Growing up, one of my favorite activities was to get into my Grandma’s basket of massage tools. It was packed with all sorts of rollers, knobby balls, sticks, and other weird stuff. To me, these were all toys! While she did teach me how to use them
Continue reading →As an endurance athlete, your body is probably tight, sore, and unbalanced. Mine sure is. Post-workout stretching helps. And daily foam rolling sessions make me feel fresh and recovered. But neither of those solutions has much affect on existing problems, such as tight hips and IT bands,
Continue reading →Know what bothers me? It’s when a company redesigns an already great product and in doing so, eliminates all the reasons I liked it in the first place. Lucky me – BlenderBottle did no such thing! The BlenderBottle SportMixer is a totally new style that actually improves
Continue reading →Want to get gnarly? Then Gnarly Nutrition might be right up your alley! Gnarly Nutrition offers a full line of all-natural sports drinks and recovery formulas, collectively called The Gnarly Stack, which I just finished testing out. Here’s a quick look at each part: Gnarly Pump is
Continue reading →Always a sucker for a good deal, I just piled a shelf-full of Stretch Island Fruit Chews into my shopping basket on my last trip. (“Raz-mataz berry” flavor, if you were curious.) These were on the Big Lots clearance shelf for $1. With 5 pouches per box,
Continue reading →Who doesn’t like getting boxes in the mail? And who doesn’t like surprises? Combine the two and you have Bestowed Box. Well, let’s be honest here – “a box of surprises in the mail” could describe BirchBox, NatureBox, or a myriad of other monthly subscription boxes… but
Continue reading →For some people, losing fat isn’t that hard… but gaining muscle is next to impossible. For others, they pack on muscle effortlessly… but they’ll gain fat just from looking at junk food. So no matter what, if you want to do something crazy like gain muscle and
Continue reading →After a mediocre run with P90X (too much time spent working toward results I didn’t need,) I decided to give Insanity a shot. Both of these workout programs are from Beach Body, but Insanity is very different from P90X. Insanity is focused on cardiovascular fitness, while P90X
Continue reading →Fish oil is one of those supplements where I’m happy to pay extra for high quality, but it sure wouldn’t hurt to find one that is both high quality and affordable at high doses. I’ve been taking a lot of the VitaCost Mega EFA Omega-3 EPA &
Continue reading →Walking through Dick’s Sporting Goods earlier this Spring, I had the chance to participate in a live product demonstration, and there was no way I was passing it up. Unlike the free junk food samples in Sam’s Club, what this sales associate held in her hands actually
Continue reading →Today’s question is from a rider who has been training hard for years, but the training doesn’t seem to be paying off on race day (when it counts…) Table of Contents“How do I get that finish line kick?”The Likely Answer? Interval Training!Don’t Forget Race Tactics and SkillsThe
Continue reading →A couple weeks ago I reviewed a new product called Frog Fuel – it’s a liquid protein shot, packing 15 grams of quality protein in each packet. And while it didn’t blow me away, I’d certainly enjoy getting some for free! Now’s your chance to do just
Continue reading →When Clif released the Builder’s Bar in a snack size, it wasn’t that exciting – it was nothing more than a smaller version of the same bar. You could eat a whole snack size bar or half a standard bar and it was practically the same. Not
Continue reading →Whenever I see a packet of gel, my brain is trained to categorize it as carbs. (Years of pounding down GUs and Power Gels will do that to ya!) So it was a little weird to see these new Frog Fuel packets, which look just like an
Continue reading →There’s always an easy way and a hard way to do something. Eating your greens is no exception. You could grow a garden and eat tons of fresh veggies every day, you could mix up a greens beverage from a powder like Greens Plus, or you could
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