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These Are the Best Muscle Group Combinations to Work Out Together
Some things just belong together: peanut butter & jelly, chicken and rice, milk and cookies and, when it comes to your workout routine, certain muscle groups. Most strength training workouts are divided into splits, which divide up your various muscles across the number of days you hit the weights. This begs the question — what are the best…
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How to Build a Powerlifting Home Gym
You get to your commercial gym, and all you want to do is squat. But — lo and behold — there’s someone already using the squat rack. And to make matters worse, they’re not even using it to do back squats or overhead presses. No. They’re using the squat rack to do…barbell curls. In moments like these, working out…
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Is Too Much Protein Powder Bad for You?
After a tough workout, there’s nothing like drinking a quick protein shake to start your muscle recovery. When you have a high protein intake goal, you always strive to consume enough food to reach it. Longtime fitness enthusiasts know that all of that chicken breast or tofu can get daunting, and adding in a protein supplement can be…
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10 Benefits of a Sauna After a Workout That Will Revolutionize Your Recovery Strategy
The sauna in your gym locker room is much more than just a quiet place to chill out. It’s not just about the silence (though that will undoubtedly be attractive to many athletes juggling a loud gym with a busy home life). There are plenty of reasons that so many athletes hit the sauna after a sweaty workout….
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How to Use a Massage Gun, According to a PT
While plenty of gadgets may come in and out of your gym bag to promote muscle recovery, massage guns are among the devices most often recommended by physical therapists. With the simple placement of the massage gun and the push of a button, you can encourage much of your discomfort to beat a hasty retreat. But with as…
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Demystifying Your Fat-Burning Heart Rate Zone
If you’re aiming to create a caloric deficit to drive some fat loss, you may rely on cardiovascular training to give that deficit a boost. In your search for the most efficient cardio workouts to help you along, it can help to know exactly what’s going on with your heart during these bouts of exercise. Your heartbeat is…
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Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Finishes In 2nd at the 2023 Rogue Invitational 6 Months After Giving Birth
The G.O.A.T. has done it again. A mere few months after giving birth to her first child in May, the winningest Individual athlete in CrossFit Games history has…well, made more history. Six-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr missed the 2023 CrossFit Semifinals and Games and hadn’t stepped onto a competition floor since 2021. But on Oct. 29,…
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Jogging Vs. Running — What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter?
As a fitness concept, jogging was popularized in Western cultures by New Zealand running coach Arthur Lydiard in the 1960s. Then, it was rare to see people running as a form of aerobic exercise. Sixty years later, you’d be hard-pressed to spend an entire day in a major urban center without spotting at least a handful of joggers…
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Mitchell Hooper Wins 2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational
2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mitchell Hooper is on an absolute tear. The 28-year-old Canadian strongman sensation capped off a stellar year of competitive performances with a win at the 2023 Rogue Invitational Strongman competition, which ran on Oct. 28-29, 2023, at the Dell Diamond Stadium in Austin, TX. Hooper maintained the precedent he set early in the…
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Powerlifter Sawyer Klatt (110 KG) Deadlifts 385 KG (848.9 Pounds) for All-Time Junior World Record
The lifters at the 2023 WRPF American Pro 2 meet in Manassas, VA, wasted no time setting records. On Oct. 27, 110-kilogram Junior competitor Sawyer Klatt set the all-time Junior world record in the deadlift for his weight class with a lift of 385 kilograms (848.9 pounds). Junior lifters compete in the 20-23 age range, and the new…
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