
Category World Records
Verified world-record and elite athletic feats: strength, speed, endurance, and bodyweight records, told through what the science says about how those feats are actually possible.


114 Pounds, Two Rings, One Rep: The Science of the World’s Heaviest Ring Muscle-Up

Too Tall to Sprint: The Physics Behind Bolt’s 9.58-Second World Record

The Bar That Bends: Hafthor Bjornsson’s Elephant Bar Deadlift Record

Russel Orhii’s 338 kg Squat: The Record in Context

Lucy Underdown’s 325 kg Deadlift: What the Record Proved

Edith Connor: The Guinness Record for Oldest Female Bodybuilder
