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Mitchell Hooper’s Updated Deadlift Technique Features More Quad Recruitment
Since making his international pro strongman debut at the 2022 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) competition, the 2023 WSM champion Mitchell Hooper has competed in 13 strongman contests and podiumed all of them. Of those 13 podiums, Hooper claimed gold in six of them, including the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic and the 2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational. “I have got…
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Kenia Monserrate (57KG) Squats 227.5 Kilograms for IPF Equipped World Record
Kenia Monserrate of Ecuador has a storied history in equipped powerlifting. She has been competing internationally with the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) since 2008 and has graced the podium many times. She also lifts raw and was the classic Junior World Champion in 2014. Entering the 2023 IPF World Equipped Championships, taking place from Nov. 13-19, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania,…
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Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Recaps Her 2023 Rogue Invitational Silver-Medal Finish
As the winningest CrossFit Games Individual athlete, Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr is always a frontrunner to win any competition she enters. Toomey-Orr clinched silver at the 2023 Rogue Invitational after being away from competitive CrossFit for the majority of the 2023 CrossFit season to have her first child. On Nov. 9, 2023, Toomey-Orr published a video on her YouTube channel…
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2023 WRPF West Coast Classic Results
The 2023 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) West Coast Classic occurred on Nov. 11-12, 2023, at Iron Mongers Gym in Vista, CA. Day one featured raw drug-tested competition, and day two featured raw non-tested competition. Elisa Serna and Cesar Ponce won the best overall raw lifter awards in the drug-tested contests with DOTS — a ratio of weight…
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Missy Truscott Tore 2 Menisci & Her ACL at the 2023 Fitness Olympia
Two-time Fitness Olympia champion Missy Truscott was on track to win her third title at the 2023 Olympia. She won the physique round — the first of two scored rounds in the Fitness division; the other is the performance round — with a score of five on the scorecards. However, disaster struck during Truscott’s performance, as she tore not one…
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Chris Bumstead and Courtney King Are Expecting Their First Child In 2024
Reigning five-time Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead and 2016 Bikini Olympia champion Courtney King are expecting their first child in 2024. Bumstead shared the news of King’s pregnancy on his Instagram page on Nov. 13, 2023, one week after securing his fifth consecutive Classic Physique Olympia title in Orlando, FL. In the caption of his post, Bumstead…
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Powerlifter Ben Pollack Seeks 2025 Olympia Qualification
Ben Pollack is a professional powerlifter and IFBB Pro. Through 2023, he has been recovering from a year-long injury. However, he is ready to return to the competitive bodybuilding stage. On Nov. 6, 2023, Pollack published on his YouTube channel, wherein he detailed his plans to qualify for the 2025 Olympia. Pollack moved to Tampa, FL, for his…
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Discover Pro Classic Physique Bodybuilder Biki Singh’s Vegetarian Meal Plan
Many believe eating meat is indispensable for building muscle and strength as one needs sufficient protein to build muscle. However, according to the British Council, there are 1.5 billion vegetarians around the globe. This is even more significant in India due to the deep cultural roots of vegetarianism. The latest 2023 figures suggest there are around 500 million…
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Will Tennyson Eats 4 Different Olympia Champion’s Cheat Meals
Fitness YouTuber Will Tennyson attempted eating Ronnie Coleman’s 6,000-calorie bodybuilding diet in October 2023. A month later, it was time to up the ante by eating the cheat meals from four Olympia champions, three Mr. Olympias: Phil Health, Jay Cutler, and Coleman, and the five-time reigning Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead. Check out Tennyson’s multiple feasts in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLrzQ4KLB8I&ab_channel=WillTennysonVideo can’t be…
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2023 Texas State Pro/Am Bodybuilding Show Results
The 2023 Texas State Pro/Am bodybuilding show was held on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in San Marcus, TX, and it featured 31 IFBB Pro League competitors from both Classic Physique and Figure divisions. The last two standing as champions were 2023 Classic Physique Olympia bronze medalist Urs Kalecinski and 2023 Figure Olympia runner-up Jessica Reyes Padilla. 2023 Texas…
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