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Strength training has a host of benefits for both adults and children ranging from stronger bones and muscles to better mental and emotional health. So, it makes sense that many parents look to get their kids involved in some sort of exercise program, including lighting weights. “It’s important to expose young children to exercise and being active to help keep them healthy and at a healthy weight, especially with all the processed foods available these days,” explains Michael Wittig, father of four, ISSA master trainer, youth fitness Instructor, nutritionist, sports…

Surviving the Spartan Death Race: A Marathon of Masochism Twenty-four hours into my first Death Race, in 2018, I was hacking away at poison ivy and tick-infested brush on a Vermont mountain vista. As the hours passed, I found myself repeating, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ with every tedious swipe. Erica Schultz f The Unlikely Zen of Extreme Landscaping I had been warned the Death Race would test mind, body, and spirit. Still, I couldn’t figure out how gardening fit the description, especially after my fellow Death Racers and…

Some exercises never get easier no matter how often you do them, and exhibit A is the single-leg deadlift. The balance demands and tension on one leg make this challenging for all lifters the same goes for its variations such as the rack single-leg deadlift. There are various methods to make the single-leg deadlift less difficult, like using a Landmine device or holding on to a squat rack for improved stability. These are great ways to build single-leg strength and reduce strength imbalances without falling flat on your face. Then…

Whether you are a pro wrestling fan or not, you may have noticed that with a new Netflix deal in the works, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson returning to the ring, everyone seems to be talking about WWE. And, as the sports entertainment juggernaut just celebrated WrestleMania XL, new records were set in terms of both the business financials and the raw emotion on display. M&F takes a closer look. A New Era Is Ushered In At WrestleMania XL While WrestleMania was born in 1985 at Madison Square Garden, the…

Many of us started out documenting our fitness transformation journey with a little notebook detailing every set, rep, and weight achieved during each gym session, but as the novelty wore off, we felt like we had a pretty good idea of how to proceed and ditched our written logs in favor of a rough mental idea of what we should be lifting or eating from workout to workout. Scores of peoples enter the gym with no clear plan at all, and wander aimlessly from machine to machine failing to make…

A report recently published in The Lancet, using vast data from 1990 to 2021, has found that heart disease is now trailing behind neurological conditions in terms of commonality, but it remains our biggest killer. According to the statistical analysis more than 3.4 billion people, that’s 43 percent of the global population, suffered with a neurological condition in 2021, a number far more than experts had previously feared. The study was overseen by researchers at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in Seattle, Washington, and illustrates that nervous…

In terms of this thing called life, Terry Crews is on cruise control. Just 25 years ago, the host of America’s Got Talent was sweeping floors for $8 an hour before landing the audition that sparked his rise to stardom. He has done everything from being the lead man in the iconic Old Spice commercials to starring in both big-screen and award-winning TV series, and lending his voice to video games and animated films. Crews’s success has not only stemmed from pure talent and hustle; it’s also due to creating…

Since Dwayne Johnson returned to pro wrestling in January, he has been everywhere to promote his big match at WrestleMania XL, but when ‘The People’s Champion’ turned up incredibly late to a fan appearance on Thursday, April 4, The Rock decided to skip an apology, instead taunting the crowd with his reason for being tardy. Johnson, one of Hollywood’s biggest box office draws, and one of the most successful WWE superstars of all time, was scheduled to appear at the WWE World fan expo at the Pennsylvania Convention Center at…