75-kilogram German powerlifter Denise Herber is on a roll. She won the 2023 Ghost Clash 2 in February, followed by her second ABS Pro title in Dublin, Ireland, in August. Herber is best known for her ... Continue Reading
Heather Connor (47KG) Deadlifts 7.5 Kilograms More Than Current World Record In Training
Two-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion Heather Connor is a deadlifting powerhouse in the 47-kilogram class. She has broken the IPF raw deadlift world record in ... Continue Reading
Will Tennyson Delves Into the Impact of Body Dysmorphia
According to the Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, body dysmorphia is "a relatively common disorder that consists of a distressing or impairing preoccupation with imagined or slight defects in ... Continue Reading
Fergus Crawley’s 6 Tips For Building a Better Aerobic Base
Hybrid athlete Fergus Crawley is known for his strength and endurance feats, such as running a 4:58 mile after squatting 500 pounds and completing a double triathlon in under 41 hours. Crawley is currently ... Continue Reading
Everything In Dana Linn Bailey’s Gym Bag
A gym bag is like an athlete’s training partner — workouts aren’t the same without it. Many athletes have handpicked training tools in their gym bags that help improve their training performance with the ... Continue Reading
Russel Orhii (83KG) Squats 322.5 Kilograms, More Than His World Record, for 3 Reps
Russel Orhii, the 2019 and 2021 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion in the raw 83-kilogram class, holds the IPF worlds for the raw squat and total — 320.5 kilograms (706.6 pounds) ... Continue Reading
How Samson Dauda Eats One Month From the 2023 Olympia
Professional bodybuilders typically follow a regimented diet throughout the year. Their meals are meticulously measured even further during their contest prep as they trim calories to dial in their ... Continue Reading
6 Exercises Reigning Figure Olympia Champion Missy Truscott Uses To Train Shoulders and Triceps
Reigning Figure Olympia champion Missy Truscott recently filmed a shoulder and triceps workout deep into her prep to defend her title at the 2023 Olympia, scheduled for Nov. 2-5, 2023. Truscott ... Continue Reading
2 Top-10 Bikini Bodybuilders Reveal Their Glute Training
According to NPC News Online, Bikini bodybuilders are judged on a balance of muscularity that "gives shape to the female body," including slight roundness of the delts and "full round glutes with a slight ... Continue Reading
What’s In Jeremy Buendia’s 800-Carb, Nearly 6,000-Calorie Refeed?
Professional bodybuilders enter a calorie deficit in the weeks leading up to a show to cut fat to improve their muscle conditioning and definition. However, a side effect of the cutting phase is hampering ... Continue Reading
How Bikini Bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan Trains Shoulders For the 2023 Olympia
British pro bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan entered the upper echelons of the pro-Bikini circuit by finishing seventh at her debut Olympia in 2022. She qualified for the 2023 Olympia by winning the 2022 Battle of ... Continue Reading
Terrence Ruffin’s 2023 Olympia Back Training with Fellow Classic Physique Competitor Mike Sommerfeld
Bodybuilder Terrence Ruffin is a two-time Arnold Classic Physique champion looking to make a run at the 2023 Classic Physique Olympia title on Nov. 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL. He’s training with last ... Continue Reading
Elite Powerlifter Heather Connor’s (47KG) Full Day of Eating
Elite powerlifter Heather Connor lifts raw in one of the lighter weight classes — 47-kilograms. However, she deadlifts like a heavyweight, as proven by her all-time world record raw deadlift of 200 ... Continue Reading
USA Weightlifting Announces Roster for Upcoming 2023 Pan American Games
The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships may be over, but the best Olympic lifters in the United States still have their work cut out for them before the year comes to a close. On Friday, Oct. 6, ... Continue Reading
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (73KG) Sets 201KG Clean & Jerk World Record at 19th Asian Games
Less than a month after his silver-medal performance at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 73-kilogram Rahmat Erwin Abdullah of Indonesia has set his latest world record. Abdullah, who competed at ... Continue Reading
Chris Bumstead’s Sub-3,000-Calorie Diet 6 Weeks Out From the 2023 Olympia
As a pro-competition nears, bodybuilders cut their calorie intake and increase cardio to drop body fat while improving their conditioning and muscle definition. On Oct. 1, 2023, the four-time reigning ... Continue Reading
Stan Efferding Explains the Importance of Deliberate Movement Throughout the Day
Bodybuilder, powerlifter, and creator of the vertical diet, Stan Efferding, holds multiple all-time powerlifting world records, including the raw (w/wraps) bench press and total in the Masters 40-44 and ... Continue Reading
How Dana Linn Bailey Incorporates CrossFit on Leg Day
Dana Linn Bailey announced her intent to switch from bodybuilding to powerlifting in August and her training approach has shifted from exercises that bias hypertrophy to those that train movement ... Continue Reading
Erin Stern’s 3 Leg Extension Variations for Improved Quad Sweep
Before moving into the Bikini division, pro bodybuilder Erin Stern won two Olympia titles in the Figure division (2010, 2012). To excel in either division, well-developed, even striated in the ... Continue Reading
Samson Dauda Trains Chest With Sam Sulek During 2023 Mr. Olympia Prep
Samson Dauda carries a ton of momentum with him into the 2023 Mr. Olympia contest through his qualification via his 2023 Arnold Classic victory — the second-most prestigious bodybuilding competition behind ... Continue Reading
Men’s Open Bodybuilder Charles Griffen Trains Back With Brett Wilkin Before 2023 Legion Pro Show
Men’s Open bodybuilder Brett Wilkin was the first athlete to qualify for the 2023 Mr. Olympia contest when he won the 2022 Big Man Weekend Pro. Charles Griffen seeks to be the final athlete to qualify for ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Björnsson Postpones His Powerlifting Goals, Announces Return to Competitive Strongman
2018 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor Björnsson has postponed his powerlifting ambitions to return to competitive strongman. The Icelandic strongman-turned-boxer-turned-powerlifter-turned ... Continue Reading
Lee Priest Diagnoses How Bodybuilders Botch Cuts
Australian bodybuilder Lee Priest joined Mike O’Hearn on the Sept. 22, 2023, episode of The Mike O’Hearn Show to discuss bodybuilding strategy. Priest and O’Hearn discuss multiple ... Continue Reading
How To Use FST-7 Training To Build the Upper Chest
Bodybuilding coach Hany Rambod’s athletes have won 22 Olympia titles, and the tally goes up every year. His current athlete roster includes the reigning Mr. Olympia, Hadi Choopan, the Classic Physique ... Continue Reading