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Maryland CrossFit Affiliate Rallies to Host 5K for Owners’ Family Member in Cancer Treatment
Jen Dant was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2022. She’s just 32. Her cancer has since progressed to stage 4, which has expedited her treatment and overall everyday needs. CrossFit Equity, a gym owned by Dant’s brother-in-law and sister-in-law, plans to host a virtual and in-person 5K event to raise money for Dant’s treatment and care. While she…
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Coaches Kelly Matthews & Tim Riley Showcase Their Favorite Sprint Warm-Up Drills
Hybrid training — performing high-intensity strength training and vigorous, often sport-specific cardio — is having a moment right now, thanks in large part to coaches and content creators like Fergus Crawley and Kelly Matthews. Matthews, a powerlifter and strength & conditioning coach at Ladder, is on something of a mission to pump out as much high-quality hybrid training…
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Strongman Eddie Hall Swaps Diets With UFC Champion Tom Aspinall
Since retiring from competitive strongman, 2017 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall has entertained his legions of fans with his exploits. Hall has delved into bobsleigh, timber sports, motorcycle racing, bodybuilding, pro wrestling, boxing, and until recently, mixed martial arts (MMA), though his debut in the octagon against reigning WSM champion Mitchell Hooper was postponed. The delay of Hall’s potential fight…
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BarBend Supplement Testing Methodology
Our team consists of personal trainers, nutrition coaches, and athletes who love to eat. While we understand the convenience of supplements, we believe prioritizing whole, nutrient-dense foods is the way to go. With that said, we know life can get in the way, making it hard to hit your daily micro and macronutrient goals. And in those cases,…
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2024 Strongman Champions League Iceman Results — Aivars Šmaukstelis Wins
The 2024 Strongman Champions League (SCL) season kicked off on Feb. 24, 2024, in Joensuu, Finland, via the SCL Iceman contest. Twelve athletes representing eight countries clashed across six events in the single-day contest: Frame Carry, Front Hold, Bag Over Bar, Truck Pull, Super Yoke, Conan’s Wheel, and Loading Race. Aivars Šmaukstelis of Latvia stood atop the podium…
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Interview: Haley Adams on Finding the Joy In CrossFit Again After Her Year Away
(Editor’s Note: This is the second part of our interview with Haley Adams. You can read part one here.) For Haley Adams, returning to CrossFit after a year-long hiatus required a change in mindset. It required her to view the sport — and herself — from a different angle. It also required her to learn to have fun…
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Martins Licis Assesses His New Training Approach in Interview With Laurence Shahlaei
The 2019 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Martin Licis last competed as an Individual at the 2022 Rogue Strongman Invitational, where he placed fourth. Following the contest, Licis took time off from competitive strongman to allow his body recovery time. During the hiatus, Licis started a YouTube series called Strength Unknown, where he traveled to different parts of the…
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Liraglutide Review – Uses, Dose, Side Effects
With a host of different fat loss meds on the market, Liraglutide treatment has its hands full with high expectations. This state-of-the-art weight management method seems to have supporting clinical trials, all showing that obese patients treated with this peptide seem to have better chronic weight management than untreated patients. Weight loss is one of…
How to Watch CrossFit Open Announcement 24.1
The first live CrossFit Open workout announcement of the 2024 season is coming in hot on Thursday, February 29, on the official CrossFit YouTube channel. And we’ve got all the details you need to know heading into the event. [Related: Haley Adams Talks About Her Year Away From CrossFit Competition] 2024 CrossFit Open Workout 24.1 Matchups The live…
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Women Get More Health Benefits From Regular Exercise Than Men, New Research Suggests
New research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests women reap greater health benefits from exercise with less effort than men. The research was conducted by a team from China and the United States, and they analyzed data from 412,413 adults aged 27 to 61 without underlying health issues between 1997 and 2017. By…
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