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The newest workout booster isn’t a powder or a drink—it’s a flower. Nearly 82 percent of people who partake in legal cannabis light up before or after exercise (most often both), largely because they say it makes their sweat session more enjoyable and helps them recover faster, reports a new study out of University of Colorado Boulder. This isn’t that surprising: Among athletes, marijuana was the second most widely used drug after alcohol, per a 2016 study in the American Journal of Addictions....

I have two kids, ages 9 and 3, and a career, and I try to stay healthy. If it appears from the outside that I’m getting it all done, inside I’m not so sure. It’s exhausting. My goal this year is finding balance. Family comes first, but to be the best version of myself with them requires making health and fitness a big part of my life. It’s also part of being a responsible employee....

Board? Check. Paddle? Check. Leash and PFD? Check. Registration? Wait, what? For paddlers in the state of Michigan, that last item may become a reality in 2019. On February 1, the Michigan State Waterways Commission (MSWC) voted 6-0 to approve a list of recommendations for the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which includes a requirement for people to register rigid-hulled kayaks, canoes and paddleboards eight-feet in length or longer for up to $10 each per year, and requires a seasonal pass for non-resident craft for up to $10 per year....

Spring is on the way—and that means right now is an excellent time to stock up on great winter gear and apparel at Backcountry. Backcountry has thousands of items of gear and apparel on sale as they blow out cold-weather stock to make room for 2020 gear. In addition to saving up to 60 percent of hiking, camping, and fitness gear, there are great deals to be found on winter clothes for men, women, and kids, too....

Like so many expeditions, a six-person canoe journey across Labrador’s little-known Torngat Mountains was conceived on a previous trip in a faraway place. Back in 2015, a crew of Quebeckers paddled 45 days on four different river systems in the Yukon, ending at the Beaufort Sea. Encounters with indigenous people living on the land above the Arctic Circle “sowed a seed” for more adventure, says Nicolas Roulx, a high-school teacher. One of the paddlers, Guillaume Moreau, a Ph....

The holidays are here and it is time to finally relax. You can get back into the swing of things and start living your life again. Now that you are done shopping for others, you can start getting stuff for yourself again. And why not start by picking up the Mack For Men Hydroclay? If you grow your hair out, you need to have some hair care products to make it look good....

Athletes below the peak of Mt. Blanc between Courmayeur, Italy and Mt. Blanc, France on April 14, 2018. Photo: Courtesy of Philipp Reiter/Red Bull Content Pool As part of the longest ski tour event in the world, the Red Bull Der Lange Weg, five athletes completed the fastest crossing of the Alps main ridge from Vienna, Austria to Nice, France. Doing so in just 36 days, the group skied and hiked on foot 1,069 miles in distance and nearly 57 miles of cumulative elevation gain....

Sponsored Content $2,795 12’6″ and 14″ available in a variety of widths INFINITY-SUP.COM Buy now at 30% off! Infinity made the Blackfish with one simple goal in mind: to make the best possible all-conditions race board around. Over the years, the team out of Dana Point, California has honed this shape into one of the best-selling and most recognizable shapes on start lines around the world. The secret sauce to the Blackfish is in the nose profile....

Have you ever watched an athlete look at a target and then, during a window of opportunity that could last only a fraction of a second, execute a rapid series of movements to score a goal, climb through a crux or surf a giant wave? Such amazing athletic performances happen because those athletes have trained to develop their body awareness, which is one of the most powerful talents an athlete can possess....

Clint Eastwood’s project pattern has followed the theme of true stories of American heroes. In 2015 he did American Sniper, and in 2016 Sully. In 2018, we’ll get The 15:17 to Paris, based on a harrowing, yet awe-inspiring true story of three American tourists who thwarted an attempted terrorist attack aboard a Thalys train. The actual men involved, two of whom were members of the Armed Forces, actually star in the movie themselves....

Former professional tennis player Diane Van Deren was diagnosed with epilepsy in her 30s. For most people, this would not only end their career as a professional athlete, but also place major constraints on their daily routines and personal lives. That was not the case, however, for Van Deren. She not only persevered and ultimately found a way to get around her epileptic seizures – she did the extreme, opting to have a piece of her brain surgically removed to end her decade-long struggle with the disorder....

The 2018 Winter Olympics are here. Or, in PyeongChang, South Korea, actually. Most likely, you‘re not there. That’s just as well, because the games are expected to be bone-chilling—the coldest Olympics in decades. The Winter Olympics’ 8 Must-See Events—and When to Watch Them Read article Aside from the comfort factor, there’s another great reason to stream at home: You have the access to live footage from the best seats in the house—over 2,400 hours of coverage, distributed between coverage on NBC, NBCSN, NBCOlympics....

The Yujiang River Bridge in Chongqing in southwest China turned into a pile of rubble in a matter of seconds on Wednesday thanks to 1.5 tons of explosives scattered in close to 3,000 blast holes. More than 10,000 residents were forced to evacuate from buildings on both sides of the river before the explosion, according to CCTV in China. The 41-year-old Yujiang River Bridge, deemed unsafe, was demolished for the purpose of building a new bridge, which is planned to be completed and open to traffic in about a year, Li Hongtao of Chongqing Construction Engineering Group told CCTV....

It’s easy to look at Hollywood stars and celebrities and assume they just work out all the time. Being ripped is sort of, you know, their jobs. But between marathon movie shoots, production meetings, publicity commitments, and traveling, it can actually be tough to find time to get in the gym. Just like the rest of us, it can feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get it all done....

“Will you still love a man out of time?” Elvis Costello once famously asked. Now that he’s out of time, do we still love Hugh Hefner? Hefner, the Playboy magazine founder and long-time impresario who died yesterday at the age of 91, is an unwieldy figure to deal with in the contemporary landscape of politics and culture. Cultivatedly urbane and socially progressive in his ways, Hef was a dominant figure in the 60’s and 70’s, establishing a publishing empire perfectly suited to an era of ever multiplying permissiveness and what might be generously termed well-intentioned chauvinism....

After riding her bike across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah this past Sunday, Denise Mueller-Korenek set the new cycling land speed world record at an astonishing 183.932 mph (296 km/h), as reported by CNN. And by world record, we mean overall world record (for both men and women). “It was a crazy wild ride to 183.9 mph, but so worth the sacrifice and years of focus on becoming the fastest human on a bicycle in the world,” Mueller-Korenek told BBC....

We can’t enough of this Macy’s Suiting Event, and you shouldn’t either. These deals expire next week! But if you’re thinking about taking advantage of this massive blowout event, you shouldn’t wait. Because right now, you can pile that suit sale on top of Macy’s Stackup Savings sale. Through Sunday, September 29 at midnight EST, just enter the code SAVE at checkout and take an extra 20 percent off a ton of these suits on sale....

Henry Cavill’s letting us in on a secret. “There is no one Superman workout,” Men’s Journal August 2018 cover star says in his behind-the-scenes video. “There are lots of different kinds of workouts required for the Superman physique. It’s become a body-sculpting thing. You’re balancing the diet as much as you can, trying to keep the body proportionate.” Henry Cavill Talks His Fitness Routine and Why Jiu-Jitsu Helps Him Focus...

Day in and day out, you go to the gym and get in these great workouts that leave you sore and feeling good, and the hottie that gives you a towel when you walk into the gym has even commented on how good you look. One day you notice that your weights aren’t going up anymore, you’re losing muscle, and that hottie’s smile isn’t quite as wide as it was a couple weeks back....

Crowdfunding has officially come to kayaking. That’s the take-home of late, as more and more paddling companies—both existing and new–are turning their backs on banks and turning toward the social side of financing to bring new products to market. “Crowdfunding has some real advantages for a new product line or brand,” says Joe Pulliam, a former banker and founder of Dagger Kayaks. “From a marketing standpoint, Kickstarter, Indiegogo and the like reach an audience that more traditional marketing methods used by kayak companies may never reach....