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They say that the life of an athlete is often more about journey than the destination, and for British Porsche racer, Gustav Burton, that tired old cliché couldn’t be truer. While this dedicated driver has all the skills required to compete with the elite in his field, the challenges around funding his participation in such an expensive sport makes the process of securing each race just as difficult as the countless hours of training needed to compete at the highest level. Fortunately, Burton has found a way to disrupt the traditional sponsorship model, and so he maintains his body and…
Instructions are for 4 servings. Please modify as needed. Combine the ground beef, salt, black pepper, paprika, garlic powder, and baking soda in a large bowl. Add the sparkling water and knead for 2–3 minutes, until the mixture is smooth, cohesive, and slightly sticky. In a small bowl, combine the softened cream cheese and shredded provolone. Divide the meat mixture into 2 equal portions per serving and flatten each into a thin round. Divide the cheese filling between half of the meat rounds, keeping it away from the edges. Top with the remaining meat rounds and firmly pinch the edges…
Ask someone how work is going and you’ll often get a single word back: stressed. It functions like a diagnosis, but it isn’t one. It’s closer to saying “I don’t feel well” — accurate, and almost entirely useless for figuring out what to do next. There are five distinct types of work stress, and knowing which one you’re actually carrying is what turns a vague weight into something you can act on. Naming What You’re Actually Carrying Amy Leneker’s work sorts work stress into five distinct types, and the sorting is the whole point. Schedule stress is not having enough…
While many people are using the last of the sizzling summer heat as an excuse to stay on the sun lounger a little longer, the popular strength and conditioning coach, Joe DeFranco is creating his own heatwaves in the gym. DeFranco is the man behind the magazine cover worthy physiques of NFL, UFC, and WWE Superstars. And if you’ve got the stamina, he can provide the key to your own success, but be sure to hydrate! “30 Minutes of PPL Hell!” exclaimed the motivated master of physical transformations, while sharing his punishing push-pull circuit for more than 220,000 followers on…
A strong knee isn’t just about how much weight you can push around it. It’s about understanding how the joint actually moves, which muscles control each part of that movement, and then training those muscles the right way for whatever you’re dealing with. Most people think of the knee as a simple hinge: it bends, it straightens, that’s the whole story. But there’s more going on than that. The knee also rotates and shifts slightly side to side, and if you only train it as a hinge, you miss a big part of what actually builds real strength and keeps…
At this point, wellness resorts are not exactly hard to come by. There are destination spas built around treatments and movement, longevity retreats where nearly everything can be tracked, and more spiritual escapes centered around meditation and ritual. I love a wellness trip, but after experiencing enough of them, it takes a little more these days to make me think, wait, what is this? The Vessyl did exactly that. Set across 118 acres of rainforest near Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica, the newly opened retreat calls itself the world’s first 4D Sound Wellness Resort. What immediately caught my attention was…
Perhaps the most debated, not to mention maligned, topic in the fitness world is how much protein we need. And if you’ve done any investigating at all into the topic, you will no doubt have bumped into this calculation: 1 to 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight. (If you’re a bodybuilder, that means at least two.) Like so much of bodybuilding folklore, the recommendation has been repeated so many times that it’s become accepted as fact. The problem is, nobody ever asks, “How do we know?” Specifically, no one knows. The original one gram per pound rule wasn’t…
Balance is one of those things we don’t notice until it starts to go, and for most people that begins somewhere after 50. Testing it matters because a simple self-check can show you where you stand now and gives you a marker to improve against. The good news is that balance responds well to practice at any age. I’ve been a personal trainer for almost 40 years, and for over 25 of those I’ve been director and co-founder of TRAINFITNESS, the UK’s leading provider of in-person and online personal training courses. Here are three yoga poses that work as a…
If swallowing a handful of capsules sounds unpleasant on a normal day, add first trimester nausea and suddenly the prenatal you carefully researched can become the last thing you want to take. That is part of why prenatal gummies have become such an appealing alternative. They are easier to take, generally taste better, and can make staying consistent feel much more realistic. But there has historically been a catch. Gummies are harder to formulate with meaningful amounts of certain nutrients. And two prenatal gummies that look almost identical from the front of the bottle can be very different once you turn…
During Arnold Schwarzenegger’s heyday, he was disappointed by his calf size. The legend goes that he cut his training pants at the knees to show his calves and trained them at the start of every workout. A little priority and shame go a long way. He didn’t blame his muscle-belly length, tendon insertions, and the shape of his lower legs. He just put in the work. But plenty of other lifters treat calves as an afterthought and then get disappointed when they don’t grow. A few rushed, bouncy sets of calf raises at the end of leg day will not…