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Eddie Hall Reveals What May Be His Most Cringeworthy Injury
Christopher Bailey Former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall has had his fair share of injuries. After all, you don't become the strongest man alive without putting in a ridiculous amount of training, and training for any sport comes with risks. But during an interview with British tabloid The... -
Study Suggests Lifting With Your Feet in the Air for a More Effective Bench
milanzeremski via Shutterstock We’ve written plenty about the bench press, and thought we were giving you some pretty sound advice for building up your pecs: back firmly on the bench and feet flat on the ground. But perhaps we, and most other weightlifting coaches, have it all wrong. A study... -
4 Steps to Pressing a Keg Overhead Like a Pro
Brandon Ramos Danielle Vaji played softball at the University of Illinois, so she’s always been an athlete. But it takes a different kind of athleticism to hoist a 170-pound keg over your head or throw a 55-pound salmon for distance. Such were the challenges at the Strongest Woman in the World... -
At 43 'Big Z' Is Still Going Strong and Doing Things His Way
Courtesy of Žydrūnas-Savickas / M+F Magazine With a few words of encouragement from his uncle, a 13-year-old Žydrūnas Savickas started hoisting weight in the dingy and sparse gyms scattered throughout his native Lithuania. Just nine years later, in 1998, “Big Z” won Lithuania’s Strongest Man... -
Olympia Weekend Kicks Off with Thursday Press Conference
The wait is nearly over. Olympia Weekend officially gets underway in Las Vegas on Thursday at noon with the Olympia Press Conference at the Orleans Arena (free to the public). Anticipation is already growing with rumors swirling about a few surprises. Will fans finally get to lay their eyes on... -
The brutally high-rep chest and triceps workout
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The simple chest workout to grow your pecs
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Julius maddox sets american raw bench press record with 723-pound lift
We have a new American bench press record. Kentucky weightlifter Julius Maddox recently benched 723.1 pounds at the National Physique Committee’s Battle on the Bay in Corpus Christi, TX. Check out the lift in this video: View this post on Instagram ——————————————— ✅ AMERICAN RECORD... -
3 ways to improve your bench press
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Larry wheels proves he’s not from this planet with a 675-pound bench press
For how many personal records Larry “Wheels” Williams sets week after week, you’d think we’d be used to it by now. Then he goes and presses 675 fucking pounds over his chest like it was a broomstick. What’s also amazing is that his elbows can flare out like that at the top without that...