As we count down the days to the 2024 Olympia competition, many of the combatants are taking to social media to show how they are preparing for the most important date on the bodybuilding calendar. With $400,000 in prize money at stake in the Open Division, every training decision is serious...
Many fans enjoy seeing their favorite athletes under the bright lights and performing on the big stages. It’s easy to be inspired by their greatness, but almost all of them will tell you that the greatness is achieved through the work that is done when no one is watching. Venus Williams is a...
At age 35, pro skateboarder Neen Williams long ago ditched the kegs and Ketel One for heavy kettlebells and any other muscle-building apparatus. In addition to watching Williams rip out kick flips on social media, fans can follow along and train with the ripped fitness coach on the app Ladder...
Bodybuilding and fitness athletes can look like walking and talking superheroes. The muscles, symmetry, and the confidence they exude onstage can make them appear superhuman. But like everyone else, they can go through adversity, face hard times, and need something or someone to help them...
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Imagine moving like Mayweather, jabbing like Klitschko, even developing a terrifying Tyson-like scowl while at the same time getting ripped like Amir Khan. Sorry, those first three won't happen. However, it’s still possible to improve your fight game—even without...
Larry “Wheels” Williams may have shifted his focus to strongman training with Hafþór Björnsson, the World's Strongest Man, for a few months, but that doesn’t mean he’s let traditional (well, his version of traditional) lifting fall to the wayside.
To prove it, Williams kicked off the week with...
Akim Williams trains with Oscar Ardon to prepare for the 2019 Arnold Classic. Watch his brutal leg workout.
To prepare for the Arnold Classic, you have to go big or go home. That's why at the pinnacle of a brutal leg workout, trainer Oscar Ardon pushes IFBB pro and Arnold Classic contender Akim...
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Day by day we toil among our fellow iron warriors, heaving weights thousands...
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Ryan Williams has always enjoyed...
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Great bodybuilding champions are admired for the hardware they’ve earned onstage. And rightfully so—being crowned the best at what you do is a testament to hard work, talent, and perseverance.
Still, that reverence comes with an undeniable disconnect. That is, seeing the finished...
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Known as one of the strongest bodybuilders in the IFBB, with all-time personal records of more than 800 pounds on both squat and deadlift and more than 500 on bench press, Akim Williams might be expected to throw around barbells and dumbbells...