GORKA MÁRQUEZ

Taking a year off performing, Gorka Márquez is ...

Fine dining and fitness aren’t exactly natural bedfellows. But no one seems to have told Tom Aikens, the Michelin-starred chef who’s as fanatical about his training as the food he serves

Nobody believed half a tonne was possible. Then Eddie Hall broke 500. Nobody thought that deadlift would be beaten. Then Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson pulled 501. And then 505. As he attempts to lift 510kg, we went backstage at the Mutant World Deadlift Championships to witness history in the making

Mum-of-three Sarah Best, 51, took up strength training seven years ago and this year qualified for the Hyrox World Championships in Stockholm. She shares some of her workout routine and how strength training has changed her body and her life.

Hyrox co-founder Christian Toetzke may have events on almost every continent to manage, but he’s not ready to skip his daily workout habit