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No one, in recorded history, has ever managed to run a marathon in under two hours. The record is currently at 2:02:57, with that 2 minutes and 57 seconds standing between the world’s greatest living endurance runners and the most elusive frontier in athletics since the 4-minute mile was first run in 1954.  As we've previously written about on AskMen,  Nike’s Breaking2 project is the company's attempt to help push a marathon runner through the 120-minute barrier. After all, being the shoes that are on the feet of the first sub-2 hour marathon runner in history would mean major kudos for any athletics brand. The running market is now an eagerly contested prize – in contrast to the old days, when your dad ran a marathon in his squash kit and a pair of army issue Hi-Tec Silver Shadows – with research estimating that running shoes now account for 40% of a footwear market projected to be worth $115.6bn by 2023 . RELATED: No Matter How Co...

Here’s what I can tell you about cardio. First, people hate it. Like, strong feelings of loathing. Just sit in a group and say the word cardio and wait for a collective groan. I even tested this theory. Before I started writing this I asked a friend what the first thought was that came to his mind when he heard the word cardio. He said, “Death.” I asked a few others and was met with variety of obscenities and other thoughts that ranged from “heart” to “heart attack.” But why? Why do people hate cardio so much? The answer is because it hurts. And most of the time it’s boring. When people think of cardio then imagine mind-numbing stints on the treadmill, logging miles that go absolutely nowhere. Or they remember being starved for oxygen – lunges burning, chest burning, runner’s cough-enducing, hands-on-knees, when-will-this-be-over, agony. But it does not have to be this way. OK, some of it does. Cardio usually hurts. No lying th...

The colorless substance wasn’t much to drink. It didn’t smell like anything. Didn’t really taste like much either. But the powder dissolved quickly with water and I chugged it like the last beer you smash down when the check is already paid and you’re trying to leave. As soon as my shaker bottle was empty I felt the hair on my arms stand up. The musty gym became just a little cold, like a refreshing breeze that passes by to salvage a smoldering day. I was awake and alert. And for god’s sake I was ready to throw some heavy weight around. I was hyper-aware and focused like when Bradley Cooper downed those brain pills in Limitless . That was the second time I tried a pre-workout supplement . The workout, which was of the CrossFit, barbell-clanging variety, was perfect for how I felt -- charged up. There was six sets barbell back squats on short rest with a moderate load, followed by a hang clean-power clean complex and then a sprint version of jump rope-burpee...

Nick Symmonds is a two-time Olympian and a six-time United States track and field champion at 800 meters. Symmonds, one of the most beloved middle distance runners in America, is also in the final year of an 11-year career that saw him rise from a Division III runner to a silver medalist at the 2013 World Championships. Symmonds loves to run. He also has a thing for beer. But the act of running is where he draws the line. Stretching? He hates stretching. And drills. He really hates doing running drills. “Drills in general suck,” he told me over lunch. “I love running. I hate all the other ancillary stuff. But I still need to do it to be a successful runner.” Even the world’s best athletes have to create good habits and sometimes that means committing to something they would rather not do.  For Symmonds, that’s prehab – stretching and the like. For most of us, it’s hard enough just to get on a consistent exercise routine. Related: How ...

The Dad Bod Project  is AskMen editor and new father Ian Taylor’s attempt to take aim at his misshapen, doughy torso. He’ll be charting his efforts in weekly articles that cover the workouts, nutrition and black-belt time management required to get into shape, stay fit and beat the dad bod.  It's 3am and during the zombie-shuffle across the landing to deal with the latest weapons-grade nappy, here's a thought that doesn't occur to me: "Hey, after I've washed my hands, I could do a HIIT session." Trying to get or stay fit as a parent, especially a new parent, is all kinds of complicated. Fitness requires energy, dedication, consistency and intensity. You have none of those things if you have a baby. What you do have are dead legs and hourly sugar cravings. And yet, here I am trying to get in the best shape of my life while also raising a newborn. I'm convinced it can be done, but it's not just common sense that's against me – science is...

This article was originally published by AskMen UK. Train, eat, sleep and recover. Do this in the right order and your body will improve. Your bench press will get heavier. Your marathon time will get quicker. Your body fat will get lower. But it’s amazing how many people neglect this last part of the training equation – the recovery! Gyms the world over are filled with men training harder, not smarter. They fail to understand that a day of rest and recuperation  is also a day of physical and mental adaptations and improvements. See, you don’t actually improve in the gym. Contrary to popular belief that’s where you stimulate growth and adaptation. It’s outside the gym – at the dinner table and in bed – the improvements occur as the body learns to get stronger, quicker, fitter, and ready for the next day’s training. To fully understand this (on a basic level) I’ve drawn upon the pioneering research of a celebrated Austrian...

Rob Lyon, VIP trainer at Atleta , is here with 5 ways we can all reduce the amount of stress in our lives. Check out his helpful methods below. 1- Box Breath 2- Steady State Exercise 3- Remember The Bigger Picture 4- Reduce Inputs 5- Reconnect With Nature      Via : https://missjews.blogspot.com