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Russel Orhii (83KG) Squats a Raw 322.5-Kilogram Triple In Training — 2 Kilos Over IPF World Record

Russel Orhii (83KG) Squats a Raw 322.5-Kilogram Triple In Training — 2 Kilos Over IPF World Record

Russel Orhii, the 2019 and 2021 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion in the raw 83-kilogram class, holds the IPF worlds for the raw squat and total — 320.5 kilograms (706.6 pounds) and 841 kilograms (1,854.1 pounds), respectively. Orhii continues to lift heavy during his off-season, in which he recently squatted a raw 322.5-kilogram (711-pound) triple — two…
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How Samson Dauda Eats One Month From the 2023 Olympia

How Samson Dauda Eats One Month From the 2023 Olympia

Professional bodybuilders typically follow a regimented diet throughout the year. Their meals are meticulously measured even further during their contest prep as they trim calories to dial in their physiques to reveal the muscle tissue added during the off-season. 2023 Arnold Classic champion Samson Dauda is a top contender for the 2023 Mr. Olympia title. The contest is…
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6 Exercises Reigning Figure Olympia Champion Missy Truscott Uses To Train Shoulders and Triceps

6 Exercises Reigning Figure Olympia Champion Missy Truscott Uses To Train Shoulders and Triceps

Reigning Figure Olympia champion Missy Truscott recently filmed a shoulder and triceps workout deep into her prep to defend her title at the 2023 Olympia, scheduled for Nov. 2-5, 2023. Truscott is a two-time Figure champion, having first won the Olympia crown in 2020. Her only other two appearances on the Olympia stage resulted in silver-medal finishes (2019, 2021), according…
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2 Top-10 Bikini Bodybuilders Reveal Their Glute Training

2 Top-10 Bikini Bodybuilders Reveal Their Glute Training

According to NPC News Online, Bikini bodybuilders are judged on a balance of muscularity that “gives shape to the female body,” including slight roundness of the delts and “full round glutes with a slight separation between the hamstring and glute area.” Although Bikini competitors are not training to be the biggest or most conditioned compared to other divisions,…
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What’s In Jeremy Buendia’s 800-Carb, Nearly 6,000-Calorie Refeed?

What’s In Jeremy Buendia’s 800-Carb, Nearly 6,000-Calorie Refeed?

Professional bodybuilders enter a calorie deficit in the weeks leading up to a show to cut fat to improve their muscle conditioning and definition. However, a side effect of the cutting phase is hampering muscle fullness and appearing flat. Bodybuilders sometimes eat a hefty cheat meal during their shredding phase to replenish muscle glycogen stores and add some…
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How Bikini Bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan Trains Shoulders For the 2023 Olympia

How Bikini Bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan Trains Shoulders For the 2023 Olympia

British pro bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan entered the upper echelons of the pro-Bikini circuit by finishing seventh at her debut Olympia in 2022. She qualified for the 2023 Olympia by winning the 2022 Battle of Texas Pro on Dec. 10, 2022, and dedicated a long off-season to improving her physique. On Oct. 2, 2023, Hagan shared a video on…
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Terrence Ruffin’s 2023 Olympia Back Training with Fellow Classic Physique Competitor Mike Sommerfeld

Terrence Ruffin’s 2023 Olympia Back Training with Fellow Classic Physique Competitor Mike Sommerfeld

Bodybuilder Terrence Ruffin is a two-time Arnold Classic Physique champion looking to make a run at the 2023 Classic Physique Olympia title on Nov. 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL. He’s training with last year’s fifth-place finisher in the division, Mike Sommerfeld, to accomplish this goal. On Oct. 1, 2023, Ruffin published on his YouTube channel the back-day workout he…
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Elite Powerlifter Heather Connor’s (47KG) Full Day of Eating

Elite Powerlifter Heather Connor’s (47KG) Full Day of Eating

Elite powerlifter Heather Connor lifts raw in one of the lighter weight classes — 47-kilograms. However, she deadlifts like a heavyweight, as proven by her all-time world record raw deadlift of 200 kilograms (440.9 pounds). With so much strength packed into such a tiny frame, Connor’s nutrition has to be on point. Connor works with nutrition coach Kedric…
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USA Weightlifting Announces Roster for Upcoming 2023 Pan American Games

USA Weightlifting Announces Roster for Upcoming 2023 Pan American Games

The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships may be over, but the best Olympic lifters in the United States still have their work cut out for them before the year comes to a close. On Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, USA Weightlifting announced its roster for the upcoming 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. The Games’ weightlifting event will take…
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What Morning Training For 2023 Fittest Man on Earth® Jeffrey Adler Looks Like

What Morning Training For 2023 Fittest Man on Earth® Jeffrey Adler Looks Like

Canadian Jeffrey Adler pulled off a spectacular win at the 2023 CrossFit Games, beating the then-reigning two-time champion Justin Medeiros and frontrunners Patrick Vellner and Roman Khrennikov to bag his maiden Fittest Man on Earth® title. After demonstrably improving his running and engine-based training during the off-season leading up to the 2023 Games, it begged the question: what…
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