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Powerlifter Julius Maddox has already claimed the world raw bench press record with an astonishing 739.6-pound lift, but it’s clear he’s not done just yet. The Kentuckian recently claimed another personal record by benching 700 pounds—yup, seven hundred pounds—for three clean reps. That’s...

Courtesy of Weider Health and Fitness / M+F Magazine The 1993 FIBO trade show in Cologne, Germany, was the location of one of the most intriguing yet underreported contests in the history of bodybuilding. It featured IFBB bodybuilder Tom Platz, known as “the Golden Eagle” and “Quadzilla,”...

Courtesy of John Gramlich Three years ago, John Gramlich realized that his weight had spiraled out of control. He’d just moved back to his native Oklahoma after spending ten months in Nebraska for work—a place where he didn’t have the community, friends, or family that he had back home. When he...

Brandon Ramos / M+F Magazine Sarah Cogswell, one of the top Strongwoman competitors in the 82kg (180 pounds) weight class, doesn’t compete or lift for the plaudits, money, and titles. So when she failed to make weight for the 2019 Strongest Woman in the World competition in Fairbanks, AK, she...

Elisa Leonelli / Shutterstock Two-time Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu tragically died on August 30. Columbu, 78, was vacationing in his native Sardinia, Italy when he suddenly became ill while swimming, and eventually he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. He now becomes the third Mr. Olympia...

ESB Professional / Shutterstock Wander into any hardcore powerlifting gym and you’ll most likely see lifters donning knee sleeves during their squats. Not to be confused with a knee brace, which is used to prevent or alleviate an injury, these neoprene sleeves slide over your joints to add an...

We’re big fans of weight-loss stories, but most of the time, we only get to see a few before and after photos. Very rarely do we get to see someone's physique transform right before our very eyes. That’s why it was cool to see Billy Richards’ six-month time lapse of his near-50-pound weight...

Four-time World’s Strongest Man Brian Shaw set out on a mission to take his mountain-sized musculature from Denali to Mount Royal and drop about 40 pounds starting back in June. We totally support Shaw’s weight loss, which will, without a doubt, help him stay healthy in the long run. In a...

Powerlifting powerhouse Amanda Lawrence constantly posts training updates and personal records on Instagram, but the phenom's most recent deadlift milestone had her pretty much jumping for joy. Lawrence, the International Powerlifting Federation world champ, deadlifted 257.5 kg (567 pounds)...

At his peak, 2017 World’s Strongest Man and all-around funnyman Eddie “The Beast” Hall weighed in at more than 440 pounds. And while a good bit of that was muscle, a lot of it was fat, too. Since then, he’s slimmed down to 358 pounds and even sported some abs for a bit. Still, the Briton has...

Hafþór "Thor" Björnsson, the 2018 World's Strongest Man, never ceases to make seemingly impossible feats of strength look easy, and his latest Instagram lift is no exception. The gargantuan Icelandic strongman shared a video of himself deadlifting 815 pounds for a single, as if it was no big...

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Toward the end of 2018, 2017 World’s Strongest Man winner Eddie Hall went from an uber-heavy 441 pounds to a shredded (but still ridiculously huge) 358 pounds. At this weight, Hall is undoubtedly healthier and happier, and most definitely ab-ier. Since then, "The Beast" has stayed between 358...

A majority of the workout-centric advice and tips in this issue center around fat-burning and workout routines that’ll help you get or remain lean all year. But we know some of you are already itching to plan or make a transition to getting bigger and stronger and packing on size. You’ll use...

You can’t put on the amount of muscle that’s advertised by celebrity trainers who say that their clients gained 20 to 30 pounds of mass in three months for whatever superhero film is set to release this month. “I’d say a pound or two pounds of muscle is very attainable to do naturally,” says...

Marianna Gasparyan broke three records this past weekend at the Kern US Open in San Diego, and set a new all-time high Wilks score. Kicking off her record-breaking performance, the 123-pound lifter completed a record squat of 260kg (573 pounds). The squat was not only 4.6 times her competition...

It’s no secret that a lot of crazy stuff goes down in Florida, but this 525-pound bench press, performed by high school junior Agelu Nunu, might just be the craziest. The feat went down at the Florida High School Athletic Association Boys' Weightlifting State Championship, which took place over...

View this post on Instagram 196kg vs 159kg 2016 vs 2019 @myoband = OBLIVION #Transformation #Beast #BackUpYourBullshit #Oblivion Big Love The Beast A post shared by Eddie hall - The Beast (@eddiehallwsm) on Apr 13, 2019 at 9:07am PDT Eddie Hall is undoubtedly one of the most powerful...

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...

Ted Lindberg has been lifting for 75 years, since he was just 12 years old. He remembers how back in the early days gyms didn’t even have benches, and gym-goers had to lie on the floor or on homemade, wood planks to lift. After retiring from working construction, Lindberg began hitting the gym...