Athletics
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Supplemental exercises for enduring an ocean’s angry thrashing
The ocean can be mesmerizingly beautiful—gentle offshore winds, groomed lines, and perfect green-blue tubes. That’s when it’s as good as it gets for any wave rider. But behind it’s beauty, is a potentially dangerous beast. And, on the other hand, there are times the beast isn’t hiding, and it can be downright scary just looking at it. Just when you feel like you’re comfortable with it, it gives you a good beating. Then blesses you with a wave of your life. Then again another good beating. No one is ever completely comfortable. And if they are, they are making a…
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The Saturday Sweats: 5 Diversified Fat-Burning Workouts
There’s nothing like polishing off a strength routine with a blood-pumping finisher or recouping from an extended evening with a metabolism-stoking circuit. However you utilize the Saturday Sweats, we promise you this: you’ll work. Watch the inspirational demo videos featuring trainer Keita Minakovichsky from FOCUS NYC. Saturday Sweat #1 Superman Push Up x 10 Power Skip x 30 sec. Single-arm Chest Press x 8 Shadow Box x 30 sec. Side Plank x 30 sec. Rest as needed. Repeat 5 rounds Saturday Sweat #2 Eccentric Goblet Squat x 10 Squat Jump x 10 Clean + Squat x 6 Jump Rope x 30…
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The Contender’s Plan for Viciously-Competitive Athletes
You surf? Ski? Sights set on pro ball one day? Maybe you just want to be the ringer of your flag football league. Regardless of your sport, age, or athletic talents, if you’re serious enhancing your performance, then your gym-time should be designed around that goal. We partnered up with FOCUS NYC’s certified personal trainer and former collegiate athlete, Keita Minakawa to produce a plan designed to improve muscular strength, endurance, and injury prevention. HOW IT WORKS While all of our muscles are connected by soft tissue, total body movements are the best approach at priming the human body for…
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The Survival Plan: Building an Unbreakable Machine
What if you actually had to push, pull, or even carry something incredibly heavy? How about sprint, jump, or climb? And would you have the stamina to do if for a sustained amount of time? Looking big, strong, and durable is one thing—being big, strong, and durable is another. Instead of training for the pump, use this program to prepare your body to apply all of that size, strength, power, and endurance. This program has been designed and demonstrated by Mike Counihan, a New York City law enforcement officer and group training instructor. Follow him on Instagram @nodonutshere. HOW IT WORKS This program is…
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Interesting Humans: The Waterman That’s Training Adrian Grenier for a Gnarly Swim
For most of us, running or cycling for two miles is nothing. But swimming through currents and tides and unpredictable swells is an entirely different animal. On September 27th, actor Adrian Grenier will be joining Richard Branson to do just that. The two will swim across the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily. Why? Branson is doing this as a part of the 2016 Virgin Challenge; Grenier is doing it to support his own cause: The Lonely Whale Foundation. While rumor has it Branson’s already in training, Grenier has tapped endurance waterman and Red Bull’s Surf+Rescue Technical Director, Bruckner Chase.…
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The Brick Workout: An Essential for Hardcore Triathletes
You may be looking to complete your first triathlon or maybe you have already experienced the rush of a race or two and now you’re looking to improve. One of the most important workouts you should include in your plan is the brick workout. The Purpose The brick workout is essential in training because with a triathlon, you are not just completing one sport and finishing – you have to make the smoothest transition from one discipline to the next. The only leg that a triathlete participates in being truly fresh is the first one – the swim for a…
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The Top 10 Things to Remember for Your First Triathlon
When you’re getting ready for your first race of any kind, it can be very nerve-racking. You hope you have been training enough to get you across the finish line and that you have all the right gear to make it the best experience that you can. Since a triathlon has three different disciplines, it can be confusing on what you should and shouldn’t bring. Let’s take a look at some of the top 10 things you should remember to have to help you complete your first triathlon. 1. Race Numbers Your race number is one of the most important…
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5 Ways to Get Your Cardio without Running
I hate running – I’ll just run tomorrow – you’ll lose your gains! You’ve either said it to yourself, or said it to someone else, cardio to the average gym goer is the devil. What many don’t realize is that by skipping out on cardio you’re actually robbing athletic ability and slowing progress. Aerobic exercise, when done properly, can lead to as much muscle growth as you’d expect with strength training – so stop avoiding it like the plague. Cardio doesn’t have to be monotonous, boring, and downright dreadful work in the area your gym guru told you never to…
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10-Minutes with One of the Gnarliest Runners in the World
Dean Karnazes, for lack of better words, is one gnarly dude. A real gnarly dude. In a good way, of course. An ultramarathoner? What could you possibly be thinking? What makes a man pound the pavement for more time and distance than some people would manage in… How about a decade? Let’s do some calculations. We’ll use the Fitbit Surge. Say you walk the recommended 10,000 steps per day, seven days per week. That’s 35 miles (assuming that for you,10,000 steps equals five miles). Say you’re not a major runner but you run three miles every other day in addition to hitting that step goal. That’s…
