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Bench pressing heavy weight is great for building muscle—and showing off in the gym, of course. But benching during a deload week can be a great feeling, too, since it takes stress off your shoulders and gives your body a chance to relax. Deloading involves lifting with significantly less...

The 24-year-old, 165-pound powerlifter explains how he progressed from barely lifting the bar to recently bench-pressing 380 pounds in competition. Zak Wojnar If there's a secret to the bodybuilding lifestyle, it's that transforming one's body isn't actually as hard as it might seem. It...

Powerlifting world champ Amanda Lawrence absolutely crushed it at last weekend's USAPL Raw Nationals. A force to be reckoned with in the women's -84kg category, the Minnesota native hit a 552.3-pound squat, 253.5-pound bench press, and 545.6-pound deadlift for a 1,351.4-pound total. She took...

Courtesy of Weider Health and Fitness / M+F Magazine Bodybuilding icon and two-time Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu died on Friday after apparently drowning at sea, according to multiple reports in his native Italy. Columbu was 78. La Nuova, an Italian media outlet, said Columbu drowned while...

Transgender and gender fluid powerlifter Janae Marie Kroc, born Matthew Raymond, recently announced on Instagram that she will return to competitive bodybuilding and pursue her IFBB pro card—in the men’s category. You can see her announcement below: View this post on Instagram After much...

In just over a week, the biggest and strongest men from all over the world will meet up in Bradenton, Florida (of all places) to figure out who is strongest at the aptly titled World's Strongest Man competition. In 2018, Hafþór "Thor" Björnsson, aka The Mountain from HBO’s Game of Thrones, won...

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Dajour Jupiter may only be a senior in high school, but he undoubtedly possesses strength that most grown men would envy. Jupiter is an absolute powerhouse, and a product of the Ocean Springs powerlifting program in Mississippi. Jupiter crushed an 830-pound squat on Saturday, breaking the...

Amanda Lawrence doesn't mess around in the gym. The 21-year-old powerlifter already set unofficial World Records in the squat and deadlift at USAPL Nationals in October, and she took to Instagram on Sunday to show off an unbelievable new personal record: a 570-pound squat. As if just lifting...

It’s a big world and there are a lot of strong people living in it (like this woman and this guy). And, frankly, there’s not enough time to give every savage a shout out, but Keith Correa—a 148- and 165-pound USPA powerlifter—deadlifting 700 pounds deserves some publicity. That’s almost five...

Instagram/Jeremy Oleson Last week we wrote about 20-year-old powerlifter Andrew Hause, who hit a damn impressive 901-pound squat and looked like he had plenty left in the tank. Now there’s Jeremy Oleson, whose 931-pound squat video landed on Reddit, and—well—it’s hard not to be impressed by a...

Instagram/andrewhause There’s no shortage of impressive powerlifters showing off their latest accomplishments on social media, but honestly, sometimes it’s hard to stick out in a sea of bar-bending deadlift reps and bench press maxes. But when you see a 20-year-old squatting 901 pounds, you...