So you’re a strength athlete, but you secretly think it’s super badass when your yogi friends just flip themselves into headstands that look as natural as a barbell-only warmup set. If you’re a
Even if you have a kettlebell or a couple of dumbbells lying around, it can be hard to muster up the motivation to use them. When you’re used to being able to load
The longer you’re in the lifting game, the risk of picking up a niggling injury becomes more of a factor, especially as you get older. You cannot prevent traumatic, collision, or accidental injuries
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 bubble,
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 competition categories that often
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
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
The last thing we want anyone to think is that if they’re over 35, fitness is out of their reach. There are countless folks in that “Masters” age group lifting hundreds of kilograms
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
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 muscle at
