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How Did Usain Bolt Train To Become Fastest Man On Earth?
Usain Bolt says he didn’t exploit any magic secrets to become the fastest human in history. All he did was combine consistent, focused training with obvious talent. It resulted in a 100m time of 9.58 seconds that was previously thought...
Top 6 Podcasts For Building Mental Strength
A tough mentality is crucial for success as an athlete. It enables you to reach your best levels of performance and also to stay consistent with training for long-term development. When you can get more out of your fitness and...
How A Record-Breaking Cyclist Reached His Best Fitness In Retirement
Roger Cull certainly didn’t expect his retirement from a career in real estate would involve breaking world records and winning world championships as a road cyclist. In fact, aside from the odd game of tennis or squash and chasing his...
How Connor McGregor Got Fit To Fight Dustin Poirier
Conor McGregor hadn’t fought in over a year before stepping into the octagon with Dustin Poirier last month but still arrived in Abu Dhabi in magnificent shape. The 32-year-old has never missed a weight-cut in his career and is known...
'I Force-Feed Myself' - What Mat Fraser Eats At The CrossFit Games
The CrossFit Games is a competition that pushes athletes to their maximum capacity for an entire weekend. Fueling for it is not easy.Mat Fraser has been the most successful individual athlete in the Games’ history and his nutrition programme is...
Former CrossFit Masters Champ On How To Train Smart In Your 50s
Training as a masters athlete becomes complicated by old injuries, scar tissue and a body that doesn’t recover as quickly. Taking a smart approach to scheduling is imperative, as is taking care of the little things around workouts like nutrition....
Powerlifter Heather Connor Lifts 200kg At 45kg Body Weight
Female powerlifter Heather Connor may be slight in size but she deadlifted a phenomenal 200kg on New Year’s Eve - that’s more than four times her bodyweight. The American confirmed she weighed just 45.6kg on the day of the lift...
“Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done” - Sam Briggs Completes 100km Challenge For Charity
Sam Briggs pushed herself through agonising pain when she fought off the fittest athletes in the world to win the 2013 CrossFit Games, but she’s described her recent achievement of rowing and running 100km as the hardest thing she’s ever...
Mat Fraser: Nutrition & Sleep My 2 Biggest Performance Enhancers
CrossFit Games champion Mat Fraser says he believes quality nutrition and sleep are the two “biggest performance enhancers” available to athletes. Fraser made history by becoming the first person to win five consecutive Fittest on Earth titles at this year’s...