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  • 2025 Strongman Champions League Latvia Results

    2025 Strongman Champions League Latvia Results

    The 2025 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Latvia contest occurred on May 3, 2025, in Riga, Latvia. Twelve strongmen representing 10 countries competed in five events through the single-day competition: Truck Pull, Log Lift, Sandbag Toss, Loading Race, and Atlas Stones. Aivars Šmaukstelis claimed the gold in his home country, scoring 53 of a possible 60…

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  • Jeff Cavaliere’s 5 Best Stretches to Boost Flexibility for Beginners

    Jeff Cavaliere’s 5 Best Stretches to Boost Flexibility for Beginners

  • Mat Fraser’s HWPO Training Announces HYROX Partnership 

    Mat Fraser’s HWPO Training Announces HYROX Partnership 

  • “Not a Retirement Post” – Cole Sager Opens Up About Leaving the CrossFit Games

    “Not a Retirement Post” – Cole Sager Opens Up About Leaving the CrossFit Games

Crossfit

  • Mat Fraser’s HWPO Training Announces HYROX Partnership 

    Mat Fraser’s HWPO Training Announces HYROX Partnership 

    HWPO Training, the fitness brand and training platform led by five-time CrossFit Games champion Mat Fraser, is entering the HYROX fitness racing trend.  The company announced on Tuesday that it will partner with HYROX through a digital collaboration. Simultaneously, Fraser posted a video on Instagram announcing that he has another HYROX race on the books…

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  • “Not a Retirement Post” – Cole Sager Opens Up About Leaving the CrossFit Games

    “Not a Retirement Post” – Cole Sager Opens Up About Leaving the CrossFit Games

  • Alex Gazan’s Gamble – Why the Games Vet Is Skipping Semis to Go All-In on Norcal

    Alex Gazan’s Gamble – Why the Games Vet Is Skipping Semis to Go All-In on Norcal

  • 6 Athletes We Expect to Crush the CrossFit In-Affiliate Semifinals This Weekend

    6 Athletes We Expect to Crush the CrossFit In-Affiliate Semifinals This Weekend

Strongman

  • 2025 Strongman Champions League Latvia Results

    2025 Strongman Champions League Latvia Results

    The 2025 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Latvia contest occurred on May 3, 2025, in Riga, Latvia. Twelve strongmen representing 10 countries competed in five events through the single-day competition: Truck Pull, Log Lift, Sandbag Toss, Loading Race, and Atlas Stones. Aivars Šmaukstelis claimed the gold in his home country, scoring 53 of a possible 60…

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  • World’s Strongest Man Makes Significant Changes

    World’s Strongest Man Makes Significant Changes

  • Eddie Hall Defeats Mariusz Pudzianowski in MMA Bout by TKO

    Eddie Hall Defeats Mariusz Pudzianowski in MMA Bout by TKO

  • The World’s Strongest Man’s Q&A Before Defending the Title

    The World’s Strongest Man’s Q&A Before Defending the Title

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

  • Olympian Joe Kovacs and Mitchell Hooper Teach You How To Properly Jerk

    Olympian Joe Kovacs and Mitchell Hooper Teach You How To Properly Jerk

Powerlifting

  • Train as Much as an Elite Powerlifter to Get Stronger

    Train as Much as an Elite Powerlifter to Get Stronger

    Powerlifting has a straightforward goal: to maximize relative strength for one’s size by lifting the heaviest weight possible in the bench press, squat, and deadlift. If your goal is to build strength, training like a powerlifter prioritizes improving performance in these three foundational lifts. French powerlifter Panagiotis Tarinidis recently shared insights on optimizing training for bench press, squat, and deadlift…

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  • 5 Accessory Exercises to Boost Your Deadlift

    5 Accessory Exercises to Boost Your Deadlift

  • Joe Sullivan Makes NPC Bodybuilding Debut at 2025 Jay Cutler Desert Classic

    Joe Sullivan Makes NPC Bodybuilding Debut at 2025 Jay Cutler Desert Classic

  • Use the 5-3-1 Rep Method for Monstrous Strength Gains

    Use the 5-3-1 Rep Method for Monstrous Strength Gains

Bodybuilding

  • Train Past Failure for the Thickest Calves

    Train Past Failure for the Thickest Calves

    Is pushing beyond training limits the key to faster muscle gains? Are partial reps better than a full range of motion? In April 2025, the House of Hypertrophy (HoH) shared an analysis of studies comparing the hypertrophic effects of forced reps, post-failure partials, and different ranges of motion. With post-failure partials, the lifter squeezes as much motion as…

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  • 2025 California Supplement Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    2025 California Supplement Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

  • Phil Heath’s 10 Favorite Mass-Building Exercises 

    Phil Heath’s 10 Favorite Mass-Building Exercises 

  • Can Science Build the Perfect Diet? — “Salt the Hell out of Your Protein”

    Can Science Build the Perfect Diet? — “Salt the Hell out of Your Protein”

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  • 2025 California Supplement Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    2025 California Supplement Pro Bodybuilding Show Preview

    The 2025 California Supplement Pro will occur in Alicante, Spain, on Sunday, May 4, 2025. Promoter Emilio Martinez will host a 2025 Olympia qualifying event for the IFBB Professional League’s Classic Physique and Bikini divisions. The winners earn qualifications to represent their division at the 2025 Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on the weekend of Oct. 9-12,…

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  • “Bodybuilding Is the Only Sport Where You’re in the Worst Shape on Show Day” — Larry Wheels Trains & Preps With Wesley Vissers and Urs Kalecinski

    “Bodybuilding Is the Only Sport Where You’re in the Worst Shape on Show Day” — Larry Wheels Trains & Preps With Wesley Vissers and Urs Kalecinski

  • 6 Athletes We Expect to Crush the CrossFit In-Affiliate Semifinals This Weekend

    6 Athletes We Expect to Crush the CrossFit In-Affiliate Semifinals This Weekend

  • Jeff Cavaliere’s 8 Most Effective Muscle-Building Exercises 

    Jeff Cavaliere’s 8 Most Effective Muscle-Building Exercises 

  • When Should You Increase Weight on the Barbell?

    When Should You Increase Weight on the Barbell?

  • “You Look Like Quasimodo” — 3 Steps to Improve Thoracic Mobility & Posture

    “You Look Like Quasimodo” — 3 Steps to Improve Thoracic Mobility & Posture

  • Unfinished Business: Bill Leahy’s Comeback and the 2025 CrossFit Games

    Unfinished Business: Bill Leahy’s Comeback and the 2025 CrossFit Games

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