This week’s Digest is all about technology and its impact not only on our training, but the broader world. In hardware, shrinking computers can now fit just about any sensor you can imagine into a bike, allowing riders to adjust to real-time conditions and eke out every advantage over the competition, no matter how small. Turning to apps, we examine how to harness social media and social fitness apps to keep us motivated and hold us accountable in our training. As a bonus, we’ll also see how data from social fitness apps like Strava are even helping cities make smarter infrastructure investments. Finally, taking step back to look at the bigger picture, we’ll consider how, despite amazing progress over the...
This week's Digest focuses on turning points. Whether it’s a distance running prodigy who turned to strength training, or a landmark study showing how a few critical points can influence the rest of our lives, each of these articles explore how we discover, analyze and ultimately act on critical turning points in training and in life. - Need to Try - That’s Not Fat: How Ryan Hall Gained 40 Pounds of Muscle Runner's World Ryan Hall’s showing at the 2011 Boston Marathon, finishing with a time of 2:04:58, made him the fastest American-Born marathoner of all time. Tuning your body to cover so much ground in so little time can undoubtedly take its toll. After suffering constant injuries and fatigue, the...
3,931. That’s what we accomplished. 3,931 push-ups completed in 2 hours. That’s 33 push-ups a minute, which translates to $3,931 going to the One Love Foundation to help educate, empower and activate young people in their communities in a movement to end relationship violence. 3,931 examples of pure effort harnessed for a great cause.  We had 12 winners coming from our 4 divisions. The men’s division winner completed 76 push-ups while the women’s winner completed 44 push-ups. In our trainer divisions our men’s winner completed 84 push-ups while our women’s winner completed 49. Check out the complete round-up below. Men's Division 76 Push-ups 74 Push-ups 72 Push-ups Women's Division 44 Push-ups 43 Push-ups 32 Push-ups Men's Equinox Trainer/Staff Division 84 Push-ups 74 Push-ups 72 Push-ups Women's Equinox Trainer/Staff Division 49 Push-ups 47 Push-ups 40 Push-ups We wanted...
Bring your A-game and come join us as we kick-off our new partnership with a bang. We're hosting a Push-Up Challenge at the Greenwich Equinox location on Tuesday, August 16th from 6-8pm. We'll be scoring the most correct form push-ups completed in a minute for a chance to win some awesome prizes and, more importantly the supreme bragging rights of being a push-up champion. No need to suit up, casual attire is fine. We've also teamed up with the One Love Foundation, and will be donating $1 for each push-up completed on the night. They're an awesome organization that works tirelessly to educate, empower and activate young people in their communities in a movement to end relationship violence. Pro tip: Learn from one of the very best...
This week we’re excited to announce a new partnership with Equinox. As you know, these guys are the premier fitness club in the country and share our values and vision on training. Our gear will now be available across the country in their top 9 clubs and we’re working closely with their top tier trainers in the design, development, and testing of our next products. If you’re a member of Equinox or live near one, stop in to try on some gear and stock up. You can check out the store finder on our site for the exact locations where our gear is being carried. If you’re in the New York area come celebrate the launch with us! As one naturally...