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The Vanmoof Electric 3, An E-Bike That’s Not Quite Electrifying
Vanmoof claims they’ve built “the world’s first intelligent commuter bike”.
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FitnessThinking of Going Paleo? Start Here
Matthew Ankeny set out for three weeks of fad-dieting to see if the wave of hype surrounding the latest favorite American diet could hold weight. How did he feel after 21 days of eating just fresh fish, vegetables, fruit and nuts (plus a demonic juice binge)?
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FitnessKnow Your Stats: Deciphering Wearable Metrics
Just like they’re different in style, wearables vary in which metrics they measure: heart rate, calories burned and blood pressure are just a few metrics vital to determining fitness. Prospective buyers need to ask themselves two questions: will you actually wear it?
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FitnessWith Athos, Has the Personal Trainer Met Its Match?
Athos is a startup that’s just a few months away from bringing to market one of the most interesting wearables yet: compression clothing capable of monitoring how hard your muscles are working, on top of heart rate, heart rate variability and breathing patterns.
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FitnessHow to Run a Faster Marathon
Sequels tend to suck (Caddyshack II, I’m looking at you), and when they’ve got 26.2 miles of pavement in them, the suck-potential goes exponentially up. After my second marathon, I came up with some advice to my former self, who was still prepping for his first.
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Fitness11 Sunscreens for Every Occasion
We spend a lot of time outside, and the reality is that we’re often more fastidious about taking care of our bikes and boards than we are our skin. News flash: even if you don’t burn, you should be doing something to block the UV rays from permeating your dermis.
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FitnessCan a Man Achieve Mindfulness at a Roving Yoga Festival?
Ever wonder what happens at a yoga festival?
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FitnessMachine-Free Home Gym Essentials
Building up your own home gym is easier than it sounds and can even produce great workouts.
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FitnessTested: Newton BOCO AT
Founded in 1996 to develop footwear technologies for Nike, Adidas and Saucony, Boulder-based Newton Running now (according to its CEO, Jerry Lee) supplies shoes for one in every four triathletes. Though Newton currently makes two designated trail shoes, they’ll soon drop the Terra Momentum and offer only one: the sturdy, lightweight BOCO AT ($129).
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FitnessTested: ECCO BIOM Terrain Plus
Over the years we’ve owned a number of different hiking boots in a continuous search for just the right balance of sufficient support, stability, and grip without being so rigid and heavy that they feel like Tony Soprano concrete specials.
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FitnessA Guide to Trail Runs, in New York City
In urban settings like New York, walking, let alone running, is hard enough. With the abundance of hazards — from reckless taxis to sharp-eyed grannies — hitting the streets in your new pair of kicks often means putting your life on the line.
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FitnessA Week with the Fruitarians
Over the course of four days, I ate little else but fruit. Such is the life of a fruitarian.
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Fitness30 Minutes With: Anton Krupicka
At age 12, Anton Krupicka ran his first marathon. He’s been running ever since.
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FitnessRunning on Juice
This summer, curious about the benefits of an 80% raw fruit diet, we joined a gathering of Fruitarians in upstate New York at the Woodstock Fruit Festival.
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FitnessEverything You Need to Go Lap Swimming
Everything from the suit to shampoo to streamline your morning swim routine.
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FitnessTested: Total Immersion Swimming
It made me angry that the obese woman could swim faster than me. In my bubble of intense training for my first triathlon I’d fashioned an idea of justice that allowed fit people to just naturally be better than other people at everything.
