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A nod to Arnold himself, Rogue manufactured a monster set of steel and wood jerk boxes, with a laser-cut “Austrian Oak”, for Steve Slater’s 440 lb. log. Ten of the strongest men on the planet approached it as a test to find the number one.

The international list of competitors included: Haftor Bjornsson, Terry Hollands, Mike Jenkins, Mikhail Koklyaev, Travis Ortmayer, Derek Poundstone, Michael Burke, Zydrunas Savickas, Laurence Shahlaei, and Brian Shaw – last year’s Strongman champion.

Click through to see a few shots of the set up in action.

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With only 4 days between the announcement of each workout and the deadline for your score submission, you need to make sure that you have everything you need to complete the workouts on hand. Many of the items that you will need to make sure that are prepared for anything that they can throw at you are available right here.

We’ve been getting a lot of questions on the versatility of the Y-Series. The Rogue Yoke is one of the most versatile tools, inside or outside of your gym. Primarily for strongman training: the yoke carry, zercher carry, and the sled push are possible with either version. Fat-grip pull ups (3″ diameter) are an option for the 92″ and 110″ versions – (Y-2 or Y-3). The base is sturdy, so there is minimal sway for pull-ups or ring-based movements. The 3″ cross bar is good for throwing a set of gymnastics rings over for ring work. It is an asset for  a range of movements and lifts.

We posted this to answer general questions that we receive:

The benefit of the Rogue Yoke is versatility and not only as a strongman training implement. The included J-cups are there for racked squats and presses. The 92″ and 110″ uprights allow for our modular attachments.  If you have any further questions about the Y-Series, email us – Team@RogueFitness.com.

Congratulations to our winner, “Rumpel Stiltskin”, for the great addition to our Super Bowl menu, today! We chose this great recipe out of the 38 submitted to our page. Haven’t we heard of…? Anyhow, our lucky winner receives a set of these:

Buffalo Chicken Cupcakes. Yield: 10 cupcakes.

Ingredients

For the cake:
•1/2 cup hot sauce (I recommend a hot sauce that is typically used for Buffalo chicken. Frank’s is the classic choice. I used Bella’s Medium Wing Sauce.)
•1/4 cup unsalted butter
•1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
•1 cup brown sugar
•1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons sour cream
•1 egg
•1 cup flour
•1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

For the blue cheese buttercream frosting:
•2 ounces crumbled blue cheese
•1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
•2 cups powdered sugar

Steps

To make the cupcakes:
1.Preheat oven to 350 F.
2.In a medium-sized saucepan on medium-high heat, heat hot sauce and butter until butter is melted.
3.Add the blue cheese and mix periodically until blue cheese is melted.
4.Remove from heat and mix in the sugar.
5.In a small bowl, whisk together the sour cream and egg.
6.Once the hot sauce mixture is cool enough to touch, mix the sour cream mixture into the hot sauce mixture.
7.In another small bowl, mix together the flour and baking soda.
8.Fold the flour mixture into the hot sauce mixture.
9.Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full.
10.Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

To make the blue cheese buttercream frosting:
1.Mix blue cheese on high speed until smooth.
2.Add the unsalted butter and mix on high speed until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).
3.Slowly mix in the powdered sugar until fully combined.
4.Pipe or spread onto cooled cupcakes.
The Buffalo Chicken Drummette on Top of the Buffalo Chicken Super Bowl Cupcakes

**Just before serving, top the cupcakes with buffalo chicken wings or buffalo chicken drummettes. Imagine the frosting as a sweet blue cheese dip and dig in!**

Even the best equipment in the world will do nothing for you if you don’t know how to use it.

We have scoured the web to find the books that are really worth your time, so you don’t have to. We have several of the best books on: Getting strong, gaining muscle, strongman training and mastering hand strength available here.

Add variety to your lifts to maximize strength gains!

The Rogue MG-1 Bar helps avoid accommodation and allows a lifter to set new records. This is a must-have bar to rotate through your maximum exertion (ME) or dynamic exertion (DE) waves. The only multi-grip bar with olympic sleeves, the MG-1 weighs bar weighs over 20LBS more than any other multi grip bar on the market. This bar is the tool of choice for power lifters and other athletes who need to train a neutral grip for increased explosive strength. The neutral grip is also easier on the shoulders. Whether power is your specialty or you specialize in general physical preparedness, the multi-grip bar is one of the quickest ways to bust plateaus with improved muscle recruitment.

Use the MG-1 for: bench press, floor press, lockouts, JM press, shoulder press. Add chains, bands or change your grip width and you have one very powerful weapon in your bar arsenal with a ton of uses.

All of your excuses for not getting stronger have just gone away!

Inspired by the 2009 CrossFit Games, no one makes a set of parallettes better than Rogue signature parallettes. These can support any weight and will not shift under pressure. Feel free to test your limits with explosive swing throughs or weighted handstand pushups. These are also perfect for everyone’s favorite exercise: The L-Sit.

Rogue Parallettes are hand fabricated in-house from 11 Gauge steel tube, 1.5″ Steel Tube and powder coated using a rough textured black coating similar to ROGUE Rings and Racks. The unique pass-through design allows multiple units to be connected in a row with standard pipe. You can choose an independent set or add a cross member for locked in adjustment. Unlike PVC parallettes that weaken over time and fail at the joints, these will last a lifetime.