Ben Court

1 month ago | sustainhealth.fit | Ben Court

HYROX thundered back into London’s iconic Olympia this weekend, and the Victorian-era ironwork never looked so pumped. Within minutes, it became clear the third London outing of the global fitness race had hit personal-best form: more than 12,000 athletes hurtled through three days of squats, sleds and soul-searching lunges while spectators leaned over the first-floor balcony like kids at the zoo — only this time the animals were jacked humans chasing PBs instead of bananas.

1 month ago | menshealth.com | Ben Court

IN MARCH, I traveled to the Arnold Sports Festival, a four-day event named after Schwarzenegger himself. The festival drew 16,000 athletes, as well as 105,000 fans, to Columbus, Ohio. I saw outlandishly strong people trying to lift outlandishly heavy things. It’s intense: Muscles rip, blood vessels burst, urine squirts out. I talked to the top competitors—the strongest men and women on the planet—for our Fit Tribes story on the entire Arnold Expo.

1 month ago | msn.com | Ben Court |Ebenezer Samuel

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1 month ago | menshealth.com | Ben Court |Ebenezer Samuel

In one corner of the convention center, a 63-year-old man grinds out a 340-pound (154kg) bench press. Just a two-minute walk away, a group of hulking firemen raise 250-pound (113kg) fire hydrants onto a four-foot-high scaffold, battling for the title of World’s Strongest Firefighter. Step into a side room and men with meaty hands wrap their sausage-like fingers around a steel tube loaded with 165 pounds (75kg) of weight, grimacing as they lift using only the strength of their forearms.

1 month ago | menshealth.com | Ben Court |Ebenezer Samuel

IN ONE CORNER of the convention center, a 63-year-old man grinds out a 340-pound bench press. Just a two-minute walk away, a group of hulking firemen raise 250-pound fire hydrants onto a four-foot-high scaffold, battling for the title of World’s Strongest Firefighter. Step into a side room and men with meaty hands wrap their sausage-like fingers around a steel tube loaded with 165 pounds of weight, grimacing as they lift using only the strength of their forearms.