The reign of slouchy, swishy clothes has been long and prosperous – but all empires must crumble. Next year your clothes are ...
It doesn’t matter how much you love your running shoes, your feet won’t be happy if you’re wearing the wrong running socks. Your socks are the only thing you wear that directly interacts with your ...
Running a single mile — at about a 10-minute pace — consists of 1,700 steps. And each one of those steps produces ground reaction forces of about two and a half times your body weight. And you know ...
Anyone who has fitness as part of their social media algorithm will remember the sheer number of deadlift videos people were posting once upon a time. One-rep maxes and first-time lifters finally ...
Deadlifts and Romanian deadlifts (RDL) are both popular lower-body exercises. While they are similar, there is one key difference: A deadlift starts with the weight on the floor, while a RDL starts in ...
There isn’t much to the deadlift, really: Pick a barbell up from the floor, put it back down, and repeat. Conveniently, it’s also one of the best exercises—arguably the best exercise—you can do to ...
Over the past decade, military fitness tests have evolved from purely calisthenics and cardio testing to incorporating weightlifting, including the bodyweight bench press and the hex bar deadlift. The ...
Almost every hour of my life is accounted for. I'm a stay-at-home dad and constantly hustling to keep up a writing career, so my actual me-time consists of two hours a night, once my wife gets home ...
Hafthor Bjornsson, best known for his role as Gregor Clegane aka 'The Mountain' in popular fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, has gone on to break the deadlift world record. The Icelandic ...
This weekend in Birmingham, strongman Hafthor ‘Thor’ Björnsson pushed the limits of the human body – deadlifting 510kg at Giants Live’s Mutant World Deadlift Championship. The Icelandic giant’s lift, ...
Some weightlifters hope to someday join the 1,000-pound club with their combined bench press, squat and deadlift maxes. Hafthor 'The Mountain' Bjornsson is in the 1,000-pound club solely from his ...