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CrossFit Open Workout 24.2 Will Feature Justin Medeiros Vs. Colten Mertens
The 2024 CrossFit Open is fast approaching. While the details for each of the three workouts that comprise the Open won’t be announced until their respective live announcements on the CrossFit Games YouTube channel, the elite athletes that will tackle the Open workouts first are raising the anticipation. Workout 24.1 will feature Jeffrey Adler, Brent Fikowski, Alex Gazan,…
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Horizon T202 Treadmill Review (2024): Horizon’s Go Series Gets a Nifty New Model
Sandwiched between the T101 and T303 in Horizon’s Go Series, the Horizon T202 Treadmill is as impressive as its siblings, delivering a number of the key features we look for in the best treadmills on the market. We haven’t gotten our sneakers on the T202 just yet, but we have logged miles on more than 40 treadmills from…
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Learn to Eyeball 600 Calories of Different Foods With Chris Heria
Calorie intake is the most important factor for weight loss. (1) Sustaining a calorie surplus will lead to weight gain, and a calorie deficit will lead to weight loss. Whether calories are from processed or nutritious foods, a calorie is a calorie if unused and converted into body fat. However, nutrient-dense foods can allow for the consumption of more food…
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How to Do the Back Squat: Learn Form, Variations, and Benefits
Everyone squats. There are very few exercises that athletes and gymgoers alike, regardless of their sport or goal, all practice in some form. But the squat is one of them. Barbell back squats — which means holding the resistance across your upper back — are just about the best compound exercise you can do for your lower body….
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Super Heavyweight Women Make History at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships
The Women’s +84-kilogram class at the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Classic World Championships (CWC) in Malta was arguably the best battle of the whole event. At the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships, they ran it back with two of the three combatants. The competition format was heavily focused on IPF world records. The overall top prize went to the…
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The Women’s 57KG World Record Battle at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships
The 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships fielded two lifters from the Women’s 57KG class who went head-to-head at the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Classic World Championships (CWC) in Malta: Natalie Richards and Jade Jacob. It was a close run between them in Malta, and the 2024 Sheffield was no different. 2024 Sheffield Championships Roster – Women’s 57KG class Richards was…
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Brian Shaw’s Mixed Martial Arts Debut Postponed
Four-time World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Brian Shaw was scheduled to make his MMA debut on Feb. 17, 2024, in Lusail Stadium in Qatar, but the event has been postponed. Shaw confirmed the postponement on his YouTube channel on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, announcing that the fight would not occur due to a contract breach. Listen to Shaw’s full statement on the matter below: [Related:…
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Hampton Morris Sets 3 American Records at 2024 European Weightlifting Championships
Hampton Morris made a great start for Team USA at the 2024 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, an Olympic qualifying competition. Morris broke all three American national records in the 61-kilogram class — five kilograms more than his previous best total in qualifying for Paris 2024 — with the following lifts: 2024 European Championships Results — Hampton Morris,…
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Does Green Tea Help With Weight Loss? A Health Coach and Nutrition Ph.D. Weighs In
If you run a quick internet search on supplements for weight loss, you’ll find thousands of products boasting evidence-based formulas to fuel rapid results. It’s easy to feel lost in the maze of marketing, where it’s hard to separate science from fat loss myths. Green tea and green tea extracts are prime examples of this phenomenon. They’ve been…
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Dr. Mike Israetel’s 10 Necessary Muscle-Building Exercises
There is no shortage of advice on how to build muscle. With so many different exercises and routines, it can be challenging to know which exercises to keep in one’s hypertrophy programming and which to cut. In a video published on Chris Williamson’s YouTube channel on Feb. 6, 2024, Dr. Mike Israetel (Ph.D. in Sport Physiology) shared his…
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