Tag: Parent Topic: Strength Exercise
Andrea Shaw Biography — Early Life, Career, Training, and More
In the mid to late 2010s, many bodybuilding insiders and experts considered women’s bodybuilding to be a distant memory. This was thanks to the demise of the Ms. Olympia contest in 2014 and little exposure for the shows that were taking place. Then in 2020, Wings of Strength promoter Jake Wood bought the Olympia Weekend and revitalized the…
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“Ramon Lit a Fire Under My Ass” — Chris Bumstead Returns to Training for 2024 Mr. Olympia
“[Ramon] is a maniac…” Chris Bumstead knows that the stakes are higher than ever in 2024. After several life-changing events in the back half of 2023 — winning a fifth Mr. Olympia Classic Physique title, tearing his lat just weeks out from the biggest bodybuilding show of the year, and announcing that he’ll soon be a father —…
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YouTuber Will Tennyson Learns the Clean & Jerk the Hard Way From CrossFit Games Champion Mat Fraser
“You’re just gonna leave me to it?” Will Tennyson says, his voice quivering gently, as he approaches an unloaded barbell. Scoffing a bit, five-time Fittest Man on Earth® Mat Fraser offers encouragement, “Just do a few reps. We’ll see what your starting point is.” On Jan. 18, 2024, YouTuber Tennyson published a training vlog alongside CrossFit legend Fraser…
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The Power Clean Exercise: How To, Variations, and Fix Common Mistakes
One issue with Olympic lifts is that they take much time and skill to master. This sucks because the snatch and clean & jerk are fantastic movements with benefits that extend beyond the sport of weightlifting. That said, you can reap many of those benefits in a fraction of the time by performing the power clean, a simpler,…
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Jay Cutler — Background, Bodybuilding History, Training, and More
If you were to ask serious bodybuilding fans to rank the top ten competitors of all time, they wouldn’t all have the same answers. Still, some names are sure to be on the list — names like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronnie Coleman, and Phil Heath are sure locks. Another name that would very likely arise is Jay Cutler. Cutler…
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Iron Bull Kettlebell Review (2024): The Price is Right
Whether you lift it, swing it, thrust it, or play hackysack with it, kettlebells can help boost your overall strength, aerobic power, and physical fitness. (1) Despite having loads of competition, the Iron Bull Kettlebell has emerged as one of the best (and most affordable) kettlebells on the market. Forged from cast iron with a powder coat, it…
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Hybrid Athlete Fergus Crawley Does These 6 Things Every Day to Optimize Recovery
Fergus Crawley has been carrying the banner for “hybrid” mixed-modality training for years now. For those unaware, hybrid training has gained momentum recently for its well-rounded, diverse approach to athleticism — think several strength training workouts each week alongside several sessions of conditioning or cardio. All that hard work takes a toll, though. On Jan. 15, 2024, Crawley…
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Sam Sulek — Workouts, Biography, Height, and More
When people think of the biggest names in bodybuilding in terms of competition, the most popular athletes to come up tend to be five-time Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead and 2023 Mr. Olympia winner Derek Lunsford. But there could be a whole different conversation when it comes to bodybuilding away from the stage — and the first…
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How to Overhead Press: Technique, Variations, and Benefits
Whether you’re a powerlifter, strongman, weightlifter, a CrossFitter, or bodybuilder, you know about the big three; the bench press, deadlift, and squat. There is, however, one more movement that you should consider a must-do — the overhead press. A staple in every strength sport, the overhead press has more aliases than Danny Ocean. You may know it as…
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Cydney Gillon — Early Life, Career, Training, and More
In the world of bodybuilding and physique sports, winning one Olympia championship puts you in rarified air. Winning multiple titles makes you a legend. You may need a different adjective to describe athletes who have won seven world titles, but whatever that word is, it must be associated with Ms. Figure Olympia Cydney Gillon. Gillon is the gold…
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