Jeremiah Willies Wins 2024 Fitworld Pro Classic Physique Show
Jeremiah Willies won the 2024 Fitworld Pro. The Classic Physique show was held on Apr. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA, and it featured 11 IFBB Pro League athletes facing fans and judges. Willies left the stage as champion and is now qualified to compete at the 2024 Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, NV, on the weekend of Oct. 10-13,…
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Martin Fitzwater Wins 2024 Detroit Pro Bodybuilding Show
Martin Fitzwater is the inaugural Detroit Pro Men’s Open champion. Fitzwater was one of six athletes who competed in the 2024 Detroit Pro show in Dearborn, MI, on April 14, 2024, and he was the last to leave the stage as the winner. As a result, Fitzwater is now qualified to compete in the 60th edition of the Mr. Olympia contest in Las…
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What Men’s Open Bodybuilder Michal “Krizo” Križánek Eats to Bulk
Where one bulking season ends, a dieting phase begins. Slovakian Pro bodybuilder Michal “Krizo” Križánek recently described his mass-building eating regime with viewers of his YouTube channel. After a decent 2022 competition run, Križánek launched his off-season gains with an aggressive bulking strategy — crushing the scales with his 300-pound physique at one point. However, that was short-lived due…
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Opinion: Bodybuilder Samson Dauda Told Sam Sulek He Lifts Too Heavy. Dauda Is Wrong.
Ever since Sam Sulek started yapping into his webcam on his gym commute in 2023, he’s rapidly become the Internet’s favorite soundboard. Everybody has their take: Sulek is this, Sulek is that. He’s a good influence, he’s a bad influence. He’s comfort food, he’s junk food. But it was 2023’s Arnold Classic winner and IFBB pro bodybuilder Samson…
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Dumbbell Side Bend: How To + Core Workout Training Tips
We’ll spill the beans — at BarBend, we love dumbbell exercises. And core workouts. Put them together and we’re over the moon. If you feel the same, or you’re on the hunt for a new dumbbell ab workout yourself, you might want to try the dumbbell side bend. This ab and oblique core exercise is all you need…
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Walking Backward on a Treadmill — An Unhelpful Trend or Worth Your Time?
Backward walking is undoubtedly something you’ve seen take hold in the gym lately. A lot of this popularity may come from your fave fitness influencers on TikTok. And while not everything we see on social media is, ahem, a good idea, there are some creative approaches out there. And walking backward on a treadmill is both eye-catching and…
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The 8 Best Commercial Ellipticals of 2024 (Expert Tested)
Some would-be fitness gurus — a.k.a. some guy at my gym — may consider even the best ellipticals to be inferior to stair climbers and treadmills in the cardio realm, but studies have shown that similar physiological improvements are gained when training intensity and volume are matched across each of those cardio machines. (1) (IN YOUR FACE, gym…
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The 9 Biggest Benefits of Pilates, Explained By a Pilates Instructor
After this year’s Grammy Awards, Miley Cyrus’s lean, muscular physique took the country by storm. Everyone wanted to know what the secret was to getting her rockstar arms. The answer: Pilates. To help you figure out whether it’s worth it to make Pilates part of your training routine, I sat down with Pilates instructor Abby Middleton. She’ll give…
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The Best HIIT Cardio Workout for Beginners (+ Customizations for Every Fitness Level)
Does the term “HIIT” call to mind boot-camp-esque group fitness classes with zealous instructors? HIIT (high-intensity interval training) is a type of cardio workout where you work hard and rest for short periods — it’s over fast. Research suggests it elicits similar effects to other forms of exercise that take longer. To a beginner, it may seem intimidatingly…
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Tour Jujimufu’s Home Gym Worth Half a Million Dollars
Garage Gym Reviews founder Cooper “Coop” Mitchell and his film team recently visited Jon “Jujimufu” Call’s compound for a ‘gym cribs’ tour of the fitness celebrity’s half-a-million-dollar home gym in North Carolina, USA. Call’s 4,000-square-foot warehouse is the main attraction on his “gym farm,” housing a full-sized workout facility, gymnastics platform, full kitchen, bedroom, and office. He calls it his “gym…
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