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Meredith’s Training Diaries: Surviving the Dreaded Taper
Welcome to Training Diaries, a Lifehacker series about my journey to the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon. This series will cover all the ups, downs, and hill repeats on my journey to the biggest marathon in the world. Leading up to race day on Sunday, Nov. 5, I’ll go over proper fueling, injuries and…
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Grab Your Swimmers, the Airbnb of Backyard Pools Is Here
If you’re sweating through this Australian summer with few options for any kind of reprieve, listen up. This story is for you. The Airbnb of pools has just landed on Aussie shores, and it’s here to offer sweaty folks (like you and me) the option of renting a private pool for a few hours. Let’s…
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How to Spot a Good Hotel Gym (and Avoid the Shitty Ones)
On a recent vacation, I stayed in two different hotels. One had a gym that was a workout paradise, or as close as you can get without barbells. There was a dual cable machine, dumbbells up to 35 kg, competition-sized kettlebells(!), not one but two places to do pullups, assorted suspension trainers and medicine balls…
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Never Cook These Things in Your Air Fryer
To some enthusiastic food bloggers, the air fryer is an intuitive appliance that can cook anything and everything. To certain members of my family, it is an inscrutable black box that exist to take up counter space. (“What should I use it for?” they ask, prompting me to spam them with my own content.) The…