I spent years trying to get smaller. Until I decided to get bigger
I had been casually lifting weights for a few years when several things changed in quick succession. First, my boyfriend
Category: Weightlifting
Eye masks, cherry gel and an afternoon kiwi: Ezri Konsa, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and other top sports stars on how to get a good night’s sleep
‘The Olympic Village is one of the toughest places to get a good night’s sleep’ Katarina Johnson-Thompson View image in fullscreen A Team GB heptathlete
Hybrid training: is this the secret to getting fitter and stronger?
Tough Mudder. CrossFit. Hyrox. Some of this century’s biggest fitness trends have one thing in common: they require feats of
‘The highs are extremely high – but the lows are extremely low’: when working out becomes an addiction
At the peak of his adventuring career, Luke Tyburski was a man of extremes. The former pro-footballer, then in his
‘Watching my six year old deadlift 35kg was pretty cool’: meet the children who work out
Most parents remember the first time their baby smiled or when they took their first steps. Eve Stevenson recalls different
I thought my powerlifter father was the strongest man in the world. But a secret steroid addiction took him – and us – to the brink
When I tell people that a drug addiction nearly killed my dad, I know what most of them are thinking.
‘I was bullied in school for being different. At 16, I hit a crashing point’: the awkward kid who became the world’s strongest man
Tom Stoltman was a skinny kid: 90kg, 6ft 8in, with glasses and sticking‑out teeth. Diagnosed with autism as a young
‘I looked exceptional but I was out of breath’: the bodybuilder who switched to mindful movement
Eugene Teo, 34, began lifting weights at the age of 13, looking for validation. “I was short, skinny and I
‘Without strength training I wouldn’t survive’: the woman who joined a CrossFit gym in her 80s
I see people 30 years younger than me and they’ve given up,” Jean Stewart, 96, says. It’s not an attitude