Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2026

The Broken Arrow Skyrace was great to watch



I caught the last 30 min of today's race, and will go back and watch more of the weekend next time I treadmill:

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

The Dodgers discuss who can do the most and least pushups (and Rojas apologizes)







Want a bit more Rojas?

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Excellent example of how a body looks at different weights and different levels of fitness

@lorenkimfit #fyp #fitnessjourney #fitnesstips #buildingmuscle #bodyrecomposition ♬ original sound - lorenkimart


Related, Casey Johnston posted an excerpt from her book about power lifting--it focuses on when she first started:
I hated and resented the self-satisfied “you’ll understand someday” tone of these pieces. It was more than just the smugness; even if these stories challenged some of the values about the hard work of hotness, the framing still capitulated to the game. 
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But it wasn’t just her post that grabbed me. The response to it had been overwhelming. People showered her with compliments on her strength progress and willingness to give strength training a shot in the first place. Not a few people complimented her progress photos. “I don’t lift to be hot,” she replied. “I lift to be strong.” I rolled my eyes. Liar.


Finally, speaking of exercise, I recently switchewd from a blender bottle to a Helimix 2.0--works great, no whisk ball.

Friday, August 15, 2025

Participants in Sydney's City 2 Surf 14km run had to pay a toll for running through the tunnel

@louisa_bella I wish I was lying #city2surf #running #sydney #runnergirl #marathon #race #letsrunsydney ♬ Jet2 Advert - ✈️A7-BBH | MAN 🇬🇧


@neta_etta Yes we spent $200 or so on shoes, yes we paid the race fee, but a $4 and something toll fee😂🫣 oh well it was a good experience #bondi #city2surf #tunnel #marathons ♬ original sound - Neta__etta



"'If you can afford a $200 pair of runners and the $100 race fee, you can afford a small toll,' the NSW Premier told the media"

Monday, August 4, 2025

Wrightlifting She-Hulk miniprint

Newest mini print! This fitness conscience She-Hulk. She'll be headed out to all active club members next month. 💚

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— Mike Maihack (@mikemaihack.com) August 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM


Details.

Monday, January 13, 2025

Saturday, September 21, 2024

"5 members of Tufts men’s lacrosse team still hospitalized after workout with Navy SEAL training program graduate"

"12 members of the team were diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis after the workout"

Related:
Lawsuit filed after 'thousands' infected at Tough Mudder race in Bay Area

Friday, August 16, 2024

A moving essay about living with Parkinson's

Anne Carson for the London Review of Books:

Looking ahead you see a black doorway. You begin to notice the black doorway is always there, at the edge, whether you look at it or not. Most moments contain it, most moments have a sort of sediment of black doorway at the bottom of the glass. You wonder if other people are seeing it too.

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Neurologists now seem to believe that the brain is plastic and that certain activities can rewire it, by generating new neurons to replace lost ones or by exciting neurons that have gone idle or slow. Boxing is recommended. I go to a boxing class three times a week. Everyone in the class has Parkinson’s, various degrees of damage. At a certain point in each class (after stretching, shadow-boxing, drills, strength training) the instructor yells: ‘Gloves on!’ We rush to the lockers for our boxing gloves. Putting on your first glove is easy. To don the second glove you have to get help. ‘Don’t use your teeth!’ the instructor calls out. Interesting fact: it is impossible to conjure the black doorway while someone else is putting a boxing glove on you.

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Rugby star Ilona Maher talks about BMI

She and her "piston-like fend" are dominant:









and she's funny:

@ilonamaher Moves were made @paris2024 #olympicvilla ♬ original sound - Ilona Maher



and here she is responding to someone guessing her BMI:






And here's another great example of how foolish it is to judge your body by weighing yourself:

@mallorykingfitness

Reposting this oldie from 2022. I’m 4 months in on my 2nd recomp phase and I’m so stoked!!

♬ TOO SWEET X RIVERS BY ALTÉGO - ALTÉGO




And speaking of:



Can you guess what sport this exercise is for?

@olympics Did you get it right? 👀 📹: @sarahmdouglas #Olympics #SportEdit #SportsTok #Quiz ♬ original sound - Olympics

Friday, July 12, 2024

Speculation that Tour de France teams are using the questionably legal practice of "inhaling the deadly gas carbon monoxide to optimise their athletes’ altitude training"

Escape:

A second, more aggressive approach, which is called carbon monoxide inhalation and uses the same equipment and techniques, steps into the scientifically new and much riskier realm of inhaling the poisonous gas for the express purpose of performance enhancement. A growing body of recent scientific research suggests CO inhalation can have a powerful impact on measures of aerobic capacity like VO2max, or maximal oxygen uptake.

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By inducing hypoxia – a state of oxygen deprivation – CO inhalation can be used to prolong or even replace the performance-enhancing benefits of altitude training. It can also be used in conjunction with altitude training to maximise gains, as part of an approach called “super altitude.”

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The technique is not banned by WADA, although it appears to conflict with the agency’s rules around artificial manipulation of the blood. And there is no hard evidence that any WorldTeams are currently using CO inhalation for performance gains. But

Friday, June 28, 2024

Manny Jacinto's Functional Workout For Total Body Strength

("I basically exercise to reach the top drawer") From March 2022, but I bet it'll get more views this month than in its lifetime: