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2024 Sampson Showdown Pro Wellness Show Preview
Las Vegas, NV, will host the 2024 Sampson Showdown Pro Wellness division show on Saturday, March 23, 2024. 12 IFBB Pro League competitors will compete in this edition for a victory as well as a qualification to compete in the 2024 Wellness Olympia, a part of the 60th Olympia Weekend, which will also be in Las Vegas on Oct….
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Temur Samkharadze (+120KG) Sets IPF Junior Raw Deadlift and Total World Records at the 2024 EPF European Classic Championships
The 2024 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Classic Championships (ECC) occurred in Velika Gorica, Croatia, from March 12-17, 2024. The competition saw Junior raw world records fall across Women’s and Men’s weight categories. In the Men’s superheavyweight class, Temur Samkharadze of Georgia scored the gold medal via a new IPF Junior raw total world record of 1,063.5 kilograms. En route…
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Festivus Games to Host First Adaptive-Only Competition in April
The Festivus Games, originally launched in 2011, targets novice and intermediate Cro ssFit athletes who want to compete. As of April 2024, adaptive athletes are being added to that list, too. Felicia Davis is the founder of Inclusive Performance, a (soon-to-be) nonprofit organization for adaptive athletes in Waterford, WI. Davis is an adaptive athlete herself. She has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which…
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Amélie Mierger (+84KG) Sets IPF Raw Bench Press World Record of 165 Kilograms at 2024 EPF European Classic Championships
The 2024 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Classic Championships (ECC) occurred from March 12-17, 2024, in Velika Gorica, Croatia. In the Women’s superheavyweight division, the top of the podium featured Sonita Kyen Muluh of Belgium with a total of 667.5 kilograms. Amélie Mierger of France ranked as the runner-up with a 650-kilogram total. En route to that silver…
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Alexis Jones (+84KG) Sets Unofficial IPF Raw Bench Press and Deadlift World Records at the 2024 Powerlifting America Raw Nationals
The superheavyweight Women’s division at the 2024 Powerlifting America (PA) Raw Nationals in Reno, NV, was a showcase for Alexis Jones. Jones scored the overall gold via a 698.5-kilogram total comprised of an unofficial IPF raw bench press and deadlift world records. The lifts are considered unofficial world records, as the 2024 PA Raw Nationals meet was not…
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Our “7 Questions Leading Up to the 2024 CrossFit Open,” Answered
In early February, we laid out seven questions we had heading into the 2024 CrossFit Open. With the Open now officially in the rearview mirror, we can take a look back and answer them. 1. Was This the Biggest CrossFit Open Yet? No. But while 2024 comes in fourth all-time for total registrations, the final number represents a…
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Erholove Izobodo-John (84KG) Sets IPF Junior Raw Deadlift World Record of 263 Kilograms at the 2024 European Classic Championships
British powerlifter Erholove Izobodo-John deadlifted an impressive 227.5 kilograms in her first competition in 2021. She has added weight to her deadlift at a steady rate since. Izobodo-John competed on March 16, 2024, at the 2024 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Classic Championships in Velika Gorica, Croatia, in the 84KG class. There were whispers of her carrying an injury into…
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NPC Worldwide Rules Update – Rule 6
*IFBB PRO athletes, and athletes who qualified for IFBB PRO status but who have not yet registered with the IFBB Professional League, may only compete in contests that are sanctioned by the IFBB Professional League. The complete NPC Worldwide Rules section is located here https://www.ifbbpro.com/npc-worldwide/rules/. RULE 6 – This rule only applies to athletes who qualified,
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s & Phil Heath’s Upper Body Workout at 2024 Arnold Sports Festival UK
At the 2024 Arnold Sports Festival UK event in Birmingham, UK, from March 15-17, 2024, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Phil Heath showcased various equipment for rows, pulldowns, and curls during a back, chest, and biceps-biased training session. Footage of the workout appeared in a video shared on Schwarzenegger’s Instagram account on March 16, 2024. Watch the two seven-time Mr. Olympia champions train together below: View this…
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Nick Walker’s Post Hamstring Tear Leg Training 9 Weeks Out From the 2024 New York Pro
The 2021 Arnold Classic (AC) champion, Nick Walker, worked to build his legs after placing second behind Samson Dauda at the 2023 AC. However, Walker suffered an unfortunate hamstring tear days before being able to display his aesthetic upgrades at the 2023 Olympia. On March 18, 2024, Walker published a video on his YouTube channel sharing his high-volume…
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