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The 2025 Sheffield Powerlifting Championship Scheduled For Jan. 26, 2025
The Sheffield Powerlifting Championships will return to Sheffield City Hall on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in the Oval Hall of Sheffield City Hall. Twenty-four of the world’s strongest powerlifters — 12 male and 12 female — will converge in Sheffield, England, to lift against their respective weight class’s International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) raw total world record for the…
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How Tom Stoltman Eats During His 2024 Arnold Strongman Classic Prep
There’s no two ways about it: two-time World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Tom Stoltman is a big guy. He stands at six feet, eight inches tall, and tips the scales at around 400 pounds. It takes a lot of food to fuel a frame that big. On Feb. 11, 2024, Stoltman shared how he eats during his prep for the 2024 Arnold Strongman…
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How to Compete in the Rogue Fitness 2024 Bear Walk Challenge
Rogue Fitness kicked off another fitness challenge on Feb. 16, 2024. The “Bear Walk Challenge” challenges participating athletes to carry a sandbag for as much distance as possible. Male athletes use a 200-pound sandbag, while female athletes use a 150-pound sandbag. Registration is currently open at the time of this article’s publication. Prospective athletes can register at roguefitness.com/challenges….
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Elisa Pecini Is Out of the 2024 Bikini International Contest
2019 Bikini Olympia champion and 2020 Bikini International winner Elisa Pecini is out of the 2024 Bikini International contest, slated for the weekend of March 1-3, 2024, as a part of the Arnold Sports Festival (ASF) and the 2024 Bikini International UK event on March 15-17, 2024. Pecini revealed on her Instagram that she was recently hospitalized due to severe abdominal pain that was determined to…
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Classic Physique Bodybuilder Mike Sommerfeld’s Warm-Up and Quad Day Recommendations
German bodybuilder Mike Sommerfeld turned pro in the IFBB Pro League in 2019. His pro debut was a 13th-place finish at the 2019 IFBB Romania Muscle Fest Pro show in the 212 division. Sommerfeld transitioned to Classic Physique in 2020, clinching the silver medal at the 2020 IFBB British Grand Prix. He emerged victorious at the 2021 IFBB…
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Jeremy Buendia’s 10-Exercise Off-Season Shoulder Programming
The Men’s Physique bodybuilding division places great importance on well-developed shoulders to accent an aesthetic V-taper. Four-time Men’s Physique Olympia champion (2014-17) Jeremy Buendia is known for his exceptional shoulder-to-waist ratio. After a four-year hiatus from the competitive stage, Buendia took advantage of his lifetime Olympia invite to compete at the 2023 Olympia to an eighth-place finish. He is set on ascending the…
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Mallory O’Brien Will Not Compete in the 2024 CrossFit Season
The 2024 CrossFit Open is scheduled to begin with workout 24.1 on Feb. 29, 2024. Jeffrey Adler, Brent Fikowski, Alex Gazan, and Alexis Raptis will be the first athletes to perform the workout for the CrossFit community and elite athletes worldwide to witness. One elite athlete in particular might tune in, but not as a potential competitor. On…
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Anatolii Novopismennyi (105KG) Sets IPF Raw Squat World Record of 363 Kilograms at 2024 Sheffield Championships
The 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships on Feb. 10, 2024, in Sheffield, England, was a who’s who of the world’s best powerlifters clashing at the peak of their games. Of the 24 athletes (12 male, 12 female) who competed, 14 of them eclipsed the IPF raw total world records in their respective weight classes. Several of the athletes not…
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Nittaya Kongthun Wins 2024 Musclecontest Japan Pro Bikini Show
Nittaya Kongthun has successfully defended her Japan Pro Bikini division title. The 2020 and 2023 winner stepped onstage on the weekend of Feb. 11, 2024, as the reigning champion and left the stage as a repeat winner and three-time champion overall. Nittaya Kongthun’s win qualifies her to compete in the 2024 Bikini Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 10-13,…
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Dorian Yates Biography — Beginnings, Bodybuilding, and Workout
Every sport had its top superstar in the 1990s. It was Michael Jordan for the NBA, Ken Griffey Jr. for many baseball fans, and Hulk Hogan was the biggest name in the world of professional wrestling until Stone Cold Steve Austin came along. The top man in the world of bodybuilding was Dorian Yates. The British muscleman known…
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