individual sports
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Does It Matter Which Way You Face the Plates on a Barbell?
Most people new to the gym don’t give much thought to which direction the plates face on a barbell. But serious lifters have very strong opinions about it, and in time, you too will need to choose a side. But why does anyone care? Let’s examine the controversy.
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What You Need to Know Before You Pick Up a Barbell for the First Time
So you survived your first day at the gym and you’re ready for the next step — or maybe you’ve mastered the dumbbells and machines but never quite figured out what to do with barbells. Either way, here are all the basic things you’ll need to know on your first day working with barbells.
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Inline Skating Is Way Cooler When You Get Your Kid Involved
Over the past two weeks, my inline skating fitness journey has continued apace, with all the period fervor of the reunion tour for your favourite ‘90s band. After researching how to choose the right skates and the right gear and brushing up on the fundamentals, I planned to close out my Lifehacker Fitness Challenge by…
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This Month, I’m Getting Fit Like It’s 1991
Has anything once cool ever so quickly become less cool than inline skating? Back in the early 1990s, in the wake of the fitness boom of the ‘80s, Americans were still desperate to glom onto any fitness craze that came along, spurred on by those twin pillars of capitalism — consumerism and feeling like something…