flexors Doing the Work?
Do you find you feel your hip flexors more than your abs after a high volume day of toes-to-bars or sit-ups? Or maybe you’re really good at kipping toes-to-bar, but strict ones elude you? Chances are ... Continue Reading
Scott Herman Explains How to Stay Strong Without the Gym (Brought to You by BSN)
Scott Herman is a legendary BSN-sponsored athlete with over 2 million YouTube subscribers and half a million Facebook fans. As one of the most influential trainers online, if you’ve searched for an ... Continue Reading
5 Medicine Ball Exercises You Should Try (That Aren’t Slams)
Medicine balls are great for slamming, throwing, and developing power and explosiveness. And it has been that way for almost 3,000 years. Yes, that long. While the details are sketchy on the ... Continue Reading