The closer a car gets to having six-figure mileage, the more important basic care and maintenance becomes. Our bodies are, unfortunately, pretty much the same — even more so for those of us who lift weights regularly. Most of us understand that it’s a bad idea to roll back the car’s odometer and pretend everything’s still in perfect…
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On an international level, the year 2022 was a coming out party, of sorts, for Polish powerlifter Agata Sitko. The athlete placed second in the 76-kilogram division at the 2022 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Powerlifting Championships, won the Junior division of that contest, and then took home respective wins in the 2022 Arnold Sports Festival and…
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I’m sharing 5 clean eating recipes for weeknights that are on repeat in our house and the whole family loves! While we love our special treats and gourmet eats in the Harney household, on the day to day, we try to focus eating whole foods, fresh produce, and quality protein. But if I don’t do…
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84-kilogram powerlifter Amanda Lawrence is now a four-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Open World Champion. Lawrence entered the 2023 IPF World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships in Valetta, Malta on the week of June 11-17, and she finished the meet with her fourth world title. As part of her championship performance, Lawrence broke her own IPF raw squat World…
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When it comes to buying cardio machines for home gyms, rowers are often overlooked in favor of treadmills, exercise bikes, and ellipticals. But few exercise machines offer as challenging or effective of a cardio workout as the rower. Despite being low-impact and easy on the joints, it works multiple large muscle groups in the upper and lower body…
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If you hit up your local commercial gym on any given Monday evening, you’ll see that chest training is one of the most popular workouts for many lifters. Two classic lifts regularly used in this high-priority session are the time-tested flat bench press and its close cousin the incline bench press. Whether it’s right or wrong, when most…
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Four-time Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead is in the early stages of his offseason as he prepares to compete for a fifth straight Classic Physique Olympia championship at the 2023 Olympia Weekend in Orlando, FL on Nov. 2-5, 2023. Bumstead has been open about his training, as shown in a recent YouTube video documenting a leg workout…
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Hi friends! Happy Friday! What’s going on this weekend? We’re heading off on a trip – check out IG stories for all the details over the next couple of weeks – but it will still be blog business as usual over here. I have a new beauty DIY post coming on Monday! It’s time for…
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The ability to build muscle in response to training is a part of our physiology. It’s deeply encoded in our DNA and persists throughout our lifespan. Meaning, lifters of any age and experience level should be able to add noticeable muscle to their frames. If you’re deliberately and dedicatedly hitting the gym in the hopes of adding muscle…
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