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6 Kettlebell Moves That Will Light Up Your Entire Core

Article added November 11, 2019 Categories Featured Training, Training, Work Outs

Written By: Men's Health US

Bored with your regular abs workout? These exercises will help you switch it up Doing the same moves to build a strong core can feel tedious. But if you have a kettlebell, you can instantly expand your repertoire of ab exercises, and make the workouts that forge a strong core as different as they are […]

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Eat these foods to look after your liver this Christmas

Article added October 25, 2019 Categories Featured Nutrition, Nutrition

Written By: RICK PEARSON

Foods high in choline can help during the festive period. Unless you happen to be a reindeer, you’re unlikely to emerge from the Christmas period fitter than when you started. ’Tis the season for large amounts of food and drink, and the upshot of over-indulging is that your liver can take a pounding. However, according […]

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She Felt ‘Poisoned’ by Chemo. Tackling Ultras Helped Her Heal

Article added September 25, 2019 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: ELIZABETH MILLARD

Karen Baas just wanted a way to feel like she was flushing out the chemicals. Then she got hooked. At age 35, with six months of chemotherapy and three weeks of radiation behind her for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Oregon resident Karen Baas didn’t feel relief because her treatments had ended. She felt poisoned. “Of course I […]

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Calf Stretches and Calf Workouts to Run Stronger and Prevent Injury

Article added September 23, 2019 Categories Featured Training, Injury Prevention, Training

Written By: JORDAN METZL

Maintaining your legs’ workhorses will improve your overall performance. Your calf muscles (also known as the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles) simultaneously act as the gas and brake pedal on a run. Need to push up a steep hill? Those are your calf muscles called into action. Need to slow it up during the descent on the […]

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8 Cross-Training Exercises For Trail Runners

Article added September 13, 2019 Categories Featured Training, Work Outs

Written By: CHARLIE MERRILL

These moves target the muscles needed for your fastest, strongest, best trail running outings ever. Cross-training improves running by boosting your overall strength, which helps you run fast and efficiently to navigate trail runs with confidence. Adding cross-training two to three times a week to your training routine can help you build speed and prevent injuries. […]

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