Emmy-winning TV host, author and certified trainer Samantha Harris shares her top lessons learned from her breast cancer experience.Samantha Harris is a TV host, author, certified trainer and breast cancer survivor.When you think of what it means to be “fit,” what immediately comes to mind? Someone who goes to the gym on a regular basis, eats...
Edgar Artiga You'd be surprised what can be accomplished with a single piece of rubber. We’re not talking about rehabbing an injury, working on mobility, or dominating a Pilates class, either. We’re talking about building muscle and getting stronger. In fact, when compared with dumbbells and barbells, there are...
Amanda Edwards / GettyDwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has always trained like a beast for his movie roles. Hobbs and Shaw, the upcoming Fast & Furious spinoff, was no different. Johnson revealed a photo on his Instagram page of what his body looked like after he finished off his training program for the film. Johnson wrote that...
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, aka "The Mountain" from Game of Thrones, had an eventful year. The 29-year-old lifter won the 2018 Arnold Strongman Classic, set an elephant bar deadlift world record at 1,041 pounds, and won the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition over the summer. To top it all off, he and girlfriend, Kelsey Henson, took...
Yesterday, I linked to a study showing that the beneficial effects of high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness—the kind you build with cardio/endurance training, HIIT, and sprints—have no upper limit. At first glance, this study appears to bust the “myth” of chronic cardio and the U-shaped curve of endurance training and prove that the more you train,...
Today’s guest post comes from RetreatHub, a company devoted to making it easy for retreat organizers to find the perfect venue for their event. Often, our daydreams take us to a sunny beach in Cancun or urban hiking through the streets of Italy — or whatever the next exciting location we’re hoping to visit might...
How you lace up your shoes can make all the difference in comfort and performance.How you lace your shoes can make or break your workout experience.We spend a lot of time researching the proper shoes for our sport — whether it be running, CrossFit or strength training — making sure that they fit just so...
Cut your chances of getting sick while flying this holiday season with these must-try tips.Small preventative measures can make a world of difference when flying. Traveling for the holidays? Then pack your hand sanitizer: Research published in BMC Infectious Diseases found that the greatest number of airport germs lurk in those gray plastic bins in the...