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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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How to ‘Steal’ Free Routes From Strava
While looking into the best free route-building tools for cyclists and runners, I couldn’t help but lament the fate of Strava’s Route Builder. Long a favourite feature of the social app, the route builder gave runners and cyclists ability to create and customise routes before setting out. Tragically, this feature moved behind a paywall a few…
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Stride Is an Addictive Territory-Grabbing Game for Runners
1I run most mornings, usually making the same boring loop of the neighbourhood each time. But today, I found myself at a nearby park, scrutinizing a map, strategising the best way to capture the most tiles for my team. I was playing a game called Stride, and I could see it becoming addictive.
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How To Lock Down Your Privacy In Your Fitness App
Who knows where you ran last week? If you’re privacy-minded, perhaps just you… and your running app. But our fitness apps often share more information than we realise. The Strava app, and now Polar Flow, have released maps that gave away potentially sensitive military locations.