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Everything you need to complete one of the hardest races on earth, including a 16-week training program developed by Spartan's own Dr. Jeff Godin; the ultimate Spartan nutrition plan; and advice from Hobie Call, the winningest Spartan racer of all time
Is it true that if I abstain from caffeine before I race, it鈥檒l be more effective during the race? How will it help me, and how much should I take?
Lewis dishes on the nuances of slackline tricking competition, the newest event at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail
Staying loose and strong are essential for efficient swimming. These four poses strike the perfect balance.
I鈥檓 bored of my routine and have trouble getting motivated to exercise. I'd like to train with someone, but I'm not sure where to look. Got any suggestions?
Sitting down with an 国产吃瓜黑料 in Aspen athlete
A Q&A with an 国产吃瓜黑料 in Aspen participant
Juggling a busy schedule, I try to make my exercise time as well-rounded and efficient as possible. To maximize my workout, is it better to run or lift first?
I'm looking to maximize my triathlon training days. Could you recommend a few places?
I've read about CrossFit adherents who have run marathons using just the exercise program's strength and conditioning regimen. Can I really train for a race using CrossFit alone?
What are the things I should make sure not to do in the final weeks before a triathlon?
A new study says that Ibuprofen can help prevent mountain climbers from getting altitude sickness
Why a Bay Area gym has 颅become a destination for the world鈥檚 top athletes
My local gym touts metabolic testing for everybody, from people who want to lose 60 pounds to those who want to shave a few seconds off their PR. It's pretty spendy. Should I do it?
I'm looking for ways to gauge improvement. If I can soak through my wicking base layers, I call that a good day. Do better athletes sweat more?
I'm getting faster as I get older. Maybe I should think about upping my game and shooting for some really big goals...
The Quidditch World Cup sounds dorky, and make no mistake: it is. But these sorcery-loving Harry Potter fans play pretty rough, as Eric Hansen found out when he captained a bad-news team of ex-athletes, ultimate Frisbee studs, slobs, drunks, and some people he knows from Iceland. Brooms up, and may the best Muggles win.
Is there a way to schedule my training sessions to get the most out of my workout?
Two years after undergoing surgery to correct a debilitating heart condition, the Australian triathlete is poised to qualify for the Olympics
I have been following professional triathlon for a while and am amazed by the performances of elite athletes.聽 Is there anything that we recreational athletes can learn from them? Just about very one of my amateur athletes asks me this at some point. The short answer is a resounding, 鈥淵ES!鈥…
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness explains how to eat when you’re training and recovering. For more triathlon training videos, go to The 国产吃瓜黑料 Challenge.
What鈥檚 the secret of success in endurance sports? I get asked this a lot. The answer can be boiled down to one phrase: consistency of effective training.聽 Performance does not arrive overnight. It comes out of a consistently applied training plan that is appropriate and specific to your…
Major League Baseball鈥檚 long tradition of warming up for the season with oddball adventures
Get ready to maximize the endurance, strength, flexibility, speed, and power you never knew you had.
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness shares one of the best exercises for building strength in your glutes. For more triathlon fitness videos and interactive training plans, check out The 国产吃瓜黑料 Challenge.
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness demonstrates one of the best exercises for building strength in your hamstrings and glutes. For more triathlon fitness videos and interactive training plans, check out The 国产吃瓜黑料 Challenge.
Get a solid endurance base through heart-rate training.
Fine-tune your fitness with balance and agility exercises. Here's how.
To keep a workout program fresh, you need to make it your own, and some days you need to break the rules鈥攚ithin reason.
Heart-rate training is the key to gauging your aerobic intensity and building endurance. Here's how to get started.
The ultimate guide to weightlifting for endurance athletes
Have trail and gym work turned you into a stiff? You need some flex time with Ashtanga yoga.
Your foundation is built. It's time to tweak the beast.
We asked four top fitness coaches for their tape-it-to-the-fridge-door advice. Here's what they told us. (Bonus: We kick your excuses to the curb.)
I鈥檝e never done a triathlon. I don鈥檛 swim. I don鈥檛 run. And I bike mainly when our copy chief goads me into it. Yes, this is pathetic, especially since I edit 国产吃瓜黑料鈥檚 fitness coverage. Don鈥檛 get me wrong, I鈥檓 still active: I ski all winter, hike a 12,000-foot peak at…
In our obsession with minimizing exercise damage, we may have lost sight of the reason we exercise in the first place: to force our bodies to adapt and get stronger
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness demonstrates how to build swimming strength on days you don’t have time to visit the pool. For triathlon fitness videos and interactive training plans, check out The 国产吃瓜黑料 Challenge.
Matt Dixon of Purple Patch Fitness demonstrates the proper technique for a lunge. For more triathlon fitness videos and interactive training plans check out The 国产吃瓜黑料 Challenge.
Everything you need to run a personal best, including a 12-week training plan, a race-day nutrition plan, and advice from U.S. record holder Ryan Hall
California鈥檚 San Quentin State Prison is home to a ball field where you can take your cuts against convicted felons. This I had to try.
Training with a monitor can be daunting to master, but it鈥檚 the best way to make the most of your workouts.
A recent New York Times Magazine story titled "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body" caused a stir last week, claiming that certain aspects of yoga were too risky for the general population. So should you avoid the fitness routine if you're not a serious athlete?
Triathlons aren鈥檛 just trendy. Multisport training develops balanced fitness and prevents injuries. Here鈥檚 why you should dump your ordinary routine and make the switch, too.
You鈥檝e got questions? Your new triathlon-training coach, Matt Dixon, has the answers. Throughout the course of the next few months, as you prepare for your triathlon through The 国产吃瓜黑料 Challenge, Dixon will answer a wide range…
Get ready for a sprint-distance triathlon with one of three custom plans created by coach Matt Dixon.
How fit do you really need to be to scale the highest peak in the world? An expert weighs in.
The science around strength training has changed in the last decade. You鈥檙e older, stronger, and hopefully, smarter now. Don鈥檛 make the same mistakes you made in your high school weight room.
Triathlon is booming, with hundreds of events being added to the calendar each year and thousands of goggle-eyed newbies lining up to swim, bike, and run for the first time. But only one race still really matters. Greetings from the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, ground zero of America's multisport madness
Welcome to the frozen, on fire, wet, barb-wired world of Tough Mudder鈥攚here adventure racing starts to look a lot more like hazing
The masochistic sport of obstacle racing has exploded in popularity. Nick Heil tries to understand why so many are signing up for the misery.
Build strength for ski season with this CrossFit-inspired workout
An easy, dramatic performance boost based on an old science is catching on. It's about time.
With temperatures below zero, more than 4,500 feet of climbing, and 9,400 competitors, Wisconsin鈥檚 American Birkebeiner is the largest and one of the toughest cross-country ski races in the United States. Crossing the finish line is nothing short of a lifetime achievement. Here's our plan to get you there, even if the closest you've come to snow is the frost in
Injuries are a fact of life. Here's how to recover faster.