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Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, aka The Mountain from Game of Thrones, has spent the last decade dominating the sport of Strongman. It was only fitting that he ended his career by winning a world-record setting 10th consecutive Iceland’s Strongest Man. Additionally, he won the World’s Strongest Man in...

Competitive bodybuilding, especially at the pro level, is so difficult that very few have the physical genetics and the psychological makeup to create successful careers. And once those who have found success step away from the sport, returning at the same level or better is incredibly...

The abdominal plank is a staple in plenty of fitness regimens, but it's safe to say most people aren't exactly thrilled when a trainer calls for it during bootcamp class. Just a minute or two of planking will get the average gym goer's core feeling like it's on fire, so it's impossible to...

Strongman Eddie Hall is no stranger to setting world records. He holds the all-time deadlift record at 500kg (1,102 lbs.); the axle press world record at 476 lbs.; and an unofficial silver dollar deadlift (a deadlift with a barbell double the height of an average one) world record at 1,182 lbs...

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...

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...

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...

M+F Magazine In the powerlifting community, there aren’t many athletes who have had to overcome the same obstacles as bench-pressing behemoth Julius Maddox. The Kentuckyian set two bench world records in 2019, including a 744-pound raw bench press—meaning he didn’t use any gear other than...

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...

Powerlifting world champ Amanda Lawrence absolutely crushed it at last weekend's USAPL Raw Nationals. A force to be reckoned with in the women's -84kg category, the Minnesota native hit a 552.3-pound squat, 253.5-pound bench press, and 545.6-pound deadlift for a 1,351.4-pound total. She took...

Ian Spanier / M+F Magazine Wanna hear a funny story? In 2009, while working a BSN booth at an expo, that year’s NPC Bikini Class F Champ wandered next door to a North American Grappling Association competition. “I’m pretty sure my opponents didn’t take me very seriously,” Monique Ricardo...

Courtesy of NJPW You can barely walk down the street these days without seeing someone dressed in a Bullet Club T-shirt from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), and considering this pro wrestling faction with the cult-like following is unrelated to WWE, that's a pretty big deal. But with NJPW's...

Courtesy of Mr. Olympia, LLC Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend continues a run of growth and momentum. The fitness industry’s showcase event has agreed to a presenting sponsorship with Wings of Strength, an Arizona based company devoted to providing opportunities for...

On April 6, the biggest and strongest men on the planet will meet in Leeds, England, to compete in the World Log Lift Challenge—one of the most storied events in the sport of Strongman. Among the list of competitors are names you’re more familiar with like Brian Shaw and Larry Wheels, who scored...

Ted Lindberg has been lifting for 75 years, since he was just 12 years old. He remembers how back in the early days gyms didn’t even have benches, and gym-goers had to lie on the floor or on homemade, wood planks to lift. After retiring from working construction, Lindberg began hitting the gym...

Leon Halip / Getty In the pre-internet age of April 1990, whispers began to circulate that Vince McMahon, head of the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), was about to launch a bodybuilding magazine. The word was that it would act as a precursor to establishing a bodybuilding federation that...

If you didn’t know Kristin Rhodes' name before, you definitely will soon, because this 42-year-old mom from Southern California is continuing to dominate in the world of Strongman competitions. This past weekend at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, Rhodes took the stage and set a...