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The Olympia stage is where dreamers become contenders, contenders evolve into champions, and champions transition to legends. The 60th edition of Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend featured all the above and then some. Fans that watched the action live on pay-per-view or in...

Pickleball has been around since the 1960’s, but it has seen a boom in popularity in this decade. It has been frequently compared to tennis, but there are several key differences. The courts are smaller, the racquets are smaller, and the ball is different. It can also be more intense and fun in...

Every sport has its pinnacle — the ultimate test. In bodybuilding, that apex is unequivocally the Olympia. For the last 60 years, the Mr. Olympia competition has reigned supreme, crowning the undisputed kings of physique development every year since 1965. Only two iconic sporting events — the...

When it comes to the deadlift, Lucy Underdown is in a class of her own. In 2021, she set a record by becoming the first woman to lift 300kg (661.4 pounds) in a contest setting During last year’s World Deadlift Championship, she became the first woman to deadlift 318kg (700 pounds). Making the...

If a fitness feature is going to share a story of a man that lost 100 pounds, it would usually be about celebration and triumph. Dan Kalbfleisch, better known to the sumo wrestling community as “Sumo Dan,” has done just that, but there isn’t as much celebrating going on as you might expect when...

In early December 2023, nearly 400 athletes gathered in Charleston, WV to compete in the 2023 Official Strongman Games, the single biggest strongman event in the world. 11 of the 12 divisions were world championship events, with the winners earning the title of “World’s Strongest.” The Men’s...

It’s no secret that kickboxing is one of the best full-body workouts you can get. The martial arts sport contains both strength training and cardio while improving balance, coordination, and flexibility. Not to mention stress relief and a confidence boost that your mind will thank you for. And...

Joe Weider was known for his predictions about the evolution of fitness as well as the creation of the Olympia. Just as he believed that fitness and bodybuilding would reach the masses, he could see his signature event that started as a single bodybuilding contest evolve into an all-encompassing...

Lenda Murray is one of the most iconic figures in the world of bodybuilding. Without her, as my not-too-often used metaphor goes, no pantheon of modern bodybuilding would be complete. Her absolute reverence for the office of Ms. Olympia, and her impressive collection of eight Ms. Olympia...

Water skiing is the ultimate summertime sport. The adrenaline rush of gliding on top of the water as a boat filled with your closest friends and family cheer you on (even when you fall in) is what keeps people coming back for more. The thrill and feeling of self-accomplishment (along with a...

Bodybuilding appears to be a glamorous sport. Athletes are on center stage, posing and flexing for the audience, and they are being cheered by fans around the world. But as is the case with other sports, there are more components to competing than the final product, and the fans don’t see those...

Women’s bodybuilding has a very unique history. The division evolved over three decades, and some fans and promoters didn’t like the way it was going, which was one reason why the Ms. Olympia was discontinued in 2014. Thanks to the efforts of Jake Wood and Wings of Strength, the division stayed...

If you’re interested in the women’s side of bodybuilding and fitness, then you need to be watching the Fit Rockstar Show. Host Isabelle Turell brings on some of the biggest names in all divisions of the sport to learn more about their careers, lives, and how they achieve success onstage. The May...

If you are looking for a fun and relatively inexpensive way to be outdoors and get active, then pickleball could well turn out to be your next big sporting passion. With around five million players in the U.S. alone, pickleball is one of the fastest growing games in North America, and there’s an...

Women’s bodybuilding is undeniably going through a resurgence. Leading the comeback are a group of extraordinarily gifted women such as MayLa Ash, who have taken on the role of personifying, dignifying, and being the ambassadors for the new look of the sport. Their mission is clear – to advance...

In 1965, Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell, and Barney McCallum invented the game of Pickleball as a way to keep their kids active over the summer holidays. Because of its easiness to pick up, pickleball participation grew and caught on with people of all ages. Then, in 2020, as the Coronavirus pandemic...

Imagine being at the Arnold Sports Festival and standing among the best in the world in your sport preparing for competition. Gabriele Burgholzer knows that feeling well. At the 2022 Arnold Pro Strongwoman contest, Burgholzer stood as one of the 10 strongest women on the planet to compete in...

If you’re reading this article right now, then there’s a good chance you’re at least somewhat familiar with bodybuilding. You likely also know that the top title in the world of bodybuilding is Mr. Olympia. The 16 men that have held that title since 1965 have done more than won a bodybuilding...

In the late 2000’s, Canadian bodybuilders appeared to be taking the sport by storm. Among those pros were Ben Pakulski, Fouad Abiad, and Mike Van Wyck. Unfortunately for Van Wyck, he had to call it a career early on. His only full contest appearance was the 2010 New York Pro, where he finished...

Less than one week after the tragic passing of 2018 Mr. Olympia Shawn Rhoden, another well-known figure in the sport of bodybuilding was reported to have passed on. Victor Richards, a popular competitor from the early 1990’s that was considered one of the original mass monsters in bodybuilding...