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Your Abdominal Muscles, Explained (and How To Train Them)
The muscles that make up your abdominal region are good for a whole lot more than helping you look extra fit at the beach. In fact, your “six-pack” is just the tip of the iceberg. The muscles that encase your core and support your spine help you do everything from walk on the treadmill to pick up a…
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2024 Wodapalooza Miami Individual Event 5 Results — Emma Cary and Ricky Garard Win
The final workout for the elite Individuals at the 2024 TYR Wodapalooza Miami contest occurred on a sunset evening at Bayfront Park in Miami, FL, on Jan. 12, 2024. The fifth workout after two days of competition featured kettlebell lunges and gymnastics skills. The final event helped shape the women’s podium in a big way, with Danielle Brandon‘s…
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2024 Wodapalooza Miami LatAm Cup Results — Mariana Meza and Alejandro Trillos Win it All
The first-ever LatAm Cup has wrapped up at the 2024 Wodapalooza Miami. On Jan. 11 and 12, 2024, the inaugural LatAm Cup ran alongside the Elite Individual divisions. The top 20 athletes from countries across Latin America competed with the same workouts to the same standards as the Elites. At the end of two days and five events…
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2024 Wodapalooza Miami Individual Event 4 Results
Day two of the 2024 TYR Wodapalooza Miami contest was the close of the elite Individual competition. Two more workouts were scheduled for the athletes, the first of which combined various cardio, including swimming, running, biking, and jumping rope. Both the Individual Women’s and Individual Men’s divisions featured two heats and saw a variety of strategies, like running…
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Amanda Lawrence (84KG) Squats a 250.5-Kilogram Raw Double
Elite powerlifter Amanda Lawrence is unbeaten at the world level. She lifts in the 84-kilogram class in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) and has won every world championship she has entered, often by a startling margin. Lawrence holds the raw squat, raw deadlift, and raw total world records in her class and is ranked in the top three overall…
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How to Identify Aerobic Vs. Anaerobic Exercise (And Why it Matters)
When you go to the gym, it’s to pick up heavy weights, put them back down, and repeat. But when your coach or gym buddy tells you it’s time to “do cardio,” you’ve got to admit that it’d be nice to be able to breathe regularly after a set of six or more reps. But just like you…
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Mr. Olympias Unite: Hadi Choopan and Phil Heath Train Back Together
The 2022 Mr. Olympia champion, Hadi Choopan, conceded the title in 2023 to the first multi-division Olympia champion, Derek Lunsford. Of course, Choopan wants to reclaim the crown. To do that, Choopan joined forces with coach Hany Rambod and seven-time Mr. Olympia champion Phil Heath. On Jan. 8, 2024, Choopan published a video on his YouTube channel featuring a massive back workout with Rambod and Heath, the…
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The Morning Dose #28: The FDA is Investigating GLP-1s, Thoughts 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…
The 6 Best Folding Exercise Bikes of 2024
The home gym: a sanctuary where you can train however you like, whenever you like, and wear whatever you like without anybody complaining to a manager. A key component for many home gyms is cardio equipment — powerful treadmills, sturdy ellipticals, and the best exercise bikes. But when space is limited, finding pieces that you can fold and…
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Larry Wheels Learns How Challenging Pilates Can Be
Pilates is a strength training variation that emphasizes mind-muscle connection. Research suggests that Pilates can help improve flexibility and bodily awareness, reduce chronic lower back pain, and boost balance, strength, mobility, and functional capacity. So, it makes sense for elite bodybuilders and powerlifters to seek out a good pilates program. [1][2][3] On Jan. 6, 2023, Larry Wheels published…
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