Health & Sports

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse. Have you ever intended to work out in the afternoon or evening but didn’t get a chance to and were bummed that exercising that day was a wash? Or maybe you have a tough time getting started in the morning and feel sluggish throughout your [...]

“Know Your Lifts” is an illustrated guide series that shows how to perform basic weight lifting exercises.  Check out our previous guides on the High-Bar Back Squat and the Deadlift. On the docket today is another essential and beastly lift: the Overhead Press. The overhead press (or shoulder press, or strict press, or just “press”) is [...]

At last we’ve reached the final post of Testosterone Week and based on the comments from you all, this is the post you’ve been most looking forward to. Today I’m going to share what I did during my 90-day experiment in order to double my total and free testosterone levels. I’m afraid I have no [...]

Welcome back to Testosterone Week! If you’re just joining us, I recommend checking out our two previous posts in the series: the benefits of testosterone and a short primer on how T is made. Today we’ll be taking a look at what’s considered a normal testosterone level and how you can get your testosterone levels tested. [...]

In yesterday’s post we discussed the benefits of maintaining optimal testosterone levels and why you should care about your T. Today we’re going to look into the different kinds of testosterone that exist and how our body produces it. Grasping how testosterone works will help us understand why our own levels may be low and [...]

Welcome to the first installment of Testosterone Week! Based on the reaction from yesterday’s announcement post, this is a subject that many of you are both interested in and passionate about. I’m looking forward to reading your constructive contributions to the discussion. I know many of you are clamoring for the “how-to” part of this [...]

At the end of last August I decided to start an experiment on naturally increasing my testosterone levels. Kate and I had just finished a month-long series called Heading Out on Your Own: 31 Life Skills in 31 Days. We cranked out a 2,000-4,000 word post every day for 31 days straight. Writing over 75,000 [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Jason Fitzgerald, a USA Track & Field certified coach. Hey Skinny, looks like it’s time for some push-ups! So, you live on pasta and bagels right? Running isn’t a real sport! After more than 14 years of running experience – in high school, college, and ever since [...]

It all started with an email from Andy at Huckberry. They were doing an offer that week with a company called GORUCK. Andy wanted to introduce me to Jason, its founder. I’d read about GORUCK before, and knew they had a really cool story. Jason had served in the Army as a Green Beret and [...]

“Know Your Lifts” is an illustrated guide series where we’ll show how to perform basic weight lifting exercises. Last time we covered the High-Bar Squat. On the docket today is another essential and beastly exercise: the deadlift. Thanks to Barry Schroeder and Jim Schoenberg of CrossFit Sandstorm for consulting on this post. Illustration by Ted Slampyak

Editors note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse. Did you wake up with a pumpkin pie-induced hangover this morning, feeling more like a butterball than a man? You’re ready to slough off that tryptophan haze and get yourself moving again. You want to do a full body workout that’s really going to make [...]

Thanksgiving is this week. For many men in America, Thanksgiving Day not only means eating turkey and stuffing, it also means playing a pick-up game of football in the morning with friends and family. To help you quarterback your team to a Turkey Bowl victory, we put together this illustrated guide on how to throw [...]

“Know Your Lifts” is a new illustrated guide series where we’ll show how to perform basic weight lifting exercises. While wearing an oldtime strongman single-strap leotard, naturally. Thanks to Barry Schroeder of CrossFit Sandstorm for consulting on this post. Illustration by Ted Slampyak  

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jon Finkel. It was the immortal Rodney Dangerfield in Back to School who said, “You gotta look out for number one… But don’t step in number two!” Yes, Dangerfield’s character in the movie was known for armpit farting and doing the esteemed Triple Lindy dive, but he [...]

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Editors note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse. Last week we talked about two components of a fighter’s training regimen: running/sprinting and plyometrics.  Today we’re going to talk about the two other main ingredients in a fighter’s fitness plan: weight training and bag work. There are a couple schools of thought in regards [...]

Editors note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse. “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” -Muhammad Ali In a sport where livelihood and fitness are so closely linked, it’s no [...]

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Shaun Daws from Beginning Barefoot. For millions of years, our ancestors spread around the globe, treading the earth barefoot over all manner of terrain. As we walked and ran, our feet developed an intricate web of nerves, matched only by those in our hands, which allow us [...]