Designing Your Fitness Journey: How to Create a Workout Plan
Designing Your Fitness Journey: How to Create a Workout Plan Your journey towards better health is like building a puzzle – you need the right pieces in the right places. One essential piece is a well-structured workout plan. In this article, we’ll walk you through creating a workout plan tailored to your needs, focusing on […]
Flexibility Routine: 7 Full Body Stretches
Flexibility Routine: 7 Full Body Stretches It’s easy to overlook the importance of maintaining flexibility and taking time to care for our bodies. Incorporating a regular full body stretching routine into your daily life can do wonders for your physical and mental health and well-being. Not only does stretching enhance flexibility, but it also helps […]
The Benefits of Using a Sauna After a Workout
The Benefits of Using a Sauna After a Workout Are you looking for the perfect way to recover after a workout? You may want to consider adding a sauna session to your post-workout routine. After an intense workout session, our muscles often feel sore and tired, craving relief and relaxation. While many fitness enthusiasts turn […]
The Bulgarian Method Is Madness: A Look at the Hardest Weightlifting Routine Ever Created
In the dusty, beige, and completely silent training hall of the Bulgarian weightlifting federation, Zlatan Vanev approaches a barbell loaded with 210 kilograms, just a bit more than 460 pounds. Over the last 20 minutes, Vanev had tried four separate times to lift it overhead. Howling, Vanev tries again and fails again. He wanders off, […]
Mary Theisen-Lappen (+87KG) Wins Gold Medal for USA at 2023 Pan American Games
The 2023 Pan American Games are a multi-sport event held every four years; think of it like a regional Olympics. American weightlifter Mary Theisen-Lappen closed out the weightlifting event at the Games in Santiago, Chile, in the final session — and won a gold medal in the process. Theisen-Lappen snatched 120 kilograms (264.5 pounds), clean […]
Kaiser Witte (+109KG) Wins Silver Medal for USA at 2023 Pan American Games
Kaiser Witte is back on the scene after a four-year hiatus from international weightlifting. On Oct. 24, 2023 in Santiago, Chile as part of the closing weightlifting sessions at the 2023 Pan American Games, +109-kilogram Witte took home a silver medal for the United States with a command performance. Going four-for-six on the day and […]
Olivia Reeves (81KG) Wins Gold Medal, Sets New Records at 2023 Pan American Games
With weightlifting officially confirmed for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, keen eyes are turning towards the sport’s rising stars. And 20-year-old Olivia Reeves’ star is absolutely soaring. At the 2023 Pan American Games, a multi-sport international event held every four years and which runs from Oct. 21 to 24 in Santiago, Chile, Reeves […]
Meredith Alwine (71KG) Wins Bronze Medal for USA at 2023 Pan American Games
If you’re a fan of Olympic lifting, you’ve been downright spoiled in the back half of 2023, as many of the most important weightlifting competitions of the year are being held between September and December. If you’re American weightlifter Meredith Alwine, you’re probably over the moon — after all, you just won a medal at […]
Lower Body Stretches
6 Lower Body Stretches For Flexibility and Mobility Tired of feeling tight and restricted in your lower body? Do sore legs and limited motion hinder your daily activities or workouts? It’s time to incorporate a series of effective lower body stretches into your fitness routine. When it comes to a well-rounded fitness routine, lower body […]
Weightlifter Cesar Flores Credits Beltless Squats for Helping Him Hit This 320KG (705LB) Paused 2-Rep Max
Despite not competing in the back squat like their powerlifting counterparts, Olympic lifters possess some of the strongest squats in the strength training game. Case in point: On Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, American weightlifter Cesar Flores (+109KG) posted a truly massive squat to social media — 320 kilograms, or 705.4 pounds. For a set of […]