The Origin Story Everyone’s fitness journey starts somewhere. Talk to me a little about yours. In our first conversation you said that you’ve hung out with athletes for most of your life and some of it’s rubbed off. Expand on that and the role working out has played in your life. Growing up, I was […]
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The Legend of Strong and Bendy Strong and bendy started out as a cool hashtag on Instagram when I started posting bridge press videos. It got worse when I started doing Steinborn Lifts. The image in my head when I thought of it was Gumby lifting an Atlas stone. I’m not sure such a picture
The Origin of DeadliftPro6 Wes Jenkins or deadliftpro6 as he’s known on Instagram is a guy who just seems to get stronger by the day. Not given to flashy training methods, every visit to his IG account yields footage of no frills barbell and dumbbell training in a garage gym decorated only with a Lift
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Mentors (and Why You Need One) Mentors are critical components of tangible growth for training and exercise. It doesn’t matter if you do Bodybuilding, Physique, Strongman, CrossFit, Powerlifting, or “max interval training” right in your own living room. Many of us workout at home because our time may be limited or the freedom and flexibility of achieving
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Garage Gym Party of 1 is part of Robin Savala’s Instagram handle because this busy wife and mother is consistently getting it done by herself at an hour when most are just turning over in bed! Read on to find out more about her high energy routines and how she stayed on track over the
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Who Is Kimberly Walford? York Barbell Hall of Famer, Steve Goggins, calls Kimberly Walford “courageous”. Maliek Derstine, who has the third highest squat and the highest bench of any 198lb class lifter in the world, calls her “awesome”. Drug free lifter Perry Ellis Jr. who has the #2 ranked squat in the world, says she’s “Tenacious”. High praise
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Katja Mäkynen is a mother and aspiring personal trainer who specializes in the little known sport of pole fitness. As soon as most people hear pole sport, they think of adult oriented entertainment but in reality, pole sport dates back to Indian wrestlers and Chinese male athletes. After seeing some of her posts on Instagram, I was impressed
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Old School Lifting James Fuller has practiced old school lifts for over thirty years. He is truly a strength athlete with no limitations on his mind or body. James competes regularly in All Around Weightlifting a sport that seeks to honor the pre-World War Two era exploits of strongmen like Hermann Goerner and Eugene Sandow. To
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Bud Jeffries is one of the most accomplished, yet controversial figures in strength sports today. As a performing strongman, he’s got to be ready to go any time he’s called on. Beyond that, Bud proudly lives what he calls the unconventional life, refusing to limit himself to anyone else’s idea of how to train. If
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What Is Black Friday For those of you outside the U.S. (or anyone just emerging from a 20 year coma) Black Friday is the annual attempt by big box retailers to turn a holiday intended to celebrate all we should be thankful for, into a mad dash of pissed off soccer moms and suburbanites elbowing
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