When Aldon Tibbs set out to gain weight in 2013, his goal was to pack on muscle. But as Tibbs soon found out, sometimes it's difficult to separate strength and size. Tibbs, 38, who works as a personal ...

There’s a good video on YouTube that went up in 2015 where a big guy with Harry Potter glasses easily lifts a weight off the floor, not breaking a sweat. In a dusty, windowless gym, he picks up a ...

At first, Fredrik Winge's weight gain didn't bother him too much-he'd seen the number going up for some time, but he'd also been lifting pretty regularly. "I thought I was just getting stronger, not ...

A British female powerlifter has broken the world record for the most times anybody has squatted their own body weight in one minute. Karenjeet Kaur Bains, 26, who was the first Sikh female ...

Hello! Welcome to Leg Day Observer, an exploratory look at fitness, the companion to GQ.com’s Snake America vintage column, and a home for all things Leg Day. Ever squatted on an empty stomach? Or ...

Weightlifting and strongman competitions have long designated contests as “drug-free,” prohibiting those who use strength-enhancing anabolic steroids to take part. That’s fair. But meat free? Not ...

Powerlifter Natalie Hanson has broken a world record. Friday morning, the former Bethel resident squatted 603 pounds in the women’s 185 pound weight class at the World Open Powerlifting Championship ...

A female powerlifter recently set a new world record in Victoria. Kelly Womack of Allen, Texas, executed an equipped bench press of 755 pounds on Dec. 13 at Elite Fitness […] ...

When asked to recite the powerlifting records she now holds, Ayla Thurstan needs to bring up a list on her phone. It’s that long. Thurstan, a 21-year-old from Hebron who competes out of Midland ...

Oct. 4 (UPI) --A British champion powerlifter broke a Guinness World Record when she squat-lifted her body weight 42 times in one minute. Karenjeet Kaur Bains, 25, earned the record for most times to ...

Claim to Fame: Meghan Scanlon has one main goal: Help as many people as possible find their strength under a barbell. She has her own online strength and fitness business, MegScanLift, through which ...