Shoulder Press with Dumbbells: Tips & Benefits
Shoulder Press with Dumbbells: Benefits and Form Guide and Video Few muscle groups are as important as your shoulders. The muscles in and around your shoulders—including the rhomboids, deltoids, and trapezius—are used in everything from push-ups to carrying groceries. An exercise that strengthens those essential muscles is the shoulder press with dumbbells. A staple of […]
Medicine Ball Slams: How to Do Them
Medicine Ball Slams: Full-Body Technique Guide and Video Most of the time, when you’re in the gym, slow and steady is the name of the game. Whether you’re lifting weights or doing calisthenics, your goal is to demonstrate control, moving your body evenly and with intention. Medicine ball slams are a different story. This explosive […]
How to Use Hip Thrust Machine: Glute Tips
Hip Thrust Machine: Glute Workout Guide and Video Entering a gym for the first time can feel like stepping into another world. There are countless machines to choose from, with many looking more like sci-fi contraptions than fitness equipment. If that’s how you feel when you walk into a gym, don’t be scared—it’s worth getting […]
How To Do Belt Squat
Belt Squats: Step-by-Step Instructions and Benefits Guide and Video In the gym, training is only second to safety. After all, if you injure yourself, you risk having to sit out for weeks, watching all your progress go down the drain. So, when you find an exercise that actually combines safety with muscle-building results, it’s worth […]
How to Do Bent Over Rows: Form Tips
Bent Over Rows: Proper Form and Strength Tips Guide and Video Your legs and your arms. Those are probably the muscle groups you think about most when you head to the gym. But working your back muscles is just as crucial as strengthening your limbs—if not more so. After all, your back is the center […]
Won Ju Ri (67KG) Scores Clean & Jerk Record at 2024 IWF World Championships
The 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, ended on Dec. 15, 2024. The competition of the world’s best weightlifters showcased their immense strength and was landmarked by a bevy of world record performances across the men’s and women’s fields, with only six months until new weight categories take hold in June 2025. Among those elite […]
Yan Li (+87KG) Demolished The Previous Snatch World Record at 2024 IWF World Championships
The 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, from Dec. 6-15, 2024, featured some of the most memorable world record overhauls in recent memory. New weight categories will be instituted in June 2025, meaning less than half a year to alter the history of the current weight categories before they become obsolete. Among those rewriting history […]
Il Gyong Kim (59KG) Achieves Clean & Jerk and Total Records at 2024 IWF World Championships
The 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, from Dec. 6-15, 2024, concluded with vastly different record books than before it began. witnessed the shattering of more than a handful of world records. The records scored in Bahrain will likely endure the test of time as new weight categories will take effect in June 2025. In […]
Ruslan Nurudinov (109KG) Sets World Record Clean & Jerk In Manama, Bahrain
The 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, from Dec. 6-15, 2024, witnessed the shattering of more than a handful of world records. With only six months until new weight categories become the norm in June 2025, history was made in Bahrain. In the Men’s 109KG class, Ruslan Nurudinov of Uzbekistan scored the overall gold with […]
Suk Ri (64KG) Scores Two World Records at 2024 IWF World Championships
The 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, from Dec. 6-15, 2024, has continued to blaze new pages in the record books before new weight categories become the norm in June 2025. Ruk Si of North Korea, competing in the Women’s 64KG class, was among those who forged into new territory that […]