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The process of losing weight can feel like a roller coaster. At first, you might be dropping pounds fast and it’s exciting and invigorating. Other times, something as simple as a work happy hour can make you feel like you’re back on that slow incline, wishing you could get off the ride...

When you hear Kyle Brandt describe his recent muscle metamorphosis, you get the sense he’s eager to break down his journey with the same adrenaline-rush intensity he puts into every “Angry Runs” segment he hosts on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football. For Brandt, it’s been easier to remain his...

Less than four months into 2021, Jon Feliciano already has 17 million reasons why it paid to never give up on 2020. If any athlete had an excuse to shut it down last year, the Buffalo Bills right guard could easily raise his hand — but Feliciano could barely lift either of his arms last year...

During the holidays, all good intentions of trying to keep your health and nutrition on track is a lot easier said than done, especially when there is a feast of stuffing, gravy, and warm buttered rolls coming for you hot from the oven. The holidays are for merriment and only come once a year...

Former San Francisco 49’ers defensive tackle Sam Sterling’s wake up call came in the doctor’s. More than 200 pounds overweight, Sam was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. So, naturally, he decided he needed to lose weight. “I knew losing weight was the answer to reversing the early stages of...

It’s safe to say that most lifters, outside of the professionals, could never imagine deadlifting 600 pounds at all, let alone without lifting straps. But 23-year old powerlifting phenom Amanda Lawrence is getting pretty damned close to doing it. In a video she posted to Instagram on Wednesday...

The entire powerlifting world was shocked when the promoters of the Beasts of the Bench meet somehow managed to misload the bar when Julius Maddox attempted to become the first person to bench 800 pounds raw. The error took Maddox — who holds the raw bench record at 770 pounds — out of the zone...

Antonova Ganna When it comes to losing weight, people will try just about anything: pills, an extreme diet, and even purposely starving themselves — err, we mean intermittent fasting. One strategy that’s been around for centuries is using herbal medicines such as teas, leaves, and powders...

Elite powerlifter Julius Maddox just keeps getting stronger, and he shows no signs of slowing down. For the fourth time in under a year, the Kentuckian has set a new raw bench press world record—this time at 765 pounds. The lift is unofficial because it was done at his gym and not during...

imageSPACE/Shutterstock / Shutterstock At age 52, Tim McGraw is a lean, mean country music machine, but if you rewind the clock back a decade, the Grammy-winning star will tell you he was nowhere near the fitness zealot he is today. As McGraw details in his book, Grit & Grace, life on the...

Powerlifter Stefi Cohen has a habit of breaking world records, and she took the opportunity to do just that at this past weekend's Hybrid Showdown II, a World Raw Powerlifting Federation-sanctioned competition held at her Hybrid Performance Method gym. Weighing in at 114.19 pounds—her lightest...

@ArashMarkazi/Twitter Arash Markazi couldn’t have felt more embarrassed. While boarding a plane, the Los Angeles Times sports columnist had to ask the flight attendant for a seatbelt extender. When he got home, he weighed himself and hated what he saw—329 pounds. “If you're in the NFL and...

If you think your leg day was brutal, try doing what “Mad Scientist” Chris Duffin accomplished over the weekend. The online strength coach and powerlifter managed to squat 1,000 pounds—i.e. the weight of some adult horses—not once, but twice. As of about two weeks ago, according to his...

Hafþór Björnsson, aka “The Mountain” from Game of Thrones, is just getting stronger and shows no signs of slowing down. As he prepares to defend his Arnold Strongman Classic title in Columbus, OH in March, the 2018 World’s Strongest Man has been posting some crazy lifts on Instagram. Most...

No human has ever bench pressed anything close to 800 pounds before, but powerlifting sensation Julius Maddox looks primed to break that proverbial wall. The Kentuckian recently posted an Instagram video in which he set a new world bench press record at 755 pounds—11 pounds more than his last...

Bench pressing phenom Julius Maddox has broken his own world record. Over the weekend, the Kentuckian benched an astonishing 744.1 pounds— a little shy of five pounds over the prior world record of 739.6 pounds, lifted by Maddox in late August. The lift took place at the Rob Hall Classic in...

At his peak, 2017 World’s Strongest Man and all-around funnyman Eddie “The Beast” Hall weighed in at more than 440 pounds. And while a good bit of that was muscle, a lot of it was fat, too. Since then, he’s slimmed down to 358 pounds and even sported some abs for a bit. Still, the Briton has...

They say abs are made in the kitchen, and the same apparently goes for crafting the perfect NFL player. The NFL Network recently uploaded a YouTube video that shows how the Washington Redskins ensure their players are well-fed and get all the nutrients they need to keep performing week after...

At 21 years old, Andrew Hause spends a lot of time at the bar—but it’s not the one you’re thinking of. Hause is an elite powerlifter in the 275- and 242-pound categories, and he seemingly spends most of his time hoisting barbells loaded with crazy amounts of weight. His best in-competition total...

Toward the end of 2018, 2017 World’s Strongest Man winner Eddie Hall went from an uber-heavy 441 pounds to a shredded (but still ridiculously huge) 358 pounds. At this weight, Hall is undoubtedly healthier and happier, and most definitely ab-ier. Since then, "The Beast" has stayed between 358...