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How Accurate Are Wrist-Based Heart Rate Monitors?
Fitbits and Garmins are everywhere nowadays. They let you track a whole number of fitness-oriented goals, from daily step count to sleep and VO2 max, but one of their main selling points is heart rate data. So just how accurate...
Take Five: Recovery Tips for Achy Bodies
Five recommendations and considerations for effective recovery after training from Libby Bearman who not only trains but also recovers
How to Peak/Prep For A Competition by Tara Jenkins
Most of you who are reading this blog are training regularly and may or may not aspire to compete one day. Being able to compete in your chosen sport is the showcase of all the hard work you put in...
Top 5 Exercises To Build Stronger Glutes
Building up the behind can bring many rewards. Glutes that pack strength are undoubtedly useful to athletes as well as Instagrammers so it’s certainly an area worth your attention. Let’s take a look at five exercises that can be used to...
Chipper in CrossFit relates to a long workout hitting a aerobic conditioning component. “Keep chipping away while trying not to keel over”. Chippers can be performed as a fitness test or a workout to push limits to the next level. Each...
Mat Fraser has a long history with fitness, having won his first national title at the age of 13. He’s overcome huge obstacles both in sport and in his personal life to become a four-time CrossFit Games champion and has...
Norwegian CrossFit Championship Report: Roelle Wins After Coming From Last Place
Griffin Roelle created the story of the weekend at the Norwegian CrossFit Championship, coming back from last place after the first workout to win the competition. The 28-year-old secured his first ever individual invite to the Games in dramatic style,...
A Day In The Life of a Competitive CrossFitter
I’ve always led an ‘active lifestyle’ and enjoyed hockey, cross country, karate, and OCRs competitively before finding CrossFit. I’d been running to-and-from a commercial gym, and weight training when I got there for a couple of years before I attended...
Deontay Wilder Training & Diet
Deontay Wilder will defend his WBC heavyweight world title against Tyson Fury on February 22. The Bronze Bomber has a formidable reputation for his power and is widely recognised as the biggest puncher in boxing.To sustain his huge frame and...