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No human has ever bench pressed anything close to 800 pounds before, but powerlifting sensation Julius Maddox looks primed to break that proverbial wall. The Kentuckian recently posted an Instagram video in which he set a new world bench press record at 755 pounds—11 pounds more than his last...

M+F Magazine In the powerlifting community, there aren’t many athletes who have had to overcome the same obstacles as bench-pressing behemoth Julius Maddox. The Kentuckyian set two bench world records in 2019, including a 744-pound raw bench press—meaning he didn’t use any gear other than...

Bench pressing phenom Julius Maddox has broken his own world record. Over the weekend, the Kentuckian benched an astonishing 744.1 pounds— a little shy of five pounds over the prior world record of 739.6 pounds, lifted by Maddox in late August. The lift took place at the Rob Hall Classic in...

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...

Kent Webb Everyone has a favorite lift, and Shirley Webb’s is the deadlift. It came naturally to Webb when she joined a gym for the first time at 77 years young, and the now-82-year-old powerlifter boasts a 265-pound PR and is the world champ in the IPF Raw Masters 4 category. To date, she's...

@kaigreene / Instagram Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the former World’s Strongest Man and Iceland’s strongest man for 9 consecutive years, may soon also become the world’s strongest and largest vegan. Thor, aka “The Mountain” from Game of Thrones, announced on Instagram he’s “willing” to try a...

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 WWE / M+F Magazine When former weightlifting Olympian Mark Jerrold Henry signed on the dotted line with the WWE back in 1996, there were many who said that the then-24-year-old would never make it as a pro wrestler. They were wrong. Thanks largely to Henry’s unquestionable work...

Claudio Onorati/EPA/Shutterstock John Cena’s Instagram might be one of the most entertaining things on the Internet. The 16-time WWE champion often posts random pictures with seemingly no meaning. For the uninitiated, here’s an example of what we mean: But once in a while, Cena will post a...

You may not know him by name, but you’ve definitely seen Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, aka The Mountain and Thor—either on ESPN 2 winning the World’s Strongest Man in 2018, as Gregor Clegane on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, or repping top-tier fitness brands like Rogue and Reign Total Body Fuel...

Courtesy WWE Some of your favorite jacked WWE Superstars and shredded actors are tag teaming up for an upcoming animated movie about monster wrestling — no, really. WWE Studios recently announced that it teamed up with Paramount Animation to co-produce Rumble, which will tell the story of a...

They make everything bigger in Texas, but if Julius Maddox is any indication, they lift bigger in Kentucky. The Kentuckian powerlifter just broke the all-time world record for biggest raw bench press with an eye-popping 739.6-pound lift. Watch the insane bench here: The feat happened in...

Before we show you this ridiculous squat from International Powerlifting Federation world champion Amanda Lawrence, let’s remind you of two things: She’s 22 years old, and she's only been doing this seriously for three and a half years. Now watch as she absolutely crushes a 573-pound squat...

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Polish powerlifter Krzysztof Wierzbicki is known for his deadlifting, and he pushed it to the limit this past weekend with an incredible 432.5kg (953.5-pound) equipped deadlift for an unofficial all-time world record, Barbend reports. Wierzbicki, also known as Mr. Deadlift, pulled off the feat...

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Former British Army Lance Corporal Martin Tye may be paralyzed from the knees down, but he hasn’t let his disability stop him from setting and achieving fitness goals. This past weekend at the North Somerset’s Strongest Man event in Wraxwall, UK, he completed a historic 505 kg (1,113-pound)...

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On April 6, the biggest and strongest men on the planet will meet in Leeds, England, to compete in the World Log Lift Challenge—one of the most storied events in the sport of Strongman. Among the list of competitors are names you’re more familiar with like Brian Shaw and Larry Wheels, who scored...

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...