Even more research has just confirmed that squat lifting (knees bent and back straight) techniques are no safer than stoop lifting (knees straight and back bent) techniques when picking up heavy ...

There are precious few humans who can say that they've moved over 1,000 pounds in any lift—and fewer who have done so with all that weight on their back for a squat, the discipline considered by some ...

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The tyrannosaurus rex wouldn’t have liked pushups. That’s because it had short arms. The mechanics would have been difficult for a T. rex to get into pushup position. The range of motion its arms ...

# Indera Gibson had an exceptional performance, reaching a total of 437 kilograms and setting new personal bests across all ...

I never considered myself athletic growing up. I did tap, ballet, and acrobatics in elementary school, but I didn’t play any organized sports. As an adult, I got sucked into different exercise fads ...

Competitive powerlifters work hard to increase the maximum amount of weight they can lift for each of these movements. In competitions, they have three tries to successfully lift a pre-chosen amount ...