Tag: Top Athletes
Kristi O’Connell Gives a Tour of Her New Tricked Out Garage Gym
Kristi O’Connell retired from the competitive CrossFit after seven CrossFit Games appearances, but that doesn’t mean she has left training behind. She is an advocate for hybrid training, which balances strength training and running. The difference is that instead of training as a pro athlete with a team comprised of some of the world’s elite CrossFitters, she trains…
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Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (73KG) Sets 201KG Clean & Jerk World Record at 19th Asian Games
Less than a month after his silver-medal performance at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 73-kilogram Rahmat Erwin Abdullah of Indonesia has set his latest world record. Abdullah, who competed at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Oct. 3, 2023, set a 201-kilogram (443.1-pound) world record clean & jerk. Paired with a 158-kilogram snatch, Abdullah’s 359-kilogram weightlifting Total…
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Chris Bumstead’s Sub-3,000-Calorie Diet 6 Weeks Out From the 2023 Olympia
As a pro-competition nears, bodybuilders cut their calorie intake and increase cardio to drop body fat while improving their conditioning and muscle definition. On Oct. 1, 2023, the four-time reigning Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead took to his YouTube channel to share what he eats in a day six and half weeks out of the 2023 Olympia…
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Stan Efferding Explains the Importance of Deliberate Movement Throughout the Day
Bodybuilder, powerlifter, and creator of the vertical diet, Stan Efferding, holds multiple all-time powerlifting world records, including the raw (w/wraps) bench press and total in the Masters 40-44 and 45-49 125-kilogram weight class. Efferding also won the 2010 Mr. Olympia Worlds Strongest Pro Bodybuilder with a 1,428-pound total. On the Sept. 12, 2023, episode of the Modern Wisdom podcast, Efferding…
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How Dana Linn Bailey Incorporates CrossFit on Leg Day
Dana Linn Bailey announced her intent to switch from bodybuilding to powerlifting in August and her training approach has shifted from exercises that bias hypertrophy to those that train movement patterns. On Sept. 26, 2023, Bailey shared her leg workout that incorporated CrossFit methodology in a video published on her YouTube channel. Check it out below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQTfsZVVdY&ab_channel=DanaLinnBaileyVideo can’t be loaded…
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Alex Gazan and Will Moorad Prep For the 2023 Rogue Invitational With the Buttery Bros
Twenty Individual male and 20 Individual female CrossFitters will stake their claim to the second-largest prize purse in the sport behind the CrossFit Games at the 2023 Rogue Invitational, scheduled for Oct. 27-28, 2023, at the Dell Diamond Stadium in Round Rock, TX. Among the elite athletes who received invitations to compete are defending champion and current Fittest…
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Erin Stern’s 3 Leg Extension Variations for Improved Quad Sweep
Before moving into the Bikini division, pro bodybuilder Erin Stern won two Olympia titles in the Figure division (2010, 2012). To excel in either division, well-developed, even striated in the latter, leg musculature is necessary to score well in the eyes of the judges. Stern’s training methodology has enabled her to find success in both divisions despite the required differences…
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Samson Dauda Trains Chest With Sam Sulek During 2023 Mr. Olympia Prep
Samson Dauda carries a ton of momentum with him into the 2023 Mr. Olympia contest through his qualification via his 2023 Arnold Classic victory — the second-most prestigious bodybuilding competition behind the Olympia. He outscored a stacked roster that included former two-time Mr. Olympia champion Mamdouh “Big Ramy” Elssbiay, 2022 Mr. Olympia bronze medalist Nick Walker, William Bonac,…
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Men’s Open Bodybuilder Charles Griffen Trains Back With Brett Wilkin Before 2023 Legion Pro Show
Men’s Open bodybuilder Brett Wilkin was the first athlete to qualify for the 2023 Mr. Olympia contest when he won the 2022 Big Man Weekend Pro. Charles Griffen seeks to be the final athlete to qualify for the Mr. Olympia contest by winning the 2023 Legion Pro, scheduled for Oct. 7-8, 2023, in Reno, NV. On Sept. 22,…
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Brooke Wells Shifts From PRVN to HWPO Training
Sept. 18, 2023, elite CrossFitter Brooke Wells announced on her Instagram page that she is switching CrossFit teams from Shane Orr’s PRVN — the team of six-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey — to five-time Fittest Man on Earth® Mat Fraser’s Hard Work Pays Off (HWPO). Grateful for all this journey…ready for the next chapter. Very excited…
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