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☆ Stop driving yourself crazy trying to be ripped, fit, and healthy. A nutrition coach to Olympians and CrossFitters shares how he strikes the right balance.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Switching focus periodically"There's an amount of training that's going to help you get strong. There's an amount of training that's going to help you to lean out (with nutrition and everything too). And then there's an amount that's going to help you to perform at the highest levels of human performance," Molloy, who works with Olympians and professional CrossFit athletes, said. Molloy said many elite athletes essentially trade long-term health for elite performance, experiences, and, in some sports, "a boatload of money."

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☆ Where Are the Squat Racks? Gyms Are Rushing to Remodel for Strength-Training
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Related storiesThe boom of strength training in 2020Australian personal trainer Kayla Itsines developed the uber popular "Sweat with Kayla" app. "The 20-somethings, the 40-somethings, the 60-somethings will all be gravitating towards strength training, just because of the benefits it provides." They're branding themselves as more of a high-intensity training equipment provider than just a stair-climbing apparatus provider these days. Strength training is ideal for extending your "play span," your ability to keep doing what you love as you age. "What strength training really affords people is to make age just feel like a number," he said.

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☆ A woman won gold at the Olympics by eating more and exercising less to gain 22 pounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA British athlete won an Olympic gold medal by eating more food and exercising less to gain 22 pounds. AdvertisementAldridge won the first ever gold medal in women's Olympic kitefoiling. Owing to the stigma around weight gain, it may seem counterintuitive that Olympians, at the peak of human performance, should put on weight to be successful. But kitesurfing isn't the only sport where athletes gain weight to be more competitive. Related storiesWhen she first started kitefoiling, Aldridge consumed a lot of beer and ice cream, she wrote on Instagram earlier this year.

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☆ The UK's Fittest Man consumes 5,000 calories a day — mostly carbs. He shares how he trains, eats, and recovers to prepare for the CrossFit games.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewHarry Lightfoot, 25, is the UK's Fittest Man for 2024 and is set to compete at this year's CrossFit Games, which kick-off on Thursday. Lightfoot only started CrossFit at the age of 18 because he thought it would help his rugby career. After finishing first in his country's CrossFit semi-finals, he earned the title of UK's Fittest Man for 2024. "We all come together and we do the same thing, which is really, really cool. Harry Lightfoot does a range of activities as part of his CrossFit training.

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☆ CrossFit Games suspended after competitor drowns during the swimming contest, CEO confirms
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

An athlete drowned during a swimming event at the 2024 CrossFit Games in Texas. The county's medical examiner's office identified the athlete as 28-year-old Lazar Đukić, WFAA reported. CrossFit CEO Don Faul announced the events were canceled for the rest of the day. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementAn athlete drowned while competing in a swimming event in Texas that was part of the 2024 CrossFit Games on Thursday.

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☆ The UK's Fittest Woman uses rucking to get fitter and stronger. Here's how she's training for the CrossFit Games.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe UK's Fittest Woman has been training hard ahead of the 2024 CrossFit Games on August 8, and rucking is a key part of her arsenal. Aimee Cringle, 25, earned the title of UK's Fittest Woman after finishing first in the her country's CrossFit semi-finals. She told Business Insider that wearing a ruck while training makes exercises more challenging. Cringle broke down her intense training regime and shared how she uses rucking to build strength and fitness. Despite being the third British woman to ever qualify for the CrossFit Games in the individual elite category, Cringle struggles to feel proud of herself.

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☆ How to sleep like a millionaire: a 5-part guide
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Longevity investor and XPrize founder Peter Diamandis uses a relatively elaborate multi-part system for getting better sleep. Martine Paris"The Oura ring doesn't help me sleep better," Diamandis said. "It helps me remain true to my commitment," by encouraging him to get at least seven hours of sleep per night. Carlina Teteris/Getty ImagesThe most important element of Diamandis' sleep routine is the timing. Sticking to this strict sleep schedule is the only way he can guarantee he gets close to eight hours of sleep each night.

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☆ I'm 83 and started doing Pilates 60 years ago. It transformed my body and helped me through aging.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When I started taking Pilates no one thought about diet or exercise. Sometimes, we would smoke cigarettes in the Pilates studio and go for martinis afterward. I found a Pilates studio near my Manhattan home. That's when interest in Pilates started to take off. I began the Physical Mind Institute, then called the Institute for Pilates Certification, to train teachers and meet demand.

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☆ What life is like in the world’s happiest country, from a 28-year-old who left the U.S. for Finland
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Jade Ventoniemi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

I feel so fulfilled by my life in Finland. I was introduced to cross-country skiing when I moved to Finland five years ago, and now it is one my favorite hobbies." Finland is the first place I lived after college and the first place my husband and I lived together. You can follow her journey and life in Finland on Instagram or TikTok. Plus, sign up for CNBC Make It's newsletter to get tips and tricks for success at work, with money and in life.

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☆ Peloton's demise is another in a long line of failed fitness fads
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Peloton isn't going under imminently, but let's be real here: No fitness fad lasts forever. While there was a lot that went wrong, the long and short of it is that Peloton failed to read the room on its pandemic popularity. "It's not that Peloton isn't a good business model; it's that it simply isn't a mass product but more of a niche, luxe one," she said. Investors have soured on the company, and Peloton's once $50 billion market cap has fallen to under $2 billion. It also has to contend with the gym, which has all sorts of classes and fitness equipment that let people mix things up, including, in many cases, Pelotons or other connected-fitness devices.

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☆ The 6-time Fittest Woman on Earth is training to reclaim her title at the CrossFit Games. People doubt her strength as a new mom — and she's using it as motivation.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr, six-time Fittest Woman on Earth, is returning to the CrossFit Games this year. The six-time Fittest Woman on Earth skipped the 2023 CrossFit Games after she gave birth to her daughter Willow last May. NobullToomey-Orr sets small training goals for herselfWatching the 2023 CrossFit Games from the sidelines in August was tough for Toomey-Orr, she previously told BI. While Willow regularly watches her mother training, Toomey-Orr isn't going to push her daughter into CrossFit as a career. Like winning the CrossFit Games six times, taking a year off to have a baby, and getting straight back to it.

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☆ The 6-time Fittest Woman on Earth is rucking to train for the 2024 CrossFit Games. She says it's an easy way to stay fit and elevate workouts.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Toomey-Orr gave birth to her first child, Willow, in May 2023, so missed last year's CrossFit Games. AdvertisementWhether walking, hiking, or running, traveling on foot while carrying weight is an accessible way to work out, which is partly why it has exploded in popularity in Silicon Valley in recent years. As she pursues her seventh title, Toomey-Orr, 30, told BI how she uses rucking to elevate her workouts — and how regular people can too. With that in mind, Toomey-Orr expects rucking to feature in the CrossFit Games in some capacity, but the workouts aren't announced in advance and change every year. Start light if you're new to ruckingWhile rucking is generally an accessible way to work out, Toomey-Orr recommends starting light, short, and building up.

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☆ I wanted to make quick money and travel the world — so I moved to Australia and became a FIFO worker
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cal Mcilwaine , a 29-year-old FIFO worker in Australia. So in June 2023, I left Ireland and moved to Perth, Australia to become a FIFO worker, which stands for "fly in, fly out." Landing a FIFO job in a new country wasn't easyFIFO is an industry that largely exists only in mining fields in Australia, Canada, and Alaska. Within a month of arriving in Australia, I secured a FIFO job. Once I'm done, I plan to get right back into FIFO work for my second year and do it all over again.

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☆ I lost 150 pounds on the paleo diet. Now I do CrossFit competitions.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She did the paleo diet and took a part-time cleaning job at the gym to cover her fees. She lost 150 pounds and takes part in CrossFit competitions. I've lost 150 pounds, my dress size has decreased from a 20 to a two, and I participate in CrossFit tournaments. Card enjoyed vacation before she started exercise and the Paleo diet. I follow the paleo diet that's popular with high-profile people like LeBron James and Peter Thiel.

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One of their friends in Missouri had mailed them meat sticks made by Kevin Western, a Greentop local who made the snacks for fun and sold them around town. In December 2012, Maldonado and Ali started selling Chomps' first product — the original beef jerky stick — on its website. Trader Joe's placed an initial order for a million meat sticks to stock in over 400 stores. Chomps started selling meat sticks in Trader Joe's, its first national retailer, in July 2016. Building a jerky empireOnce Chomps started selling its sticks in Trader Joe's, other stores quickly followed, including Whole Foods, Target and Walmart.

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☆ I've done 150 burpees every day for the past 3 years. I started after a medical emergency that should have killed me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Courtesy Ryan PeckI focused on burpees because they're so hardI hate burpees (doesn't everyone? Even a friend of mine who can run a six-minute mile has a hard time doing 25 burpees in a row. AdvertisementI wanted to push myself to the limit, then beyond, so I decided I would try to do 100 burpees a day. I've done more than 200,000 burpeesToday, I do 150 burpees a day. When I started, doing 10 burpees in a row was really challenging.

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☆ I want to lose fat and build muscle. A nutritionist said to enjoy treats in the week instead of just the weekend.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A 56-year-old woman submitted an average day of eating to be reviewed for Insider's Nutrition Clinic. A nutritionist said to incorporate treats into her diet during the week. She told Insider she wants to lose fat and gain muscle. She tracks macros and aims to eat 150 grams of carbs, 50 grams of fat, and 150 grams of protein every day, she said. Consuming enough protein is important for fat loss and muscle gain — Zingaro recommended aiming for 1.8 grams to 2.7 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight daily.

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☆ Tesla's design chief leads workouts in the company parking lot
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla's design chief, Franz von Holzhausen, conducts fitness sessions at the company's parking lot. Von Holzhausen leads a team of around 300 at a converted airplane hangar in Los Angeles. AdvertisementTesla's design chief Franz von Holzhausen isn't all work and no play — at least according to a new profile of the Cybertruck designer. Von Holzhausen, who has worked closely with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, likes to lead fitness training in the company parking lot, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Though, von Holzhausen told the publication the billionaire is still "very involved" and sometimes shares design ideas from social media.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg says his daughter thought he was a cattle rancher for a while
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a side hustle as a cattle rancher. If things don't pan out at Meta, Zuckerberg jokes about going full-time on the ranch. AdvertisementMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has so many hobbies these days that even his daughter isn't sure what he does for a living. Zuckerberg recently took on a new hobby as a cattle rancher, adding to his growing list of tech exec extracurriculars that include mixed martial arts, hydrofoiling, and CrossFit. And, now, his daughter is starting to wonder whether he's a full-time cattle rancher instead of the head of a trillion-dollar tech company with ambitions of building a sweeping virtual world.

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☆ Meta warns investors that Mark Zuckerberg's love of extreme sports could kill him
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg loves extreme sports and other high-risk activities. Now Meta is warning investors that Zuckerberg's risk tolerance could be a problem for the company. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Meta is presumably referring to Zuckerberg's well-documented embrace of all kinds of brotastic fun, including mixed martial arts, hydrofoiling and CrossFit. AdvertisementSo while Meta does take Zuckerberg's well-being very seriously — in 2022 it spent $15 million on personal security for him and his family — it's unlikely they think he's really going to get really, really hurt.

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☆ Colorectal cancer is killing more younger people than ever. 3 people under 50 diagnosed with it shared their first symptoms.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

People under 50 in the US are dying from colorectal cancer at an increasing rate. AdvertisementMore people under the age of 50 are dying of colorectal cancer than ever before, according to the American Cancer Association. The disease is sometimes called colon cancer or rectal cancer, depending on where it starts. When colorectal cancer is caught early, before it has spread, the chance a person will live for another five years is about 90%. AdvertisementShe now visits her gastroenterologist regularly, eats healthy, exercises, and raises awareness of the signs of colorectal cancer.

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☆ 12 Workouts to Try in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-27 | by ( Erik Vance | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Finding a reliable, enjoyable way to stay fit can be a bit overwhelming. Is Zumba still a thing? But these are the wrong questions. To find an enduring strategy for healthy movement, there are really only two things you need to ask: What are my goals? On occasion you might have a little fun, too.

When the Colorado Republican announced this past week that he would not seek reelection, he began with the type of criticism of Democratic policies that is standard fare for a hard-line conservative. Yet under political pressure in Colorado, Buck decided there was no way forward for him in Congress. Alone among Republicans, Buck said he was opposing Jordan because he had not clearly stated that Biden won the 2020 election. This past week, Trump called Buck a “weak and ineffective Super RINO,” or Republicans In Name Only. The next day, Buck testified about a legal effort in Colorado to ban Trump from the ballot under the Constitution’s “insurrection clause."

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☆ House Freedom Caucus member hits Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'teaching CrossFit' while he was teaching 'constitutional principles'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Ken Buck derided Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as having less of a grasp on the Constitution than him. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) September 5, 2023Greene also hit Buck for voting to certify the 2020 election, saying it meant that he "does not support" former President Donald Trump. "When Marjorie Taylor Greene was teaching CrossFit, she learned a whole different set of values." Buck, a longtime member of the House Freedom Caucus, is no moderate — he's among the most conservative lawmakers in Congress. "She has consistently attacked other members of the Freedom Caucus in an irresponsible way, and as a result of that she was kicked out of the Freedom Caucus," Buck said at the time.

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☆ They Make CrossFit Documentaries. CrossFitters Can’t Get Enough.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Calum Marsh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The morning after he uploaded his new movie “Froning: The Fittest Man in History” to the iTunes store, in early October 2015, the director Heber Cannon received a phone call from somebody at iTunes, who sounded bewildered. “They called us and said, ‘Who are you guys? What’s going on?’” Cannon said in a recent video interview. But when we dropped the film, it was like wildfire.”Cannon and his creative partner Marston Sawyers, who work together under the name Buttery Bros, followed up “Froning” with a string of documentaries about athletes performing at the CrossFit Games. The films, which include “Fittest on Earth” (2016), “Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness” (2017) and “The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth,” (2018), depict the Games in all their arduous, sweat-soaked agony, focusing on every explosive muscle-up and hefty snatch.

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