Not everyone is meant to be a member of the military, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a workout like a solider. If you are looking to push yourself to the maximum and go through exercises that simulate real-world situations or combat scenarios like those seen among service members, the HIRT Locker workout might be for you. WHAT IS HIRT HIRT Locker (HIRT stands for … [Read more...]
Time to Suck Up for Your Gut Check
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Sometimes when you’re working out at your nearby gym, you may feel that you’re not being challenged enough anymore. You come in three or four days a week to stay healthy, but you find that you’re getting tired of using the same machines, going to the same classes or training with the same weights. You want to keep in shape, but you need a new routine. If you are looking for … [Read more...]
Tasting Mud at the USMC Ultimate Challenge
May 30 by 1 Comment
There are lots of different ways to gauge if a mud race is worth the price of admission and whether the event organizers do a decent job of putting together a real challenge. Most people read the reviews of previous years’ events online, or ask around and talk to buddies who are into mud runs to see if it’s a been-there-done-that type of thing or if they keep going back … [Read more...]
Eat to Live, Live to Eat or Eat to Die?
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I just read an incredibly sad short article about a man who literally ran out of his breath WHILE ordering his food at Wendys (click here for the actual article). According to the article, he was ordering what seems to be an extraordinary amount of fast food and started to have trouble breathing towards the end of his order. I am not sure if the picture shown in the … [Read more...]
Reduce Dying Risk by 30 Percent with 3 Simple Actions
May 29 by Leave a Comment
So you eat right, do lots of exercises to stay in shape and participate in crazy obstacle courses like Tough Mudder and Spartan Race. Naturally, you expect to live longer than someone who isn't healthy, right? Well, you can throw all of that out the window if you are a weekend warrior but during the week, you are a 9-5 desk jockey, sitting on your butt all day … [Read more...]
