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In 2017, French climber Liv Sansov set out with a very ambitious plan: to climb all 82 peaks over 4,000 meters in the European Alps. For the better part of a year, Sansov climbed, skied, mountaineered and even base jumped as she worked to complete the challenge. Along the
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G&G, I’ve got a new job and and a 6 week old at home and I’m trying to maintain motivation to get to the gym. I was lifting for an hour 6 days a week and doing cardio 3 times a week in the morning but
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You have got to watch this video of Downhill World Champion Rachel Atherton dislocating her shoulder, then reducing it with the help of a spectator before getting back on her bike to finish the race. “My shoulders are my weakest point after multiple dislocations over the last 15 years, and
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“The perfect is the enemy of the good” In the fitness world I often see people fall victim to the Nirvana fallacy, in which people never even begin an important task because they feel reaching perfection is too hard. The fall victim to the idea that you must have the
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When you leave the hospital with a bottle of medication, it comes with a warning label or two; “Don’t operate a motor vehicle while taking this medication.” When you leave the hospital with a newborn, however, you’re handed a baby and told good luck. My daughter should have
The Engine
Here’s a question that popped up in my inbox regarding club rides: “I use a computer on my rides and I have a pretty good idea of what my average speed is when riding. I joined a club ride with the same stated average pace and it kicked my
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Spring is upon us! The days are getting longer, the flowers are blooming and the weather is getting nicer by the day. That means it’s time to tune up the legs on some club rides! Cycling teams, clubs, and bicycles shops typically start their season of club rides sometime
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Those of you who frequent the site know I spend some time over on Reddit. I was checking out some stuff on r/Fitness recently and I came across this Chest 101: An Anatomical Guide to Training post and I just sighed to myself and moved on. But later on
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I sat down and watched Pumping Iron recently because I love watching Arnold be and ass and I love the mystique of golden age bodybuilding, but one thing stood out to me this viewing. Paying close attention to the training sequences I noticed something, no one was counting. Arnold didn’
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Drop that bottle of Herbalife, it’s not the ticket to ab-city. As this video from PictureFit explains, there’s one way to get that flat stomach and it’s — wait for it — diet and exercise. Who’d of thought. You can’t remove the fat from your abs alone,
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Plateaus are inevitable, you hear that? Don’t freak out! What’s important when a plateau sets in is how you choose to deal with it. Most people hit a plateau and make the mistake of overhauling their training or diet without getting to the bottom of the issue at
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We all get stuck sometimes, but what you do when you get stuck can make all the difference. If you’ve been benching the same weight for months and attempts at increasing weight or reps have resulted in no change, you might be tempted to ditch the exercise, change your