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How Patrick and Kristi O’Connell Program Training for Their 2024 HYROX Debuts in Houston
CrossFit turned hybrid athletes Patrick O’Connell and Kristi O’Connell will make their HYROX debuts at the 2024 HYROX Houston contest on March 16, 2024, in Texas. They’re tailoring their workouts to HYROX’s prioritization of functional fitness combined with running. HYROX races feature eight stations, with one-kilometer runs between each: On Jan. 21, 2024, the O’Connells published a video on their YouTube channel documenting their…
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Iron Bull Kettlebell Review (2024): The Price is Right
Whether you lift it, swing it, thrust it, or play hackysack with it, kettlebells can help boost your overall strength, aerobic power, and physical fitness. (1) Despite having loads of competition, the Iron Bull Kettlebell has emerged as one of the best (and most affordable) kettlebells on the market. Forged from cast iron with a powder coat, it…
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Lystus Ebosele (84KG) Raw Squats 240 Kilograms for a Double
Irish powerlifting star Lystus Ebosele has rapidly climbed the rankings in the last couple of years. She was Junior European Champion in the European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) in 2022 and followed that up by taking the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) junior world title in Romania in 2023. Ebosele is well known as a big squatter. She hit 235 kilograms (518…
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How CrossFit Athlete Josh Bridges’ Training Has Changed at 40 Years Old
Former United States Navy SEAL and six-time CrossFit Games athlete Josh Bridges’ competitive career highlight is a second-place finish at the 2011 Games behind four-time Fittest Man on Earth® Rich Froning. Bridges last competed as an elite Individual at the CrossFit Games in 2018 to a 31st-place finish. Though Bridges doesn’t compete at the highest level of CrossFit anymore,…
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Jesus Olivares Raw Deadlifts 16 Kilograms Over World Record in Prep for the 2024 Sheffield Championships
Superheavyweight powerlifting superstar Jesus Olivares is leaving nothing behind as he prepares to return to the UK to defend his title at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships. Last year, Olivares took home £30,000 in prize money for his raw total (in knee sleeves) of 1,152.5 kilograms (2,541 pounds) — more than anyone else on the planet. Olivares’ raw deadlift world record in…
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The 11 Best Pull Exercises to Forge a Bigger, Stronger Back
You know what to do on leg day. And push days are known to bring on the bench press and overhead press. But pull day is looming in your push-pull-legs workout split, and you’re unsure which moves to include. Don’t worry — we’ve got the best pull exercises right here. Even if you’re not doing a split where…
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2024 HYROX Maastricht Results
The HYROX season in 2024 got underway with the first contest of the calendar year in Maastricht, Netherlands, on Jan. 20, 2024. The pro divisions, both Individual and Doubles, brought the heat with some blazingly fast times across the eight exercises weaved with one-kilometer runs. Tomas Tvrdik and Jennifer Nikolaus stood atop the podiums for the Individual Pro…
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The Morning Dose #28: The FDA is Investigating GLP-1s, Thoughts on Dry January, and New Aging Research
Welcome to The Morning Dose, your one-stop shop for all things peptides, TRT, fitness, anti-aging, and everything in between. We’ve got a great newsletter for you today, with some scary new FDA investigations, brand-new aging research, and our thoughts on dry January. YOUR AD HERE If you have an awesome product or service and want…
2024 Arnold Classic Physique Preview
Aside from the Arnold Classic Men’s Open contest, one of the most popular events of the Arnold Sports Festival (ASF) is the Classic Physique show. The 2024 Arnold Classic Classic Physique contest is the division’s seventh edition. It’s scheduled for Friday, March 1, 2024, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH. Unlike other non-Olympia shows on the IFBB Pro…
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What Colten Mertens Thinks Is Wrong With CrossFit Programming
CrossFit training comprises three modalities — weightlifting, gymnastics, and mono-structural movements. CrossFit competitions test athletes’ fitness through programming that combines those modalities. While the nuances of competition programming can often go unnoticed by fans, the subtleties could mean the difference between victory and defeat for athletes at the elite level. On Jan. 6, 2024, four-time CrossFit Games athlete…
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