On The Inside
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What Is the Redemption Plan?
The REDEMPTION plan is a new year workout and motivation plan launched on MENSFITNESS.com. The full plan will be available on MENSFITNESS.com through January. For more information, go to MENSFITNESS.com/Redemption The workouts we write, edit, curate, and produce aren’t just workouts. I feel like a broken record saying it, but it’s true. Whether it be me, or someone else on the team, someone has done it. And in some way, shape or form, it’s more than just a good idea to try in the gym. Forget looking at whether or not it’s effective, or the best thing ever, this is…
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Behind the Scenes: The Extreme Calorie Cutter and the Rapid-Fire Heart Rate Workout
It’s been one hell of a busy past couple months. I seriously feel like it was just June, now it’s the middle of November. Wild. My most recent project for MEN’S FITNESS was another exciting one out in LA. Fitbit, one of our partners, was looking for us to put together two quick and easy workouts with a celebrity trainer. We went with Dolvett Quince from NBC’s The Biggest Loser. And yes, he really is as nice as he is on TV. And he’s in super sick shape! Dolvett put together a full 30-day plan which can be found at…
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The 8-Hour Workout
I’ve been doing full blown fitness shoots for a good four years now. Hard to believe, but we never really had them on the site before… MENSFITNESS.com that is. Everything was shot in stills for the magazine, then carried over to the website and social media. But no one wants to see still images really. They want to see how to do the exercises. But on top of that, they want to be inspired by the videos to get out there and do it themselves. My thought process has to been to shoot workouts in as real-life style as possible.…
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Why I Kept My Surgery on the DL
ENTRY XX: February xx, 2014 I’ve never been the type to consciously not tell people things. If I felt a certain way about something, good or bad, I’d share it. But over the years, and some of people I’ve experienced, and the things they’ve said and done have made me think twice. Looking back, I remember when I first started getting into lifting, mid-late teens. I remember catching derogatory comments from my “friends.” Unbeknown to them, I’d brush it off, no matter how much it bothered me, and would avoid speaking about fitness stuff so it wouldn’t come up. That’s a pretty sad thing if…
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Throwback Thursday: The Boogie Edition, September 2015
I love my damn boogie board. Can’t ever get enough of it. Probably never, ever will. Some look at me like I’m crazy to spend so much time on it. But the truth is, I don’t care. It’s good stuff. Without something like this I’d lose my marbles. Although, it is wild to think how something so simple could consume so much of your mind, time, and energy. And I’d be lying if I said I didn’t questioned my maturity at times. But, whatever. A solid hobby like this is what everyone needs. It’s what life is all about. Doing what you…
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An Early Look into the October 2015 Issue of Men’s Fitness Magazine
The Game Changer Issue: For the men that are making waves in their respective industries. Check out this year’s big names. It’s a Split Cover: Vin Diesel and Miles Teller. How supersets get you 10-23% stronger. Fruits that actually burn fat?! Hug a Tree: Why everyone in the world needs a 40-second nature break. Massages! They are so worth the money! The one workout that will break all your records. Adventuring in 2016: Stop wasting time. It’s the most valuable thing on earth. And these are some of the coolest stops you need to see. A little look into the…
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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…
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Why I Never Traded My Boogie Board for a Surf Board…Most of the Time
I even contemplated the headline, “How I Tried and Continue to Try and Make It In an Industry and With a Sport That No One Ever Heard Of (Or, If They Did, They Don’t Respect It) Oh, and While Living in One of the Worst Possible Geographical Locations for Said Sport and Industry.” Now aside from the headline being obnoxiously too long and potentially very confusing, it did work well as an entire run-on sentence/opening paragraph. My first experience with a bodyboard aka boogie board was when an old friend tried getting me into it. I was about 10 at…
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First Look at MotoGP: A High-Speed Breed of Fitness
There’s no such thing as being “fit” or not. We’re all “fit” in our own ways, just some are more so than others. Is 5% body fat fit? Sure, it’s been the perceived image of fitness from the beginning. Is bench pressing or squatting 400 pounds fit? Yeah, that is too. Running a sub-4 hour marathon, yep, that is too. Is a professional linebacker fit? Of course he is. A golfer? Yes. He is. How about motorsports? Where the power of the vehicle is doing the work? Or is it? High powered bikes tightly maneuvering turns and ripping down straight…
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Nick Cannon Plans To Shut Down Kevin hart In NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
It’s got to be the 1,000 push-ups per day.
