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New Study on Protein Timing: Even 100 Grams Per Meal Isn’t Wasted
As you’re reading these words, somewhere out there, an overly meticulous gym bro is shaving fine specks of protein powder off the top of his measuring scoop before taking it from the food scale to his blender. After all, the body can only absorb 25 to 30 grams of protein at a time, right? The big fella in…
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7 Best Treadmills Under $500 of 2024
With a budget of $500, you may think that it will be difficult to find the best treadmills for running, with incline, or that can fold in half and fit under your couch — seriously. With high-end treadmills routinely coming in over $2,000, we understand your hesitance. Well, we started pinching our pennies and tested out the best…
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Hall of Fame Mixed Martial Artist Silvana Shamuon Trains Mitchell Hooper for His Upcoming Fight
2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mitchell Hooper is training for his mixed martial arts (MMA) debut against 2017 WSM champion Eddie Hall. Hall picked up boxing after his retirement from competitive strongman, giving Hall a slight experience advantage in the octagon over Hooper for their bout in Qatar on Feb. 17, 2024. To improve Hooper’s fighting technique, he has sought numerous experts’ guidance on how to effectively…
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2024 Beasts of Burden Results — Mathew Ragg Dominates
The 2024 Beasts of Burden contest was the first elite strongman contest of the 2024 season. It took place in Molendinar, Australia, on Jan. 21, 2024, and featured nine athletes competing across five events. At the conclusion of the single-day contest, 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Finalist Mathew Ragg emerged victorious after accruing 41 of a possible 45…
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HIIT Vs. LISS — Which Type of Cardio Is Better?
You’ve just started surrendering to your cardio-happy friend who insists that you do something in the gym aside from picking up heavy barbells and putting them back down. Fine, you say, you’ll do…cardio. But the query of HIIT versus LISS — high-intensity interval training versus low-intensity steady-state cardio — arises. You want to do whichever is better. The…
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Ilya Ilyin’s Lost Training Footage PLUS Larry Wheels Tries Pilates, Strength Weekly 1/22
Strength Weekly is the show keeping you up to date from around the barbell game! This week, we’re covering: Here’s the run of show for this week: 00:00 Intro 00:45 Run of show 01:55 Never before seen Ilya Ilyin footage 04:00 Contextualizing Ilyin’s career 07:05 Recapping 2024 Wodapalooza Miami 08:30 Prestige on the team side 11:50 Who showed…
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The 6 Best Tried and Tested Non-Folding Treadmills of 2024
Whether you’re hitting the pavement or sprinting on one of the best treadmills money can buy, running has been shown to improve cardiovascular health, create stronger bones, lower resting heart rate, improve VO2 max, delay memory loss as we age, and potentially stave off the risk of developing dementia. (1)(2)(3) That’s a pretty promising list of benefits, and…
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The 10 Best Leg Stretches to Bolster Your Lower Body Training
If you do it right, leg day is an intense experience. Squatting, lunging, and hinging until you’re a puddle on the gym floor takes up a lot of time and mental real estate. But once you’ve crushed your leg exercises, you’ve got to reassemble yourself — leg stretches can do that very well. Leg day is not just…
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A New Study Reveals 2 Training Techniques to Maximize Muscle Growth
Muscles can stretch and contract. That might seem like an oversimplification, but who hasn’t seen the gyms with countless members trying to get huge by slinging dumbbells around without loading their muscles meaningfully? While those people might not know proper lifting technique, is there even a unanimously agreed upon version of proper technique? The short answer is no,…
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The 8 Best Tried and Tested Treadmills Under $1,000 of 2024
A baby is born. They learn to crawl. Then walk. Then run. Then run on a treadmill. The treadmill, perhaps the most coveted cardio machine, provides training from the comfort of your own home. No need to run on the streets or at the gym with, yuck, other people. When searching for the best treadmill to outfit your…
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