Paul Leonard 
What is Powerlifting? It consists of the three power movements, the squat, bench press and deadlift. It’s a brutal test of strength and mental fortitude-period. You compete against your past performances as well as anyone in your weight class to make the heaviest weight in each lift that you call will to completion. You need …
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2020 will be remembered for a world wide pandemic, but in the world of physical culture the year will be known as the year of unprecedented arm strength. Whether it was limited gym access, or the high publicity that strongmen got on weekly streamed world record attempts, lifters around the world pursued documented arm strength …
I have been fortunate in my life time to meet and experience many amazing human beings, specifically many who are interested in training for strength improvement. When I relocated to Southern California in 1991, I first lived in Whittier, which had a number of really cool hardcore gyms within a short drive of each other. …
During 2020, the strict curl went viral with Larry Wheels and former NFL legend James Harrison releasing videos of their respective impressive strict curls. The World’s Heaviest Bicep Curl in History Over 70 years ago, one of the strongest men of his time, Doug Hepburn was able to curl 255lbs/115kg! This curl was done in …
What happened to the legendary strongman competitor Derek Poundstone who had a following of millions, won major competitions, and had many excellent YouTube training videos that garnered hundreds of thousands of viewers? Derek’s strongman career began in 2003 at the Beast of the East contest in Pittsburgh and it ended in 2013 at the Fitx …
On April 26, 2020, Pete Rubish released a podcast style interview on YouTube of Chris Hickson. Pete has an excellent podcast with co host Scott Davenport. Chris, like Pete was an Uber deadlifter even as a teenager, hitting over 800lbs at age 18 with a hook grip. Chris did this interview after recently being released …
I met Travis Ortmayer once at a Strongman contest in Dallas in 2004. I had the shitty experience of being injured in training that summer, but I tortured myself anyways by going to watch the able bodied compete while I let myself heal. At that contest, Travis stood out like a modern day, all American …
Brian Shaw is the most prolific U.S. Strongman, currently with 4 world strongest man titles under his belt as well as 3 Arnold Classic Strongman wins. In 2020, Brian began showcasing on YouTube the building of his new residence in Colorado with a focus on the incredible home gym he has earned through blood, sweat, …
If there was one iconic image of bodybuilding from the 1970s, it would have to be a bicep shot of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The most iconic bodybuilding image of the 1980s has to be the Golden Eagle, Tom Platz and his signature leg development which was out of this world. Tom Platz symbolized so many things …
As the summer of 2019 came to an end, a tragedy occurred which shocked the physical culture world-the iconic Franco Columbo had died in his Native Italy swimming. Later that year, Rambo Last Blood opened in theaters to acclaim, specifically as to the condition that Sylvester Stallone was in to bring Rambo back to the …