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Michael Easter

Michael Easter is a health and fitness writer, a visiting lecturer at UNLV, and the author of The Comfort Crisis.

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Stefi Cohen Explains Why 'Don't Round Your Back' Isn't Always Helpful Lifting Advice

The record-breaking powerlifter and PT explains the subtleties to safe lifts.

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How One of the Most Advanced Fitness Trackers Monitors Your Health

Whoop, the performance device used by pro athletes and weekend warriors alike, uses these specific measures.

chandler smith

Chandler Smith Is Bringing the Change CrossFit Needs

The Army vet who placed sixth in the 2020 CrossFit Games joined the CompTrain team and is now gunning for the top spot and smashing barriers along the way.

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These Two Men Are on a Mission to Save CrossFit

Can CrossFit’s techy new CEO, Eric Roza , and its controversial exercise Picasso, Dave Castro, transform the toxic fitness giant?

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This Astronaut Relies on Two Exercises to Build Muscle to Survive in Space

Former Navy SEAL and Harvard med school grad Jonny Kim, M.D., forges total body strength the most efficient way possible.

anthony ambrose, phd, 50, south lake tahoe, california, redwood climber

How This Ecologist Starts His Day With Three Hundred Burpees up the Side of a Redwood

Anthony Ambrose PH.D. needs major leg strength to reach his office.

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Here’s Why Breast Milk Isn’t a Good Workout Supplement for Bodybuilders

Netflix's newest series (Un)Well explores the fitness fad... but is it actually effective?

Barechested, Muscle, Physical fitness, Exercise equipment, Chest, Weights, Kettlebell, Bodybuilding, Exercise, Sports equipment,

The Spec-Ops Guys Behind The App Transforming Military Fitness

SOFLETE is trying to fix the military’s busted fitness culture with an app that delivers strategic workouts and mindset tactics that are more Zen monk than drill sergeant.

Physical fitness, Sports training, Weights, Exercise equipment, Strength athletics, Training, Crossfit, Kettlebell, Personal trainer, Exercise,

This 9-Move Spec-Ops Workout Makes You Stronger, Faster, and Tougher.

Prepare your body for whatever life throws at it with this 30-minute workout, created by the team at SOFLETE.

Sportswear, Inflatable, Personal protective equipment, Jersey, Games,

The 37 Best Fitness Gifts

Gym junkies, runners, and more will go nuts for these gifts.

Leg, Shorts, Photography, Recreation, Knee, Leisure, Travel, T-shirt, Sportswear, Freestyle football,

Kyle Khaayák’w Worl, Star of the Eskimo-Indian Olympics, Does 400 Pushups a Day

How one man in Alaska is helping to keep Native sports—and ancient traditions that inspire all of us—alive.

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What to Know Before Starting Intermittent Fasting

Discover the best science and the ultimate hacks.

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