When it comes to Olympic lifting, it’s about more than just the time you spend under the bar performing snatches and clean and jerks. You can hone the strength, stability, and technique required for these lifts through various olympic lift alternatives that don’t involve actual Olympic lifts. Integrating these supplementary movements into your routine can be a game-changer to improve your performance on the platform. In this guide, we’ll dive into several essential olympic lift alternatives for building the strength and confidence needed to excel in Olympic lifts. You won’t see typical strengt ..read more

The intensity never ends for Dylan Scott, even hours after his sold-out shows come to a close. That’s why the country music superstar continues to place a higher priority on his conditioning and training in order to belt out the high notes—or in his case, a low baritone—when the sweltering summer heat take its toll onstage in front of packed amphitheaters all across the continent. Showtime is just part of Scott’s regular routine. When the “My Girl” singer returns home to Nashville, he has waiting for him a to-do list created by his girl—wife Blair—sometimes as lengthy as the 60- to 90-minute s ..read more

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has become almost as famous for his humungous cheat meals as he is for winning the WWE Championship and subsequently taking Hollywood by storm, but in a recent Instagram post, it appears that ‘The Great One’ is evolving with his fun food choices, hopping aboard the Rock’s sushi train. “The sushi train is leaving the station. Look at this. Good God almighty,” said The Rock, as he presented his plate to the camera. “As you can see, I am prepared and I am ready to go with my sushi train on a Saturday night. This is, as many you can probably recognize; this is a Rainbow R ..read more

English singing megastar, Ed Sheeran is an expert at writing lyrics and has sold more than 150 million records to date, but when it comes to constructing a healthy menu, the star who had a hit with “Shape of You” was forced to address his own physique after piling on the pounds with a terrible take on the ketogenic diet. As a guest on Session 24 of Jake Shane’s Therapuss podcast, Sheeran revealed that he’d made an epic fail while trying to receive the benefits of a ketogenic diet. “This is so stupid, but I used to think that, like, no carb just meant, like, no, no, bread, no fries, blah, blah ..read more

People aren’t quick to admit that like many competitive sports, there’s an “ideal body type” for weight training success. Anyone can get a training effect from lifting weights, but leverages and skeletal build can help (or hurt) an individual tremendously when it comes to having a mechanical advantage for strength. When it comes to the two biggest movements in the gym—the squat and the deadlift, different lever lengths due to height discrepancies are worth examining. Not doing so can lead to injury or extremely inefficient training methods that need fixing. So here are the techniques you shoul ..read more

Whether we’re ready or not, summertime has officially arrived and millions of people have already begun trading in their sweatshirts for their swimsuits. For some, hotter months means hitting the gym more to shave off some unwanted winter weight that’s been hiding underneath those oversized coats. But fret not, because celebrity fitness trainer Massy Arias has got you covered with an eight-week summer body plan that focuses on nutrition while prioritizing fitness everyday for a set amount of time that’s delicious, nutritious and even stylish. “If your nutrition isn’t made a priority in combina ..read more

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Jennifer Lopez is never out of the news as relates to her romantic life but her new movie, Atlas, is thankfully drawing acclaim for her extraordinary work on a gruelling shoot that director Brad Peyton found to be one of the most demanding of his career. It seems that “Jenny from the Block” was able to make the tech look real, thanks to her physicality and intuitive dance skills. Atlas, out now on Netflix, is a sci-fi adventure that see’s its star, Jennifer Lopez play the role of Atlas Shepherd, searching for a “fugitive AI terrorist” on a journey that takes her to the Andromeda Galaxy. In ord ..read more

AI and fitness tech are an ever-growing part of many people’s lifestyles, but the recent rise in “fitness AI model” like Aitana Lopez serve as a reminder that not everything as it seems. This opens up a debate on the potential for both beneficial and harmful applications for those who get their fitness advice online. M&F dives into the digital. Would you know that Aitana Lopez was once a little baby pixel? Research is showing that it’s getting more difficult to separate AI from organic images. In one analysis, 260 participants attempted to label real people taken from Google searches, but ..read more

Eddie Hall has certainly stayed active since winning the World’s Strongest Man title in 2017. He’s made documentaries, entered the boxing ring, and this past weekend he also made good on a promise to enter the world of mixed martial arts. It was a bizarre bout however, and saw the Brit do battle with not one but two famous opponents. M&F catches you up on all of the craziness of this insane Eddie Hall MMA fight. When and where did Eddie Hall make his MMA debut? The man-mountain, weighing in at 367 pounds (166 kilograms), made his MMA debut at the King George’s Hall in Blackburn, England, f ..read more