Including green leafy vegetables (like kale, spinach, and collard greens) is always a healthy idea: Eating dark green leafy vegetables, like spinach, may help reduce fat in the belly and liver, a 2014 study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found. *Chef’s notes: It is best to eat these chips as soon as they’ve cooled. If you need to store them, the best way is in an open container in the fridge....
Check out this rundown of the basic steps to create a munter hitch, presented by Boreal River Rescue and Five 2 Nine productions. Taking a page from the rock climbing book, the steps are fairly simple, but worth practicing for that rare occasion you find yourself in a cliffside, vertical, or steep section of river where the ability to load a rescue rope in a basic belay system is critical. Using this knot with a locking rescue carabiner can provide the necessary tools needed in a more complex rescue without the need for extra equipment....
When the conditions are right, downwinding on a standup paddleboard is a dream. And while world-class runs like those in Maui and the Columbia River Gorge may get lots of press coverage, epic glides can be found around the globe. For example, just check out this clip of a near-perfect downwind run at a spot called Loutsa, located near Athens, Greece. The article was originally published on Standup Paddling For access to exclusive gear videos, celebrity interviews, and more, subscribe on YouTube!...
Labor Day weekend is almost upon us, and if you’re not jacked about the prospect of another ho-hum barbecue, or seeing the same old friends and doing the same things you’ve been doing all summer, consider going out on a boat. Can’t afford one, you say? Most of us can’t _ charters are usually arranged far in advance, and day-of rentals directly from a marina can be expensive and/or risky. Enter Boatbound and Boatsetter....
As dog-loving outdoor enthusiasts, many of us don’t see the harm in allowing our furry friends to hang out of the side of our cars or in the beds of our trucks with the wind in their faces. But this is a far more dangerous practice than many might suspect. Drive through any mountain town and it’s easy to see that the current standard is pretty free range, with a lot of dog owners allowing their pets to lounge across the back seat, call shotgun or even ride on their laps....
Not every expensive computer is worth the investment. The cost rises just because they look nice or have a new-fangled (and probably hyped-up) piece of tech that may not actually amount to much. Trying to find the right computer to handle the rigors of a tech-heavy job is a job in and of itself. HP is one of the best places to find a computer that will do all that it claims to do, while still appealing to both budgets and lovers of cutting-edge tech alike....
A recent set of pro and con articles about the need to filter water in the backcountry got me thinking, and reflecting on my own habits over 40+ years of off the radar travel. It may not rise to the pro-choice/pro-life level of hot-button emotion, but for those of us who routinely go off-grid, it is a daily issue, one with ramifications for gear and hygiene, for our health and our pocket book....
When you hear someone eats just once a day, chances are your mind jumps straight to one conclusion: eating disorder. That’s certainly what happened when the internet heard Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey only picks a fork up once in a 24-hour window. In an interview with CNBC, Dorsey revealed he eats just one meal a day between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., which usually consists of “fish, chicken, or steak with a salad, spinach, asparagus or Brussels sprouts,” followed by some mixed berries or dark chocolate for dessert....
The war between the macros still rages on between fat and carbs. The low-fat craze of the ’80s and ’90s morphed into a low-carb trend when research suggested replacing fat with carbs helped usher in the current obesity epidemic. In short: Both can be tenuously linked to weight gain and higher rates of early death, according to past studies. But neither should be blacklisted from a long-term diet, researchers say. Two new studies from McMaster University in Canada, however, may help clear things up....
An ascent like Mount Everest can be crippling. The low levels of oxygen and barometric pressure at its peak—29,029 feet above sea level—trigger altitude sickness in even the most experienced climbers. Headaches, dizziness, and muscle aches are expected, but some extreme climbers also suffer from hallucinations, going temporarily mad on the mountain, according to research from Cambridge University. And it’s not a side effect of altitude sickness. A Vegan Dies on Everest....
EVER SINCE I RECEIVED my driver’s license, I’ve done my best thinking behind the wheel of a car. Major life decisions all have road trips attached to them. Where to go to college: a fishing jaunt through Montana. Whether to take a job in New Mexico: a ramble along the coast of Maine. Moving to New York and moving in with my girlfriend: an impromptu exploration of some back roads in Colorado’s Rio Grande National Forest....
For some, the time-honored gallon jug filled with scalding water is the absolute pinnacle of post-session rinsing. Gallon jugs are cheap, readily available, highly effective at their task of holding water in the back of your car and are more or less indestructible (well, unless you’re one of those unreasonably-hip individuals who use glass jugs—no one cares that your surf jug looks like table water at a third wave coffee shop, people!...
Like most men, you have your favorite shaving cream. Your preferred beard oil. Your tried-and-true aftershave. You probably also have your favorite cologne. On a case-by-case basis, this is a good thing. But taken as a whole, the crash of competing aromas can be overwhelming, if not headache-inducing. Hence The Art of Shaving’s Oud Collection, an assortment of pre-shave oil, shaving cream, aftershave, and cologne that all share TAOS’s best-selling Oud fragrance — a woody, warm, slightly spicy scent that is neither strong nor too subtle....
On July 10, 2017, former slalom canoeist Adam Clawson passed away at the age of 44. A two-time U.S. Olympian and a 1991 World Championship silver medalist, Clawson is widely recognized as one of the greatest C-1 slalom paddlers to ever race for the United States. The following tribute to Clawson’s life and racing career is adapted from a post originally published on Notes From the North Country, the blog of former slalom racer Alden Bird....
The best climbing spots are not usually right on the beaten trail — often they are up steep, loose rocky paths, over odd-shaped boulders, and down even steeper scree-filled passes. This is terrain that your thin and feeble climbing shoes just can’t hack. That’s what the “approach shoe” is for. Approach shoes, well-known in outdoor climbing circles, are designed for getting you to the climbing areas, which often involves scrambling and navigating very uneven terrain....
2019 is here, and that means a whole new slate of movies, TV shows, and original content coming to Netflix. After a long night of celebrating and drinking some great whiskey or beer for New Years Eve, the perfect way to beat your hangover (try these hangover cures that actually work) is to fire up Netflix and stream something. ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,’ ‘The Big Lebowski’, and Everything Coming to Netflix in December...
Scott Eastwood’s cover shoot for the April 2018 issue of Men’s Journal couldn’t have taken place in a better setting: the beach. For the shoot, the actor and star of the upcoming movie Pacific Rim: Uprising traveled to Point Dume in Malibu California, where photographer Jeff Lipsky captured him in what feels like his natural habitat. The Last Wild Shores: The 10 Best Beaches to Visit in 2018 Read article...
We are living in the golden age of fitness data. Our phones note every step we take and stairwell we climb. Our GPS watches record our heart rate and per-mile pace over the course of years. There are apps that count calories, macros, and ounces of water consumed with the ruthlessness of an IRS auditor. Tech-enabled mattresses even promise to optimize our bedtimes after learning about our sleep cycles. But pretty soon all that stuff will seem downright retro, thanks to a new wave of DNA tests that have the potential to make our current analytic accessories seem antiquated....
Between stay-at-home orders, threats of fines for surfing and the off chance of getting shot at (if you happen to live in Costa Rica), there are plenty of reasons to steer clear of the beach right now. But if the sum total of those is somehow still not enough to keep you from paddling out, consider this: coastal breezes don’t care about our social distancing protocols and can carry the COVID-19 virus distances greater than 6 feet....
Michael B. Jordan’s Creed sequel is looking to the past for its path to the future. After successfully spinning-off the Rocky franchise into Creed, the filmmakers are looking to make the sequel even more badass by bringing back Dolph Lundgren’s iconic villain Ivan Drago and using a new character, his son Vitor Drago, as the story’s “big bad guy”. Director Sylvester Stallone previously confirmed that Lundgren would be back—and Lundgren’s sure been training for it—and teased that Jordan’s character, Adonis Creed, would face off against Drago’s son in the new film....
