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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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Building Forearms: Arm Wrestling vs. Manual Labor
The forearm muscles grow indirectly from back training, but many struggle to target them beyond that. Is that due to improper exercise selection? Probably. Internet personality, powerlifter, and amateur bodybuilder Jujimufu teamed up with professional arm wrestler Michael Todd to critique popular forearm exercises and offer modifications. They ranked forearm exercises on a tier list — S-tier…
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What Is Strongman?
Strongman is a weight-classed strength sport. In competitive strongman and strongwoman, an athlete’s success is based on their ability to conquer a multitude of events. Unlike the other strength sports, strongman/strongwoman athletes have to incredibly rounded in every aspect, as opposed to only training a few lifts. Check out a few of the more well-known events below.
- Log Press
- Atlas Stones
- Weighted Carries
- Squats
- Truck Pulls
- Deadlift
These are only a few of the events you could see at any given strongman contest. To be successful in strongman and strongwoman, you have to be adaptive and excel in pull, carry, press, and squat focused events.
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Muscle-Gaining Methods For Non-Bodybuilders
Packing on legitimate muscle is a science most beginners get wrong. It’s far more nuanced than just eating more calories or lifting heavier weights sometimes. It requires training periodization, recovery, nutrition, and patience. Three-time Arnold Strongman Classic champion and 2024 Strongest Man on Earth Mitchell Hooper wasn’t always a muscle-bound giant. He’s found practical strategies for adding quality mass. Before Hooper…
