"You need to go to the ER right now."

The Mountain continues to grow stronger. On his path to a 455kg/1003lb squat, Europe's Strongest Man and World's Strongest Man runner-up Hafthor Bjornsson has squatted 400kg/881lb for a double and deadlifted 400kg/881lb with no straps.

Hafthor "the Mountain" Bjornsson is on a warpath. After taking second place at World's Strongest Man 2017 in Gaborone, Botswana, Thor has put his sites on not just winning in 2018 but taking some incredible strength world records on the way. 

FloTraining Workout of the Day 10/10/17

The Mountain That Squats is at it again. Hafthor Bjornsson, who took second place at World's Strongest Man 2017 in Gaborone, Botswana, has made it clear he's got his sights set on doing some incredible things, including breaking Eddie Hall's 500kg deadlift record and most recently squatting over 1000lb in just wraps.

As the country’s top lifters prepare for the national stage in December at the American Open, big numbers are beginning to emerge. Dylan Cooper (105), 2017 Junior World Team member, is killing his training for the AO with his team at California Strength. Yesterday Cooper posted this 200kg/440lb PR clean from the blocks. Find him at @dylancooper105k to follow along as he trains for these next upcoming months.

Ian Wilson made it clear with his performance at the AO3 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that he is determined to kill it on the world stage come late November. His latest training videos from his barn show how ready he is for these upcoming months of training. Ian's latest post includes this massive 285kg/628lb back squat PR. Follow along as he prepared for December at @iwilson1894 on Instagram.

We've known for a while that the 2017 Granite Games would include a swim, but for the longest time it was listed as just that: a swim. Then, last night, John Swanson, the event director of the Granite Games, let the athletes know they should be expecting more . . . a lot more.

The Fittest Woman On Earth, Tia-Clair Toomey, just set a world record for most chin-ups in 60 seconds with 31 reps.

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The 2017 Reebok CrossFit Games are over, but that doesn't mean we can't still get all pumped up over the insanity of the competition in Madison, Wisconsin. To that end, here is CrossFit's intense and awesome highlight reel.

The envelope has been pushed even further and things are getting really crazy in the powerlifting world. Multi-ply squat world record holder Vlad Alhazov has just squatted a mind-boggling 500kg in just a singlet and wraps.

Steve Johnson is incredibly strong and he pushes the limits of the human body in the process of strength training. Yesterday, Johnson deadlifted a 1000lb trap bar and immediately passed out:

Ray Williams is quickly becoming one of the greatest squatters of all time with some incredible lifts and he's improving at an even more incredible rate. He just squatted 1052lb at a seminar and made it look easy:

Aleksey Lovchev is one of the strongest men on Earth, and he set a brief World Record clean & jerk at the 2015 IWF World Championships before getting popped and having his lift removed from the record. But just because he's out of the weightlifting scene while serving his sanction doesn't mean he's out of the strength game. He's been training some strongman implements lately, included the log clean & jerk. Here he is hitting 187kg/412lb on the log: