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  • Most 2024 CrossFit Games Athletes Are Out in 2025 — What’s Behind the Massive Turnover?

    Most 2024 CrossFit Games Athletes Are Out in 2025 — What’s Behind the Massive Turnover?

    This season’s 12 CrossFit Games qualifying events are finally complete, and we now know the 30 men and 30 women heading to Albany. That said, things look a lot different than we’re accustomed to seeing. Between injuries, retirements, athletes choosing to forego the CrossFit Games season, or simply failing to qualify, there are a fair…

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  • 2025 World of Monsterzym Korea Pro Men’s Physique Show Preview

    2025 World of Monsterzym Korea Pro Men’s Physique Show Preview

  • 2025 Tanji Johnson Classic Pro Wellness Show Preview

    2025 Tanji Johnson Classic Pro Wellness Show Preview

  • HYROX Releases 2025/26 Season Rulebook — No More Spitting or Snot Rockets

    HYROX Releases 2025/26 Season Rulebook — No More Spitting or Snot Rockets

Crossfit

  • Most 2024 CrossFit Games Athletes Are Out in 2025 — What’s Behind the Massive Turnover?

    Most 2024 CrossFit Games Athletes Are Out in 2025 — What’s Behind the Massive Turnover?

    This season’s 12 CrossFit Games qualifying events are finally complete, and we now know the 30 men and 30 women heading to Albany. That said, things look a lot different than we’re accustomed to seeing. Between injuries, retirements, athletes choosing to forego the CrossFit Games season, or simply failing to qualify, there are a fair…

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  • HYROX Releases 2025/26 Season Rulebook — No More Spitting or Snot Rockets

    HYROX Releases 2025/26 Season Rulebook — No More Spitting or Snot Rockets

  • Why Lauren Kalil’s Packing FITAID for Every Trip This Season

    Why Lauren Kalil’s Packing FITAID for Every Trip This Season

  • Labor of Love: How Hatch Athletic Cares for Women During All Stages of Life and Fitness

    Labor of Love: How Hatch Athletic Cares for Women During All Stages of Life and Fitness

Strongman

  • Make One Change to Seriously Improve Your Deadlift

    Make One Change to Seriously Improve Your Deadlift

    Breaking through deadlift plateaus can be tedious. The secret lies in fine-tuning training frequency, mastering variations, and building core strength to achieve steady progress. Three-time Arnold Strongman Classic champion and 2024 Strongest Man on Earth Mitchell Hooper will attempt to break Hafthor Björnsson’s deadlift world record on Sept. 6, 2025, with a 505-kilogram pull at the 2025 World Deadlift Championships. With that in mind,…

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  • 3 Exercises to Boost Your Push Press

    3 Exercises to Boost Your Push Press

  • 2025 Eastern Canada’s Strongest Man Results

    2025 Eastern Canada’s Strongest Man Results

  • 2025 Strongman Champions League Holland Results

    2025 Strongman Champions League Holland Results

Weightlifting

  • China’s Weightlifting Team’s Core Training Floats Weights on Their Upper Back

    China’s Weightlifting Team’s Core Training Floats Weights on Their Upper Back

    The Chinese weightlifting team has dominated the global stage, with five of their six athletes clinching gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Their remarkable performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics saw eight Chinese weightlifters acquire seven golds and one silver.  In mid-April 2025, Shenzhen Weightlifting, a training association for elite weightlifters, shared the Chinese weightlifting team’s updated…

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  • IPF Bans Stiff Knee Sleeves

    IPF Bans Stiff Knee Sleeves

  • World Record Weightlifter Karlos Nasar Trains Like a Bodybuilder

    World Record Weightlifter Karlos Nasar Trains Like a Bodybuilder

  • Invictus Launches New Total Strength Program Created by Games Podium Athletes Sam Dancer and Holden Rethwill

    Invictus Launches New Total Strength Program Created by Games Podium Athletes Sam Dancer and Holden Rethwill

Powerlifting

  • Heather Connor (47KG) Sets IPF Deadlift and Total World Records at 2025 World Classic Championships

    Heather Connor (47KG) Sets IPF Deadlift and Total World Records at 2025 World Classic Championships

    The 2025 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Championships took place in Chemnitz, Germany, from June 8-15, 2025. The competition was aflutter with new IPF world records across several men’s and women’s categories. One of the remarkable performances in Chemnitz belonged to America’s Heather Connor in the 47KG class. The deadlift specialist scored a new…

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  • 2025 IPF World Classic Championships Results

    2025 IPF World Classic Championships Results

  • Improve Your Front Squat Mobility

    Improve Your Front Squat Mobility

  • Your Deadlift Setup Might Be Wrong, Here’s How to Fix It

    Your Deadlift Setup Might Be Wrong, Here’s How to Fix It

Bodybuilding

  • 2025 South Florida Pro 212 Bodybuilding Show Preview

    2025 South Florida Pro 212 Bodybuilding Show Preview

    The 2025 South Florida Pro is set for Saturday, June 21, in Boca Raton, FL. The main event is 212 Bodybuilding, which includes 15 IFBB Pro League athletes. The winner will be eligible to compete at the 2025 212 Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, from Oct. 9-12, 2025. No one in the lineup had qualified for the 2025…

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  • 2025 World Classic Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    2025 World Classic Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

  • 2025 Huanji China Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    2025 Huanji China Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

  • 2025 Body Be 1 Classic Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    2025 Body Be 1 Classic Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

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  • 2025 Body Be 1 Classic Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    2025 Body Be 1 Classic Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    The 2025 Body Be 1 Classic Pro is scheduled for Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Montgomery, AL. This IFBB Professional League event will host 2025 Olympia qualifiers for the Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, Fitness, and Figure divisions.  Fifty-six pros will face the fans and judges in this contest, with each champion earning a qualification to compete at the Olympia…

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  • Labor of Love: How Hatch Athletic Cares for Women During All Stages of Life and Fitness

    Labor of Love: How Hatch Athletic Cares for Women During All Stages of Life and Fitness

  • The Underrated Supplement Champion Bodybuilding Coach Hany Rambod Believes In

    The Underrated Supplement Champion Bodybuilding Coach Hany Rambod Believes In

  • Why You Don’t Look Like You Lift 

    Why You Don’t Look Like You Lift 

  • Does Protein Before Bed Really Do What You Think It Does?

    Does Protein Before Bed Really Do What You Think It Does?

  • CrossFit Burke Celebrates a Year of Offering Classes for Neurodivergent Kids 

    CrossFit Burke Celebrates a Year of Offering Classes for Neurodivergent Kids 

  • The Best Training Technique to Gain Strength + Build Muscle After 40

    The Best Training Technique to Gain Strength + Build Muscle After 40

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