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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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Is a $14 Gym Membership Ever Really Worth It?
1There are lots of ways to begin an exercise routine, and as we pointed out here, it’s not always worth sweating the details. But does it matter what type of gym you join? Gyms with squat racks and barbells give you a lot of options for getting strong, but it’s rare to find one with…
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Why You Need to Lift Weights If You Play a Sport
It’s no secret that professional athletes hit the weight room hard. If you search YouTube for your favourite (male) athlete’s name, plus “workout” or “gym,” you can probably find video evidence of them crushing a 225 kg deadlift or pressing huge kettlebells like they’re nothing. But that kind of training is overkill for beer league…
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How to Follow Any Workout Even If You’re an Absolute Beginner
A workout habit has a way of building momentum: Once you’re doing something, anything, it’s easy to add something else. But if you’re a total beginner, sometimes the things you see other people doing may not even seem possible for you. That’s not true, though: Everybody has to start somewhere.