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2024 Beasts of Burden Results — Mathew Ragg Dominates
The 2024 Beasts of Burden contest was the first elite strongman contest of the 2024 season. It took place in Molendinar, Australia, on Jan. 21, 2024, and featured nine athletes competing across five events. At the conclusion of the single-day contest, 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Finalist Mathew Ragg emerged victorious after accruing 41 of a possible 45…
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Ilya Ilyin’s Lost Training Footage PLUS Larry Wheels Tries Pilates, Strength Weekly 1/22
Strength Weekly is the show keeping you up to date from around the barbell game! This week, we’re covering: Here’s the run of show for this week: 00:00 Intro 00:45 Run of show 01:55 Never before seen Ilya Ilyin footage 04:00 Contextualizing Ilyin’s career 07:05 Recapping 2024 Wodapalooza Miami 08:30 Prestige on the team side 11:50 Who showed…
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A New Study Reveals 2 Training Techniques to Maximize Muscle Growth
Muscles can stretch and contract. That might seem like an oversimplification, but who hasn’t seen the gyms with countless members trying to get huge by slinging dumbbells around without loading their muscles meaningfully? While those people might not know proper lifting technique, is there even a unanimously agreed upon version of proper technique? The short answer is no,…
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Rondel Hunte Raw Deadlifts 380 Kilograms for Three Reps
Heavyweight powerlifter Rondel Hunte hails from Trinidad and Tobago. He won the 2018 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Junior world title by a considerable margin. Hunte endured something of a career hiatus when the IPF suspended his national federation but returned to the platform in 2022, guest lifting with United States Powerlifting (USAPL). In training, Hunte is hitting personal…
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2024 Arnold Classic Men’s Open Preview
The 2024 Arnold Classic is set for March 1-3, 2024, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH. It will be the 36th edition of the contest, which dates back to 1989 when Rich Gaspari won the inaugural championship. The Arnold Classic has become a March tradition in the world of bodybuilding as part of the Arnold Sports Festival. The winner of…
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The Stoltman Brothers Tour Ryan Terry’s £5,000,000 Custom Gym
2023 Olympia Men’s Physique champion Ryan Terry opened a state-of-the-art gym called RT Fit in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England in partnership with strength brand Primal. Terry invited other elite strength athletes and media alike to try the multimillion-dollar fitness hub. There’s hardly a better duo to evaluate gym equipment “The World’s Strongest Brothers,” Tom and Luke Stoltman. Take a…
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“Drive the Bar”: Zack Telander’s Split Jerk Tips For Strongman Mitchell Hooper
2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mitchell Hooper has been dipping into Olympic weightlifting to improve as a Strongman competitor. The techniques used in Olympic weightlifting offer crossover into strongman that can help push Hooper above the rest of the field. Examples include using a split jerk during a log press or snatching a heavy implement during a loading medley. Hooper paired with…
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Austin Perkins (75KG) Raw Squats 1.5 Kilograms Over IPF World Record for a Triple In Training
Elite powerlifter Austin Perkins has the biggest total of any raw 75-kilogram lifter in the world at 851 kilograms (1,876 pounds) and the highest DOTS score of any tested athlete, having eclipsed Taylor Atwood for both accolades. Perkins has lifted with the USA Powerlifting (USAPL) federation for most of his career but recently announced a switch to Powerlifting America (PA). Perkins has already done…
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Team China Withdraws From 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships
The Chinese weightlifting team — the world’s most dominant contingent in the sport — has abandoned one of its two remaining 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualification opportunities by withdrawing from the upcoming 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships (AWC). The 2024 AWC will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from Feb. 3 to 10. It is one of the final remaining…
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Hybrid Athlete Fergus Crawley Does These 6 Things Every Day to Optimize Recovery
Fergus Crawley has been carrying the banner for “hybrid” mixed-modality training for years now. For those unaware, hybrid training has gained momentum recently for its well-rounded, diverse approach to athleticism — think several strength training workouts each week alongside several sessions of conditioning or cardio. All that hard work takes a toll, though. On Jan. 15, 2024, Crawley…
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