happy new year to all from the hardcore!!!

*** HARDCORE GYM AWARDS 2017 *** King of the Bench: Steve O'Brien - 230 Kg. (Heaviest Bench Press ever in the Hardcore) King of the Deadlift: Steve O'Brien - 260 Kg. Best Bench (Relevant to Bodyweight): Rob O'Donovan - 190 Kg. King of the Squat: Kiefer O'Sullivan - 240 Kg. Congrats to the lads. Fantastic effort throughout the year.

COMPETITION TIME! The Hardcore Bodybuilding Club has reached 500 followers! :D Because the page has reached 500 followers we would like to run a competition. To be in with your chance to win the prizes below like this page, tag two friends in the comments and share this status. The prize is: • 5lbs of Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard Protein. Any flavour. • Animal Pak (44 packs) + Animal Cuts (42 packs) • A Hardcore Bodybuilding custom stringer. • A 1kg pouch of MyProtein BCAA. Best of luck! :)

Fair play Eddie Hall on the new World Record!

Timeline Photos

Paul Cullen was an "honoured member" of The Hardcore Gym for "12 fantastic years" as he puts it. He is an active member of the Irish Bodybuilding scene and is world renowned for his bodybuilding photography. This is a picture of Paul winning the Lightweight Natural Bodybuilding Championships in Belfast a number of months ago. Thanks for sending in the shot Paul, keep up the good work! Hardcore

Hardcore end of year awards 2015. Powerlifter of the Year: Kiefer O'Sullivan. Hardcore Strongest Man & Best Bench: Steven O'Brien. Most Improved Powerlifter: Rob O'Donovan Bodybuilder of the Year: David Barnes. Mr Hardcore 2015: David O'Sullivan. Most Improved Bodybuilder: Keith Spillane. All these lads have trained hard and progressed greatly. Well done lads. Keep up the hard training. The Hardcore Gym.