What is BarBend?
BarBend is the trade site of the strength sports — weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman and CrossFit — covering results, records and training from a single American newsroom.[1]
What does it cover?
Meet and event reporting across all four disciplines, record tracking, athlete interviews, and equipment and training coverage; it is one of the few outlets that reports the strength sports as a connected field rather than in isolation.[1] [2]
Why does it matter?
Because the strength sports are governed by many separate federations with limited media operations of their own, and a record broken at a small meet is often documented nowhere else in a searchable form.[1] [2]
References
- BarBend. Accessed August 2026.
- BarBend — news and results. Accessed August 2026.